ESPN "First Take" co-host Max Kellerman is best known around New England as the guy who predicted before the 2016 season that former Patriots quarterback Tom Brady's play would "fall of a cliff".
Brady made Kellerman (and others) look like a fool over and over again by playing at a high level and winning a league MVP and two Super Bowl championships after these comments were made.
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The Patriots themselves even hit back at Kellerman when they included some of his other hot takes in a Twitter video following the team's 2018 AFC Divisional Round win over the Los Angeles Chargers. A couple weeks later, Patriots linebacker Elandon Roberts held up a sign during the team's Super Bowl LIII victory parade that called Kellerman the "Haterade Player of the Year".
Kellerman's takes on the Patriots often generate a negative reaction in this area, but his latest opinion on the local football team should go over surprisingly well. He argued on Monday's episode of "First Take" that the Patriots' dynasty (2001 to the present) has been more impressive than the Chicago Bulls's NBA dynasty of the 1990s.
Check out Kellerman's reasoning in the video below:
The full segment is in the next video:
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There's no doubt the Bulls, led by Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen, dominated their sport in a manner rarely seen in history. Winning six championships in eight years, including two three-peats, is a remarkable accomplishment.
That said, the Patriots dominated a sport known for its parity and over a 20-year span made the playoffs 17 times, reached the AFC Championship Game 13 times, won the conference title nine times and won six Super Bowl titles. New England's combination of championships and consistent success over two decades had never been seen in pro football during the Super Bowl era, and it probably won't be seen again. It's also much harder for elite teams to remain intact in the NFL than it is in the NBA. The amount of roster turnover in football is far greater.
We could go on all day, but it's a fascinating debate, and one that is being ignited by the upcoming premiere of ESPN's much-anticipated documentary on the 1997-98 Bulls team that won the NBA Finals in Jordan's final season in Chicago.
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