It’s not fun on most days to play for the New England Patriots. That should be pretty well established by now.
There is, however, an argument about whether that matters. The NFL is a business, business is best when you win, and nobody wins more than the Patriots under Bill Belichick. Super Bowls seem like a blast.
But the daily grind to climb the mountain every season is hard. That has led to a strange parade of former players sounding off against “The Patriot Way,” including a former Patriots defender who said he was considering quitting football last season rather than continuing to play for Belichick.