The Patriots play their tenth regular season game at Gillette against the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday November 18th at 4:25 PM.
Apparently the Colts have... a new quarterback?... or something? I don't know... I wasn't able to find anything out about him for you guys. Sorry.
The 4:25 PM games are not good for me personally. The five year-old has a very limited attention span. A three hour football game doesn't offer him too much.
"Is football over yet?"
"I want to watch a mooooovieeeee!"
"Why does Dad get to watch TV during dinner?"
In between downs I have to play ball and wrestle and do general parenting activites. It makes watching the games rather hectic.
I'm contemplating Tivo'ing the game and watching it after the Small People have gone to bed. Not good times.
...or it might be time to get the kid hooked on gambling. Either one.
Belichick showing a better arm than either Sanchez or Tebow.
Branch Power Rankings:
1) Executive
2) Deion
3) Legislative
4) Judicial
5) Michelle
Here's five things I'll be watching for this week:
1) Aqib Talib - Oooh! New toys! The nice thing is he only has to come in and be "average" and he'll automatically be the best corner on the team.
2) Chandler Jones - Is he hitting the Rookie Wall and slowing down a little bit for the second half of the season? I don't know. I'm asking you. I thought maybe you'd like to add something to the conversation. Jeez, don't get all defensive or nothin'.
3) Brandon Spikes - Apparently he's a "punk" according to some of the Buffalo Bills. I'm just glad someone on defense is playing well enough to get noticed. Do you realize how many years it's been since someone on the Patriots defense actually made contact with another person?
4) Devin McCourty - The McCourty rollercoaster ride continues with a game winning pick last week. I honestly can't remember a player with higher highs and lower lows.
5) Vince Wilfork - Just his usually, solid, spectactular self this year. No big deal.
Did Michael Hoomanawanui have a catch last week?
No.
/sad trombone
My prediction (Game 10): Pats 35, Colts 34
My prediction (Season): 11 - 5 (Steady from last week.)
Nut up or move on.
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This year, we're going to have regular contributions from Fake Bill Belichick for your reading pleasure. Here's this week's selection from Fake Bill Belichick's second book "My Patriot Years":
Everybody seemed to like my Randy Moss story from earlier this year, so here's another quick one.
Randy's first season with us was in 2007. Our first home game of the year was week 2 against the Chargers (side note - I don't usually like to badmouth other coaches... But how the hell does Norv Turner still have a job? Seriously.).
Randy scores late in the first quarter then comes over to me with a panicked look on his face.
Randy Moss: COACH! SOMEONE IS SHOOTING AT ME!
Me: What?
Randy Moss: There's a bunch of guys dressed up like Pilgrims or something and they're shooting at me every time I score a touch down.
Me: That's just part of the touch down celebration here in New England. Nothing to worry about. Technically, they're supposed to be minuteman. And they're firing blanks.
Randy Moss: You sure?
Me: Absolutely.
Randy Moss: OK. In Oakland, people shot live rounds.
Right. I probably should have warned him about that before the season started. That one was on me.
Randy was a little skittish during home games for a while, but eventually things worked out OK. And I still say his 2007 season is the best season ever by a wide reciver.
True story.
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