Sports Illustrated has come up with what it considers to be the Top 25 Most Hated Teams of all time in sports, and the 2007 Pats, the team that nearly ran the table without a loss before coming up short in the Super Bowl, finished No. 6 on the list.

This is some of what Lee Jenkins wrote in the description of the Pats: ”They were the NFL’s Miss Manners, with delicate sensibilities that could be offended by the most innocuous sources, from a kicker like Mike Vanderjagt to a third receiver such as Freddie Mitchell. Any press-conference comment, no matter how mundane, prompted charges of disrespect. When former Chargers coach Marty Schottenheimer mentioned after a game that the Patriots were hampered by injuries (Tedy Bruschi was recovering from a stroke at the time), Tom Brady emerged from his protective casing and barked: “You don’t talk about our team.”Earning the distinction as the most hated, was the 1986 University of Miami team coached by Jimmy Johnson. Here’s the full story right here.

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