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Five Things to Watch This Week

By Patty O'Tool

The Patriots play their first regular season game at home against the Buffalo Bills on Monday September 14th at 7:00 PM.

What a great first weekend of NFL Football. Hopefully, you got to watch a game or two. Good times. (Except for the Redskins. Watching Jason Campbell makes me hate football.)

FOR THE LOVE OF GAWD, WHY AREN'T ALL MONDAY NIGHT GAMES INVOLVING TWO EAST COAST TEAMS ON AT 7:00 PM? It just makes too much sense. Nobody on the West Coast is going to watch this game anyway. Plus, I'm old. I want to go to bed at a reasonable hour.


1) DE-FENSE (clap clap clap). I'm looking for nothing short of 4 sacks and 2 picks tonight. We should able to build up a big lead and get after Edwards early and often. If we give up more than 14 points to the Bills, I'm going to consider that a disappointment.

2) Pats' Secondary: I expect this group to be much better by the end of the season. Good thing we get to start easy. T.O. or no T.O., it's still Trent Edwards throwing it to him.

3) Brady. I'm telling you, he's going to go down as one of the All Time Top 5. Watch him every chance you get.

4) The Bill's no huddle offense. If you're going to go three and out, at least do it fast (Did I just steal that joke? Yes. But it was too good not to use again).

5) Belichick's hoodie. It's throwback uniform night at Gillette. Will the Coach be partaking as well? It might be a little warm for a hoodie at this time of year, but I'm dying to see Bill go Old School Hoodie



Bonus Item: Is anyone else going to miss Mike Reiss from the Globe? That guy busted his ass. I think he practically lived in the Gillette Stadium parking lot during the off season.


My prediction: Pats 38, Bills 10.

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