Patriots Fan Parody Blames Deflategate, Refs, Illuminati for Ending Super Bowl Run

NBC Sports spoof rubs salt in the AFC wound

It's been a rough couple of days for fans of the New England Patriots.

The defending Super Bowl champions were denied a return trip to the Big Game with a heart-breaking loss to their most hated rival, Peyton Manning. To make matters worse, the game likely came down to a first-quarter missed extra point attempt by usually reliable kicker Stephen Gostkowski (otherwise they wouldn't have had to go for two at the end to send the game into overtime).

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