You certainly can tell that this is an election year; negativity abounds.
In the wake of the New England Patriots loss in Super Bowl XLII there is a boatload of finger-pointing going on in New England.
As you may have heard, at a team party after the game Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski was recorded dancing and taking his shirt off to LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem" which made former Patriot Rodney Harrison gallop along on his high horse.
Harrison had this to say about Gronk's rug cutting:
"I guarantee you this, if Willie McGinest, Tedy Bruschi, Larry Izzo, Richard Seymour or myself would have been at that party, he probably would have got his head rung.
When we lost the Super Bowl, any of my Super Bowl losses, I was so devastated the last thing I ever wanted to do was party, let alone dance or take off your shirt. It's just immaturity. It's not right. He made a mistake and I'm sure he feels absolutely stupid about it at this point."
Yes, Rob Gronkowski should have handled the loss like Harrison likely would have, by taking an illegal supplement and hitting someone with a cheap-shot when no one was looking.
Harrison went on to say that he had not seen the video which shows that he needs to be working for Endlessly Speculating and Pontificating Network (ESPN), since he is quite adept at spewing without first trifling with things like facts.
We all grieve in our own way. Too bad Harrison will forever be too impressed with himself to keep such a thing in mind. We're willing to bet that the real reason Mr. Cheap Shot is incensed is because he can't get as close to a porn star (Bibi Jones) as Gronk did in the featured pic for today.
Then there was Tom Brady's wife Giselle Bundchen who, according to reports, told reporters after the game, "You have to catch the ball when you're supposed to catch the ball. My husband cannot throw and catch at the same time. I can't believe they dropped the ball so many times."
We can forgive the stick figure for her statement. After all, the closest she has come to a loss in life. We do wonder how much she busted her husband's chops for that crucial intentional grounding early in the game.
By the way, the officials made the right call. Brady, wearing a mic during the game, is heard in the NFL Films highlight package on Showtime's Inside the NFL saying that he didn't have anything and threw the ball away. Quick review, he was in the pocket and ditched the ball to no one in particular to avoid the sack... that's intentional grounding.
Finally, there's Pawngo and their tongue in cheek dig at Wes Welker. Welker's drop of a Brady pass that was high and somewhat behind him would have likely clinched the game for New England gave Pawngo, an online pawnshop, the idea to dump approximately 7000 Butterfingers candy bars in Boston's Copley Square as someone held a sign that read "Thanks Wes Welker."
It should be noted that Welker has AVERAGED 110.8 catches per season since arriving in Chowda Town in 2007; the law of averages finally kicked in at the worst time for him.
Pawngo probably would have been better served waiting until training camp for that one so as to not seem so malicious to a player that has given their team so much, or not do it directly in Boston where they were still stinging. However, ya can't beat the publicity they got out of it, even with the citation from the city for illegal dumping.
The truth is that we wished Pawngo would have dumped all that sugary goodness where we could have gotten our hands on them.
Hopefully next year we can celebrate the big game without playing the blame game immediately afterward.
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