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Three Things to Watch This Week - Week 5

The New England Patriots play Andrew Luck and the Indianapolis Colts at Gillette Stadium on Thursday October 4th at 8:20 PM.

HEADS UP, PEOPLE.  THURSDAY GAME THIS WEEK.  EVERYBODY LOOK ALIVE.

It takes a lot of extra effort to crank out a column on these short weeks.  Hopefully I don't hurt myself.  Don't want to pull a hamstring or anything.

Good bounce back game last Sunday.  Good job!

I don't know if Miami was a bit overrated or if we're just a bad matchup for them.



He's back.

Julian Power Rankings:

1) Calendar

2) Edelman

3) Temple

4) -ne Nicholson

5) Voorhees


Here's three things I feel slightly better about this week:

1) The Defensive Line - The defensive line played much better upon Trey Flowers' return.

2) The Secondary - The Patriots lead the league in McCourtys.

3) The running game - Sony Michel might not be a complete bust!

4) BONUS FOURTH ITEM - Mookie Betts for MVP.


Pat's Recipe of the Week

Banana bread!  I love banana bread.  But no one else in the house eats it.  So I end up eating the whole thing myself.  Not ideal.

I stand by the Mark Bittman recipe.  The dried coconut makes for a nice texture.


My prediction: Pats 14, Dolphins 56

*****

I come from Bay Area
Where mister when you're not tall
They make you a slot receiver
and over the middle you go

Me and Brady we met in Foxboro
When he was just thirty two
We'd ride out of the locker room down to where the synthetic turf was green

I'd go over the middle
And in the practice bubble we'd throw
Oh over the middle we'd drive.

Then I got Ella Rose pregnant
And man that was all she wrote
And for my thirty first birthday I got a Father's Day card and a Super Bowl Ring
We went down to the Government Center
And road around on the duck boats

That night we went over the middle
And into the practice bubble we'd throw
Oh over the middle we did drive, yeah yeah

(harmonica solo)

I got a job catching passes for the Patriot company
But I got a four game suspension on account of the PEDs.

Now all them things that seemed so important
Well mister they vanished right into the air
I appealed my suspension.
But the NFL didn't care.

I used to go over the middle
And into the practice bubble we'd throw
Oh down over the middle we did drive...

 -- Julian Springsteen

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