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Life After Tom: Investigating Who Will One Day Replace Brady as Patriots QB

By ⋅ March 27, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

For over a decade, the Patriots have never had to worry about two things: head coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady. Belichick has shown no signs of letting up, finishing first in the AFC East ten out of his thirteen seasons with the Patriots (’00 first season finished 5th, ’02 finished 2nd, ’08 finished [...]

Brandon Lloyd Release Helps Patriots with Cap Space, Receiver Could Return

By ⋅ March 18, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

The New England Patriots decided to part ways with wide receiver Brandon Lloyd on Saturday night by releasing him. Lloyd was owed a $3 million roster bonus on Saturday and the Patriots released him before that bonus went into effect, according to Boston.com. The 31-year-old had the second-most receptions and yards in his career last [...]

Donte’ Stallworth Injured in Hot Air Balloon Accident

By ⋅ March 16, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

It seems like former Patriot Donte’ Stallworth just can’t escape crazy Florida headlines. Four years after serving 24 days in jail for DUI vehicular manslaughter in Miami, Stallworth was hospitalized earlier on Saturday after suffering serious burns when a hot air balloon carrying the wide receiver crashed into power lines in Florida. Stallworth is in stable condition, and [...]

Positives and Negatives: Patriots Season Over

By ⋅ January 29, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

After the sting from the disappointing end to the New England Patriots’ season has subsided, it’s time to take an objective look at the game for some Positives and Negatives. Positives The run-stopping defense looked excellent in the first half, as they managed to contain the two-headed rushing attack of Ray Rice and Bernard Pierce [...]

Nevermore: Ravens Top Patriots 28-13 in AFC Title Game

By ⋅ January 21, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

The Baltimore Ravens came, saw, and conquered the New England Patriots on Sunday night, asserting their will in the second half to advance to Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans with a 28-13 triumph. The Ravens outscored New England 21-0 in the second half, sending Patriots fans home disappointed at AFC Championship at Gillette Stadium, in Foxborough, [...]

Round 2: Patriots and Ravens Square Off in a Familiar Setting

By ⋅ January 20, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

For the second consecutive year, the New England Patriots will host the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Championship game. Throw out the stats and records for this one. The Patriots may be 9.5-point favorites according to Vegas, but these two teams almost always end up in one-score games, the lone exception in the last six [...]

Patriots in for Physical Match-up Against Ravens

By ⋅ January 19, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

It may not be judgment day, reckoning, or any number of the over the top Ray Lewis jargon that has infiltrated ESPN headquarters since his retirement announcement, but Sunday’s AFC Championship game between the Patriots and Ravens will be nothing less than a head-on collision. This isn’t the inexperienced trigger-shy Houston Texans we’re talking about. [...]

Ray Lewis And The Patriot Way

By ⋅ January 18, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

And so it begins. In a development that surprised nobody, the Baltimore Ravens kicked off the trash talk before the Patriots had even finished defeating the Houston Texans on Sunday. Ravens Linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo sent out several tweets ripping the Patriots’ offense, calling them “a gimmick” and saying that their style of play was akin [...]

Jonathon Joseph Thinks Texans are Still Better than the Patriots… Really!?!

By ⋅ January 17, 2013 ⋅ One comment

Reported by WEEI’s Jerry Spar, Jonathon Joseph was quoted with the following: “For whatever reason, we didn’t advance… I still can’t put that over because I think we were a better team. I think we just didn’t make the plays at the right time… Just four or five plays,” he said. “You take a few of those plays that they [...]

Positives and Negatives: Brady Sets All-Time Postseason Wins Mark

By ⋅ January 14, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

With a win on Sunday against the Houston Texans, Tom Brady has become the all-time leading winner in postseason history. It came against a Texans team who still looked like they didn’t belong at the big kids’ table, as they were handily defeated by a score of 41-28, but it never really felt that close. Overall, there [...]

Patriots Top Texans 41-28; Advance to 2nd Straight AFC Championship Against Baltimore

By ⋅ January 14, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

The New England Patriots advanced to their seventh AFC Championship in the Belichick era on Sunday night, topping the Houston Texans 41-28 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. The team received contributions from multiple players, both on offense, defense, and even special teams. New England was in control throughout, never relinquishing their lead after a [...]

What Really Wins Super Bowls

By ⋅ January 12, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

Great quarterbacks, great coaches, and great teams win Super Bowls. But along the way, every championship team has been helped by factors other than their own play. Whether it is a coin toss, a forecast, an odd rule or the ineptitude of an opponent, no recent Super Bowl winner has been crowned without some form [...]

Patriots Super Bowl Hopes Begin with a Texans Rematch

By ⋅ January 12, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

The long, two-week wait is over, and it’s finally time for New England Patriots fans to enjoy some playoff football of their own. On the schedule this week is a rematch with the AFC South champion Houston Texans, whom the Patriots routed 42-14 back on December 10th. Don’t expect a repeat of that blowout however. [...]

Is the Patriots’ Defense Championship Caliber?

By ⋅ January 3, 2013 ⋅ One comment

Yes. The New England Patriots defense is championship caliber. They were championship caliber last year. Their defense is better this year. No, Ty Law isn’t walking through that door. but in today’s NFL, he doesn’t have to be. No one wants to revisit February of last year, but if a certain undersized receiver had made [...]

Matthew Stafford Breaks Drew Bledsoe’s Single-Season Pass Attempts Record

By ⋅ December 30, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

The Detroit Lions have had a disappointing year as a team. However, if there is a silver lining to salvage from their 4-12 season, it would most notably be WR Calvin Johnson setting the NFL single-season receiving yds record with 1,964 yds. Then we have a lesser-known record that takes a page of the history [...]

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