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Connelly’s Top Ten: Celtics Win Despite Pierce, Rondo Joins Orr and Brady

By ⋅ January 28, 2013 ⋅ 6 comments

1. Celtics win in double overtime but still stink: * Danny should have traded Rondo when I told him to * Paul Pierce had 32 offensive plays in the game – 16 were negative (10 missed shots / 6 turnovers) * Paul Pierce in the fourth quarter and overtimes – 5 turnovers / 2 fouls [...]

Connelly’s Top Ten: Celtics Done, Patriots Sad Memory, Red Sox Don’t Have a 4 Hitter, Lets Go B’s

By ⋅ January 25, 2013 ⋅ One comment

1. Celtics talk: * How do you let Carmelo come into your place and score 28 points two weeks after he waited for your team at the bus? * Celtics are on pace to win 39 games – wake up Danny and make the monster deal! * In a two point game with two minutes [...]

Connelly’s Top Ten: Brady Legacy Buster, Welker Drop, Wilfork Invisible

By ⋅ January 21, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

1. Overview: * Our team is no longer special giving us less reason to feel different than others * The biggest play of the year was the medical staff letting Gronk playing last week in a game which turned out to be a blow out (crazy that he had played two weeks prior) * Injury [...]

Connelly’s Top Ten: AFC Championship!

By ⋅ January 18, 2013 ⋅ One comment

1. First game and other Baltimore stuff: * 24 penalties – 218 yards * Welker and Lloyd combined for 17 receptions 250 yards * Baltimore had 503 total yards * Patriots averaged 2.3 yards a rush over 34 carries * Five Ravens had receptions of at least 20 yards * Best defender for the Ravens [...]

Connelly’s Top Ten: Patriots Win, Medical Staff Fail

By ⋅ January 14, 2013 ⋅ 7 comments

1. Patriots: OFFENSE * Two weeks off and the first play of the game that they pulled out of their hat was a run into the middle of 1,200 pounds by 150-pound Danny Woodhead (hurt) * Not Brady’s best game (missed a lot of open receivers in the first half) * Four drives of three [...]

Connelly’s Top Ten: Best Weekend of NFL Football

By ⋅ January 11, 2013 ⋅ 8 comments

1. Patriots vs. Texans regular season rehash: * Twelve punts in the game * JJ Watt had four tackles / hit the quarterback 3 times * Ryan Mallet one pass / one interception * Schaub’s QB rating was 68.8 / Brady’s 125.4 * Houston held Welker to 3 catchers for 52 yards * Talk about [...]

Connelly’s Top Ten: NHL Back – Anyone Care?

By ⋅ January 7, 2013 ⋅ 7 comments

1. Patriots: The Patriots will play Houston next Sunday. How have they done in the playoffs during the Belichick era against teams they beat during the regular season? 6-3 2011 – Bronco’s Regular Season 41-23….Broncos Playoffs 45-10 2010 – Jets Regular Season 45-3…………..Jets Playoffs 21-28 loss 2009 – Ravens Regular Season 27-21……Ravens Playoffs 14-33 loss [...]

Connelly’s Top Ten: Wild Card Weekend

By ⋅ January 4, 2013 ⋅ 4 comments

1. This weekend in NFL: * BJGE had 7 runs of over 20 yards this year * Top three in fumbles this year: RGIII 9 / Michael Vick 7 / Colin Kaepernick 7 * 28% of Stevan Ridley’s runs were for first downs * Aaron Rodgers was sacked 51 times in 552 attempts of pass [...]

Connelly’s Top Ten: Patriots Win / Happy New Year

By ⋅ December 31, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

1. Patriots: OFFENSE * Great acting by Brady on the direct snap to Ridley * Welker is a good blocker * 74 receptions and 911 yards receiving is more than an acceptable season for Brandon Lloyd * That bubble screen to Hernandez is like watching someone with post traumatic syndrome half-heatedly reach for the ball [...]

Connelly’s Top Ten: Brady and a Bunch More

By ⋅ December 28, 2012 ⋅ 2 comments

1. Tom Brady first six years – last six years: First Six Years – 147 TD to 78 INT = 1.88 Last Six Years – 185 TD to 45 INT = 4.11 2. Saves by Red Sox bullpen: * Joel Hanrahan……..96 * Andrew Bailey……..81 * Alfredo Aceves…….29 * Koji Uehara………..14 * Daniel Bard…………5 * Scott [...]

Connelly’s Top Ten: Merry Christmas To All!

By ⋅ December 24, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

1. Patriots – Its games like these that make you wonder if they will get past the first round OFFENSE * F for the offensive line – Tom Brady got hit over 10 times? The middle of the line can’t figure out a stunt or delayed blitz if their 1,000-calorie buffet depended on it * [...]

Connelly’s Top Ten: This Year’s Holiday Letter

By ⋅ December 21, 2012 ⋅ 2 comments

Dear Friends and Families, The holidays are upon us once more. As always, it was a fascinating year as our Boston sports family has moments of cheer, celebration and the normal tribulations that any family faces in the due course of the month to month activities. We had a special guest visit us from Bristol, [...]

Connelly’s Top Ten: See You in the Super Bowl

By ⋅ December 17, 2012 ⋅ 5 comments

1. Patriots: OFFENSE * Brady – we’re lucky to watch him * With that said – he’s not good if he has four seconds or more to scan the field * Hernandez took a big hit and then was gun shy on bubble screen, leading to an interception * Didn’t see Vereen after his fumble [...]

Connelly’s Top Ten: Dempster, 49ers, Christmas Vacation

By ⋅ December 14, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

1. Patriots vs. 49ers: * Brady or Montana – it’s not even close. Give Brady Jerry Rice, John Taylor, Roger Craig, Dwight Clark and he would have won seven Super Bowls * Ryan Dempster’s post season ERA 6.35 * Patriots only have a first, second and third round pick in the first six rounds in [...]

Connelly’s Top Ten: Appreciate Tom Brady

By ⋅ December 11, 2012 ⋅ 2 comments

1. OFFENSE: * Appreciate every Tom Brady game (gotta love running for a first down and pumping his fist to the crowd) * It took Logan Mankins just three plays to get into a pushing match * Great game for Josh McDaniels – his design of the Lloyd TD was brilliant – he had a [...]

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