Bill Simmons dad blames Dianna Russini for ruining Patriots season

Opinions were made known in the Simmons household Sunday.Bill Simmons, founder of the sports pop culture outlet “The Ringer” and known Boston sports fan, wrote down and shared his dad’s comments said throughout the Jaguars’ 35-6 rout of the Patriots on Monday’s episode of “The Bill Simmons Podcast.”The elder Simmons wasn’t shy about laying into quarterback Drake Maye and the offseason Mike Vrabel-Dianna Russini drama.“‘It’s like I’m watching Mac Jones again,'” Simmons started off with his dad’s quotes.“That was an actual quote.”“‘I think Dianna Russini ruined our season.’ He said that,” Simmons went on.

“‘Should we try [Tommy] Devito?’ Dead serious.And then sadly near the end, he said, he looked at me and he goes, ‘You know, it was so exciting to have a franchise quarterback, even if it was only for one year,'” he concluded.New England isn’t the same team since its Super Bowl appearance in February as players have come and gone, including Stefon Diggs beingreplaced by A.J.

Brown.Yet the vibes and energy around the team seemingly have had an impact on the field, tracing back to Vrabel’s alleged affair with the former NFL insider.Simmons went on to say the offseason incident is the starting point for the bad play seen on the field.“Its tough when you can’t explain what’s going on with your team,” he said.“The Pats in this post-Mike Vrabel Sedona era, the looks sloppy as hell.

They look poorly coached and it looks like he has no feel for the team.And I really do think it all starts with that.

And the Year From Hell team, which I think we have a bunch of candidates this year, starts with the Vrabel-Russini stuff, goes all the way through … What good thing has happened with the Pats?”The Russini cloud appears to be growing.Ben Volin of the Boston Globe pointed to the pair in his column Monday as well, writing “Call it the Dianna Russini Curse.Ever since that offseason incident, the mojo seems to h...