As a die-hard Patriots fan, I already knew the story – the kid who didn't start on his own high school football team, who had to scrape and claw to stay on the field in college, who was drafted 199th in the 2000 NFL draft, who finally got his shot the day Drew Bledsoe went […]

By now I'm sure you've seen the "scandalous" footage of Tom Brady busting a move at Carnivale in Brazil.  The media is having a field day with this at the moment, partly because, A. There's nothing else NFL-related to talk about, B. Brady, who is great a putting his best foot forward in public, does […]

Here we go again I kinda wanna be more than friends So take it easy on me I'm afraid you're never satisfied. Here we go again We're sick like animals We play pretend You're just a cannibal And I'm afraid I wont get out alive No I won't sleep tonight – Neon Trees, "Animal" I […]

It's hard to believe the Patriots' 2010 run is over.  After looking so good for so long, the season came to a grinding halt.  Making matters even worse is that they lost to the their hated rival, the Jets, and opened the door for a solid eight straight months of smack talk regardless of whether […]

  While the Patriots victory today could hardly be called a "huge" win, seeing as the outcome of the game was completely meaningless standings-wise, I do think that the team's 38-7 drubbing of Miami did make a big statement.  It doesn't require a great memory to remember Week 17 of last season.  The Patriots failed […]

Only twice in the past ten seasons have the New England Patriots failed to capture the AFC East Division title.  However, I don't think that there's ever been a season where winning the division has felt so good.  For months, Patriots fans have heard how the Jets were Super Bowl contenders and how control of […]

  The Bears' vicious defense looked awfully cuddly Sunday afternoon There's an old ancient Chinese proverb:  "When the snow falls, so does the Patriots' opponent".   Much was made heading into this afternoon's game about the weather and the role that it would play in New England's ability to come out of Soldier Field with a […]

It's a rare thing to experience a victory this sweet.  Off the top of my head, the three Super Bowl wins, beating Manning in the playoffs, and the AFC Championship rout over Pittsburgh in 2004 are the only ones that surpass what the Pats accomplished last night.  They say that revenge is a dish best […]

  Detroit started tough, but ended up looking like a bunch of big pussy cats. For a while there, it appeared that the Patriots may have found themselves snagged in yet another trap game.  Late in the second quarter, the Pats were down 14-3, with the Lions' defense hitting Brady like a pinata, and their […]

DING!  DING!  DING! On the game's final drive, I was sure that one of two things would happen.  Either the Colts were scoring another touchdown and ending the game, or somebody on the Patriots' defense was going to have to come up with the big play to force a turnover.  Just like last season, where […]

Now Big Ben knows what it feels like to be assaulted. When the Patriots stunk it up against Cleveland last week, I did my best to not blow things out of proportion.  It was a bad game against a mediocre team, surrounded by the perfect storm of a "trap" game and the Browns coming off […]