By Patty O'Tool
The Patriots play their fourteenth regular season game on the road against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday December 20th at 1:00 PM at Ralph Wilson Stadium.
Brady is hurt. The offense is struggling (that was one of the worst 10 point wins I can ever remember seeing last week). The d-line is banged up (if Wilfork can't go this week, we're boned... they're going to run all over us). Not good times.
Here's what I'll be watching for this week:
Wes Welker - Easily the team MVP this year. Note to Bill - please take him off punt returns. He takes enough hits already.
Laurence Maroney - Don't look know, but he's been somewhat productive the last few weeks. Still... For a guy his size, I'd like to see him actually break a tackle once in a while. His yards after contact isn't good.
Sebastian Vollmer - Last week they had him switching between left tackle and right tackle. Eff that. Stick him on the left side and let Matt Light cry about it on the bench. Sea Bass is a stud. Is it too early to start calling him Sea Bass? I think I'm going to start calling him that. And he's already the best German NFL player ever! Achtung!
Mike Wright / Jarvis Green (or whoever ends up picking up the slack for Wilfork) - I'd mix it up and go 4 - 3. Because no one human should have to take up this much space. (Could I post pictures of Vince Wilfork all day? Yes. Yes I could... It just makes me happy.)
Tully Banta-Cain - We'll give him a shout out. He leads the team in sacks. Unfortunately, on the 2009 Patriots, that's like saying you're the tallest midget. The pass rush is soft. (Pillowy soft, even.)
The weather on Sunday is going to be bad. Ever been to Orchard Park in December? A-W-F-U-L. (It's only slightly better the rest of the year...)
I'm going low on this one.
My prediction:
Pats 14, Bills 10
The Patriots play their fourteenth regular season game on the road against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday December 20th at 1:00 PM at Ralph Wilson Stadium.
Brady is hurt. The offense is struggling (that was one of the worst 10 point wins I can ever remember seeing last week). The d-line is banged up (if Wilfork can't go this week, we're boned... they're going to run all over us). Not good times.
Here's what I'll be watching for this week:
Wes Welker - Easily the team MVP this year. Note to Bill - please take him off punt returns. He takes enough hits already.
Laurence Maroney - Don't look know, but he's been somewhat productive the last few weeks. Still... For a guy his size, I'd like to see him actually break a tackle once in a while. His yards after contact isn't good.
Sebastian Vollmer - Last week they had him switching between left tackle and right tackle. Eff that. Stick him on the left side and let Matt Light cry about it on the bench. Sea Bass is a stud. Is it too early to start calling him Sea Bass? I think I'm going to start calling him that. And he's already the best German NFL player ever! Achtung!
Mike Wright / Jarvis Green (or whoever ends up picking up the slack for Wilfork) - I'd mix it up and go 4 - 3. Because no one human should have to take up this much space. (Could I post pictures of Vince Wilfork all day? Yes. Yes I could... It just makes me happy.)
Tully Banta-Cain - We'll give him a shout out. He leads the team in sacks. Unfortunately, on the 2009 Patriots, that's like saying you're the tallest midget. The pass rush is soft. (Pillowy soft, even.)
The weather on Sunday is going to be bad. Ever been to Orchard Park in December? A-W-F-U-L. (It's only slightly better the rest of the year...)
I'm going low on this one.
My prediction:
Pats 14, Bills 10
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