It’s never a good idea to provide the New England Patriots with any bulletin board material or extra motivation leading into a game. They’re simply too good of a football team as is without any of that added juice; give it to them, and the Patriots could come out guns blazing.
Romeo Crennel of all people should know better.
The 72-year-old football mind has been either defensive coordinator or assistant head coach (or both at the same time, like he is now) for the Houston Texans under Bill O’Brien since 2014. Before that, Crennel was the New England defensive coordinator under Bill Belichick from 2001-2004, overseeing the early days of the Patriots dynasty and supervising terrific defensive players like Rodney Harrison, Ty Law, Richard Seymour, Mike Vrabel, and others.