Before you die, you see 5 Rings
The Patriots getting more Rings is certainly horrific ho ho ho ho *is pelted with tomatoes*
Okay so maybe it’s 8 Days from when this comic goes live but deal with it or just read it tomorrow. The Patriots are in the Super Bowl and the biggest Patriots storyline of the season is the deflategate revenge, and many people are looking forward to seeing Goodell hand over the trophy to the player and team he screwed over in the season he successfully damaged.
A lot of people, including myself, realize that it’s probably the biggest and most valid reason to root for the Patriots next Sunday. Honestly outside being a Pats fan or a bitter Saints/Bucs/Panthers fan, it might be the only true valid reason to root for the Patriots. Thing is, I don’t think it’s a particularly good reason. My bias against the Pats on this site is undeniable by now but if I sit back and try to look at it from a distance, it’s still not that compelling. It’s just a nice little cap off to the end of a dumb story that probably never should have existed, and if it happens, I highly doubt it will be anywhere near as satisfying as we all think it will be. It won’t really feel like justice. It will be for Patriots fans, since it’s the latest in a long line of ways they’ve managed to convince themselves the best franchise of the past two decades is still somehow an underdog, but for the rest of us, it won’t be.
Let’s be honest. If the Patriots win, the trophy presentation will be slightly awkward at worst. Brady and the Pats have kept mum on the situation as motivation even though everyone alive knows Brady would love to stick it to the man. But people keep anticipating this like we’ll be watching Goodell throw a tantrum and refuse to hand it over, or break down, or Brady will have a mic drop moment and stick it to him in a speech. All that’s going to happen is both individuals will put on a acting pleasant face that’s fairly indistinguishable from the real thing (They are both well practiced) and everyone will be professional about it. It’ll be a passing moment of nothing that will get more interesting reactions on youtube as relatives film Patriots fan friends yelling SUCK IT ROGER to their TVs. Ultimately, is that really worth having yet another Patriots championship to cap off a largely disappointing year of football? I don’t think so. The revenge storyline completion isn’t really a reason to root for the Pats for unbiased fans, it’s more of a consolation prize should the less desirable result occur. Nobody is saying “I want the Pats to win to stick it to Roger”, it’s more “Well if the Patriots win, at least we get to see Roger give the trophy to Brady happen”
Also, the Patriots losing, besides the typical schadenfreude, will also contain all the worst Pats fans crying conspiracy and my god will it be hilarious. I don’t want Roger to win and be happy, but I don’t want it to come at the expense of a starved fanbase like Atlanta.
I’ll leave you with this. If the Pats win, this comic gets a follow up. If the Falcons win, well, Matt Schaub is on the Falcons. You might remember a certain running joke long dormant that involved Matt Schaub and championships. If Matt Schaub gets a ring…
Ringless Rivers Returns
Iunno, I have one other reason for wanting Brady to get his 5th: no one else has ever done it. No other QB has 5 rings, no other head coach has 5 rings, and getting to see that history for that combination would be intense. The only other two QB/Coach combos with that kind of success are Lombardi/Starr and Graham/Brown. Belichick is already in rarified air, but this would be far more impressive than the Lombardi/Starr decade of domination, and would in close competition with Graham/Brown’s first decade.
That said, I would love for Julio to get a ring, and I think this might be his best shot.
Really, I win either way, and the Ringless Rivers opportunity just makes things better.
I agree, parity is dumb.
For all that is good and holy Atlanta, please win. Not just for the Falcons fans, but for the football fans (and because I want another Ringless Rivers comic).
It will be for Patriots fans, since it’s the latest in a long line of ways they’ve managed to convince themselves the best franchise of the past two decades is still somehow an underdog
THEY KNOW
Now I have a reason to root for Atlanta
Ringless Rivers goes Hollywood
Hotlanta Baby!
I’ve started thinking that all this deflategate nonsense was an elaborate ruse to try to get us all to root for Patriots, or at least be okay with them winning.
When did you stop drawing Goodell as the devil? Either you have a continuity error or you believe Rodger Goodell has been replaced by a less evil clone of himself. Interesting
was my thought too, he looked weirdly human in this comic
I don’t know why people think the trophy presentation is going to be something to watch. The best part of it will probably be the Patriots fans chanting “Fuck you Roger” when he does it.
I’m a Panthers fan, but I want the Falcons to win because I hate New England that much.
How are your feelings on Denver?
If I wasn’t already rooting my ass off for the Falcons, your last sentence would be enough reason to break out the old Mike Vick jersey.
I’m a pats fan, but Schaubs return would be a hell of a consolation prize.
I don’t care either way, I just want it to be a good game. Every single game in this playoff, other than Packers-Cowboys and maybe Chiefs-Steelers, has been a boring, double-digit blowout win for the home team. Give me at least one more playoff game worth watching.
I was already on board with Atlanta, but now even more so! “Ringless Rivers, Ringless Rivers…”
To his Excellency, President Trump,
I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Atlanta
TB12
QB
For the sake of Ringless Rivers… GO FALCONS