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London Patriots Game Update: Setting the Scene

By ⋅ October 25, 2009 ⋅ One comment

SoB’s Jeff is live in London for the Patriots-Buccaneers game all weekend. Be sure to check back for more updates. London is abuzz with Boston accents, Budweiser, and flying Elvis’. From the moment I arrived at Boston’s Logan Airport for our Virgin Atlantic flight to Heathrow, Patriots fans have been in my sight. Hundreds of [...]

Fantasy Football Focus: The Starting 11 – Diving Deep into Depth Chart Battles

By ⋅ September 6, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

By now, many of your fantasy football drafts probably have come and gone. Sure, your Labor Day weekend may feature a last minute draft or two, but at this point, your teams are most likely drafted and you’re just sitting back, waiting for Thursday’s kickoff to the season. But if you are sitting back, you [...]

Jeff Jagodzinski Fired Again

By ⋅ September 3, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

For the second time in 2009, Jeff Jagodzinski was fired from a coaching job. You may recall that Coach Jagz was fired after a successful two year stint as Boston College’s head football coach for taking interviews with NFL teams despite being under contract with the Eagles. Eagles Athletic Director insisted that Jagodzinski not attend the [...]

Bucs Hire Jagodzinksi as Offensive Coordinator

By ⋅ January 29, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Former Boston College head football coach Jeff Jagodzinksi has made his way back to the NFL, signing with the Buccaneers Thursday to be their Offensive Coordinator. BC fired Jagodzinski was three weeks ago because he pursued the New York Jets head coach opening while his contract with the school specifically stated otherwise. BC later hired [...]

Patriots to Play in London in ’09

By ⋅ December 1, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

The Patriots are traveling abroad in 2009 as they will jet off to London’s Wembley Stadium to face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on October 25, 2009. It’ll be the NFL’s third installment of NFL in the U.K. and next year’s tilt should have the best matchup of the three so far (first was Giants-Dolphins then [...]

TGIF: OK, Who Else is Overrated? QB and RB Edition

By ⋅ August 15, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

A few weeks ago I mentioned how I thought Adrian Peterson was overrated. Again, I’d like to point out that I know he is an incredible athlete, I was just pointing out why he was not worthy of a top two or even three pick. This put the wheels in my mind in motion and drove me [...]

Packers Trade Brett Favre to Jets

By ⋅ August 7, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

Breaking News According to Foxsports.com, the Packers have finally put an end to the Brett Favre era in Green Bay. It’s rumored that the Jets will send a conditional 2009 4th round pick based on their 2008 performance to the Packers. If Favre sees 80% of the team’s snaps at QB AND somehow the Jets [...]

Belichick Comments from Friday night’s game

By ⋅ August 11, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Shortly after Friday night’s pre-season loss to Tampa Bay, Pats head coach Bill Belichick addressed the media. His opening comments: “We are under way. We played a lot of people tonight and got a look at a lot of people. I thought there were some positive things. In the end it came down to the [...]

Pats fall in first preseason game

By ⋅ August 10, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Matt Bryant’s field goal as time expires lifts the Bucs to a 13-10 win over the Patriots in Tampa. A lackadaisical first pre-season game on the whole. Both New England and Tampa didn’t take many chances with their first teams. Both Tom Brady and backup Matt Cassell were efficient without throwing for many yards. The [...]

Young secondary comes thru

By ⋅ August 10, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Most of the third quarter is uneventful due to the back ups of the back ups mostly on offense for both teams but the young Patriot defenders are making plays. Rookie linebacker Oscar Lua, from Southern Cal, has been roaming the middle and has made a few tackles. Merriweather has seen more work at corner [...]

Halftime in Tampa

By ⋅ August 10, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

The Bucs struck back with a long drive capped off by a 15 yard touchdown pass over the middle. The extra point gives Tampa bay a 10-7 lead at the break. Brandon Merriweather featured at safety on the drive for the second team Patriots defense and made a couple nice stops. Overall the defense looked [...]

Pats strike first

By ⋅ August 10, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

The year’s first scoring drive is in the book. Matt Cassell leads the team down the field, including a 14 yard scramble on 3rd and 15 near the 30 which set up a successful 4th down conversion sneak. Sammie Morris scored his first td as a Patriot, rumbling in from a yard out. Cassell had [...]

First team offense review

By ⋅ August 10, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Patriots first team offense (if you want to call it that minus Moss, Maroney, Stallworth and Watson) went three-and-out on its first drive, then put together a longer drive which stalled around the Bucs 45 yard line. Kevin Faulk saw a lot of action, catching a few balls in the flat, though overall his and [...]

Update

By ⋅ August 10, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

The players are on the field warming up in Tampa and there are a few noticible but expected absences. WR Randy Moss, nursing a tweaked hamstring suffered August 1, was not expected to suit up tonight. Benjamin Watson and Laurence Maroney along with Donte Stallworth are both absent as well. All the pundits predict the [...]

Patriots first preseason game

By ⋅ August 10, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

The long seven months between the Super Bowl and the pre-season is over. The new look New England Patriots are on the field warming up at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay awaiting the kickoff of their first pre-season game of the year against the Buccaneers. A lot has changed on a team which came [...]

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