Pats of the 60's-70's were either bad or mediocre, they couldn't fill the stadium and worried about how to increase attendance for 40k when the league upped it's minimum. 

 

the 85 team barely made it into the superbowl, and got slammed by the bears (22 year drought between playoff victories that season) not to take away getting to the superbowl, but the point is. They were no storied juggernaut.

 

The best player in Pats history until the last 15 years was a Guard (John Hannah)

They Drafted Tony Eason over Dan Marino among other draft busts

 

in the late 80's and and 1990, the pats fielded teams that are arguably worse than any team the jags have ever fielded (in fact, that 1990 team is one of the worst teams to ever play in the history of the game)

 

They seem to forget that the team struggled selling out games in the early 90's and Kraft wanted to move to St. Louis and became the Stallions (it's never gotten that far in Jax)

 

This writer must be between 19 and 15 because he doesnt know what Boston went through prior to the massive success over the last decade and a half. Oddly enough, these two teams have similar histories, struggling to sell tickets, having nominal success throughout the years, and large gaps between good era's.. I don't want to hate on new England, but good for them. That's awesome. New England is a heavy favorite on Sunday... However this guy can't hate on Jax as the most irrelevant team in sports. It's a small town, with a small, jaded fan base that is well aware of it's actual struggles vs perceived struggles, but get lost clown. 

 

End Rant. 

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