The Patriots complex, record-making offense can also run the football effectively. Just ask the Oakland Raiders who got whipped, 31-19, on Sunday by a balanced attack led by Stevan Ridley and BenJarvus Green-Ellis (172 yards, two TDs combined). It comes at a great time, too. The Jets come to town for the first time since January's playoff win over the Pats. Brady knows they need every bit of the playbook on Sunday. He said: "We've got a huge one this weekend. This is one we've got to go get."
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They also say Julian Edelman hopes to play today. ESPN's Chris Mortensen reported Logan Mankins will return to the Pats for six games.
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Two days after the Jets beat the Colts to earn another trip to Foxboro for a divisional playoff contest with the Patriots, the hype is in overdrive. We've got an entire week of this. As Bill Belichick might say, "it is what it is."
Ho hum. Another weekend, another playoff-bound team battered, pummeled, and tied up like a Christmas ham by the Patriots. This would be getting almost boring if it weren't so unexpected, and so much fun.
The Associated Press reports that 102 fans were placed in protective custody and 7 hospitalized for getting too smashed at Sunday's Patriots-Jets football game. Foxboro Police Chief Edward O'Leary said the 102 blitzed fans were the most detained after a game in his 25 years as chief. [AP, via Projo]
Over the course of a week, each of Boston's three active sports teams have been presented with an opportunity to seek revenge. To right perceived wrongs, provide delayed gratification, get back on top - pick your preferred turn of phrase and insert it here. What it comes down to is the fact that each of our teams were looking at showdowns that left them wincing and on the losing side last time.
The Red Sox and Yankees treat each other with mutual respect these days (well, until we sign Jeter and all hell breaks loose.) The Knicks are barely worth getting riled up about, and the Rangers barely crack our radar. What's a NY-hating local fan to do? Well, for one thing, he can thank the heavens for sending Rex Ryan our way.
Bostonist spent Thanksgiving with some casual football fans. They wanted to know why the Patriots keep winning games late after facing a tough challenge from a seemingly equal opponent. Yesterday's victory over Detroit, 45-24, showed everyone what makes the Patriots different from the Lions.
Remember when? It was only a few years ago. The Patriots would either lead in the first half or be close, then they'd go in to the locker room, make the fabled "halftime adjustments", and more often than not, blow their opponent out of the water in the second half.
- The Globe seems surprised the Jets are trying to win.
Did you know the CITGO sign is back?
You'd be crazy not to at least think about it a little tiny bit. Sixteen games left. Six games behind a team that they play six more times. It's not likely that the Red Sox will climb the hill, but after finishing off Seattle...why not dream a little longer?
Tom Brady is on the cover of Sports Illustrated this week, after his car accident on Thursday in his $97,000 Audi that he got as a "gift" for charity work. Usually, the bad news follows a cover shot for SI. And you thought 50 TD passes in one season was groundbreaking.
The Boston Herald reports the New England Patriots are close to signing Tom Brady to an extension. The paper says it's a three-year extension worth $58 million, or $19.3 million per season, that could be done in 24 hours.
Despite Tom Brady's awesomeness on the field, there are times when he does things that make you wonder about him. Then, he provides us with unequivocal redemption.
Want to blame the refs? You can. It's quicker and easier this morning than facing another Bruins loss, another opportunity squandered, another miserable morning.
The only thing that would have made yesterday even more perfect was for Wes Welker to intercept a Mark Sanchez pass. The combination of Welker (15 receptions and 192 yards) and the defense (five turnovers, four of them interceptions) led to a satisfying 31-14 smackdown of the Jets that erased last week's turmoil and transferred it to Rex Ryan's Kleenex budget.
Today's assignment: make these Jets fans wish they were back in the Super Bowl days of Week Two. That is all.
Our long regional nightmare is over! After a five-game local losing streak, the Celtics - finally, eventually - shook off the civic torpor and wound up blasting the Golden State Warriors 109-95.
Kind of a welcome breather yesterday, huh? No controversial coaching decisions. No stymied power plays. No frustrating breakdowns in defensive adjustments. No Laurence Maroney running 11 yards to gain two. No leaving Tim Thomas helplessly out to dry against a flurry of goals. No settling for threes when the lane is wide open. No red zone failures. Nobody lost. Around here, this week...we'll take it.
Bostonist can't explain how the Patriots lost to the Jets despite allowing just 16 points and having Tom Brady at quarterback. Since we can't explain it, we're blaming Gisele. Gi wants to fly, and is learning on helicopters in Marshfield. Perhaps Brady is forced to fly with her as she practices when he could be resting or looking at extra film. Or, he could simply be driven to distraction with fear over her stupid hobby. Either way, she should consider us when she pulls this crap. It's really not just about us. Well, mainly it is. But, how does Gisele's extravagant use of fuel mesh with her environmental advocacy? What will they say at the U.N. about their newly minted Goodwill Ambassador? Okay, they won't care.
As if Rex Ryan hadn't done enough to fan the "flames" of the Jets/Patriots "rivalry", now we have Jets "safety" Kerry Rhodes unwisely sent in front of a microphone in anticipation of Sunday's game.
You didn't wish hard enough. The Dolphins have vanquished the Jets. The Jaguars lost to the Ravens. The Patriots' season is over. On the other hand, the Bruins have won 8 straight.
The Patriots just won today's game against the Bills. According to the flowchart, that means that the AFC East is New England's... if the Jets beat the Dolphins today. Grab some markers and a green shirt, design a makeshift Brett Favre jersey, and stay tuned.
One local team hung on to first place. So let's start with them.
OK, how should we look at this? Was Monday's news that Ty Law signed a one-year deal with the JETS and will be (possibly, physical-pending) playing the Pats on THURSDAY an example of adding insult to the season-ending injury report concerning Adalius Thomas, or was Thomas' injury just a way to kick us (keeping his arm free to recover) while we were feeling taken down by the Law? Either way, we're not happy. Forgive us, we're feeling feisty.
Nobody's going to be boxing this one up and sending it to Canton. It was slow, grinding, methodical and (objectively, let's be honest) kind of boring. But it was also quiet and efficient. Coach Belichick doesn't want style points - not right now, anyway - and he got exactly what he wanted, which was a W at New York.
5:38 PM. Let the live blog begin! We're back at Bostonist Auxiliary HQ in Central Mass, where we've been for 15 out of the previous 18 games this season (2 of the 3 we missed were the way-too-close Baltimore and Jets II games, so no way we're taking any chances). We're joined for a little while by a 2 1/2 year old who has never seen a Patriot Super Bowl win in his entire life. Win this one for the kids, guys.
Ask Bill Belichick about last week's game, and you may as well be asking him about the Treaty of Ghent. Ask him about the 14-point-underdog Chargers, and you may as well be asking him about an All-Star team composed of the '85 Bears, '89 49ers and the Justice League of America. You know what you get from Coach Bill when you ask about football. But apparently, ask him about team fight songs and you hit a nerve.
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The Chargers sputtered for a while yesterday, but finally turned it on enough to beat Tennessee and ensure that the Jacksonville Jaguars will be the next team to come into Foxboro and try to spoil the Pats' Date With Destiny.