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The New England Patriots have seen better days, and recent comments from their owner will do little to lift the mood. In an interview on Good Morning Football, Patriots owner Robert Kraft brought up the Holocaust and even compared the tragic events to the situation in the United States in 2023.
Put simply, Kraft compared racist hatred and treatment of the LGBTQ community to the state of hatred against the Jewish and non-Aryans in Germany in the days leading up to World War II.
Here's how the owner put it:
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"What's going on in this country right now is very disturbing to me, where we're seeing signs that are very similar to what was going on in Germany in the late '30s. And I'm asking all Americans to stand up and fight this hatred."
Patriots owner presses for brighter days on and off the field
In addition to calling for a cease of hostility toward minorities, many pundits and analysts have calculated that Kraft is inching closer to pressuring Bill Belichick to improve. The Patriots head coach is one of the few holdouts from the Tom Brady era. In the years since the quarterback's exit, much of the team, especially on offense, has been swapped out.
Rob Gronkowski and Julian Edelman are now retired. Former Offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels is working in the City of Sin. Matt Patricia has joined the Philadelphia Eagles. Offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien is back, but only after a decade-plus break from the team.
In other words, with No. 12 gone, the head coach is the last core piece of the successful dynasty still showing up to work every day.
The team will be hoping to take the league by surprise in 2023, overtaking the perenially powerful Buffalo Bills, the newly fiesty New York Jets, and the perenially 9-8 Miami Dolphins.
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