Once again, Mr. "I love the Pats" missed the point about what drives people to hate the Patriots. They are widely admired for their "merciless efficiency." They are admired (or at least respected) for being damn good, and they definitely should be admired for making history, cheating or no. Here's why people hate the Pats:

1. So over them. Dynasty? Yep. So, let's see this one crumble, already. Don't tell me you didn't hate the '80s 49ers for the same reason. I sure got tired of seeing them destroy people, or nearly so, year after year. Let someone else have a shot at it.

2. Resentment by the beaten teams. Fans of other teams don't hate the Pats for being good, per se. They hate them because they're too damn good and they beat our teams, most of the time very badly.

3. Boston fans, widely agreed to be the most obnoxious in the nation (not the worst--those are Philly fans). "Everyone should love our Pats because they're so good, and because we fans deserve it, and because we're such victims that we think winning three SB's in recent years is not nearly enough to subdue the pain of having a reasonably decent team for a long time, with a handful of crappy years." Puh-leeze. If the Bengals ever win 3-4 SB's, will you be singing their praises in similar fashion? No? Why-ever not?