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The defending Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots play Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills at Gillette Stadium on Saturday December 21st at 4:30 PM. It puts the lotion in the basket. The Bills are... (checks notes) ... actually pretty good this year? (I apologize for using that tired joke format... If it makes you feel any better, I've written the rest of this column with my head hanging in shame...) The Patriots offense is... not good. I'm not going to sugar coat it. The line is bad. The running game is bad. And... the quarterback hasn't played well in a while now. No more making excuses for TB12. Goose Power Rankings: 1) Talk to me _____ 2) Mother 3) Golden 4) Gossage 5) Canadian Here's three things I liked about last week: 1) JC Jackson - Hasn't gotten nearly enough credit for a really good season. 2) Stephon Gilmore - Has probably gotten the proper amount of credit for a really good season. 3) N’Keal Harry - N'Keal migh

The New England Patriots play Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs at Gillette Stadium on Sunday December 8th at 4:25 PM. Hey guys! How's it going? Golden Power Rankings: 1) Path 2) Girls 3) Goose 4) Child 5) Egg Nog 6) Colorado 7) Tate 8) Fang Here's three things I'll be watching for Sunday afternoon: 1 - 3) Sony Michel, Rex Burkhead and James White. I thought they ran the ball fairly well last week. One of the few positives. The defense should be fine. The passing game will be meh to meh plus. If the Patriots are going to control this game, it will be by running the ball. (Of course, now that I've predicted this, they'll throw the ball 55 times.) Perfect Season Watch 2019 The Cincinnati Bengals went ahead and won themselves a game, thus ending Perfect Season Watch 2019. The 2008 Detroit Lions and the 2017 Cleveland Browns crack open a case of room temperature Natty Ice in celebration. Here's Week 14 of The