re: Apple's 10-part docuseries titled 'The Dynasty: New England Patriots' now streaming

I’m trying to figure out why stallworth is so prominent in this

Eps 7 and 8 were almost poalr opposites. The Deflategate Ep may be the worst in the series so far. It just kind of felt out of place as some wacky, looney goose chase masquerading as a witch hunt played out in the press. I know why they had to cover it, but the whole episode was just off tonaly than the rest.

But Ep 8 may be the best of the series so far. How they presented the Atlanta super bowl as almost a battlefield epic was just genius.

Also may have the best lines of the series so far. The Pioli story about being in the Suite with all falcon front office personell and then blowing a gasket to them about how Brady is basically going to snatch their souls was summed up the Brady legacy probably better than anyone else.

Pioli has just been a great interview. Howard Bryant was well, and I dislike him greatly, but he made the entire thing so much more Shakespearean.

I'm sure the final 2 eps are all basically Bill vs Tom, plus the Malcolm Butler benching in the Super bowl.

Should be very interesting.

I'm a little surprised all the parties consented to the interviews and the way the entire show was slanted.
It wasn't all rosy the way the Patriots were portrayed for all the success they had.

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Oh, my one main gripe in the last episodes was how the docuseries pretty much blamed the beginning of the Patriots downfall on the drama around Trump/Kraft/Belichick/Brady. Really, come on?!?! TDS much?

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It clearly caused issues in the locker room and the players all pointed at the hypocrisy which I thought was 100% fair. BB has always been closed lipped even about things that were relevant on the field so breaking his own rule in at the time the most divisive way possible was very much a do as I say not as I do moment.


Growing up as a Miami fan from childhood I never liked the Pats even when they were losers I just disliked them more when they were winning. I acknowledged their collective and individual greatness but didn't have to like them. From the series, I started to genuinely like Tom and the other players interviewed as well as Robert Kraft but Bill is just a POS and an oddly insecure human given his stature in his profession. That said who knows if Brady would have been the Brady we know without the abusive "father" relationship.

Well done series as with most Apple shows.