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Three Things to Watch This Week - Week 1

The Patriots play Carson Palmer and the Arizona Cardinals at University of Phoenix Stadium on Sunday September 11th at 8:30 PM.

Football is back!  Everything is right with the world!  I'll never complain about anything again!

(You're going to start me off right out of the gate with an 8:30 PM game?!  What the hell, NFL?  How am I supposed to watch this game with my sons Braxton and Hicks?)
In the room the women come and go 
Talking of James Garoppolo.

Just go 2 - 2 while Brady is out.  That's really all I'm asking for.  That seems reasonable, right?


Lake Power Rankings:

1) Erie

2) Bell

3) Ontario (possibly Canadian maybe?)

4) Top of the

5) Huron (people forget Huron)

6) Michigan

7) Superior (a little too full of itself in my opinion)


Here's three things I'll be watching closely on Sunday night if I can stay up that late:

1) Offensive Line - You know, a lotta ins, a lotta outs, a lotta what-have-yous. And, uh, a lotta strands to keep in my head, man.

2) Wide Receiver - So many frequently injured slot WRs!  Who will be healthy enough to take the field this week?  We just don't know!  Somebody's gotta step up and help Jimmy out!

3) Jimmy Garoppolo - Just be average.  That feels realistic.  You don't have to be TB12.  Just be an upgrade from Mark Sanchez.


FREE AGENT WATCH: Has Malcolm Butler, Jamie Collins or Dont'a Hightower been resigned yet?  Not yet!

Did Aaron Dobson get cut this season?  Yes.  (Sad trombone?)  (I'm going to hold off on the sad trombone for now.  That one feels like it was time.)

Did Julian Edelman wrap it up in the offseason?  No!


My prediction: Pats 17, Cardinals 21

*****

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

You spend 40 years in the coaching game, you've got to find ways to continue to motivate yourself.

Wasn't a big fan of the way last season ended.  Spent some time at the beach this year.  Spent some time on the boat.  Recharged the batteries a bit.

I'll admit it... I thought about walking away and maybe opening a bar on a island somewhere.  I could be Bryan Brown in Cocktail.  You ever see that movie?  Just hang out with the well-off divorcees and pour drinks all day.  McDaniels could be my Brian Flanagan.

But then I thought... Who would win the AFC East in my absence?  The Jets?  The Ryan Brothers?  That dork down in Miami?

We can't have that.

I'm coming back out of spite.

Pure spite.

Spite is what keeps me going.  Gets me out of bed in the morning.  Makes me want to destroy the rest of the AFC East.

Good old fashioned spite.  That's what going to drive this team to greatness this season.

Besides... who wants to be covered with sand at the end of every day?

True story.
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