Patriot Helmet Stickers

[Vulta121]

They are trash.

[Ocliw]

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

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by Ocliw

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

Yes they have.

[Daseal]

Jsarno -- ask the pats that. What a ridiculous statement. Hills life wasn't as important or well liked. Come on. You don't know if Hill was liked. The Taylor thing is a tragedy, but so is Darrent Williams and Marquise Hill.

If teams don't want to wear stickers every week, so be it. Did the Redskins wear the sticker of other players that died? The answer is no. It's just a sticker when it boils down. It's not a big deal. Many of these players have absolutely no connection to Sean Taylor, and those that do can honor him in many ways, including the sticker.

[pg86]

Lions didnt either

[SmootSmack]

I don't think this is such a huge deal or indicative of whether or not anyone has class.

[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).

[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]

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.

[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.

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by SC Skins Fan

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.

I certainly understand that the Pats want to honor their fallen teammate. I also think that it is unfortunate that teams haven't honored Hill the way they've honored Taylor. But, I do think the sticker is significant (yes I said that) just as the Pats Hill sticker is significant. And, as I said in my first post in this thread, I don't mean to make a bigger deal of it than it really is. I didn't blast the Giants for not wearing the stickers.

But, given the Pats history, I do take issue with them. I'm sorry if others diagree with me, but I think this is yet another example of how the Pats operate.