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Jan
22
2012

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Patriots and Ravens: Let’s do this thaaaang

 

Be sure to check out my latest post on Patriots Insider | These Patriots they are a-changin’

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UPDATE: PATRIOTS Inactives

- Chad Ochocinco – I expected this since he was dealing with a loss in the family.
- Stevan Ridley  - Drop balls and you’re out…especially in the playoffs.
- Ryan Mallett
- Shane Vereen
- Gary Guyton
- Daniel Thomas
- Sebastian Vollmer 

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Man, I sure do love game days. After yesterday’s ever-so-lovely snow day, today looks to be a perfect day for football at Gillette Stadium.

Mike Reiss of ESPNBoston.com tweeted this pic AFTER the snow removal crew at the stadium cleaned it up. Those people do some fantastic work!


So what’s in store for today? Although it was not as crazy media-wise as it was for the game against the Broncos, this week was still filled with off-the-field chatter. For Patriot Nation, Ed Reed’s comments about Joe Flacco was awesome. It was a team’s own defense doing the trash talking for us and all that the Patriots have to do is just keep quiet and keep on keepin’ on.  Like it’s been said, if I was a Ravens’ fan, I’d be pretty irritated. I don’t want a quarterback who will just shrug his shoulders and say, “woe is me” when his own teammates are calling him out. Not that he has to be a jerk about it but a simple, “Well, I’m just focused on playing my best this weekend for my team” answer would’ve been enough to shut that defense up…you know, all BB style.

Ok, that was my Ravens Joe Flacco is whiny rant. If you want to hear their comments, check out the video.

Here’s my prediction for the game:

Patriots 35 
Ravens 21  

Hope everyone enjoys the game! Be sure to follow me on twitter as I will most likely by tweeting it up during the game. :)
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Sep
30
2011

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And we’re off to Oakland!

 

A new weekend and a new start for the Patriots.

The game last week really sucked and it was one of the most bizarre and surprising meltdown I’ve seen in awhile (well, except for the Red Sox…too soon?)


This is the first thing that came up when I Google’d “Red Sox Meltdown“. I gotta say, the picture says it all.

Thanks Terry Francona for your time with the Red Sox.

So let’ get back to the Patriots.

They”ve got the top performing quarterback but also have a defense that’s allowed 377 passing yards per game.  There just seems to be no balance with this team and I think that is the biggest concern as we enter a match up against a team that has a killer running game. (Trust me, I’d know. Darren McFadden is pwning everyone in my fantasy leagues.)

There’s also another major problem: INJURIES.

Here’s how ESPNBoston’s Mike Reiss listed it out:

Out
TE Aaron Hernandez (knee)
OT Sebastian Vollmer (back)
DL Mike Wright (concussion)

Questionable
CB Kyle Arrington (chest)
CB Leigh Bodden (groin)
S Patrick Chung (hand)
CB Ras-I Dowling (hip)
DL Shaun Ellis (knee)
LB Gary Guyton (hamstring)
DT Albert Haynesworth (back)
WR Taylor Price (hamstring)
OL Ryan Wendell (calf)

Probable
S Josh Barrett (thumb)
LB Dane Fletcher (thumb)

Yeaaaaaaaah, that’s a lot of people right?

That’s a lot of defensive backs to NOT have on your definitely starting list.

I don’t have any answers for this defense, I don’t think the man-to-man defense the Patriots have chosen to stick with is not as effective as we all would like for it to be. I’ll admit that I liked the change…but I know that it’ll take some growing in to.

But how much longer will these growing pains last?

We got the manpower right? We picked up Albert Haynesworth…but he’s not doing us any good with a back injury.

I don’t want to keep asking about this but, where the heck is the pass rush?!

Seriously?!

GAH! Ok, I’ve vented and now I leave you with a video from one of the funniest women I know, Grace Helbig.

Enjoy some Daily Grace.

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Jun
14
2010

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Mankins and the Patriots: A messy, ugly, bitter break-up | Patriots Insider: Roundtable!

 

Contracts, deals and trades. These three things tend to bring a lot of action the off-season in the NFL. Although I heavily enjoy watching how players’ true desires and motives surface, it’s never fun to see happen within your favorite team.  Case in point, earlier today Patriots  offensive lineman Logan Mankins (32nd pick overall in 2005)  refused to sign his restricted free agent tender  before tonight’s deadline and has pretty much demanded to be traded.

“I want to be traded. I don’t need to be here any more.” - Mankins to ESPN Boston’s Mike Reiss

(Read Mike Reiss’ full article here)

As you can imagine, twitter was blowing up all afternoon with comments about Mankins’ selfishness, burning bridges and bitterness.  This goes without saying that some fans that I’ve spoken to also expressed their unhappiness with the Patriots organization and their chosen way of handling this whole dilemma.  I can’t really say I’ve chosen a side during this whole debacle.

The Patriots offered Mankins about $7 million per year which would place him in the top 5 in salaries in his position.  Not bad, but its obviously not what Mankins had in mind.   He felt lied to, undervalued and mistreated. When I saw the report this afternoon, I felt like I walked into a heated discussion which would eventually lead to a nasty break up.  From the looks of what Mankins said about the organization, this is the end.  So say goodbye to the jolly lumberjack looking offensive lineman from Fresno State. It was fun while it lasted.

Here’s what I do know about the Patriots:

  • The word “urgency” means nothing to them.  If their Super Bowl winning quarterback’s contract discussions have just been swiftly pushed aside, what makes you think that an unhappy offensive lineman’s contract is going to be first on the to-do list?
  • It’s not a love affair that they team has with their players…except for maybe Tom Brady.  Besides Brady though, they see the players as part of a business.  That’s it. Never anything personal.
  • A move like this by the Patriots isn’t surprising…at all.

On a more positive note…

Patriots Insider did a cool offseason roundtable discussion with all of their writers.  Of course, I got to include some of my opinions :) This is always fun.

Patriots Insider: Offseason Discussions

Some of the questions we discussed were:

Did the move to part ways with …

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