Championship glory is fleeting. The Patriots won three Super Bowls in four years, then didn’t win another for 10 years. Banner 17 took the Celtics 21. The Bruins and Red Sox, far longer. When you get the chance to gloat, be you a fan or a player, you best take it.
No one need tell Kyle Van Noy twice.
Joining with Sony Michel and the McCourty twins for a day at ESPN’s Bristol, Conn., campus, Van Noy got his chance to thank Max Kellerman for all the motivation he delivered the Patriots, doubting Tom Brady throughout the run to a sixth Super Bowl victory.