My decision to chart the Patriots’ offensive personnel groupings for every snap throughout the entire 2017 season came as no surprise to my wife. Nothing Patriots-related does anymore.
Her response was emblematic of numerous past occurrences where an even deeper level of my fandom became exposed — instances that include stumbling upon my Patriots Snuggie (a true “don’t knock it until you try it” product), and uncovering the in-depth Patriots salary cap spreadsheet on my laptop. Here’s how it came about last Sunday.
Me: “Their guest WiFi sucks, so I can’t update my Google spreadsheet.