Football fans are not much different from baseball fans.
If you're a hard-core Patriot hater, or Yankee hater, you will do everything in your power to discredit their success.
But there are plenty of football fans who don't like the Patriots but won't argue about how great Brady is.
Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1
The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.
I will not be rooting against him either. I was a Pats fan until I was 10, then I switched to the Jets after Spygate, and when they got Sanchez, and then hated the Pats for the next 10 years. During the 2018 season, I started to come back to the Pats a little, and then cemented it by going to Opening Night against the Steelers this past season. I still claim to be a Pats and Jets fan, but nonetheless, in the 10 years I hated the Pats, I never hated Brady. Same kinda thing as Derek Jeter, and now Aaron Judge (and Mookie too). Love the player, hate the team they play for. I'm lucky to have grown up when this man was in his prime, so I'm going to soak in the rest of his career.
Also, the NFC South now has:
- Tom Brady, Mike Evans (TB)
- Drew Brees, Michael Thomas, Emmanuel Sanders, Alvin Kamara (NO)
- Matt Ryan, Julio Jones, Todd Gurley, Calvin Ridley (ATL)
- Teddy Bridgewater, Christian McCaffrey (CAR)
What a fun division to watch, and we haven't even hit the draft yet.