Slings and Arrows

It’s been a bummer week all the way around. Rather than step back for some perspective, it appears the good citizens of Patriots Nation have their noses firmly planted in a lemming’s butt. I don’t know where we’re going but we do seem to making good progress getting there.

Anything Can Happen And It Probably Will

The house always wins.

Always.

Losing Hurts (But You Knew That)

Losing hurts but some people have lower thresholds of pain than others it seems.

Gronkless in Cincinnati

Rob Gronkowski will be out of the lineup for the fifth week in a row. Can the Patriots keep winning without him? Not easily.

Fours and Fives

It just keeps getting better…

No Triumph Without Adversity

The Patriots earned their most impressive win of the season with their 30-23 win Sunday night in Atlanta but lost Vince Wilfork for the season to a torn Achilles tendon. Wilfork is a Pro Bowl defensive tackle and perhaps more importantly a true heart and soul guy. His loss has already conjured up Richard Seymour’s name. Wilfork’s loss should also shut the pie holes of all those who were bitching about the $10m in salary cap the “cheapskate” Patriots had held in reserve. Not that I’m recommending New England overpay for Seymour or any other of the available free agents; there’s a good reason they’re available.

                                        

Waiting for the Inevitable

According to the pigskin pundits and bobbleheads, this is the week the Patriots will finally be exposed as the pigskin pretenders they are. Truth be told, they seem annoyed by the Patriots 3-0-0 record. Have they grown weary of waiting for Brady’s skills to diminish? For Belichick to retire? For the Patriots to finally yield to the inevitabilities of the NFL’s relentless commitment to parity? I’m not sure it takes a lot of line to plumb the depths of Tom Jackson’s or Sterling Sharpe’s minds but I really, does anyone know what those guys are thinking?