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we were on the verge of losing the franchise.
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Headlines like this haunted my dreams
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This is insulting to every city that actually lost a team. Moving to Hartford would have been an inconvenience, but nothing close to losing the franchise. Its an hour and half drive.
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it's probably more of a psychological change. Foxboro is a Boston suburb and the Pats are a de facto Boston team. that would have changed had they moved to another city. had they moved to Hartford, the TV cameras wouldn't show the Boston skyline, the victory parades wouldn't have been in Boston...this is all little dumb stuff, but it matters. it wouldn't have been "our" team anymore. but yeah, it was much better than them moving to Las Vegas or something