Sometimes Life Intrudes

I'll get to the rest of the picks before Sunday (I hope). For now...

Houston 20, Jacksonville 31 - The Texans gave it everything they have to beat the Patriots last week. A third win in a lost season is insignificant unless that win is a pride-saving victory over one of the best teams in the NFL. That did not happen. Having taken pride off the table, Houston will bring its moveable feast of pigskin pain to Jacksonville to face a Jaguars team that beat them just two weeks ago. The 3-9-0 Jags are playing hard for a team whose best case scenario is 7-9-0. One thing's for certain with this game. I won't have any problem switching over to "Project Runway All Stars" at 9:00pm. 

Funny Business

He kids. Because he cares.

Do These Grapes Taste Funny to You?

Apparently, Bill Belichick owns a condo in the Houston Texans’ collective head. Or Antonio Smith’s head at the very least.

Messing with Texas

It’s the classic trap game.

Lucky 13

Happy Thanksgiving!

Worth It

I should be used to this by now, shouldn’t I?

A Cold Night in November

The fellow Patriots’ fans I’ve spoken with seem to be dealing with this Sunday night’s game with a mix of resignation and hope. On the one hand, New England’s defense is just two beaten up to hang with Denver’s offense. If the Pats D was healthy and whole, this would be the biggest regular season game in recent memory, a game for the ages really, with all the anticipation and anxiety of a Super Bowl. Instead, with Wilfork, Mayo, Kelly out and Talib, Arrington and Dennard – their top three cornerbacks – banged up and questionable, this is a game Patriots Nation can shrug off if their heroes should fail.

We’ll party if they win, of course. There’s some spark of light and hope inside all of us who root for the Patriots that cannot be denied. Peyton Manning is coming to town. It doesn’t get any better than this. It’s never been better than this.