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Three Things to Watch This Week - Week 7

The New England Patriots play Justin Fields and the Chicago Bears at Gillette Stadium on Monday October 24th at 8:15 PM.

Belly Rubs

Game ball to the defense. Two good games in a row! (Against horrible, horrible teams...)

Bob Power Rankings:

1) 's Burgers

2) Silent

3) Sideshow

4) Balaban

5) Kraft


Here are five guys I really had fun watching last week:

1) Rhamondre Stevenson - Having a great season so far. He looks like the real deal.

2) Bailey Zappe - Even if he doesn't get to play another snap this season, it's been a fun ride.  I can't wait to see the Patriots turn Bailey Zappe into a second round pick that later becomes a 3rd round pick and two 6th rounders.

3) Tyquan Thornton - Two touchdowns! One on the ground and one in the air. The dude was fast. Immediate contributions from rookies! Who'd have thunk it?

4) and 5) Hunter Henry and Jonnu Smith - The tight ends even showed up last week! Good game all around.


Did the Patriots score 20 points last week?

Yes!


90s Jam of the Week

Sleater-Kinney - Get Up


My prediction : Pats 24, Bears 17

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This week we have a contribution from Fake F. Scott Fitzgerald (the "F" is also for "Fake")

In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.

"Whenever you feel like criticizing any one... just remember that fans of other teams in the league haven't had the advantages that you've had."

The Patriots, who had once been the affable laughing stock of the league, had gone to the top of the mountain, eventually representing everything for which the rest of the league had an unaffected scorn after two decades of dominance. 

If not quite bottoming out, they were now in the undignified area adjacent to the basement. The Patriots would turn out all right at the end; it is the false hope of once again becoming relevant that preyed on Patriots fans, what foul tailgate dust floated in the wake of their dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and short-winded elations of NFL fans in particular and sport in general.

An excerpt from The Great Patsby. Reprinted without permission.

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