Last Monday, Bostonist figured we'd seen it all from Tom Brady. But, Brady was at his best again with three touchdown passes and 423 yards in a 35-21 victory over the San Diego Chargers yesterday in Foxboro. Brady is the first quarterback to ever throw for 400+ yards a week after throwing for over 500 yards. He had a quarterback rating of 135.7 against the Chargers.
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SFist also looked ahead to an imminent World Series win after the Giants clinched the NL West.
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Salisbury fire Lt. Timothy Oliveria died Sunday from internal injuries suffered in an accident on Friday. Oliveria was a fire department mechanic injured when a truck he was working on fell off of a jack and landed on him. Investigators found 11-year old Celina Cass on Monday near a dam in the Connecticut River in Vermont. The West Stewartstown, New Hampshire girl was found less than a mile from her house. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Randy Moss might be wearing green if and when the NFL resumes playing. Moss, who wore three different uniforms last season, could be ticketed for the New York Jets in 2011, or whenever. The New York Daily News reported it first and Jets fans panned the idea.
The Red Sox have the worst record in the American League.
Jeff Green officially arrived last night as a member of the Boston Celtics. Green, who led the green team's bench with 19 points, scored 13 points in the second quarter as the Celtics responed from a slow start with a 32-20 second quarter to take over the game they went on to win, 92-80. The Celtics were on a 1-3 stretch prior to the win. They're tied with Chicago at 48-18 for first in the East.
Jeff Fisher may or may not have a plan, but he has taken Randy Moss to another land. The Tennessee Titans can become the third NFL team to get rid of Moss after claiming him today. ESPN's Adam Schefter tweeted the deal today. As you know, Minnesota released Moss because he acted like himself after New England dealt him for the same reason.
- Mayor Thomas M. Menino is still pushing to get voters out as the city's turnout is low, a fact that hurts Governor Deval Patrick. [Boston Herald]
- Boston School Superintendent Carol R. Johnson wants to delay a School Committee vote to delay closing schools until December. [Boston Herald]
Listen, we don't want to play into the whole Hub mentality - after all, it isn't all about us all the time, but we couldn't help but notice the way the two biggest headlines coming from Monday's crazy day of sports are closely tied to sports action right here in Boston. Our alumni in a couple of sports stepped up to in big, albeit decidedly different ways. For these two guys, Monday definitely represented the best of times and worst of times.
The Minnesota Vikings reportedly waived Randy Moss one day after another forgettable football game and memorable press conference from #84. Moss said he wouldn't take reporters questions for the rest of the year after being fined for not talking to the media. Moss also appeared to regret talking his way out of Foxboro as he praised the New England Patriots and questioned Minnesota's preparation for yesterday's game. His worst offense was possibly trying to overshadow whiney crybaby spotlight chaser future Hall of Famer Brett Favre.
A lot of inexplicable and surprising things happen in life. We're not sure where "After 7 games, the rebuilding, retooling, imperfect Patriots will have the best record in the NFL" ranks on that list, but it's up there.
Ever since the Patriots traded Randy Moss to Minnesota, people were girding for today's game. Moss is back in town, the Pats are rolling at 5-1, it's Halloween, and Brett Favre is going to play with a broken ankle and under the close scrutiny of his wife.
Six years ago today, most of us were tired, quite possibly very hungover, and hoarse of voice. The night before, we'd stared in disbelief as the ball bounced from Renteria's bat to Keith Foulke and then over to Doug Mientkiewicz for the single greatest sports moment most of us have experienced. And at this point, we were walking around in a happy daze, figuring out where we were going to position ourselves for the victory parade.
If Randy Moss can't talk smack about Tom Brady's hair, then Justin Bieber needs to shut up fast. Brady's hair experiment is a growing concern taking on a life of its own as Bieber took a shot at Brady in a YouTube rap.
After any breakup, it's difficult to resist the urge to check in with the ex to see how he or she is handling things - even if the ex in question is the crazy hot chick of the NFL, who left town to hook up with one of the biggest tools of the league. As such, many Pats fans turned to their televisions on Monday night to see how this new supercouple would handle their blossoming relationship.
According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the New England Patriots acquired Deion Branch from the Seattle Seahawks for a fourth-round pick. A Branch deal was rumored since the Randy Moss trade. Branch, who reportedly had been in communication with Tom Brady for almost a week about returning to the Pats, was dealt to Seattle in 2006 for a first-round pick after, yes, a contract dispute.
Can 1 p.m. Sunday get here quick enough? No. You change one player on your roster, and everybody loses their mind.
Tom Brady talked to Scott "Woodward" Zolak for Patriots All-Access about the trade of his work wife, Randy Moss, to the Minnesota Vikings. Brady said losing #81 wasn't "the greatest thing in the world. Brady said he "loved" Moss and helped the team a lot.
Bill Belichick chatted up the media today about Wednesday's trade of Randy Moss to the Minnesota Vikings for a 2011 third-round draft pick. While some fans of the Patriots are skeptical of the trade, Belichick says the team will be fine without Moss. "I have confidence in our players, if they continue to work hard and improve that we'll be competitive and we'll be able to win games," he said.
So Randy's gone. Official Patriot policy is not to speak of a man 30 seconds after he's gone, but Boston media policy is to speak ill of the departed. We'll just say that we knew he was a scorpion when he came here; for all his talent, we knew that there would come a time when Bad Randy would rear his head, but we thought all along that Bill and the brain trust had an exit strategy for when that time came. So good luck, Randy; maybe you can distract Minnesotans from the fact that the Twins are fizzling against the Yankees for the 19th straight year.
Channel 5 reports there was a "flare-up" during halftime of Monday night's 41-14 rout over Miami between Randy Moss and at least one member of the Patriots coaching staff that led to today's trade of Moss to the Minnesota Vikings. In other Moss news, TMZ.com - really - reports Minnesota is already selling Moss #84, his number from his first rodeo in purple, jerseys. An NFL club selling a new player's shirt so quickly is not news. TMZ reporting it is. We'd pay to see Bill Belichick respond to a question about . Oh, and Ron Borges hated the deal. No shock there.
- The state Department of Energy Resources allocated $200,000 to setting up electric vehicle charging stations. [Boston Business Journal]
- Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Cape Wind Associates signed a 28-year lease, the first lease for commercial wind energy in the country. [Boston Herald]
Does Bill Belichick still have it? He's been almost a magician in Foxboro for the Patriots in terms of drafting (Tom Brady) and signing (Mike Vrabel) players, and coaching up his team into three Super Bowl titles. He's the gold standard who gets the "In Bill We Trust" label.
The Patriots beat Miami 41-14 last night and Randy Moss had zero catches. He may never catch a ball again for the NEP as the team is reportedly trying to trade him to the Minnesota Vikings, his first NFL team. The Boston Globe picked up on Jay Glazer's report on foxsports.com, which also said any trade hinges on Moss signing a contract extension with Minnesota. The Boston Herald said via Twitter Moss' agent, Joel Segal, asked the Patriots to trade Moss after Week 1.
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.
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 Randy Moss saga continued to unfold on Monday and Tuesday. Despite Sunday's controversial comments from #81, the New England Patriots have gone completely vanilla. Gillette Stadium has turned into a love shack, baby. Moss loves New England, his coach, Tom Brady, and team owner Robert Kraft. Brady loves Moss. Kraft loves Moss, but not Logan Mankins. Bill Belichick loves Moss.
And to think we were panicked. The Patriots' shaky preseason is a distant memory, and so are the Cincinnati Bengals, after the Pats smacked them around 38-24 in one of those proverbial "it wasn't as close as the score" games.