or it could be both. Nobody playing the game gets a free pass.
I will say this about the small fish like Jussie Smollet, and others in his form.
It's been noticed that after certain bit players have an ahh.. we'll call it an exchange…
Things seem to magically go the Patriots' way.
Makes me think that the Patriots show these people their entire life history and then give them a final choice, or something similar that's equally intimidating.
Because this has become a running theme now.