The Patriots Fly Their New Banner
Man we didn’t even get through a single game before we got a scandal. As of writing this it seems like it won’t go anywhere and that the Pats aren’t even at fault, but man, this is gonna be the worst season. After that SI article and this, every time something goes screwy in a Pats game we are going to get accusations of cheating. I predict a record number of -Gates this year, because Sports media is just the worst.
As for that opening game, what a sloppy boring slog. I think the Steelers actually played better football, they also just made waaaaaaay more mistakes. Two missed field goals, garbage clock management, the stupid trick play to start off, DHB not catching a TD in bounds when he easily could have, letting a fumble basically become a touchdown, and worst of all, simply not covering the best TE in the game. Outside acting like dummies, the Steelers honestly looked better to me. They were never going to win this game but they put up a better fight than expected.
Here are some things I made during the broadcast
I wonder if the NFL is aware of just how many fans despise both the Patriots and the Steelers. I watched it with three other fans, and all of us were elated every time someone made a mistake. Shame it couldn’t have ended in a 0-0 tie.
i’m really disappointed that despite all my rooting and cheering, Bane didn’t even show up, much less destroy both teams and the whole stadium
Need to save that for a Cowboys@Eagles game.
I need that Eli banner in my life Dave!
so you can always see that Brady>Eli
“gronkowski is still hung over from the offseason, isn’t he? i mean, what’s the worst he’s gonna do, score three touchdowns? pfffffffff”
God its going to be a long year. keeping my fingers crossed that we can get through the season with out the pats being the center of attention the whole season. Not off to a great start.
Yup. There’s gonna be a lot of accusations of cheating for the Patriots, so the fans have to choose between ignoring it (and basically staying off ESPN forever) or trying to defend/explain themselves and hearing “LOL Victim complex culture of cheating asterisk asterisk” for the year. Blech. Imma try to go with the former, but I know people will eventually goad something out of me.
Or you could embrace it like the 70s Raiders. “If you ain’t cheating, you ain’t trying hard enough.”
I don’t think the Patriots have a culture of cheating(Culture of cheating? Nope. Culture of pushing the envelope? Absolutely. Nothing wrong with that either, as long as you understand that when you skirt the line, sometimes you’ll misstep onto the wrong side and have to face the consequences of it), but there’s definitely a victim complex with a lot of Patriots fans. I have never known a fanbase whose fans more consistently think that there’s a massive conspiracy out to get them in spite of every indication to the contrary, or that they’re always being mistreated and wronged.
Antonio Brown is good enough at football that he can get away with a haircut like that.
What’s the longest Dave has gone without doing a Patriots-related comic? They have to be far and away his most drawn team.
Before deflategate happened the Pats were only a middle of the road frequency, my most common teams were the Giants, Browns and Jets. Certainly the most in the past year.
Antonio Gatesgate
did anyone notice it looked like big ben was crying during the national anthem?
they immediately cut to James Harrison who was looking right at him with the best WTF face.
Anything about the Titans 42-14 win
You could have those 3 titans fans come out of hiding to find there’s now a whole bunch of bandwagoners, and they treat those original 3 like hipsters?
This one looked great, Only you didn’t have Kraft in his signature baby blue shirt with pink tie…
So life long Cowboys fan and I’m not here to gloat over the game last night. Just to say that for most of the fourth quarter I kept saying to myself, “I can’t believe we’re about to lose to this mouthbreathing doofus.” And frankly we probably should have.
Dave, we have different definitions of “better football”. I mean, when you say “I think the Steelers actually played better football, they also just made waaaaaaay more mistakes. ” it reminds me of this exchange from Futurama:
Bender: I was God once.
God Entity: I saw. You were doing very well, until everyone died.
What does anyone else think of the giants playcalling? Should we put our tinfoil hats on yet?
Dave, I have a take on this too: http://www.adventuresofty.com/?comic=patriot-games
I also like the video where it looks like Tom Brady gets the play clock reset. Great stuff!
I love your sketches, BTW, especially the Gronk one.
As a lifelong Pats fan, that Eli Manning reference was especially cruel. 🙁