So at this hour, how do you feel about your team?
If you own a "Pats #1" foam finger and have the WEEI Whiner Line on speed dial, your answer goes something like this: "Bill Belichick is the greatest, the Patriots are the greatest, and we will use this latest creation of the national media as motivation to punish the NFL this season. Thank you very much, New York Jets and Roger Goodell. We needed a new chip to put on our shoulder pad. Everyone knows that all teams do the same thing and Eric Mangini is a rat for calling out the Pats after he benefited from the same practices. Tell Hines Ward, Tony Dungy, LaDainian Tomlinson, and everyone on 'Around the Horn' to shut up and give us a little respect. We showed you Sunday night how much surveillance we need to whup those loud-mouthed Chargers. Did Bill Belichick order the Code Red? You're damn right he did!"
If, on the other hand, you listen to "All Things Considered," drive a Prius, and consider Harvard-Yale ("Fight fiercely, Harvard. Demonstrate to them our skill. Hurl that spheroid down the field") the highlight of the football season, you're probably saying, "I am shocked that the Patriots would need to cheat to win football games. This is an embarrassment to our entire region and permanently tarnishes those trophies outside Bob Kraft's office in Foxborough. It sends the wrong message to our young people and I can only wonder what else the league may uncover when it reviews the rest of the material the Patriots were forced to surrender. I wouldn't be surprised if Kraft fires his coach, or if perhaps Belichick is forced to resign before the end of the season."
Few in Patriot Nation are buying anything in the above paragraph, even if the New York Post is putting an asterisk (*caught cheating) next to the Patriots' 2-0 record in the newspaper's AFC East standings.
