0 comments by Derek Hanson on 8/16/2010
Like most bloggers, I enjoy reading Bill Simmons' columns on ESPN's Page 2. Being a Patriots fan, I find myself especially drawn to his columns during football season since we both root for the same team. While I generally sympathize with Bill's sentiments regarding the Pats, I think his latest article on holdouts was just […]
0 comments by Derek Hanson on 8/8/2010
Here at Foxboro Blog, we believe two things: That Bill Belichick is a genius, and that Rex Ryan is a loud-mouthed tub of lard. So needless to say, I took great pleasure in reading what Wes Welker wrote when he signed the ESPN Training Camp Tour Bus. Earlier in the week, Rex Ryan had […]
0 comments by Derek Hanson on 6/15/2010
It takes a solid story to break me away from my off-season hiatus here at Foxboro Blog. As much as I love all the draft discussion and hearing about training camp, there's just too much going on with Bloguin to post regularly about that stuff. As we've all learned by now, all the off-season hype […]
0 comments by Derek Hanson on 1/13/2010
An opening game rushing play that should've gained about three yards goes off for 83 yards and a touchdown. Typical. That image above pretty much sums up the New England Patriots' 2009 season. Whether it was defending a large fourth quarter lead, making basic play calls, punching the ball in from the […]
0 comments by Derek Hanson on 1/9/2010
A week ago, I envisioned the Patriots riding into the post-season on a four-game winning streak. They were supposed to have followed up their shellacking of Jacksonville with an impressive victory over the do-or-die Texans. They would have won their last two games on the road. They would finally be firing the kill-shot when their […]
0 comments by Derek Hanson on 1/3/2010
Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? WHY? Without question, this New England Patriots season will go down in infamy as the dumbest ever. Decades from now, when young children roam the hallowed Hall of Fame in Foxboro, they will make their way past the photos and memorabillia of this decade's greatness and end their journey […]
0 comments by Derek Hanson on 1/2/2010
With a spot in the playoffs clinched and nothing left to play for but the third seed, the Patriots' upcoming game against the Texans is a tough one to prepare for. Will the Patriots go all-out for their 11th victory of the season? Will they pack it in and rest their starters? Tomorrow's contest could […]
0 comments by Derek Hanson on 12/28/2009
It's been an extremely busy weekend for yours truly, thus the lack of a game preview. Spending time with family around the holidays leaves very little time for blogging about the Patriots and running Bloguin. I know, priorities… Anyway, I don't really have much time to do a game recap either, but I didn't want […]
0 comments by Derek Hanson on 12/15/2009
If you write a review of the most boring game of the season a day late, will anybody read it? Maybe not, but I'll write one any way. After all, as mundane as the Patriots victory over Carolina may have been, there was still some interesting subplots that developed. I'll avoid focusing too much on […]
0 comments by Derek Hanson on 12/6/2009
That's pretty much how I looked for the last nine minutes of the Dolphins game. It was nearly psychic, the way I envisioned the Patriots unraveling to throw away their fifth straight road game. I kept telling my wife, "Here we go again!" "What are they doing?" "They're going to blow this one!" Then again, […]
0 comments by Derek Hanson on 12/1/2009
Eight plays for 20 yards or more. Do I need to say anything more than that in this recap? Probably not. The Patriots' performance last night against New Orleans has to rank among the all-time worst in the Belichick/Brady era. I don't want to fall into the trap of claiming that the event […]
0 comments by Derek Hanson on 11/23/2009
Ahhh, there are few things as good in life as humiliating the New York Jets. Yes, every now and then the J-O-K-E-S, Jokes! Jokes! Jokes! will manage to get the better of New England as they did in Week 2, but by and large, the New England Patriots have been the ones getting the […]
0 comments by Derek Hanson on 11/17/2009
Today was supposed to be a power rankings day, but then I realized that I never truly analyzed Sunday's game. There were two posts on this site yesterday dissecting Bill Belichick's play calling, but the other storylines remained uncovered. There are so many additional items that have been glossed over and still need to […]
0 comments by Derek Hanson on 11/16/2009
"When the future's architectured by a carvival of idiots on show, you'd better lie low" – Coldplay When you go for it on 4th and 2 from your own 28 yard line, up by six points, with 2:08 left in the game, you'd better be able to accept the flood of criticism that will […]
0 comments by Derek Hanson on 11/13/2009
Perhaps the most instensely debated issue in football over the past decade is whether Tom Brady or Peyton Manning is the NFL's premiere quarterback. On Sunday night, the two QB's may meet for the last time in the 00's. It could be the last chance for either of them to prove why they should be […]
