I Finally Get to Post Again.....

Is once a week enough?

Great game by Tom Brady, bouncing back from his 4 INT fiasco. He was 27 of 37 but I remember numerous drops, he probably should have been 30 or 31 out of 37. I'm sure that doesn't matter to Brady as long as they got the win. Congrats to him also for being SI's sportsman of the year.

The most under-rated return from injury has to be that of Kevin Faulk. This guy is a difference maker. He caught 3 balls on 3rd down, all of which went for first downs. No other back has caught a 3rd down pass for a first down all season.

Seymour money isn't happy with the crowd noise at Gillette. Shut up and make a tackle, maybe the people will cheer. Seymour money had as many tackles v. the Jets as Peyton Manning has superbowl rings. ZERO. Oh and did you notice his facemask penalty that nulified a Pats takeaway? PLEASE Bill and Scott, trade him this off-season. I still think San Fran for two #1 picks is a nice deal for both teams.

Overall you'd have to give the D credit for holding Curtis, "Parcells is God" Martin to only 29 yds. I hope he comes up short of 1000 yds this season and breaks his string of 10 seasons in a row with 1000 yds. But don't get me started on Curtis.

Don't get too excited about the win over the Jets. They simply suck. I do hope they win one or two more games though. I don't like the thought of playing against Bush or Leinart or Young twice a year.

Let's take a look at the Heisman before moving on to this weeks game. I think everyone knows that Reggie Bush is going to win it. He is the most exciting player in the NCAA, no doubt about it. Here's my take on why The Heisman should go to Vince Young:
1. He's the only player on his team. If Bush has an off game, Leinart or Lindale White take up the slack. If Young runs for 20 or 25 yds and gets tackled, he's gotta get right back up and make the next play even if he's winded. Bush simply comes out for a breather.
2. Young has accounted for twice as many TD's as Bush.
3. Young hasn't played very much in the 2nd half of games because they've blown people out.
4. Leinart has no chance because they won't want to make him the 2nd person to win 2 Heisman trophy's.
5. Texas is 11-0.
Here's how they'll actually finish: 1 Bush, 2 Young, 3 Leinart.
Too bad.

The Bills Game
The Pats couldn't be getting the Bills at a better time, as they are a team in turmoil. Moulds is suspended for this game and reports say coach Mularky has lost his veterans in the locker room. They don't buy into his program anymore and that is NOT going to help them win on Sunday.

Pats practices this week have focused once again on third down conversions.
The Pats were 1 of 7 on 3rd down v. Buffalo the first time around. Overall they are 12th in the league at 39% on 3rd down. Buffalo's D is 29th by the way, allowing 42%. Maybe the Pats will actually string together some long drives!

The Patriots will clinch their division title this weekend by beating Buffalo if Miami loses to San Diego. Highly likely.

Here's what the AFC playoff picture will probably look like:
1 Indy
2 Denver
3 Cincy
4 Pats
5 Jacksonville
6 San Diego (or maybe Pitt or KC)

We couldn't ask for a better scenario. Pats would host Jacksonville. Florida team up here in 15 degree MA weather. Back up QB. I like our chances. A win would earn the Pats a trip to Indy unless SD beats Cincy which may happen.
The ideal is Pats win, SD wins, Pats go to Denver, SD to Indy. Pats win again and SD upsets Indy, we host SD for the AFC championship. Who would've thunk?

The most likely scenario is a trip to Peyton's place. A theory was brought out by a Patriots beat writer that the Pats are already preping for the showdown with Indy. They really haven't blitzed much 'cuz they don't want Manning to have any tape of their blitzes. That Belichick and Mangini are working on some different looks/blitz packages in practice, but not using them in games. Would it be the greatest thing if Pretty Peyton goes 16-0 and then loses to the 10-6 beaten up Pats in his first playoff game? One and done Pey-Ton!

That excites me almost as much as the thought of Miguel Tejada playing SS in Boston for the next 4 yrs! WOW!!!!!

The Pats are now #12 in the ESPN power rankings.