How they mellowed with age and learned the value of forgiving and forgetting.
So in their later years they made peace with their old adversaries.
Became friends with old rivals.
Real winners don’t mellow with age; they just get better at hatred the longer they practice it.
They’re the ones who take a good grudge to the grave with them.
And there’s no better example than Bill Belichick and the New York Jets.
You might think he’d have let it go by now.
He’s not going to stop hating the Jets in this lifeorthe next.
Nothing has changed over 25 years.
Just new and improved.
His career record against them in New England was 39-13.
And even a .667 winning percentage did not punish them enough.
Also, on a minor note, he’s not wrong on his point.
The Jets do keep drafting quarterbacks, ruining them, and releasing them.
Only to see less horrendously awful franchises (which is all of them) resurrect these guys' careers.
That bad blood is here for all eternity.
