num_pages: 544
description: Over two unbelievable decades the New England Patriots were not only the NFLs most dominant team but alsoand by farthe most secretive. How did they achieve and sustain greatnessand what were the costs?In It's Better to Be Feared Seth Wickersham one of the countrys finest long form and investigative sportswriters tells the full behind-the-scenes story of the Patriots capturing the brilliance ambition and vanity that powered and ultimately unraveled them. Based on hundreds of interviews conducted since 2001 Wickershams chronicle is packed with revelations taking us deep into Bill Belichicks tactical ingenuity and Tom Bradys unique mentality while also reporting on their divergent paths in 2020 including Bradys run to the Super Bowl with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Raucous unvarnished and definitive Its Better to Be Feared is an instant classic of American sportswriting in the tradition of Michael Lewis David Maraniss and David Halberstam.
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title: It's Better to Be Feared: The New England Patriots Dynasty and the Pursuit of Greatness
publisher: Liveright