This is not a Synecdoche for football.

The Patriots have been losers for so long, I don't know if I can even classify them as my bête noire anymore. But since NFL commentators keep mentioning Belichick for Coach of the Year and Brady just got engaged to Gisele, it bears worth repeating:

Damn the Patriots! Damn everyone that won't damn the Patriots! Damn every one that won't put lights in his window and sit up all night damning the Patriots!