The Denver Broncos and Kansas Chiefs recently acquired former Patriots personnel to help revive both AFC West teams. The Broncos picked up Josh McDaniels as head coach, and players Jabar Gaffney and LaMont Jordan. The Chiefs picked up Matt Cassel and Mike Vrabel, as well as Scott Pioli as the new general manager. Many are [...]
In their first significant signings of the off season, the Patriots have agreed to a deal with former Jaguars running back Fred Taylor and former Jets tight end Chris Baker. Terms of the deal have not been released. Taylor, 33, spent 11 years with the Jaguars, racking up 11,271 yards and 62 touchdowns. Baker, 29, [...]
Our next stop on the postseason grading tour of the 2008 Patriots are the running backs, who were perhaps the most scattered position on the team with injuries. Laurence Maroney: C- Thoughts: Count me as a person who has completely jumped off the Laurence Maroney bandwagon. After a decent rookie season Maroney has been nothing [...]
With the winds howling at up to 60 mph, the Patriots used a strong ground game and tenacious defense to beat the Bills, 13-0, and finish the regular season 11-5. It’s all up to what happens in the Jets/Dolphins and Ravens/Jaguars game. Matt Cassel attempted just eight passes on the game but converted two huge [...]
The Teams: New England Patriots (10-5) At Buffalo Bills (7-8) The Terms: Last Week of the Regular Season The Place: Ralph Wilson Stadium, Buffalo, NY The Time: 1:00pm The Channel: CBS 3 Burning Questions: Any chance of a let down? With all of the talk of the playoff scenarios, none of them will matter if [...]
This one was quite an impressive performance from the Pats as they took it to the Cards in every single facet of the game. Starting from the opening drive the Pats defense was able to control the line of scrimmage and force Warner (30 yards passing) to be off balance. This game was over at [...]
The Teams: Arizona Cardinals (8-6) At New England Patriots (9-5) The Terms: Regular Season Week 16 The Place: Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, Mass The Time: 1:00pm The Channel: Fox 3 Burning Questions: Can the Patriots stop the Cardinals passing attack? The Pats effectiveness in stopping the Cardinals passing attack is the key to the game. The [...]
The Teams: New England Patriots (6-4) at Miami Dolphins (6-4) The Terms: Regular Season Week 12 The Place: Dolphin Stadium, Miami, FL The Time: 1:00pm The Channel: CBS 3 Burning Questions: Can the Patriots stop the wildcat? Ronnie Brown ran all over the Patriots in week three thanks in large part to the wildcat formation [...]
The Teams: Buffalo Bills (5-3) at New England Patriots (5-3) The Terms: Regular Season Week 10 The Place: Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, Mass The Time: 1:00pm The Channel: CBS 3 Burning Questions: Who saw this coming? Coming off an 18-1 season and nearly every significant contributor coming back, anyone who thought week 10 would pit the [...]
The Teams: Denver Broncos (4-2) At New England Patriots (3-2) The Terms: Regular Season Week 7 The Place: Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, Mass The Time: 8:30 pm The Channel: ESPN 3 Burning Questions: How does the team respond from last Sunday night’s beat down: The blowout loss to the Dolphins was shocking, but last weekends dismantling [...]
The Teams: New England Patriots (3-1) At San Diego Chargers (2-3) The Terms: Regular Season Week 6 The Place: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA The Time: 8:15 pm The Channel: NBC 3 Burning Questions: Will the Patriots get off to a fast start? Last week the Pats started slow and found themselves down 14-7 before [...]
The Teams: New England Patriots (2-1) At San Francisco 49ers (2-2) The Terms: Regular Season Week 5 The Place: Candlestick Park, San Francisco, CA The Time: 4:15pm The Channel: CBS 3 Burning Questions: How will the Patriots respond? It’s put up or shut up time for the Pats as they enter the most difficult part [...]
I apologize for the delay of this week’s Verdict, after Sunday I went into a mini-sports hibernation. We all know the Pats laid an egg so I’ll keep this short and sweet. Let’s see how my questions were answered: Will Randy Moss be involved more often? A lot has been made about Moss and his [...]
The Teams: Miami Dolphins (0-2) At New England Patriots (2-0) The Terms: Regular Season Week 3 The Place: Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, Mass The Time: 1:00pm The Channel: CBS 3 Burning Questions: Will Randy Moss be involved more often? Let’s sure hope so. Moss was pretty much a non-factor in last week’s win over the Jets [...]
Here’s this week’s Patriots Two-Point Conversion column: The loss of Tom Brady to this offense in the first drive of the first week of the season puts the Patriots in some rare company. Only once before has a team lost a reigning NFL MVP for the entire season, that was back in 1991 when Joe [...]