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The New England Patriots play Kyler Murray and the Arizona Cardinals at Gillette Stadium on Sunday November 28th 1:00 PM. Masks save lives. Dave Stewart Power Rankings: 1) Dave Stewart (Oakland Athletics) 2) Dave Stewart (Eurythmics)  I think they tried to slip an Ivan Fears picture in the Romeo Crennel / Bill Belichick picture montage last week. That's not cool CBS! Not a lot to get excited about in that loss. The defense looked lost. The Texans imposed their will. Remember what it was like to have a good Tight End? Or two? That must be nice. Deshaun Watson deserves to be on a better team. I don't want this Patriots team to make the playoffs. They'll get crushed. Also, they can't tackle. Cam seems to like throwing at people's feet ( Rex Ryan approves ). Somehow, he's better on long routes than short or medium passes... unless he's getting crushed in the backfield. I’m still baffled they didn’t try harder to upgrade the TE position this off-season. Imagine i

The New England Patriots play Deshaun Watson and the Houston Texans at NRG Stadium on Sunday November 22nd at 1:00 PM. That was a good Big Boy win last Sunday night... ...in some of the worst weather I've ever seen professional sports played in. Yikes. Masks save lives. Fran Power Rankings: 1) Drescher 2) -k herbert 3) McDormand 4) -kenstein 5) Tarkenton 6) -cis Buxton 7) -çois Truffaut Here are three things I liked about last week's game against Baltimore: 1) Cam Newton. Good Cam was back last week. 2) Jakobi Meyers. Meyers can play. On a team that mostly runs the ball, he's the number one receiver at this point. And he can throw! 3) Damien Harris. I really like watching Damien Harris play. I find myself yelling at the TV much less than when Sony Michel is out there. He's the Rich Man’s Antowain Smith. Did the Patriots score a touchdown last week? Yes! My prediction: Patriots 17, Texans 12  ***** This week we have the somehow still employed Fake Matt Patricia filling

The New England Patriots play Sam Darnold  Joe Flacco and the New York Jets at Metlife Stadium on Monday November 9th at 8:15 PM. Masks save lives. I hoped Week 8 would be a Bounce Back Week (TM) . Instead, I am lowering my expectations even more. Maybe... 5 - 11? If they lose to the Jets this week, that has to be rock bottom. Here are some Netflix movies you might like to watch instead of watching the Patriots this week: 1) Fargo 2) Midnight Special 3) There Will Be Blood 4) The Lobster 5) Poltergeist Or maybe you could just go for a nice evening walk. Here are three four (!) areas of concern going into week 9: 1) Julian Edelman - Jules had surgery last week (a "precautionary knee procedure"). That might explain why he didn't look right all season. We won't be seeing him for a while. Hopefully, we see him again some day. If not, it's been a pleasure watching him play.  2) Cam Newton - It's amazing how quickly things went from "They should maybe offer hi