Thursday Morning Third Down Back

The first place New England Patriots play Tyrod Taylor and the Buffalo Bills at The Ralph  New Era Field on Sunday October 30th at 1:00 PM. Tailgating  preparations are already underway in Orchard Park, NY Halloween Candy Power Rankings: 1) Reese's Peanut Butter Cups 2) Take 5 3) Snickers 4) Peanut M&Ms 5) Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (again) 6) Kit Kat Here's three things I'll be getting defensive about on Sunday: 1) Kyle Van Noy - Welcome aboard new linebacker Kyle Van Noy, acquired this week in a trade from Detroit.  I'm interested to see how the Patriots use him. In his own words, the Lions "didn’t know where to put me." 2) Woodrow Hamilton - Not our 19th President, but you'd be forgiven if you guessed that. 3) Patrick Chung - Chung made some most excellent plays against the Steelers last week. FREE AGENT WATCH: Has Malcolm Butler, Jamie Collins or Dont'a Hightower been resigned yet?  Not yet! Did Malcolm Mit...

The first place New England Patriots play  Ben Roethlisberger   Landry Jones (who?) and the Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field on Sunday October 23rd at 4:25 PM. I'm looking forward to watching the game Sunday afternoon with my sons Jon and Lester. What are we getting for takeout later? Spice Power Rankings: 1) Coffee 2) Ginger 3) Pumpkin 4) Sugar and 5) Old Here's three things I'm looking forward to watching on Sunday: 1) Stephen Gostkowski - Everything OK, Stephen Gostkowski?  Something you want to tell us about?  We're worried about you. 2) Dont'a Hightower - Congratulations to Dont'a Hightower for being named the AFC Defensive Player of the Week.  He can be absolute monster at times.  That safety last week was huge .  Huge, I tell you.  Total game changer. 3) No third thing this week.  Go to your room and think about what you've done. FREE AGENT WATCH: Has Malcolm Butler, Jamie Collins or Dont'a Hightower ...

The first place New England Patriots play Andy Dalton and the Cincinnati Bengals at Gillette on Sunday October 16th at 1:00 PM. All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in rain...  How good did the passing game look last week?  Pretty good! Hogan Power Rankings: 1) 's Heroes 2) Chris 3) Michael 4) Valerie 5) Paul Here's three things I'm looking forward to watching on Sunday: 1) James White - More!  Gimme more James White.  More, I say! 2) Chris Hogan - Hogan caught some deep balls last week.  Balls!  Deep ones! 3) Martellus Bennett - Marty had 3 touchdowns last week.  Three!  I'm just going to keep him locked in here until further notice. FREE AGENT WATCH: Has Malcolm Butler, Jamie Collins or Dont'a Hightower been resigned yet?  Not yet! Did Malcolm Mitchell have a catch last week?  Yes!  He had 2! My prediction: Pats 30, Bengals 13 ***** Let's hear from Tyrell Corporation Nexus-6 TB...

The first place New England Patriots play Cody Kessler (who?) and the Cleveland Browns at FirstEnergy Stadium on Sunday October 9th at 1:00 PM. "I drink and I know things." Days of the Week Power Rankings: 1) Saturday 2) Sunday 3) Friday 4) Thursday 5) Wednesday 6) Tuesday 7) Monday Here's three things I'm looking forward to watching on Sunday: 1) Rob Ninkovich - Ninkovich is back to bolster the defensive line after a 4 game suspension. 2) Julian Edelman - I was super excited to see Edelman go off for 90 yards on that first drive... and then it got called back.  That might have been the highlight of the game and it didn't even count. 3) Martellus Bennett - Bennett has been better than Gronk so far this season.  Plus he's funnier on Twitter. Shout out to Jacoby Brissett, who ended up on IR after having thumb surgery.  Thank you for your efforts.  You were put in a bad situation last week and performed admirably. FREE AGENT WAT...

The first place New England Patriots play Tyrod Taylor and the Buffalo Bills at Gillette on Sunday October 2nd at 1:00 PM. Gettin' squirrely. Who's going to start at quarterback for the Pats on Sunday? This is our concern, Dude. David Power Rankings: 1) Ortiz 2) Bowie 3) Michelangelo's 4) Larry 5) Lynch Here's three things I'm looking forward to watching on Sunday: 1) Jimmy Garoppolo - My sources are telling me he plays this week. 2) Rob Gronkowski - He played last week, but that looked like about 10% Gronk.  I'm guessing he goes off this week. 3) LeGarrette Blount - Do I goof on Blount a bit here?  I do!  He was also the AFC Offensive Player of the Month.  So good on him. FREE AGENT WATCH: Has Malcolm Butler, Jamie Collins or Dont'a Hightower been resigned yet?  Not yet! Did Malcolm Mitchell have a catch last week?  Aww yiss. My prediction: Pats 24, Bills 13 ***** And now we present The Continuing Adventures of Jul...