One For BB

Posted by Adam Hart January 4, 2009 (2 days ago) at 1:29 pm

Patriots head coach Bill Belichick won the NFL’s Coach of the Year award in 2007 after posting a perfect (16-0) regular season. A year later, he gets love from just one voter. One. Read more

A Season To Remember

Posted by Adam Hart December 29, 2008 at 1:19 am

A devastating injury in Week 1 of the NFL season — every football fan in New England would have told you that the Patriots stood no chance of making the playoffs. But did anyone listen? No. Read more

So, How About That Wind?

Posted by Adam Hart December 28, 2008 at 8:06 pm

First, it was snowfall. Now, 75 mph wind gusts. These Patriots did not make the playoffs, but they sure proved their mettle in bad weather games. Read more

Is Matt Cassel the NFL MVP?

Posted by Mike Giardi December 28, 2008 at 7:16 pm

No, but he’s gotta be in the discussion, no? Where would the Pats be without him? Could they have won with a Daunte Culpepper, a Tim Rattay or a Chris Simms? Cassel put on clinics against the Jets and Dolphins, going over 400 yards on both occasions. He was damn good in a rout of Denver, efficient as can be in beating the Bills at home and has handled horrible conditions in each of the last 4 weeks with aplomb. 8 TDs and just one interception in rain, snow, sleet and 50 MPH winds. Only a handful of QBs in this league do that. That’s a far cry from what we thought Cassel was, and why he’s about to be a rich man.

Here’s my MVP list. What’s yours?

1. Peyton Manning (3,907, 26 TDs)
2. Chad Pennington (3,453, 17 TDs)
3. Mike Turner (1,491, 16 TDs)
4. Cassel (3,615 Yds, 21 TDs)
5. Adrian Peterson (1.657, 9 TDs)
6. Matt Ryan (3,280 Yds, 15 TDs)
7. James Harrison (101 tackles, 16 sacks, 7 Forced Fumbles)
8. DeAngelo Williams (1337, 18 TDs)
9. Kerry Collins (2,676, 12 TDs)
10. Brandon Jacobs (1,089, 15 TDs)

BB

Posted by Adam Hart December 20, 2008 at 11:59 am

Watch video of Bill Belichick mic’d up. It’s got comedy, education and emotion. If you don’t watch it, you might as well be a Jets fan. Read more

Running Blog: Pats v Black Hole

Posted by Adam Hart December 14, 2008 at 4:55 pm

Hopefully this makes up for last week’s absence. With a fully healed foot, we can commence running. Immediately. Read more

Taking It Like Men

Posted by Adam Hart December 1, 2008 at 12:04 am

Randy Moss may surprise you. Matt Cassel, not so much. But these gentlemen are handling the disappointing loss to the Steelers like… gentlemen — each putting the blame on his own shoulders. Read more

So, About Cassel…

Posted by Adam Hart November 24, 2008 at 5:35 pm

Anybody else remember the preseason? A time when Tom Brady took zero snaps and Matt Cassel made the talk radio lines burn up with anger. Oh, oh! And then remember when nobody wanted him to make the team. Yeah, we were wrong. Read more

Get Your Freak On (And No, That’s Not Dirty!)

Posted by Mike Giardi November 23, 2008 at 6:18 pm

If you’ve spent any time watching me on “Sports Late Night,” you know one of my main points about the Pats has been - regardless of who’s the quarterback - that they need to get the ball to their two premier play-makers more. It has been easier to do with Wes Welker than Randy Moss, largely because Wes does his best work out of the slot, usually against inferior third cornerbacks or - heaven forbid, for them - safeties.

But getting Moss the rock has been a huge challenge. There are all sorts of reasons for that, mostly because a) the opposition has been bracketing Moss and refusing to let him beat them down the field and, b) ”The Freak’s” propensity to…how shall we say…sometimes be a reluctant participant. That usually happens when he doesn’t see the ball as frequently as he would like, or because he’s been getting smacked in the mouth. Who likes that?

This afternoon, in the warm sun of South Beach, the Miami Dolphins decided to do something that very few teams have done all season. They tried to cover Moss man versus man. There isn’t a defensive back that can do that on the planet. So what would possess the Fins to think they could get away with it? Sheer stupidity, I guess. Moss ended up catching three touchdown passes, and afterward, had a message for Miami coach Tony Sparano.

The Pats coaching staff gets all sorts of credit here as well, for letting Matt Cassel operate out of the spread from the get-go. I’ve been begging for it, and they now seem to fully trust this kid to run the offense. In doing that, they spaced out the Fins defense, and were able to work favorable matchups against a porous secondary that came into the game ranked 22nd in the National Football League. Also, let’s give a tip of the hat to the offensive line. Earlier this season, they weren’t as bad as the sack stats suggested. Now, they are playing their best football. It couldn’t come at a more opportune time.

Running Blog: Patriots v Wildcat

Posted by Adam Hart November 23, 2008 at 2:40 pm

You know what it is. It’s a running blog, baby! Won’t you join us? And by us, I mean me. Read more

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