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Five Things to Watch This Week - AFC Championship Game

The Patriots play the AFC Championship Game at Gillette against the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday January 18th and 6:40 PM

Are the Colts a tough match-up?  Of course they are.  I'm not overlooking them at all.

BUT (big butt?)... I'd be lying if I said the Ravens didn't scare me a whole bunch more than these Colts.  So I'm glad that one is behind us.


An Army that carries the Gronk before it... is invincible.

(Also...  Excellent Manningfreude last week!)

Who's the Boss? Power Rankings:

5) Jonathan

4) Angela

3) Tony

2) Samantha

1) Mona

(That show ran for 8 YEARS?!  Holy crap.)

Here are five guys I'll be watching this week:

1) Julian Edelman - That pass to Amendola was just filthy.  If Amendola had dropped that one, I personally would have gone to Patriots training camp every day next year with a "Cut Amendola" sign.

2) Darrelle Revis - He ended up being pretty fantastic this year.  The refs must have been confused without Browner out there last week, so they started throwing flags on Revis.

3) Nate Solder - Solder has played like poo for long stretches of time this year.  I don't want to be watching guys run past him all day on Sunday.

4) Dont'a Hightower - Hightower has been a beast this year.  Sorry it took me a while to believe in you.

5) LeGarrette Blount - Is that Blount cached out?  It sure has looked like it the last few weeks.


Did Michael Hoomanawanui have a catch last week?

Yes!  He had 4!  (Which I believe is more than he had during the whole regular season.)

My prediction: Pats 31, Colts 24

*****

This year, we're going to have regular contributions from Fake Bill Belichick for your reading pleasure.

Had a little gathering at my place on New Year's Eve.  You know the orgy scene in 'Eyes Wide Shut'?  Not unlike that.  Nothing major.  Normal Wednesday night kinda stuff.

I kicked everyone out around 2:30 so I could I get some sleep.  But I was still too wound up from the party.

I started sifting through the various Christmas presents that sat unopened by the door.  And I found a copy of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' on Blu-ray.

Huh... McDaniels actually did something good this year.  I'm not ready to throw out my laserdiscs just yet... But I'm starting to come around on Blu-ray as a format.

What's great about these movies, aside from Harrison Ford actually trying, is that they're fun.  (And... of course... Karen Allen.)

Feeling somewhat inspired... I figured we'd open things up against Baltimore and throw in a few gadget plays.  Worked out pretty well for us.

True story.
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