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Jan
23
2012

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The Super Bowl and Ross Ventrone’s “Mayne Event”

 

Oh my Patriots. That really happened huh?

We’re going to the freakin’ Super Bowl! 

I know my prediction was way off, heck there was no way for me to predict that Tom Brady would provide so much suckage.

Although I will give him credit for that diving touchdown. I’ve seen Brady pull off some sneaks here and there but to man up and dive into the endzone like that? Whoa. It was unexpected, perfectly timed and well-executed. Did you miss it? Check it out!

To almost everyone’s surprise, it was the Patriots defense that won us the game. The same defense that raised questions every single week – regardless of their opponents. Yesterday’s game proved that when needed, the Patriots defense can win a game WITHOUT Tom Brady putting 30 points on the board.

Fact of the matter is, we’re going to the Super Bowl to face the Giants. Again. I know the Giants are a darn good team and Eli Manning is playing the best football in his career and once I’ve come down from my excitement, I know reality is going to hit and the threat of that Giants offense will be evident. Between the explosiveness of wide receiver Victor Cruz and the solid running attack, there’s a lot for the Patriots to prepare for.

The Patriots though aren’t going into this game empty handed.

Vince Wilfork has established a solid rush defense (heck, he was able to stop Ravens’ top running back Ray Rice) and not to mention, Sterling Moore has given the deep field coverage a nice spark (man, that end zone play was incredible, clutch in every meaning of the word).

Will this be an easy game for the Patriots? Hell no.

Will it be a wicked good game? You know it.

This is game about redemption and second chances. This season wasn’t easy or perfect and to be honest, I wouldn’t have had it any other way.

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On a lighter note, I came across this on the ESPNBoston.com blog.

We all know that Ross Ventrone has been cut, signed and cut more than any other player in the NFL…at least he’s got a sense of humor about the whole thing.

My favorite part is Matt Light’s HILARIOUS comment. Man, I love this team.

 
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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
18
2011

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The Rough Cut: Patriots vs Chargers 9.18.11

 

It seems like it is quickly becoming a trend for the Patriots to convincingly defeat their opponents. I know, it’s only week two and I’m staring to sound like a pretty cocky fan but did you see today’s game?

Hell, Vince Wilfork got his first ever interception AND ran it back for 20 some yards…How could you not be wicked psyched?! Here’s the video of the interception

Gotta thank @PatriotsHaven for the video!

I was actually at Ryan’s parents’ house for a Sunday dinner during the game..but the ever-so-dedicated blogger in me decided to type out my thoughts of the game on my Blackberry AND THEN email it to myself.

So here it goes, The Rough Cut: Patriots vs Charger 9|18|11

- Tom Brady looks crisp and relaxed behind the line and even outside the pocket

- Chad Ochocinco finally finding his niche: the deep middle passes. this wasn’t a major option for Brady since the prime days of Moss..

- Antonio Gates has been less than relevant. Hasn’t been targeted nearly as much as everyone expected. I’d give the credit to Pat Chung for doing an excellent job on coverage and blocking.

- A questionable call made on DE Andre Carter with a strong hit on Philip Rivers. Looked clean but the fact that he held on for an extra second made it a personal foul.

- Vince Wilfork gets his first career interception AND ran it back. Great form and ball protection. (This might have been my favorite play of the entire game) Did anyone else notice Vince’s impeccable ball protection technique? Cradled it and all. 

- A close hit on Brady gives me the chills and flashbacks of Brady’s knee injury. Yeah, let’s not do that again.

- Leigh Bodden gets called twice for holding. This brings light to an area where the Patriots may have some issues: Unneeded penalties. Clean it up.

- Considering that Steven Jackson of was the only offensive weapon for Rivers, it still says something that they were able to cut the Patriots’ to a single touchdown at one point of the game says that there is still some improvement for the Patriots’ Defense. I’m not saying it’s terrible because they did cause FOUR turnovers.

- Patriots running game contuinues to be stable and explosive when necessary. Nothing fancy but effective. We also got a Stevan Ridley appearance..even if it …

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Jul
9
2011

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I interviewed Ellis Hobbs, no big deal. Seriously.

 

My friends are awesome. 

As in all of my friends..on Twitter, Facebook etc.

Last weekend, I got a lovely message left on my phone from my friend @RumfordJohnny about a rather interesting proposition. It involved Ellis Hobbs, a football camp and writing. Those are definitely on the list things that I love. As I got further details, I got in touch with @TDavenport88 and got the details.

My task was to get the word out on Ellis Hobbs III Football Camp in hopes of getting more kids to join and get an awesome experience. Easy enough right? And then I was told that if I wanted, I could have the opportunity to chat with Ellis Hobbs himself about the camp.

Wait, what? If I wanted to? Yes. I’d WANT to talk to Ellis Hobbs. Duhskies.

All of a sudden, Wednesday afternoon while I was in a huge meeting with all my managers, the station receptionist runs into the conference room and says that “There’s someone on the line for Kisha..he said something about football and the Patriots?”

Like a boss, I smugly said, “Yes, I’ll take the call” as I walked out of the conference room and then ran to my desk to make sure I didn’t miss the call. It was a representative for Mr. Hobbs and just wanted to verify who I was. Then he said, “Ellis says he knows you, have you guys met before?” In my head, I fainted and then wanted to say, “Yeah I’m pretty awesome so that’s probably why he knows my name.” But what I really said was, “Oh that’s weird. Maybe he’s read my stuff on PatriotsInsider.com”

Doubt it but it was all I could come up with. I doubt that he was a fan of my ridiculous Tweets either.

Fast forward 15 minutes later and my phone rings and I hear, “Hi Kisha, it’s Ellis Hobbs.”

And what does this genius say in response to this? “Oh hey dude what’s up?“

Dude? Really Kisha? Not like we were BFF’s from college and it was like us catching up. I’ve never met this man and I definitely called him dude. My mother was so proud.

About 20 minutes later, I learned some great information about just how these football camps work and learned even more about Ellis Hobbs. He was an easy-going and very nice guy. Loves his …

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