Archive for November, 2009

Monday. On Tuesday the headlines, columns and blogosphere will be full of Pats/Saints post-nearly-Superbowl news. Since I won’t be watching the game – we don’t get ESPN – and I don’t really think I could bear to sit through four long quarters glued to my computer screen while the little gridiron graphic on [...]

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The New England Patriots, reports Michael Vega of the Boston Globe, listed five of their offensive lineman as questionable for their Monday night game against the New Orleans Saints; but to be fair, this is the same team that regularly has quarterback Tom Brady on the “list”.
The five lineman in question are: tackle Matt Light (knee), [...]

Home field advantage: nice but not necessary.
Absolutely the best uniforms in the NFL.
Playoffs – the Pats are hitting their stride at just the right time.
Points in the second quarter: best in the NFL.
Yippee! The Jets go down!
Team, the essential spirit of the Pats.
Hope for Ring #4.
AFC – top of the heap and staying there.
New Orleans [...]

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Patriots CB Leigh Bodden said his team is confidently approaching its visit next Monday with the 10-0 New Orleans Saints. “It has to be, ‘Bring it on,’ ” Bodden told reporters today (via the Boston Herald) about how the Patriots will gear up for their visit to the bayou. The Patriots failed to stop the [...]

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You know what they say about the “Payback” or as the Late Great Godfather Of Soul James Brown used to put it “The Big Payback.” In week two of the NFL season after a week of telling the media how unimpressed he was with Patriots head coach Bill Belichick and his team New York Jets [...]

It is a period of war in the AFC East. After Supreme Chancellor Belichick lost many men in an early season battle with the evil Jets Empire, the Patriot rebellion has been in a state of disarray.
A botched 4th down made matters worse, and Luke SkyWelker has been sent on a mission to rescue [...]

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Patriots fans can root for their home team, while supporting the Jimmy Fund, making it a win-win for holiday shoppers this year.
The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute holiday cards, candles, and ornaments 2009 collection is on sale to benefit adult and pediatric cancer care and research through the Jimmy Fund. There are a total of 9 different [...]

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Oh the gnashing of teeth and pulling of hair! The Pats were within mere ticks of the clock of beating their archrival Colts, not to mention spoiling their hitherto perfect season but they blew it on a failed fourth down conversion. And it’s all Bill’s fault.
Hold on.
I agree, it was a helluva risky call. With [...]

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A few years from now when Peyton Manning is inducted into the NFL Hall Of Fame there is a good probability that the game the Indianapolis Colts played against the New England Patriots on November 15, 2009 will be brought up. They will talk about how he marched his team repeatedly down the field in [...]

The Boston Globe reports that rookie safety Patrick Chung has been fined $7,500:
Patriots rookie safety Patrick Chung has been fined $7,500 days after he received a roughing the passer penalty for a helmet-to-helmet hit on Miami Dolphins quarterback Chad Henne in Sunday’s 27-17 victory. The hit in the third quarter of Sunday’s game resulted in [...]

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