Pigskin Futures

If I may paraphrase Indiana Jones… "The Jets… Why'd it have to be the Jets?"

A Double Standard Means There Is No Standard

I know what you're thinking. Another Patriots fan who just can't let go of Deflategate.

Of course, that's never going to happen. We're never letting go. Then again, we're not the ones picking the scab.

Fuzzy on the Whole Good-Bad Thing

It's crazy. Brady just had his worst game of the year and I actually feel better about New England's Super Bowl hopes.

Old School

I really thought I  preferred the 33-20 wins but winning 16-3 in Denver felt good. So good.

Defense wins championships, right? I think I heard that somewhere once.

DIY Pigskins

Last night, Patriots fans were rooting for the Jets. If the Dolphins had lost, the Patriots would've clinched the AFC East. Today, Dolphins fans will be rooting for the Patriots as a Broncos loss would give them inside position for a Wild Card spot over the reigning Super Bowl champs.

The NFL. It's an emotional roller coaster that ends with most of us throwing up.

Things To Do In Denver When You're Tom

So, the chatter amongst the pigskin chattering class this week has been all about Tom Brady's own personal House of Horrors, a house built from SoCal Kryptonite, Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Rightly so. Minus his 2-7-0 record in Denver, Brady wins 80% of all other games played. So, yeah, that's a thing.

Griff, We Hardly Knew Ye

Like almost any other player cut by other teams, Michael Floyd's release following a DUI arrest started a flurry of hot takes from the local pigskin pundits and bobbleheads on whether the Patriots should sign him up. There was the usual high minded moralizing about the troubled but talented wide receiver, concluding that even though Floyd checked all the boxes for what New England needed at the position - as in, alive and breathing - the Patriots shouldn't add Floyd to their injury depleted wide receiver group. Ride or die with an "everyone thinks there's something wrong with" Julian Edelman, a dinged up Chris Hogan and rookie Malcolm Mitchell and his bionic arm.

Bill Belichick disagreed.

Thanks for everything we never had, Griff Whalen. We'll miss not missing you.