It's easy to hate the Pats. Robert Kraft is buddies with Rush Limbaugh; it's easy to despise anyone who pals around with a despicable, misogynistic racist pig. Belichick's personality is so unlikable that it's almost like a superpower. I don't really hate Brady but he's consistently great year-in and year-out and he usually beats up on my team, so there's that.
But I think I could let all that go if it wasn't for ONE thing. The Patriots signed Tim Tebow, thereby giving ESPN and NFLN free reign to keep crafting stories out of thin air just because he's still part of the NFL, even if it's in the most miniscule way possible. Perhaps the Pats will cut him before the season starts, and that would at least redeem them somewhat. But they still brought him on board, which always seem like such a strange move after effectively ENDING Tebowmania in the playoffs a few years ago.