Thursday Morning Third Down Back

The New England Patriots play Ryan Tannehill and the Miami Dolphins at Gillette Stadium on Sunday September 30th at 1:00 PM. I get losing to Jacksonville in Jacksonville on a 114 degree day.  But Detroit?  Aww man.  RPI Graduates everywhere rejoice Cooks Power Rankings: 1) Brandin (They miss him more than I thought they would.) 2) Too Many 3) Captain 4) Regiment 5) Country Let's set the bar really low.  Here's three things I'd like to see for Sunday afternoon: 1) Something remotely resembling a ground game.  We are down to .75 functional running backs. 2) Anyone other than Gronk / James White catching the ball 3) The defense not giving up 11 yards per play. Pat's Recipe of the Week Homemade Pretzels I love this recipe.  I make as much as possible during the non-Summer months.  I might even make these during the game so I have something positive to focus on for Sunday. My prediction: Pats 14, Dolphins 56 **...

The New England Patriots play Matthew Stafford and the Detroit Lions at Ford Field on Sunday September 23rd at 8:20 PM. Gordon Power Rankings 1) Cole 2) Flash 3) Kim 4) Levitt 5) Sumner 6) (Sesame Street) 7) Lightfoot 8) Shumway 9) Emily v 10) Hayword 11) the Big Engine 12) Jump 13) Josh (Who knew there were so many Gordons!) Here's three things I'm worried about for Sunday evening: 1) The secondary - Eric Rowe isn't making me forget about Malcolm Butler any time soon.  Assuming the Lions have changed their signals by now . Stafford might be able to throw all over the place on them.  Concerns.  I have them.  2) Tom Brady - TB12 got beat up pretty good last week, didn't he?  There was no rhythm (Did I spell that right?  "Rhythm"?  That doesn't look right.) .  I'd like to see some long sustained drives. 3) Sony Michel - With Jeremy Hill out on injured reserve, the Patriots started to work first round pick Sony...

The New England Patriots play Deshaun Watson and the Houston Texans ("Texans"?  You guys still going with that name, huh?) at Gillette on Sunday September 9th at 1:00 PM. Old Business The defense was not good enough.  They didn't really improve it much in the off season.  Malcolm Butler should have played in the Super Bowl. Danny Amendola and Brandon Bolden are now Dolphins.  Did you know Brandon Bolden had been on this team since... 2012?!  I just assumed he would always be seldom seen but around forever.... like a special teams Cthulhu. New Business /checks roster //exhales audibly This draft class better turn out to be really good, or else we're boned.  And would it have killed them to add a standout wide receiver?  I could very easily see a 9 - 7 season. Chad Power Rankings:  1) -wick Boseman 2) (country) 3) hanging 4) and Jeremy 5) Johnson 6) Chad Hansen (Hey!...