Thursday Morning Third Down Back

The 2 - 3 New England Patriots play Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys at Gillette Stadium on Sunday October 17th at 4:25 PM. Laundry day - separate your lights and darks. Bourne Power Rankings: 1) Jason 2) Kendrick 3) Bridge 4) Ozzy Os- 5) shell Other NFL leaked emails you may have missed last week:   - Matt Patricia had some very serious concerns about the final season of Battlestar Galactica.   - Mike McCarthy DID NOT get Hamilton .   - Jason Garrett maintains a separate Instagram account for his cat. The defense is a major weakness so far. Not what we were hoping to see. That first 10-minute drive to open the game from Houston was brutal. You never want to see your defense getting rolled by the 3rd string quarterback from a bottom 5 team. Disrespectful, to be honest. On the other side of the ball, Mac Jones is... fine? Not great, but not terrible. It's five games in. It's tough to ask him to come in and replace the greatest quarterback ever (and whatever last year was).  L

The 1 and 3 New England Patriots play Davis Mills and the Houston Texans at NRG Stadium on Sunday October 10th at 1:00 PM. Doink! Davis Mills sounds like a mixed use luxury condo development. I'd like more information, please! Despite my predictions of gloom and doom, the Patriots did not get completely crushed last week. That was nice. But there's no "moral victory" column in the standings. Nelson Power Rankings: 1) Mandela 2) Muntz 3) Vice-Admiral Horatio 4) "Big Head" Bighetti 5) Agholor 6) Craig T. 7) Rockefeller 8) Judd 9) (band) 10) Tim Blake The Patriots said goodbye to Stephon Gilmore this week and traded him to the Panthers for a late pick. I don't feel great about the move... but I get it. You probably don't want to give a 31 year-old corner a long term deal. I can't tell what the timing of this move means. Either Bill is giving up on the season... OR... he really likes the current group of guys. OR... He's just sick of Gilmore'

The 1 and 2 New England Patriots play Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Gillette Stadium on Sunday October 3rd at 8:20 PM. Desperately clinging to some type of relevance. Mac Power Rankings: 1) Ronald "Mac" McDonald - It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia 2) Fleetwood 3) -Gyver 4) Mid-American Conference 5) Jones 6) the Moose Here are three things I'm not liking about the season so far: 1) The offensive line is even worse than I thought. 2) The linebackers look lost and tired. I mistakenly assumed this would be a strength on this team. 3) Jonnu Smith's hands. CLANG. Did J.C. Jackson have an interception last week? No. How good does Pat feel about this team making the playoffs this year? 11.3% chance, maybe? Down significantly  from last week. They're going to be 1 and 3 after this week. Maybe it'll look better later in the season, but they're not there yet. If you asked me what it is this team is good at right now, I wouldn't know how to answer