The New England Patriots are going to the Super Bowl again, demanding me to complain about the Patriots.
According to Daniel Rapaport with Sports Illustrated, the Patriots have been to the Super Bowl 10 times, eight of which were after 2001 with Tom Brady on the team.
Maxwell Strachan with The Huffington Post points out Brady has the most Super Bowl wins, five to be exact, of any quarterback in NFL history. There is no denying Brady is talented or that the Patriots deserve to go to the Super Bowl. I am just going to deny that it is entertaining.
Like the SEC’s boredom with Alabama’s constant winning, it is just not fun to see the same team in the Super Bowl over and over again.
I get it. The Patriots are good. Brady is good. They are good. It is not a surprise anymore, and part of the fun of football is the element of surprise.
One never knows what will happen in a Mississippi State University football game, which can be a bad thing. However, it keeps me watching. On the other hand, I know what is going to happen in an Alabama game, and I know what is going to happen in a Patriots versus whoever match-up.
For more context, SB Nation’s Jason Kirk found Brady by himself, has as much Super Bowl experience as the Philadelphia Eagles’ roster combined. Two of the Eagles players who contributed to this number, specifically LeGarrette Blount and Chris Long, got their Super Bowl experience with the Patriots, alongside Brady. If you remove all former Patriots from the equation, the Eagles’ roster has only a combined four visits to the Super Bowl, so betting on a Patriots’ win is indeed a safe bet.
Here is my solution. Let us just suspend the Patriots from the Super Bowl for one year, two tops, and then, the Super Bowl can be enjoyable again.
If one wants to make the argument of it being unfair to bar a team from the Super Bowl, the obvious counter-argument would be life is not fair, and Brady can go wear his five Super Bowl rings while he deflates more footballs.
This way, America can finally see an entertaining Super Bowl.
Some would say the Patriots’ huge Super Bowl game turn-around last year was entertaining, but I would beg to differ. I remember feeling more depressed than anything. Therefore, to prevent further heartbreak, the Patriots should just be benched. Patriots fans, of which there are officially five, would probably be upset, but I am willing to sacrifice for the needs of many.
Of course, I do not actually think the Patriots should be suspended. It would be silly. However, I would be overjoyed if it happened. Unfortunately, it is not how the world works.
I just have to watch another year of Brady and his merry Patriots win, and then, Brady gets the most Super Bowl rings in the history of the NFL, quarterback or otherwise.
I just pray the Eagles can swoop in to save us from the Tom-ination  likely to come.