Live Blog: Sunday Night Football - Patriots at Colts
There's this idea that this is a revenge game, and that could be the case. But no one seems to be able to make me understand why this would be a revenge game for the New England Patriots. Exactly what are the Patriots seeking revenge for? A blowout win the AFC Championship? A fourth Super Bowl victory? Getting away with cheating again? Sure, Tom Brady may end up punished later on for orchestrating DeflateGate, but right now he's playing. He's gotten away with it. Revenge? Really? But there is a team that should be looking at the opportunity for plenty of revenge in this game and it's the Indianapolis Colts. The Patriots didn't only beat them in the AFC title game last year, they embarrassed them 45-7. Yes, the Colts got the Patriots caught for cheating, but you have to understand something about that. The Patriots were cheating. They were guilty as hell and Tom Brady was the ringleader. New England isn't Inigo Montoya. They're the effing six-fingered man. The Patriots weren't wronged here. Every other NFL team, player and fan was. The game is on NBC and starts at 8:20 p.m. We've seen upsets all over the board today, why not one more? Watch it with me. I'll make some salient points and plenty of jokes. We've heard about this game being "circled" all offseason. Now let's see who did it in permanent marker.