well kids,
the patriots beat the cowboys, and that means stuffing shall be eaten happily on thursday! lush is very relieved.
i read a couple of articles that said isaiah
wynn got beaten several times on sunday, but he must've not got beaten
several times, too, because that was the best i've seen tommy look in a
little while. he wound up 17 of 37 for 190 yards and touchdown - which
is actually worse than normal, but factoring in that our two best
receivers didn't play, it wasn't too shabby. maybe i'm just relieved to
have seen him upright, dancing around back there while he tried to
decide which of his limited selection of targets he was going to grace
with the ball. (spoiler alert: it was mostly jules.)
after the thumping baltimore gave us, it was
nice to see our #1 defense shut down the cowboys' #1 offense and not
allow a single touchdown, though it was dicey there a few times. our
season would be belly up if not for our defense - and our special teams,
which also had another great day. matthew slater's blocked punt was the
third blocked punt of the season, all three of which have resulted in
touchdowns (two returned, this one by setting up short field position).
it was the difference-maker in this game, and for that (and so so so so
so many other reasons), matthew slater gets this week's tommy. way to
lead the victory march, cap'n!
our back-to-back texas match ups continue next
week when our boys travel to play the houstons on sunday night - and
given the circumstances, i'm really hoping we look a little less like
turkeys than we did on our last snf game. believe it or not, that game
falls on the first day of december, so think your happy patriots
thoughts our boys live up to their december football reputation - and
that cris collinsworth chokes on his factual inaccuracies...or a turkey
bone. either way.
happy thanksgiving, and go pats!
love dav
hey kids-
well, the patriots beat the eagles, and it was way better than not beating the ravens. i'm as frustrated as tommy with this game, but i'm
not going to whine about winning. let's do this.
our fearless quarterback threw the ball 47
times, which is about 20 too many - especially considering he only
connected on 26 of those for 216 yards and no touchdowns. tommy's not
the only one pouting (but not complaining!) about this win.
our defense and special team both had solid
performances after some in-game adjustments and really did their part to
keep us in it and hang on right to the end. after such a dismally
unproductive game, it might seem ridiculous to give an offensive player
the totw - but if you think jules is throwing a touchdown pass and *not*
getting the tommy for it, you just don't know me at all. this is my
second favoritest patriots play ever - bested only by the first time he
did it, lobbing the ball all the way down the field into the waiting
arms of danny amendola RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY FACE while i leapt and
shrieked and squealed in my seat during my first and only visit to
gillette. that was the year we lost to kansas city in week four and
everyone declared our dynasty over. we all know how that worked out, so
keep the faith, friends - and keep on giving me reasons to give you
tommies, jules!
we've got a home game against dallas on sunday,
and i think they're going to give us just as much of a run for our money
as the eagles did. think your happy patriots thoughts that the boys
give us something for which to be grateful when we go around the table at thanksgiving dinner (which in my house is a day-long stuffingfest that i
share with my dog). we're definitely eating stuffing either way, but
we'll be a lot happier about it if we're not complaining about another
patriots win!
have a great week, and go pats!
love dav
well kids,
just like our patriots, i took the bye week to
regroup, but it's time to get back to it. in case you didn't hear, we
lost to the ravens, and boy, did we ever have it coming.
our fearless quarterback is definitely feeling
the midseason blues - or at least the "we-really-miss-you-david-andrews"
blues. tommy went 30 of 46 for 285 yards and a touchdown, along with an
interception. it sounds a lot better than it looked.
call it sour grapes if you want, but i really
don't have a lot to say about the loss to baltimore. it was
well-deserved. i've worried for weeks that our offense wasn't clicking
the way it needed to be – and that's still true – and though it was a
little surprising to see the issues with our defense, if you have a long
way to go, midseason is exactly the time you want to discover that.
with no real totw standout from the game, the award defaults to tommy.
if there's one thing everyone should know by now, it's that nothing
brings out his leadership, competitiveness, and general roguish charm
more than losing – and that means there's no real reason to worry (yet).
up and at 'em, tommy!
we've got the eagles on sunday, and there's a
whole big fuss about it being a super bowl rematch. i'm not sure why – it's not a rematch of the last super bowl, nor it is the first "super
bowl rematch" of our season. then again, there's also a whole big fuss
that we're now 8-1, even though we started the last four seasons 7-2 and
went to the super bowl every time. the moral of the story is that the
nfl likes to have a whole big fuss no matter what happens, so think your
happy patriots thoughts that our boys give 'em something to talk about
and isaiah wynn returns to live up to his name.
have a great week, and go pats.
love dav
