There’s one downside to the Patriots’ recent run of success. Bill Belichick has had to keep renaming his boat.
Some time after winning New England’s third Super Bowl in 2005, Belichick named his boat “V Rings,” taking into account the two titles he won as defensive coordinator of the Giants. The Giants helpfully kept Belichick from having to rename the boat with wins over the Pats in Super Bowls XLII and XLVI.
But three wins in the past five years have forced a series of alterations to the vessel’s paint job, first to “VI Rings” then “VII Rings.