Chapter 948: Lord Fox

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After the millennium, the 21st century officially kicked off.
In the past twelve years, the NFL League has been exciting.
The Pittsburgh Steelers and the New York Giants each reached the Super Bowl twice, rewriting the team's history; the St. Louis Rams and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers also achieved breakthroughs with their respective defensive teams and won a Super Bowl; in addition, Payton- The Indianapolis Colts led by Manning, the New Orleans Saints led by Drew Brees, and the Green Bay Packers led by Aron Rogers each won one time and achieved glory.
But if someone asks, the most successful NFL team in the 21st century, the New England Patriots are undoubtedly a well-deserved choice.
The New England Patriots, founded in 1959, was one of the founding members of the American Football Association and the first team to join the NFL in 1970. The team is located in the Greater Boston area of ​​Massachusetts in the United States. In 1971, the team officially moved its home to Foxborough outside the suburbs of Boston, and changed the team name "Boston Patriot" to the current "New England Patriot".
The home stadium Gillette is located in Foxborough (Foxborough), so many fans also affectionately called "Fox Fort".
Historically, the New England Patriots were not a strong team. From 1970 to 1990, they only entered the playoffs twice. In the middle, they also experienced a blank period that missed the playoffs for 13 consecutive years. Missed the longest record in the playoffs, although the 1985 season once flashed once and reached the Super Bowl, but faced with the devil's general Chicago Bears defensive group, they were defeated by "10:45", that is also At the time, the record-breaking Super Bowl had the largest points difference.
In fact, even during that downturn, the New England Patriots were the object of countless people in the league. This has historical causes.
Dating back to Europe's pioneering-or the original history of the invasion of North America, New York and Boston are the main port locations, but there is still a slight difference between the two areas. The New England area where Boston is located is mainly to escape religious persecution. British Protestants; those who stay in New York are more diverse, including speculators, blue-collar workers, poor people at the bottom and so on.
It is precisely because of this difference that the development of the New England region has gradually become more rapid. In the mid-twentieth century, they transferred most of the traditional industries to other states in the United States or overseas with lower labor costs, and Boston-centered High-tech areas have begun to emerge, including biotechnology, education, finance, services, pharmaceuticals, and so on.
Slowly, this has become the richest and most high-end area in the United States. Yale University, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, etc. are all located in this area; law, economy, politics / governance, finance, etc. are also all Itinerary in this area has a unique leading position.
Naturally, people living in this area have either actively or passively differentiated themselves from other areas, and the distinctive hierarchy of the class began to permeate all corners of society:
From economics to politics / governance, from education to law, from news to gangsters, from language to culture, all of these, this area seems to be independent of the United States, they have their own pride and dignity, Refusing to compare with other states.
In fact, the claims of the New England region are "discriminatory" in their own right, because they claim to be descendants of the British Empire, rather than the people of Native Americans and other immigrants.
Now the term "New England" is no longer applicable. It refers specifically to the area formed by six states including Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, while Boston is It is the center of gravity of the entire region. Although it contains six states, its size and population are not large-
The population of the entire New England region can only rank fifth among all states in the United States; and the area of ​​the entire region ranks twentieth among all states.
In other words, this is a very, very small area. But they have their own system. Even in Hollywood, they have a unique Boston gang that distinguishes them from other groups and excludes all outsiders. The story of the film "Focus" took place in Boston. Through the film, you can see the unique system of this area.
When people mention the North American continent, the West Coast headed by Los Angeles and the East Coast headed by New York, because of geographical and historical reasons, the two sides are tit-for-tat; Even New York despised it, showing a kind of arrogance.
Therefore, the New England region is not popular among other states. The four major sports league teams are here, the Boston Red Sox for baseball, the Boston Celtics for basketball, the Boston Bruins for ice hockey, the New England Patriots for rugby — and the New England football / life for football, among others Areas are not popular.
The reality is that the five teams mentioned above are all strong teams in their respective leagues, and they have repeatedly won the highest championship in their respective leagues.
