Patriot Helmet Stickers

[Daseal]

Bleed -- from what I remember, he saved her while dying himself. Why people go out on something like that without a life jacket is besides me. I'm a very strong swimmer, and I won't go out and do water sports without a life jacket, or at least water wings!

Even canoing, I watched a guy drown right in front of me on the Shenandoah River because he tipped and got sucked in by an undertow. It doesn't take a lot to drown and a life jacket will do much better at pulling you up. (Strangely enough, the person that died was the Brother of one of my step-dad's clients in Michigan, small world)

[BleedBurgundy]

Originally Posted by Daseal

Bleed -- from what I remember, he saved her while dying himself. Why people go out on something like that without a life jacket is besides me. I'm a very strong swimmer, and I won't go out and do water sports without a life jacket, or at least water wings!

Even canoing, I watched a guy drown right in front of me on the Shenandoah River because he tipped and got sucked in by an undertow. It doesn't take a lot to drown and a life jacket will do much better at pulling you up. (Strangely enough, the person that died was the Brother of one of my step-dad's clients in Michigan, small world)

I was referring to why I don't think there was as much public sentiment for his death, not the overall importance of it, which is impossible to quantify. I believe that she hung on to a buouy and he never made it to her, but did try to talk calmly to her and reassure her--which is definitely honorable.

And yeah, I have a speed boat, I go wakeboarding every weekend during the summer. To do anything out on the water without a lifejacket on is a bad idea beyond description.

[Skinsfan_70]

I don't care much about the other teams outside our division, but for respect sake, it would have been nice to see the Giants wear the sticker (making it every team in the East -- Philly and Dallas did).

[onlydarksets]

Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha

I would expect nothing less from the league's least classy franchise. Their owner is a drunk, their coach is a punk, and their QB is an arrogant pretty boy.

I thought you were going to finish out the limerick.

[MTK]

Are people really getting up in arms over a helmet sticker?

[irish]

The Pats already have a sticker for their own teammate. I didnt see the Skins or any other team wearing 91 stickers to honor the Pats fallen teammate.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by Ocliw

Have the pats been wearing 91 all season or all of a sudden?

Yes they have.

[skinsfan69]

Everyone needs to chill out. People are just finding another way to bitch and moan about The Pats. I didn't have a problem with it.

[BDBohnzie]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the Pats had their #21 stickers on for their game with the Ravens this past Monday night, and I believe last weekend was the only required weekend that teams were supposed to have the stickers on. What each team and each individual does is their own business. Class or respect has very little to do with it. The Pats paid their respects and decided to move on. Other teams have decided to leave them on. So be it.

From Monday night game vs. Ravens:

[birdz4gibbs]

Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha

The only two teams that I saw that didn't were the Pats and the Giants. In any event, does it really surprise anyone that when the Patriots are one of the few teams to not do it? I don't mean to make it a bigger deal than it is, but I have grown to despise the Pats. It has nothing to do with their dominance (which I respect), it has to do with their utter lack of class. Between Belichick cheating on his wife, Belichick cheating in the game, Brady dumping his pregnant girlfriend for a supermodel, Belichick shoving reporters, Belichick publicly denigrating Mangini, Brady being an arrogant a**hole in press conferences, Belichick running up the score just to boost his own ego, Roosevelt Colvin doing the Lights Out dance after the victory over the Chargers in the playoffs, Jabar Gaffney mocking the Eagles' wings, etc. I hate that team with a burning passion.

sounds like another team we depise...

[Ocliw]

When I started this thread I wasn't bashing anyone. I saw 21's everywhere yesterday and when i saw 91's I was confused. I had no idea the pats had lost a player in the off season.

[birdz4gibbs]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

Everyone needs to chill out. People are just finding another way to bitch and moan about The Pats. I didn't have a problem with it.

it,s all good all pat fans should enjoy their year cause they derserve it.

problem with them winning ,nope not me they do it better than anybody else thats why they are 13-0 now and looking more like 16-0.

yes they are that damn good and it shows..

[SC Skins Fan]

I don't like the Pats, I don't like Tom Brady, I don't like Bill Belicheck, and all that was the case prior to this season. Don't jump on me, I can have opinions if I want. It's not because they win, it's because of their attitudes. I love winners like Manning and Dungy (who doesn't?). I also didn't really like that some teams didn't have the #21 stickers on their helmets this week (and it wasn't just the Pats).

Now, having said all that, of all the teams not to wear it (it's just a sticker after all, what does it affect you if you just leave it on?) the Pats make sense. I can see why they would feel like they should keep the sticker only of their own teammate since no one else was (of course the Broncos kept the #21 along with the sticker honoring their two deceased teammates). I do think, however, that it is a symptom of their 'us against the world' attitude that makes them so standoffish and, ironically, becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. In any case, I actually find some of the comments made in this thread much more disturbing and crass than the fact that the Pats (and some others) didn't continue wearing the #21 sticker. If you want to excoriate someone for not having class then show some yourself.

[firstdown]

Wow what a sad thread. People are saying that the PAts have no Class then say the death of one of their Players does not equal the death of one of ours. To me that is as classless as it gets.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Wow what a sad thread. People are saying that the PAts have no Class then say the death of one of their Players does not equal the death of one of ours. To me that is as classless as it gets.

Agreed. And I hope my post at the start of all this wasn't interpreted as such. Because it wasn't meant in that way.