The Patriots play their second regular season game at the "New Meadowlands" (giggle giggle) against the New York Jets on Sunday, September 19th at 4:15 PM.
Feelin' pretty good about Week 1, but I'm trying to keep myself on an even keel. It's just one game. But it's much better than starting with a loss.
HOWEVER... We did manage to clear up the roster spot that Laurence Maroney was taking up. We even got a 4th rounder for him! (I've been unable to confirm the rumor that "Dancing with the Stars" offered a conditional 5th round pick for him.)
You can look at this development two ways:
1) We're giving up on a guy that never really lived up to his 1st round pick status
2) We just got a 4th round pick for the 4th or 5th guy on the depth chart at RB.
I'm just happy we got something for him. I was somewhat surprised he was still on the roster after the preseason.
Here's five things I'll be watching for this week.
1) Short Passes / Screens: If they Jets are going to blitz as much as they did against the Ravens, TB is going to have to get rid of the ball in a hurry.
2) NE Defense: If we don't end up with at least 3 turnovers on defense, my feelings will be personally hurt.
3) Mark Sanchez: 10 of 21 for 74 yards last week? 1 for 11 on third down? Yikes. That's brutal. How long before the home crowd gets on him?
4) Welker / Edelman: Let Revis take Moss out of the game. There's plenty of other options for Brady.
5) Goddamn Snacks: I love eating during football. I've been sticking to the Baked Lays lately, but I might have to open up the playbook a bit this week.
My prediction: Pats 27, Jets 17
Now... Let's go eat a goddamn snack.
Feelin' pretty good about Week 1, but I'm trying to keep myself on an even keel. It's just one game. But it's much better than starting with a loss.
HOWEVER... We did manage to clear up the roster spot that Laurence Maroney was taking up. We even got a 4th rounder for him! (I've been unable to confirm the rumor that "Dancing with the Stars" offered a conditional 5th round pick for him.)
You can look at this development two ways:
1) We're giving up on a guy that never really lived up to his 1st round pick status
2) We just got a 4th round pick for the 4th or 5th guy on the depth chart at RB.
I'm just happy we got something for him. I was somewhat surprised he was still on the roster after the preseason.
Here's five things I'll be watching for this week.
1) Short Passes / Screens: If they Jets are going to blitz as much as they did against the Ravens, TB is going to have to get rid of the ball in a hurry.
2) NE Defense: If we don't end up with at least 3 turnovers on defense, my feelings will be personally hurt.
3) Mark Sanchez: 10 of 21 for 74 yards last week? 1 for 11 on third down? Yikes. That's brutal. How long before the home crowd gets on him?
4) Welker / Edelman: Let Revis take Moss out of the game. There's plenty of other options for Brady.
5) Goddamn Snacks: I love eating during football. I've been sticking to the Baked Lays lately, but I might have to open up the playbook a bit this week.
My prediction: Pats 27, Jets 17
Now... Let's go eat a goddamn snack.
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