"The Patriots didn't follow the consensus board." The media decided who the best players were and when they should be drafted. People are accusing the Patriots of reaching on every pick. And talking about how they could've had all the big names not taken when they selected their picks. Some "media experts" have said "when it comes to whether Strange was the best player available that fit what they were doing, it depends on how the Patriots value the positions." They Patriots have built a twenty year run taking players the rest of the league undervalued. So why should they stop now?
Then it was "I agreed with the position but they didn't draft the right player." This is people saying "the Patriots drafted right but still didn't take big names, so I don't like it." People are saying "The Patriots drafted speed with Thornton but could've drafted a slower guy who had production." Thornton isn't the only player they're saying this about. The Patriots got abilities people said they needed and people are bitching because the Patriots didn't get names. Plain and simple. This is just more of the same arguement and it's B.S. , they got what they needed to improve the team.
And then this one is my favorite complaint. "The Patriots got good players, they just drafted them too early." Oh my how people have come around. Where the first two were basically the same complaints, this one they try to undermind their value. Even this excuse is being shredded. Strange has been reported to of been on someone's board in the top 50 and Thorton has been reported to have second round value by a few teams. Other guys are either where they should be or close to where some teams had their values. So this excuse has been debunked.
When it comes to the media, these people are upset that the Patriots made them look bad. Like they didn't know what they were talking about. Seeing that Boston media is it's own market, media members are just mad because this could cost them money. That's it and nothing more.
When it comes to the fans, people decided that this is who they wanted. When the Patriots didn't comply. They got upset. Part of the problem is people were indoctrinated by the media. And another problem is people don't like to change their minds once they made it. Being fans, we're a hard headed lot.
Few years ago I was asked to look at Herbert but I wanted the Patriots to take Hurts so bad that I focused solely on Herbert's negatives. I labeled Herbert a complete bust, when after I did a second look, I saw he was a high risk high reward prospect coming out of college that I mislabeled due to personal bias.
So I get as a fan, we all have favoritism. That doesn't make us right and we need to accept that just because it's not the guy we want, that doesn't mean the guy they took is a bad player. We need to just admit that we don't like the guy but accept he'd part of the team and hope the staff knows what it's doing. And that they prove us wrong. Just like those of us who didn't like the Cam Newton signing had to do. If and when the Patriots move on from the guy, then if you were right, come out with the "I told you so."
The point of this article is that it's plain to see that both the fans and the media are biased. And both are coming off like spoiled children who didn't get their way, so they're throwing a fit. It's just making Patriots fans and media a laughing stock to the rest of the sports world. And if you don't see it, you're not paying attention.
Our media and fanbase is becoming a meme, a punchline, and a joke. That's not whom we've ever been and we should remind the sports world of that by taking the high road. I mean when Jacksonville and Jets fans are making jokes about us, it's time we stopped complaining about our team and put them in check. They're trashing our players and last thing I knew, the name on the front was more important than the name on the back.
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