Oh the Patriots were so persecuted...
Try this though experiment out:
Peyton Manning and Tony Dungy go to 9 Super Bowls together, winning 6.
Are the Colts "hated" the way NE was?
Why is that?
No, NE wasn't "hated by the haterZ because they were good." They were a bunch of cheating jerks who acted like heels, took every advantage, got every call, and had ridiculous luck fall into their lap time and time again.
And when you thought they lost (Tuck Rule, Baltimore playoff game in NE) they went to page 361 of the rule book and found some obscure ticky tack BS wrinkle to pull out.