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Three Things to Watch This Week - Week 11

The New England Patriots play Zach Wilson and the New York Jets at Gillette Stadium on Sunday November 20th at 1:00 PM.

(Not Zach Wilson, but this picture still kills me.)

If the season ended today... that would be really weird.

BUT ALSO... the 2022 Patriots would somehow be in the playoffs.

The bad news is the schedule looks fairly unpleasant from here on out (ugh, we still have to play the Bills twice? Who thought that was a good idea?)

With the season 52.9% over, let's hand out some mid-season grades!

Offense overall: D- Sloppy and unpleasant to watch. Like me eating a piece of pie.

Offensive coaching: D- Something has to change. Soon. This doesn't really seem sustainable in its current configuration.

Offensive line: D M. Night Shyamalan thinks this line has too many obvious holes.

Quarterback: D- I liked it better when we had the best quarterback of all time for two decades instead of Three and Out Jones. Not to put it all on Mac -- the line and the coaching have been somewhere below terrible. BUT... it somehow looks much much better when Bailey Zappe is out there.

Offensive MVP: My Dinner with Rhamondre. Not a great sign in 2022 when your best offensive player is a running back. 

Defense overall: B (would have been an A- without those abominations against Chicago and Baltimore)

Defensive MVP - Matthew Judon. Dude has been nothing short of great so far this year.

The "How is he still doing that?" Award: Devin McCourty. Devin is having a fantastic season. Especially for this late in his career.

Special Teams: B Nick Folk has been very good all year. Jake Bailey has been less than he used to be (UPDATE - Jake is going IR).


Did the Patriots score 20 points last game?

Yes!


90s Jam of the Week

Natalie Imbruglia - Torn


My prediction : Pats 16, Jets 17


FUN QUIZ - Which of these CBS shows are actual shows?

  - FBI

  - NCIS

  - S.W.A.T.

  - TV-MA

  - NCIS: Fitchburg

*****

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