I am a huge Patriots fan. Patriots games were really one of my few family bonding moments. I have loved them since they sucked and I will love them when they inevitably suck again. But in the wake of this scandal, let us all take a deep breath and be honest…

If it was your team, you’d say it wasn’t that bad too.

I don’t know how long the Pats have been doing this. I don’t know if it ever gave them any real edge.

But if it was the Colts that had been caught, Pats fans would be saying it was the only reason Peyton finally got a Superbowl ring and Colts fans would be saying its just not that bad.

If it were Oakland who was caught, Raiders fans would be saying its not really horrible and everyone else would be saying, “judging by their record, it obviously wasn’t that bad.”

This is obviously a scandal and it obviously tarnishes the Patriots recent past. But punishments have already been handed out and people have already had reputations scarred, so lets just stop all the pointless, post everything, partisan bickering on message boards everywhere. Because if it was your team you’d say it was OK and if it was your rivals team you would think they should be banished from the league forever.

Its done.

Unless of course they find the Pats were making audio recordings too. Which I hope to God they weren’t.

One thing we can all agree on: The Patriots won’t, and certainly won’t have an opportunity to, cheat for the rest of this season. So let us all let them speak the truth out on the field this year.

Of course, if they go all the way, every Colts, Jets and Chargers fan will say it was because they finally got some talented receivers and didn’t need to cheat.

Ugh.

I still love them anyway.