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Monthly Archives: October 2009
Patriots trounce London Buccaneers, but question marks remain
Even when Tom Brady screws up, he sets a record.
In the first half, he tried to hit Randy Moss in the end zone for a touchdown but threw somewhat awkwardly off his back foot and it looked like he didn’t get enough on the throw, which was intercepted by Tanard Jackson.
With that, Brady officially sets a team record of 183 consecutive passes without an interception. You have to go back to 2005 for the last time he threw a pick inside the red zone.
Was it the Patriots or the Titans?
Patriots fans have a lot to be happy about after Sunday’s 59 – 0 shellacking of the Tennessee Titans. The offense moved at will up and down the snowy Gillette Stadium field and the defense stonewalled the Titans’ offense every series, pitching a shut out. However, many fans have been questioning whether Sunday’s domination was because of the Patriots regaining form or the Tennessee Titans showing why they are now 0 – 6. It was a little bit of both, probably more so that the Titans were really THAT bad. I would put it at 60 – 40. However, Pats fans do have definite positives to take from the game, even if it was the Titans.
New England Patriots crush Houston Oilers / Tennessee Titans 59-0 in snowy romp at Gillette Stadium
It doesn’t matter what vintage uniform they wear, this year’s o-fer Tennessee Titans are woeful. For today’s AFL Legacy game, they were suited up in the old powder-blue helmets with the oil rig and matching uniforms, and were also on the receiving end of an historic loss for an added touch of nostalgia.
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Seau returns to New England (again)
The Versus Network, which is debuting a new show called “Sports Jobs with Junior Seau,” is reporting that Junior Seau
has un-retired once again to play football in New England. Seau’s
return has been rumored for a couple of weeks, but the network he was
working for is the first to report that he has indeed signed with the
Patriots to return for a 20th season. With the current youth movement
on defense, I’m still trying to figure out why exactly Bill Belichick
would bring in a 40-year-old linebacker. The defense, overall, hasn’t
been bad, and has actually come up with stops when needed. The problem
in Denver this past Sunday was the offense not capitalizing on anything
in the second half, being completely shut out.
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Tagged Adalius Thomas, Bill Belichick, Gary Guyton, Jerod Mayo, Junior Seau, New England Patriots, Patriots, Patriots Defense
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Seau returns to New England (again)
The Versus Network, which is debuting a new show called “Sports Jobs with Junior Seau,” is reporting that Junior Seau has un-retired once again to play football in New England. Seau’s return has been rumored for a couple of weeks, but the network he was working for is the first to report that he has indeed signed with the Patriots to return for a 20th season. With the current youth movement on defense, I’m still trying to figure out why exactly Bill Belichick would bring in a 40-year-old linebacker. The defense, overall, hasn’t been bad, and has actually come up with stops when needed. The problem in Denver this past Sunday was the offense not capitalizing on anything in the second half, being completely shut out.
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UnPatriot-like problems continue to hurt – will they rebound before the bye week?
After the loss to Josh McDaniels and the Denver Broncos, it is time to reflect a bit more on the 2009 New England Patriots.
This is not your team of the decade as the Patriots continue to struggle offensively with Tom Brady playing the lead role in disappointment. Add to this the poor performance of a third receiver like Joey Galloway – oh I’m sorry he doesn’t play, just practicing and getting a paycheck – so not having a third or fourth receiver threat, a first round bust in Laurence Maroney and poor coaching decisions on defensive packages and play calls and you have a recipe of something you would not even want your mother-in-law to have.
A familiar scene – Patriots lose to Broncos
If you include the playoffs, Brady was 1-5 coming into this game against the Denver Broncos in his career. As a matter of fact, it’s the only NFL team against which he has a losing record.
If you count today’s game, that total is now 1-6.
Somehow we’ve gotten used to the Patriots falling on their faces against Denver. I don’t think I’ll ever completely scrub the memory of the 2006 playoff game against the Broncos from my brain, especially not the part where hundreds of people at the Sports Depot in Allston screamed like we were all on a sinking ship as Champ Bailey ran that INT back for a touchdown…
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Tagged Champ Bailey, Denver Broncos, New England Patriots, Patriots, Randy Moss, Wes Welker
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Last minute thoughts on Patriots v Bronco
As always each week brings a new challenge and there is more news than just that Coach Belichick will face off versus his undefeated pupil Josh McDaniels. McDaniels knows om Brady and the Patriots offense well having coached them over the past four years, but that is not the only area of concern.
Two veterans signed in the off season will not be playing today, while another veteran is expecting to join the team in the near future. Running back Fred Taylor, aka Fragile Fred, has has an ankle injury and subsequent surgery that may or may not be season ending. Taylor has been a boost for the team as Laurence Maroney still looks like he has been practicing for ‘Dancing with the Stars’ rather than the NFL.
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Tagged Bill Belichick, Denver Broncos, Josh McDaniels, New England Patriots, NFL
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Runningback Fred Taylor to have surgery
The Patriots’ depth at runningback will be tested after news broke this afternoon that Fred Taylor has to have surgery on his right ankle and may miss the rest of the season.
According to Chris Gasper on the Globe’s Extra Points blog:
Taylor sustained an eversion ankle sprain — meaning he rolled his
ankle to the outside — on his final carry in the Patriots’ 27-21 win
over the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday. Taylor, who finished the game with
seven carries for 25 yards, hobbled to the sideline following the
3-yard run with under five minutes left in the fourth quarter.
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Tagged Fred Taylor, New England Patriots, Patriots
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"Patriot" football is back
The New England Patriots have not started the season like many anticipated. Tom Brady isn’t lighting up the scoreboard, Randy Moss isn’t a touchdown machine (he has 1 so far), and Wes Welker hasn’t carved up defenses underneath. The offense has been slow out of the gate, but has begun to pick up some steam after scoring more red zone touchdowns instead of field goals this past weekend against Baltimore. The running game has become a more important piece to the offense, and was fairly successful against a Ravens team that has been the best versus the run since last season.
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