And now, the Patriots are even worse. They changed the "Boston Patriot" to "New England Patriot" and adopted a name with a strong sense of pride, and the suffix is ​​still "Patriot". This shows that it is provocative of the United States. In all other regions, they claim to be the pioneers and patriots with the purest blood.
Imagine, under such historical and cultural precipitation, how could people like this team?
Every year, protesters will appear in the league, hoping to change the name of the Washington Redskins-because the Redskins is used to discriminate against the Indians; similarly, there are countless fans who want the New England Patriots to change their names because they are provoking The endurance of the entire United States.
The New England Patriots have never been good for the American people, and this is the historical cause; and later, after they created their own dynasty, they became even more lifeless, plus the old fox of Bill-Billiek With close human relations and uncompromising methods, negative news emerged endlessly, so the team became the enemy of the league.
After turbulence in the 1970s and 1980s, the team ushered in a turning point in 1994, and Robert-Kraft bought the New England Patriots in bankruptcy and turmoil; and Prior to 1993, Bill-Parcells, the coach who led the New York Giants to win the Super Bowl twice, entered the home team, gradually giving the team a new vitality.
With the support of the new boss, Parsles gradually became more successful. In the case of poor performance in the first half of the season, he boldly adopted the unmerchant attack that few people dared to use at the time, ending with a wave of seven consecutive victories. In the second half of the season, the reversal entered the playoffs.
In 1996, after passing through the Baltimore Ravens, Bill Passick ’s apprentice Bill Billicek came to the New England Patriots, became a mentor ’s assistant, and served as a defensive back coach.
However, after scoring into the Super Bowl again in 1997, he lost to the Green Bay Packers led by Brett-Favre, and the relationship between Parss and Kraft also broke down-because Kraft was pointing the team , Interfere with the decision-making power of Passers as the team manager, completely treat him as a puppet, this relationship has been completely torn.
After the Super Bowl defeat, Parsley chose to resign and tried to coach the New York Jets in the same district, but he still had a contract with the Patriots and could not change jobs, so the Jets came up with a compromise plan and hired Passley's assistant Billicek served as the team coach, and then gave him an advisory position to trade behind the scenes.
This incident triggered Kraft's anger, and finally the league came forward to mediate and used the New York Jets' draft pick as Parsley to compensate, ending the farce.
In the following three seasons, the New England Patriots entered the Pete Carroll era-now the head coach of the Seattle Seahawks, but Carroll ’s performance at Fox Fox was unsatisfactory, and he did not enter the postseason for three consecutive years In the game, after the end of the 1999 season, Carol was expelled, Kraft hopes to invite the proportion to return to the team as coach.
Also in 1999, Parsley resigned from his position as the head coach of the New York Jets. He announced his second retirement from the NFL and negotiated with the team. Bilicek took over; however, the inauguration news came the next day At the meeting, Bilicek wrote his resignation statement on a loose-leaf paper, and the inauguration press conference became a resignation press conference.
When the farce where Parsles left the Patriots happened again, the Jets refused to let Billicek leave, and the league came to mediate. The Patriots signed the first round of 2000 in exchange for the joining of Billicek. On January 27, 2000, the Patriots officially entered the Bilicek era.
Later, at the 2000 NBA Draft, Bilicek chose Tom Brady in the sixth round with 199th overall pick. The story after that became simple.
In 2001, 2003, and 2004, the New England Patriots became the second team in the history of the league after the Dallas Cowboys to win four championships; at the same time, they also reached the Super Bowl twice in 2007 and 20011. Lost to the New York Giants; in addition, the team has become the absolute overlord of the United East, except in 2002 and 2008, never lost the top position of the division.
Over the past twelve years, the New England Patriots have become the strongest and most stable team in the league, and no other team can beat them.
One can find one hundred reasons why they do n’t like the New England Patriots; but objectively, this is the NFL ’s most stable team in the past decade, and none of them. The combination of Bilicek and Brady is also the league's most threatening partner, although no one likes them outside of New England.