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Five Things to Watch This Week - Week 3

The Patriots play their third regular season game at Gillette against the Bills of Ontario and Western New York on Sunday, September 26th at 1:00 PM.

Last Sunday afternoon, about an hour before kickoff, I somehow ended up with toddler poop all over the sleeve of my Patriots t-shirt. I don't normally believe in signs... But that couldn't have been a good one.

Week 2 was ugly (Even Brett Favre thinks Tom Brady had a bad week this week...). But you know what? It's just one game.

Also, I lost out on my "Which team will have the first player arrested?" pool. I had the Bengals. Oh well. There's still a chance I can win for "total arrests for the season".


Here's five things I'll be watching for this week.

1) Sammy Morris - Sammy can run. Sammy can catch. What we know he has a problem with is picking up the blitz (e.g., Bernard Pollard) (well, that and staying healthy for a whole season). If he's going to step up and be the third down back in Faulk's absence, the blitz pickup has got to get better.

2) Aaron Hernandez - I love this kid. If I was the offensive coordinator, I'd experiment with Hernandez. Line him up at h-back. Have him be the slot receiver. Have him go deep. Oh Bill... WHY WON'T YOU RETURN MY CALLS?!

3) Matt Light - FACT: Matt Light is done. He got TOASTED last week by Jason Taylor. Not good times.

4) Ron Brace - I think Brace actually started last week (Here's a picture in case you forgot what he looked like). Sure, I didn't see him make any plays, but, you know... He got on the field! That Perfect Attendance Award is almost his!

5) "Mad Men" - Everybody caught up on "Mad Men"? They've been KILLING it this season. "She died the way she lived... Surrounded by the people she answered phones for."



BONUS ITEM: Every time the Bills punt, take a drink.*


(*Note - not responsible if you die from alcohol poisoning).


(Special shout-out to Viking Dave for additional suggested material.)



My prediction: Pats 28, Bills 7


Now... Let's go eat a goddamn snack.

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