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Three Things to Watch This Week - Week 10

The New England Patriots play Marcus Mariota and the Tennessee Titans at Nissan Stadium on Sunday November 11th at 1:00 PM.

Beauty, eh?
Ahhh... finally a 1:00 PM game.  Phew.

Flowers Power Rankings:

1) Trey

2) for Algernon

3) in the Attic

4) King of Carrot

5) 1-800


Here are three things I enjoyed from last week's win over the Packers:

1) Flea flicker?  Flea flicker!  If I was an offensive coordinator, I would call five or six of these per game.

2) Edelman pass. Trick plays for everybody!

I don't know why everyone doesn't try to convert college quarterbacks to wide receiver...


3) ...then you can have your other WRs play RB.


"Having position players play their normal positions on offense?  That's so mainstream" 

-- Hipster Patriots


Did Rob Gronkowski play last week?  He did not!


Recipe of the Week

Whoopie Pies

There's probably very little nutritional value in these.  Just a giant blob of sugar and cocoa and fat.  I love it.


My prediction: Pats 24, Titans 23


*****
We now present The Continuing Adventures of Julian Edelman, Private Dick.

Jules here.  Off suspension.  On the case.

I usually try to keep my day job and my night job separate, but sometimes we don't have a choice in these matters. My skills were needed.

After solving the mystery of who spiked my urine sample this off-season (it was me!), I moved on to the biggest Patriot mystery of 2018: why did Coach Bill bench Malcolm Butler for the Super Bowl?

"Hey Coach!  It's Jules. You see that sick pass I made last week?"

"I did.  It was a good play.  Good call.  Good design.  Good execution."

"And do you know who had the highest passer rating in that game last week?  Was it Brady?  Was it Rogers?  It was me, Baby!  Me!"

"Uh huh."

"Another perfect week!  Listen, while I've got your attention, why didn't you play Malcolm Butler in the Super Bowl?"

"Uh huh.  Anything else?"

Damn... he's good!  The misdirect didn't work.  Tough to get a fastball by this guy.  That's why he's the best.  BUT... the mystery remains unsolved for now.

If I get Malcolm on me in one on one in coverage next week, I'm totally bringing up the Super Bowl.  Maybe I won't get any answers, but I bet can break him emotionally.

You just can't pass up an advantage like that.

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