Considering Jay Cutler

Football is a game for men- tough men.  Unlike many American males, I don’t lie to myself and others.  I could not play that game professionally.  It requires a physical toughness that I lack.  It also requires an emotional toughness that I am familiar with as a pastor.  In football, you have to deal with [...]

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Considering Season-Ending Injuries

First it was Tom Brady.  His knee injury ended his season and their hopes for a return to the Super Bowl.  Prior to Monday’s game it was announced that Laurence Maroney was done for the year with a shoulder injury. His injury is not as crippling to the team since they have plenty of running backs.  If [...]

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Considering the Belichick’s Mind Games

If anyone can find a way to motivate the Patriots after losing Tom Brady to a knee injury (torn ACL & MCL), it is the Master of the Mind Games, Bill Belichick.

The stories are now out there of fans of lesser teams rejoicing that Tom Brady got hurt (so Middle School, folks).
A Bernard Pollard Fan [...]

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Considering the Patriots’ Greatest Fear

After going 0-4 in the preseason without any snaps taken by the NFL’s 2007 MVP Tom Brady, the Patriots (and their fans) greatest fear was an injury to their quarterback.
That didn’t take long.  On their second series a defender rolled up on his left leg while he was completing a pass to Randy Moss.  Out, [...]

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Considering Damage Control

You’ve probably heard the story so much you want to bury your head in the sand.  “SpyGate” has been a buzz since September, plaguing the Patriots all through their run for a championship.  The day before the biggest game of the year, the SuperBowl and a chance to do the unthinkable- 19-0, the Herald released [...]

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A Weekend and a Day

It was a jam packed weekend filled with fun and frustration.  It is fun hearing that you don’t have any cavities!  It is also fun trying to teach my daughter how to cut paper with her new scissors.  She still uses both hands to open it, and wants to hold them at an odd angle.  Yes, it [...]

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Gone and Not Gone

A$ante Samuel: Gone, signed with the Eagles.  This is a blow to the defense, but creates a potential problem with the Eagles other starting cornerback, who makes considerably less money.  He’s getting $20 million guaranteed.  His 6-year deal is worth about $57 million, so I’m guessing it was the up front money the Patriots didn’t [...]

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“A Lot of Coaches Did It”

Arlen Specter take note of this interview with 2-time Super Bowl winning coach Jimmy Johnson on reportedly on WFAN during Super Bowl week (he reiterates much of what he has said earlier on national TV, but apparently not everyone was listening).
Q: How about the spying thing Jimmy. You’re a coach does that bother you what [...]

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Patriots Reloading

Usually Super Bowl teams lose members of the coaching staff.  The Patriots gained an experienced defensive coach in Dom Capers.  He has head coaching experience, as well as being a defensive coordinator.  Dean Pees remains the defensive coordinator, but Capers brings lots of experience in the 3-4, particularly in pressuring the QB.  The Patriots had [...]

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Still Considering Spygate

Like the Steroid hearings, this baby just won’t go away.  Some new tidbit stirs up the dust again.  Apparently former Patriots’ videotaping assistant Matt Walsh thinks he holds the key.  The question might be, is it authentic or a counterfeit?
Walsh wants immunity and protection from lawsuits (understandable since he would have in his possession materials [...]

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Any Given Sunday

That’s the saying, which is a reason I didn’t help my dad on a football pool.  I think the Patriots were by and far the best team of the year.  But last night, the Giants were the better team.  Their defensive line dominated the line and put pressure on Brady.  CavSon was not too happy [...]

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Kudos and Disgust Before the Big Game

Hats off to Patriots’ great Andre Tippett- he’s in the Hall of Fame.  He was a monster linebacker when I was a kid.  He’s the Patriots’ all-time leader in sacks.  Injuries kept him from being even more of a force.  It was a long time coming for Andre, and Patriots nation celebrates with him.
Definitely not [...]

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Ready for the Big Game

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No Limp, No Tape, No Problem. No KG, No Problem.

Things look good in AZ as Tom Brady practiced without tape, and without a limp.  The ankle should be no problem come Sunday.  His ankle isn’t even on the injury report (though that right shoulder is).  With 2 starting linemen back (they didn’t play in week 17), the protection should be better.  That and the [...]

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Operation Eli- Day Eleven

We figured this day would come, and it has.  Today Eli may have figured out he is not going back to the orphanage and his nanny.  It was a very long afternoon as he spent most of it crying.  First he was sad, and then it was an angry cry.  CavWife would appreciate prayer that [...]

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Considering SuperBowl Prediction

Among the various things scrolling one the news scenes in I am Legend was that the Patriots beat the Giants for the second time that season 23-7.  Hmmmm.  Of course the movie takes place in 2009, and I doubt the Knicks will be even remotely good then, or gas prices over $6.

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Considering Dumb Superstitions & Blowhards

I was listening to the local ESPN affiliate, which has some sad local programming in the afternoon.  The host is superstitious.  He notes that you should bet on the Giants because they are 7-0 in their white uniforms this season. 
Apparently he doesn’t realize that Patriots are 18-0 regardless of the uniform they are wearing.
I’m increasingly [...]

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Patriots Perfect, Though Brady Wasn’t

Tom Brady was mortal- throwing 3 picks.  He seemed to lack his usual accuracy, perhaps due to changes in wind speed.  Don’t know, but the Red Zone Defense and Laurence Maroney saved this game for the Patriots.  Rather than get 21 points when they got to the Red Zone, the Patriots held them to 9.  [...]

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Considering the AFC Championship Game

I feel like I’ve been in a big fog lately.  I’ve got the cold that never ends (going on 3 weeks), and all the adoption stuff leading up to CavWife’s departure for China.  Now I’m home alone with Daddy Duty. 
I’ll have a bit of a respite today when I get to watch my long-beloved Patriots [...]

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Saturday Standards & Sunday Shockers

Quite the weekend in the NFL.  Saturday’s games went as expected, though the Seahawks looked like they might pull off an upset.  But the Pack settled down and took over the game.  The snow made for a very interesting game.
The Jags got off to a fast start too, and looked like they would give the [...]

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