by Scott Benson
scott@bostonsportsmedia.com
Now, let’s see………where were we?
Oh, yeah, I was about to jump off a bridge.
But not my stout hearted mates here at GDRV. They weathered Sunday night’s storm with typical aplomb, even offering reassuring thoughts in the aftermath. I’ll give Doyle and Allen credit – at least they didn’t embarrass themselves this week. [...]
by Greg Doyle
greg@bostonsportsmedia.com
A second look at Sunday’s game between Denver and the Patriots on tape reveals it to be the definite off-performance it appeared to be initially. Still, I don’t think it was nearly as disastrous as some of the gloom and doom prognostications you heard floating around in the wake of the game. The [...]
by Scott Benson
scott@bostonsportsmedia.com
“It’s still a game of passion and emotion. When you’ve lost that, you’ve lost everything,” – John Madden, NBC Sports, 10:45 PM, September 24, 2006
Nuff said.
Another humiliating, debilitating loss to the Denver Broncos, every bit as ridiculous as the 25 that preceded it. It was a rancid, foul performance at every turn. Shocking [...]
by Scott Benson
scott@bostonsportsmedia.com
After a tense opening quarter and a half, during which both teams were content to battle simply for field position, this one is suddenly slipping away from the Patriots.
The Denver Broncos scored 10 points in the last five minutes of the first half and for the second straight home game, the Patriots left [...]
by Scott Benson
scott@bostonsportsmedia.com
Rookie Chad Jackson, who had an impressive debut just one week ago, is back on the shelf tonight with his persistent hamstring problem.
He may be idle in part due to the wet, slippery field at Gillette tonight. According to Mike Reiss, rain fell awhile ago, and footing may be a concern. Combined with [...]
by Scott Benson
scott@bostonsportsmedia.com
Well, the division-favorite, Super Bowl-bound Miami Dolphins have finally broken through this afternoon with a gritty, character-building win over the always tough Tennessee Titans, who have now lost 26 of their last 35 games. It’s no small accomplishment to rattle the usually unflappable Kerry Collins, especially when he’s playing on the road. Today, [...]
by Scott Benson
scott@bostonsportsmedia.com
I must be getting soft.
I haven’t been able to work up a bit of hatred for the Broncos this week.
The Patriots long-time nemesis returns tonight for what amounts to the first ‘big game’ of the 2006 campaign. You’d think I’d be beside myself. Yet I cannot summon anything but weary resignation.
My hat goes [...]
by Greg Doyle
greg@bostonsportsmedia.com
Well, here we are for another week of the Roundtable and it comes before a game a lot of Patriots fans have had circled since the schedule came out. This should be a good test of where the Patriots are at. Although it appears both Buffalo and the New York Jets may have [...]
By Bill Barnwell, Football Outsiders – special to BSMW Patriots Game Day
Week 3 brings the Patriot-vanquishing Denver Broncos to Massachusetts on Sunday night. While I’d love to provide some numbers correlating playoff performance to ref-pocketing for the BSMW readers, one playoff game is exactly that: one game. Had the Patriots played more like… the Patriots [...]
by Greg Doyle
greg@bostonsportsmedia.com
Sunday’s visit to the New York Jets by the Patriots certainly started out for two and a half quarters as the dominating performance fans who have been watching this team grew familiar wih during the Super Bowl seasons. But momentum is a funny thing. A few plays turned the tide and almost got [...]
by Scott Benson
scott@bostonsportsmedia.com
For the second straight week the Patriots matched a good half of football with a hideously bad one, blowing a 24 point 3rd quarter lead before hanging on at the last second to defeat the New York Jets 24-17.
This is the youngest Patriots team of the Bill Belichick era, and it may be [...]
by Scott Benson
scott@bostonsportsmedia.com
After a sometimes-shaky effort debut last week, the Patriots came out today clicking on virtually all cylinders, taking a 17-0 halftime lead over the Jets at the Meadowlands.
Tom Brady and the Patriots ball-control offense have been sensational, twice driving for more than 80 yards and using nearly ten minutes of clock [...]
