Pumpkin Eaters

I haven't been a football fan all my life but since diving into the NFL and my hometown Miami Dolphins about 16 years ago one thing has remained constant: I have an unbridled hatred for the New England Patriots. Even when they were bad and Don Shula and Dan Marino were kicking the "chowdah" out of them twice a year they, just like chili peppers, burned my gut. Then they got good and started winning Super Bowls. Ugh! Not them! Not the Patriots! Nothing good has ever come out of New England except my wife and she escaped as soon as she could. The NFL championship can’t be held by a team from New England! Well, the NFL might have uncovered why the Patriots have been so good lately. NFL commissioner (and my new best friend) Roger Goodell has discovered that the New England Patriots are guilty of cheating! Yes, cheating. Now any Dolphins fan can tell you that cheating and the Patriots isn't a new thing. In 1980 the grounds crew at the Patriot’s home stadium during a blizzard sent a guy in a snow plow onto the field to clear a path for their kicker to put the ball through the uprights and win the game 3-0. The new crime is more subversive but has had longer lasting impact that just one victory. I don’t have a meaningful point to make about professional sports and ethics or steroids or moral turpitude. I just hate the Patriots and I’m hoping after you see this you might join me.

The New England Patriots Cheat