Patriots 2010: the Year We Make Contracts

[gusforhobey89]

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What a sloppy game! Neither offense could find their rhythm, except for NE's opening drive in the second half, that was a beauty. Also, I noticed a lot more actual tackles as opposed to the hits we're used to seeing. It seems like the players took the NFL's video seriously.

[pirate]

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Was knee deep in other stuff yesterday and caught the 3q score walking past the TV...when they were up by 17 with 8min to play I figured that it was a done deal. When my son came out to tell me the Chargers missed the tying FG I thought he was kidding.

That would have been a monumental collapse. In the end, it was a W, on the road, against a usual playoff contender. The kind of game that could have given SD life for a 2nd half run...hopefully it puts them out of the playoffs, much rather play KC in the playoffs than SD.

[theprofromdover]

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Matt Light stunk yesterday.

[Priceless]

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Matt Light stunk yesterday.

The sun rose in the east this morning.

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I don’t know which cliché to pull out:

“You are what [your record says] you are.”

“This is the worst 5-1 team ever.”

“Norv Turner is a great offensive coordinator, but a poor head coach.”

[Chickens@NU]

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The sun rose in the east this morning.

And it will settle in a final location.

[mookie1995]

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...hopefully it puts them out of the playoffs, much rather play KC in the playoffs than SD.

doesn't matter...

pitt/tenn v atlanta

(and you know it's true!! )

[amherstblackbear]

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I don’t know which cliché to pull out:

“This is the worst 5-1 team ever.”

I'm pretty sure Tampa is a worse 4-2 team than New England is a 5-1 team, if that helps.

[Jason A]

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5-1 with this group is pretty remarkable. The replacemernt of Connolly with Wendell at halftime was a key move -- "halftime adjustments" are probably overrated but last year NE looked worse in the second half pretty routinely. This year they've come out and done some nice things after halftime.

Hopefully they can catch another scheduling break this week and miss Favre. Yeah, he looks terrible and Jackson has started in the League, but I'd still like our chances better with TJ in there.

Interesting stuff here, BTW: http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/sp...-new-contract/

[Jon]

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The sun rose in the east this morning.

What is the meaning of the Buddha coming from the east?

The tree stands in the courtyard.

[Priceless]

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The tree stands in the courtyard.

The crow flies northward at midnight.

[Hammer]

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The British are coming?

[Priceless]

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The British are coming?

...is not what they said. Everyone from the Colonies considered themselves "British;" the riders shouted, "The Redcoats are coming" or "The regulars are coming."

[Jason A]

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We dodge a bullet this week with Fox coming in to call the game. No Joe Buck. Brennaman is filling in with Aikman while Thanksdad is at the World Series.

Easy storylines for the Boston media the next month: Randy, Brett, and the Vikings; followed by Mangenius coming off a bye; then Pittsburgh and Indy heading into Thanksgiving in Detroit.

One thing that's stood out to me this year in keeping an eye on the games every week is that the 8-9 awful/horrible/putrid teams from last year have improved themselves, leaving very few gimmes every week. Buffalo stinks, sure (though they've hung in there at Baltimore and NE). Other than that, the two games on NE's shcedule that look the easiest are at Cleveland and at Detroit. Both of those teams are capable of winning. Last year, IMO, the bottom teams were much worse week to week.

[Rover]

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Nice to see my anti-Matt Light campaign finally getting some converts. I remember posting this several years ago, only to have some idiots mention nonsense about him making the all time Pats team. Anybody who's watched him play can tell you he can't guard quick players and takes way too many stupid penalties. I'm hoping when Mankins comes back they reshuffle the line and send Light to the bench as a backup.

Childress stupidly mouthed off this week which didn't do his team any favors. Normally I'd be worried with our weak secondary even facing a washed up Favre due to the Moss factor, but with a broken ankle I only see him playing the first set of downs. Stop the run and everything else ought to take care of itself.