Patriots conspiracy theories cheat truth about latest Super Bowl run

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The New England Patriots and Tom Brady - the 'Hillary Clinton' of the NFL!

Source: Sporting News, by Bill Bender

The Patriots cheat. The NFL is rigged, and officials are in on it. The fix is in.

In other words, Bill Belichick, Tom Brady and New England are heading to the Super Bowl again.

Conspiracy theories involving the Patriots have jumped the shark. Each cycle is more absurd than the last, and it has mutated into something almost as painful as the Patriots' long-term success is for many.

New England's success under Belichick and Brady created this irreversible phenomenon. And it's not like Duke or the Yankees — it's much worse. Fans aren't rooting against the Patriots. They're too busy looking for flags. They're looking for controversy. They're looking for clues, like a ref patting Brady on the back; anything that allows a trip down the wormhole of the Spygate or Deflategate controversies, the asterisks that smear the NFL's greatest dynasty

There are two big issues the supposed fix doesn't address. One, the Patriots easily could be 0-4 in Super Bowls since Spygate. They lost twice to the Giants, and unless you believe Seattle's Russell Wilson intentionally tossed an interception at the goal line and Atlanta offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan threw the game with play-calling, there is no cheat code for those New England victories. Had the Patriots lost those two games, the narrative around Belichick and Brady would be a hell of a lot different.

If the league is guilty of anything, it's allowing Patriots paranoia to permeate each year. Last week, there was the accidental NFL Facebook post that showed the Patriots and Vikings in the Super Bowl. Concepts such as "rigged" and "WWE" have been attached to the Patriots; the NFL villain that just won't die. Goodell hasn't done anything to stop the controversy, and the more the NFL becomes like pro wrestling, the less popular it will be with its football-first fans.

Read it all at: http://www.sportingnews.com/ca/nfl/news/new-england-patriots-conspiracy-cheaters-belichick-brady-spygate-deflategate/1umfy02l1pyl51wdzqjfelmt36