by Scott Benson
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Hey, was that Niner Watch I saw mentioned in Mike Reiss’s mailbag today? Mike, you shouldn’t have!
It was an appreciated mention – and timely, as it turns out. Big doings on the old bottom feeder chart this week. Last Sunday, the surrogate mother of the Patriots’ first round draft pick, the 2-7 San [...]
by Christopher Price
chris@patriotsdaily.com
First impressions can be misleading.
For James Sanders, his introduction to most Patriots fans came on the night of Nov. 5, 2006. The defensive back, who had been taken by New England in the fourth round of the 2005 draft out of Fresno State, had occasionally popped up on the radar screens of area [...]
by Scott Benson
scott@patriotsdaily.com
Some barely-cold leftovers from last night’s late-nite 56-10 Patriots win over the Bills:
*Hard to ask for any more from the Patriots last night, needless to say. Even after what amounted to a two week layoff on the top of the world, they were physically and mentally crisp from the start, and once Randall [...]
by Scott Benson
scott@patriotsdaily.com
You don’t suppose we could flex tonight’s game back to a decent hour?
It’s an old complaint but at this writing, it really feels like the Pats-Bills game is, well, tomorrow or something. This prime time stuff makes for a long day, especially coming off a bye week.
No worries, though – we still have [...]
by Greg Doyle
greg@patriotsdaily.com
Saturday November 17, 2007
Some big college games on the docket today. BCS bowl and conference championshp berths will be decided. It’s also rivalry week, so let’s take a look around.
Ohio State at Michigan (ABC Noon): Annually one of the huge games in college football, this one will decide the Big 10 championship and [...]
by the Patriots Daily Staff
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The Pats are back in action this weekend with a Sunday night flex game that gives them a total of six such prime-time contests this season.
Their opponent this week is divisional rival Buffalo, who has quietly won four straight to put itself, after nine games, in the mix for a wild [...]
by Scott Benson
scott@patriotsdaily.com
Week Two here on the Niner Watch and we’ve already had a change at the number one spot in the dash for the top pick in next April’s NFL Draft.
The Miami Dolphins took another step towards immortality this week by heroically blowing a fourth-quarter lead to Buffalo, at home, to become the last [...]
By Bill Barnwell
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When Marv Levy took over the Bills for the second time, it seemed like the last gasp of an owner who could barely remember what the face of success looked like. After Levy’s first offseason, many observers panned his moves as the decisions of a man who the game had passed by, specifically [...]
by Scott Benson
scott@patriotsdaily.com
The early playoff field was completely reshuffled on Sunday, as five of the six slots changed hands. Only the first seed remained unchanged.
Pittsburgh gained the most, rising to 2nd seed (and a possible first round bye) due to their comeback win over the Browns and San Diego’s upset of the Colts. Indy dropped [...]
by Dan Snapp
dan@patriotsdaily.com
Move over, Charlie Brown. America’s got a new lovable loser: Your Indianapolis Colts.
Has there ever been a team so feted after two straight losses? Has ever a team been so unabashedly built up as the one you simply HAVE to root for?
The Colts broke down late against the dastardly Patriots a week ago, [...]
by Christopher Price
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When it comes to stopping Buffalo running back Marshawn Lynch, Patriots offensive lineman Ryan O’Callaghan figures it’s pretty simple: “Get a lot of people hitting him.”
O’Callaghan knows better than most — he was a college teammate of Lynch at Cal, and got to know Lynch pretty well. He cleared a path for him [...]
by Scott Benson
scott@patriotsdaily.com
There was a lot of movement in the AFC playoff picture yesterday, with the results of three intra-conference games shuffling the deck:
* Pittsburgh’s comeback over Cleveland vaulted the Steelers to 2nd seed in the conference;
* Indy’s folly in San Diego dropped the Colts to 3rd;
* The Chargers take control of the West (and [...]
