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Three Things to Watch This Week - Week 7

The New England Patriots play Jimmy Garoppolo and the San Francisco 49ers at Gillette Stadium on Sunday October 25th at 4:25 PM.

Was the game versus the Broncos just an off week? Or are the wheels starting to come off?

I know this hasn't been anything close to a normal season and they had had something like one practice in the 10 days prior to that game. But that was a bad loss to an inferior opponent. Painful to watch.

Game balls for no one.


Masks save lives.


Wicker Power Rankings:

1) Man

2) furniture

3) John

4) -sham, Washington


Here are three things that should be better this week.

1) Cam Newton. I expect a sharper game out of Cam this week.

2) Julian Edelman. Edelman was 2 for 2 for a 118 passer rating against the Broncos. Unfortunately he only had 2 receptions.

3) Young guys on defense. One of the few positives about so many veterans opting out this season has been the emergence of some possible future stars on defense. Ja'Whaun Bentley, Kyle Dugger, J.C. Jackson and Chase Winovich have all shown flashes at times this season.


Did N'Keal Harry break the wrong way on the final play of the game resulting in an ugly incompletion?

Probably!


My prediction: Patriots 9, 49ers 31

*****

This week we have Fake Matt Patricia filling for Fake Bill Belichick.

Hello Carbon Based Lifeforms.  I hope this correspondence finds you well. May your Halloween candy amphora be overflowing!

Somehow I still have a job. I know, right?!

I'm widely known for having a degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. And my Mario Kart skills.

But my real passion is... Celtic paganism.

I like to keep tabs on my old team from time to time, watching game tape whenever I can. The results so far have been less than bountiful. On the occasion of a failed harvest, sometimes the Celts felt a human sacrifice was necessary.

While I'm not suggesting the Patriots may want to consider human sacrifice to jumpstart the offense, I'm also not NOT saying that. 

There are plenty of wooded hills and boggy marshes in the Foxboro / Mansfield area that would be appropriate for such a ceremony. Or even better, a trip to a nearby ocean-side cliff. It's something to consider.

Fake Matt's beer of the week is Sam Adams Octoberfest.  (Not a paid endorsement!)

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