If the have learned one thing this offseason, it's that there is at least one downside to winning five Super Bowls: There's nowhere to put the banners.As , Gillette Stadium was only designed to hold four banners, which probably seemed like more than enough banner space for the Patriots when the stadium originally opened back in 2002. Unfortunately, the architect clearly underestimated the combination of Bill Belichick and , otherwise he would've made enough space for 12 banners at Gillette. Anyway, after winning Super Bowls XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXIX
Tony Carr Jersey and XLIX, New England officially ran out of space for Super Bowl banners. Here's a look at the space that the Patriots use to hang their championship banners.As you can see, there's only enough room for four banners, with two hanging on the left side of the videoboard and two more hanging on the right side.So what are the Patriots going to
Derrick Favors Jersey do with their fifth banner?The most charitable thing to do would be to give it to the , but since that's not going to happen, let's focus on reality. According to Patriots owner Robert Kraft, the team has finally solved the problem of where to put the fifth banner. During , Kraft revealed that the Patriots had to slightly redesign the stadium to accommodate the fifth banner."We had a high-cla s problem because we
Kenrich Williams Jersey had no more room to put banners, so we had to change the construction around," Kraft said.Although Kraft wouldn't specifically say where the fifth banner is going, we know the banner problem has been solved and that fans will be getting a "surprise" when the Pariots host the regular season opener on Sept. 7. "We have a little surprise for our fans that night that should be very cool," Kraft said.If the Patriots are smart, they made enough enough room to fit about seven more banners.As for his team's 34-28 Super Bowl win over
Rawle Alkins Jersey the , Kraft said that six months later, he's still basking in the victory. "I'm still living it and enjoying it," Kraft said. "I don't wear rings, but I have a thing now. If we're privileged to go all the way like that, I carry the ring in my pocket every day
Wenyen Gabriel Jersey until the start of the new season."As for all you Patriots haters out there, Kraft isn't offended that you hate his team. "I know there's some people that kind of hate us, and I understand it," Kraft said. Kraft doesn't even hate that you hate his team. That's almost enough to make you not want to hate them.