It is fine to hate them but comparing them to Lance Armstrong is laughable.  Lance cheated, it is a solo sport....the Pats had some boneheaded moves but it is not on the same spectrum.

They have no excuse for spygate.  Deflategate is a joke and overblown, they basically did what many other QB's have historically done.

Was it all fair?  Did they push the limits?  Of course.  Are they great due to this.....no.  Losers always have excuses.

How have the Pats done the past several years with no allegations of spying nor deflating balls?  I am sure the losing teams will make excuses and blame them for cheating.  This is similar to the arguments against BYU and RM's, they couldn't beat us in the 80's so blame the age with no evidence it helped.

You don't need to like them, but respect how great they have been.  I cannot stand Alabama, but I recognize they are great (they likely some recruiting things happen in the grey area, but won't blame that for the issues).

I don't know about deflategate and what happened, but to say it impacted games in a massive way is silly:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/nfl-deflated-the-truth--and-owes-the-court-a-correction/2016/03/08/02bcae4e-e540-11e5-b0fd-073d5930a7b7_story.html?utm_term=.e45613189195