Patriots are already looking forward to the playoffs after sending fans AFC Championship tickets
New England is confident.
Every other team in the NFL is living in the 2017 preseason. The Patriots, meanwhile, are living in the 2018 playoffs — at least according to their season tickets.
This season, the New England Patriots sent season tickets holders something a little extra with their seats for the regular season: tickets to the AFC Championship game.
To be fair, the Raiders did the same thing with their tickets, but the message — based on the franchises’ recent histories — is vastly different. The Raiders ticket signified to their fans that they have high expectations this season after a decade of sub-500 seasons. That ticket is a goal, one that they could potentially reach if last season was any indication.
But with the Patriots, its seems more arrogant because they are almost always in the playoffs. They just won the Super Bowl, so the 2018 AFC Championship ticket says, “Yeah, of course we’re gonna make the big game again.”
They have made the playoffs every year since 2008, so it makes sense. Still, people will remember this if New England somehow misses the playoffs.
