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Positives and Negatives: Patriots-Dolphins Week 13

By ⋅ December 3, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

The New England Patriots brought just enough offense and defense to beat an inferior team Sunday afternoon, and that kind of performance needs to be stuck way in the rear-view mirror if they want to make it out of the next few weeks in position to take the playoffs by storm. With Baltimore falling to [...]

Quick Reaction: Patriots Clinch AFC East in Less-Than-Inspiring Victory

By ⋅ December 2, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

The Patriots wrapped up the AFC East in the first week of December, but this will not be the biggest takeaway from this team on the day. New England played groggy at times, and sloppy on the field. It was enough for a win, and the Patriots will head to the playoffs as AFC East [...]

Week 13 Notes and Observations: Patriots Clinch AFC East with 23-16 Win Over Dolphins

By ⋅ December 2, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Playing in Miami is never an easy game for the Patriots. Sunday was no different, especially with the chance to clinch the division.  The Dolphins played the Patriots very well on both sides of the ball, but especially defensively. – Brady had only been sacked 15 times the entire season coming into the game. He [...]

Positives and Negatives: Patriots-Jets Week 12

By ⋅ November 24, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

If anyone had any doubt about how good this Patriots team was, or how bad the New York Jets were, Thursday Night was just the showcase to convince people about the stark contrast between these two football teams. If Rex Ryan actually believes that the squad that showed up to play Thanksgiving night actually had [...]

Patriots 49, Jets 19: Notes and Observations from Week 12

By ⋅ November 23, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

To start this off I hope everyone enjoyed a happy and a healthy Thanksgiving with good people and good food. There is plenty to be thankful for from family and friends to good health. However what I am most thankful for is the New York Jets. Without them, the AFC East would be a lot [...]

Patriots Must Respond to Difficult Challenge on Thanksgiving vs. Jets

By ⋅ November 20, 2012 ⋅ One comment

The last time the Patriots were scheduled to play the Jets, we heard the same propaganda from the media and the fans. Pats will roll. The Jets stink. Mark Sanchez is not a big-time quarterback. All of this may be true. But, I wasn’t being a contrarian when I predicted a Jets victory, and I [...]

Positives and Negatives: Patriots-Colts, Week 11

By ⋅ November 19, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

After quite a performance on Sunday, the Patriots are 7-3 and in the drivers seat in the AFC East. Let’s take a look at some of the Positives and Negatives from Week 11 action. Positives  The front seven cause a lot of commotion up front. Brandon Spikes looked like he was getting an excellent jump [...]

Patriots-Colts Week 11: Notes and Observations

By ⋅ November 19, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

- The first thing that we all took away from this game is the injury to Rob Gronkowski. The injury definitely hurts as Gronk does a lot more for the offense than just catch passes and spike footballs. He is one of the more dominant blocking tight ends in the NFL today and his presence [...]

Patriots Getting Ready for Andrew Luck, a Rookie Quarterback Playing Like a Veteran

By ⋅ November 17, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

This year has been notable for many things in the NFL, one being the high number of rookie quarterbacks starting. This may have had something to do with the success of 2011 rookies Andy Dalton and Cam Newton, as each started every game last year. This year there have been five first-year quarterbacks who have [...]

Positives and Negatives: Patriots-Bills, Week 10

By ⋅ November 13, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

The Patriots’ 37-31 win over the Bills was penalty-plagued from the start, and without Buffalo digging their own holes constantly throughout the first half, I’m not sure the Patriots walk out of this one with a win. There is a tough stretch of games coming up in which they face San Francisco and Houston, and if the [...]

Game of Inches: Patriots Squeaked Out Win Over Undisciplined Bills

By ⋅ November 12, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

As the Patriots concluded their first three-game winning streak of the season, should fans feel better or worse about the state of the defense? Sure that “bend but don’t break” muscle was flexed extremely hard (similar to Brandon Spikes following his knockout of Fred Jackson late in the fourth quarter), but there were a few [...]

Week 8: Notes and Observations vs. St. Louis Rams in London

By ⋅ October 29, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Allow me to do my best impersonation of Bill Belichick and try to find negatives in an overwhelmingly positive game. After all, I wouldn’t be a Boston sports fan if I still couldn’t find things to complain about…

Patriots beat Rams in a Good Ole’ Fashioned Romp in London

By ⋅ October 29, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

The last few weeks, it seems like a lot of the talk about the Patriots has been about the sluggish offense and anemic pass defense combining to blow games in the last minutes of the fourth quarter. Entering what had all of the signs of a trap game, the Patriots traveled overseas and showed up [...]

Week 7: Notes and Observations vs. the New York Jets

By ⋅ October 22, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

- I’ve been saying it all season that the problem with the Patriots, contrary to popular belief, is not the defense, but is this supposedly high powered offense. They showed glimpses of brilliance against the Bills, Broncos, and Titans, but to say they are inconsistent is a huge understatement. They lack an identity. – One [...]

Patriots Do Everything to Give Away Another Late Lead, Can’t Quite Pull Off the Loss

By ⋅ October 21, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

No one can say the Patriots don’t bring plenty of drama in their games. In beating their arch rival Jets 29-26, the Patriots let New York get ahead early, came back to open up a lead, let New York back in it, opened another lead, let New York take the lead, tied the game and [...]

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