Reports are that he wants out of Kansas City if the Chiefs go ahead and hire a college coach. To be honest, he should want out either way. The guy has been nothing but great to that team, a Junior Seau, if you will. Seau eventually found his way to New England and Bill Belichick and has been in love with the guy since. I can't see this being any different for Gonzalez.
Also, Watson has been a bust since we drafted him. I'm sick of his antics. Dropping passes left and right. The potential is there it seems though. Maybe a guy like Tony Gonzalez is just what Ben Watson needs.
All I know is a smart football player loves to win and a smart football player would want to play for Bill Belichick. Maybe Mr. Kraft and Belichick can work out something with Scott Pioli over there in KC. Hey wait a second... what do we have that KC needs? Hmmm, let me think. Oh! A quarterback!
Matt Cassel for Tony Gonzalez and a first round pick in 2010? Something along those lines? Hey, I'm just sayin...
Wooo, that was quite the slumber. Well, after that Christmas vacation I'm happy to say I'm back and ready to devote 100% of my time to the blog- when I'm not busy with everything else. That being said, be ready for the daily updates you were so used to before our little break.
Guess who isn't back? Josh McDaniels, Offensive Coordinator of the Patriots the past two years and a key contributor to the Patriots' success for the past eight years or so. ESPN Reports:
The Denver Broncos have reached agreement to name New England offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels their new head coach, team sources told ESPN senior NFL analyst Chris Mortensen on Sunday.
McDaniels, 32, replaces Mike Shanahan, who was fired Dec. 30 after 14 years on the job. The team is expected to announce the deal on Monday.
Broncos owner Pat Bowlen sent COO Joe Ellis to Boston Thursday for a lengthy second interview with McDaniels, who, according to sources, was one of two finalists along with Vikings defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier.
McDaniels becomes the third member of Belichick's coaching staff to be named an NFL head coach in recent years, following Romeo Crennel, who took over Cleveland in 2005 and was fired after this past season, and Eric Mangini, who went to the Jets in 2006. Mangini was also fired after this season and has since been named to replace Crennel in Cleveland.
McDaniels has worked in the NFL for eight seasons, all with New England. He joined the Patriots on March 1, 2001 as a personnel assistant in the scouting department and assisted the defensive coaching staff for three seasons. He began serving as the Patriots' quarterbacks coach in 2004 and was named offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach on Jan. 20, 2006.
McDaniels began his coaching career in 1999 as a graduate assistant at Michigan State, working under head coach Nick Saban.
Boo hoo hoo I'm so upset. Another Belichick minyan off to screw up another team. I'm not sure why teams haven't figured out that it's not the assistant coaches or the players, its the head coach Bill Belichick himself. How many assistant coaches under Belichick have to fail, and how many players have to leave the team and then suck, for people to realize that it is the system not the person. Hell, Matt Cassel can go from high school prom king to 14 mil per year QB.
This really isn't a big deal, and I'm sure there will be people who will argue that it is, but I mean, come on... you can't tell me that Brady, Moss, Welker, etc. won't perform just as well without Josh McDaniels as offensive coordinator. No argument will convince me of this.
For the record, Miami's playoff performance was an embarassment to the AFC East. The fact that they made the playoffs over the Pats is a sin.
Well that is that. On the same day Romeo Crennel gets fired, Mangina gets the axe as well.
Make no mistake about it, Belichick is furious we aren't in the playoffs, but if I know Bill like I know Bill, he woke up this morning, pissed excellence, had a big breakfast cooked by his cougar girlfriend, picked up the paper and saw that Mangini was fired, and a smirk came about his face (picture the grinch's smirk).
I guess thats the silver lining in this whole thing. Sure, Mangini screwed the Pats by not being able to win a game, but in the longrun he screwed himself because I'm not sure he's worthy of another starting job anywhere else in the NFL. The Jets are in shambles right now. So glad I wasn't born into being a Jets fan.
Well, not enough plays in the world could get the Jets to pull off the improbable victory over the beasts of the AFC East, the unstoppable, dynasty-like, mammoth of a team, known as the Miami Dolphins. I mean, did we actually believe Eric Mangina could win a game? The guy hasn't won a thing since he became head coach of the New York Jets.
The fact that the Patriots will miss the playoffs with an 11-5 record is a travesty. Any team that goes to the Super Bowl should have to go though the New England Patriots for it to be a legitimate championship. This is a disaster.
Every New York Jets fan should feel ashamed of themselves for paying money to watch and follow this joke of a team. Listen, it's one thing if Mangina wants to screw over the state of New York (New Jersey) with his terrible play calling and lack of coaching. It's another to screw over an entire region known as New England.
Brett Favre is an absolute joke. Why did this guy come back? He's got nothing left in the bag. How many more interceptions will this guy throw before he retires? He could easily be the most overrated quarterback in the history of overrated quarterbacks. His time is up. Please Brett, if you read my blog, and you don't, retire once and for all and never come back into the spotlight. HAHA yeah right, Brett Favre not in the spotlight? That's a joke. The guy craves more attention then Jonah from Summer Heights High.
"Boo hoo hoo we lost the game, I retire!" (2 weeks later) "I want another shot."
Michael Jordan can retire twice and get away with it because he was the greatest basketball player to ever live. Brett Favre is nowhere near that status in football. He will never lead a team to a championship again and should stop wasting everybodys time.
Romeo Crennel will lose his job this year, Eric Mangina should lose his job this year, and Charlie Weis should lose his job this year. What does that say about Bill Belichick? So much for that great coaching staff from 2001. It's clearly all Bill Belichick and it always will be. The guy took a backup quarterback with zero experience and turned him into a legit starting quarterback who lead his team to 11 wins.
"New York, tell me how my ass tastes." -Chad Pennington
Ok, that was expected. ThePats took care of business as usual. For us to clinch, the Jets need to win or the Ravens needs to lose. I highly doubt the Ravens will lose due to the fact that they are playing great football and they're at home against a poor Jacksonville team.
The Jets SHOULD win. The Dolphins have no business clinching the AFC East. If they let Pennington go into New York and win, Mangini should be fired within minutes of the post-game press conference.
The Jets might try based on the fact that if they win and Baltimore loses they clinch the wildcard. They know as well as I do that Baltimore isn't losing, so who knows how they perform.
If Baltimore is up big on Jacksonville early, look for Mangina to pull some schenanigans to screw over the Patriots.
This fat tub of lard better learn how to win a game.
A week ago the Pats/Bills game, Jets/Dolphins game, and Baltimore/Jacksonville game were all slated for 1pm starts. For some ridiculous retarded and unconstitutional reason, the Jets and Baltimore game was pushed back to a 4:15 start. This is a terrible, terrible thing for the Pats.
I have all the confidence in the world that the Patriots will win tomorrow. They're playing their best football of the season, Buffalo is playing their worst, Pats have everything to play for, Buffalo has nothing, Pats own Buffalo something like 10 wins in a row.
I touched upon the idea of Mangina screwing us over a few weeks ago but didn't think the possibility of it would actually happen. Well slap me sideways.
I'm watching this Jets game like a HAWK tomorrow. There is no excuse for Favre and the Jets to lose this game at home. The SECOND I see any signs of the Jets punting this game, I'm on the phone to Goodell. This CBS flex bullshit to get more viewers is a joke. Ratings are one thing, but don't screw with an entire season to get a better one. How is this allowed???
It was perfectly set up before. All three games are at the same time so all the teams will try equally as hard, not knowing what the outcome is.
If the Pats win, the Jets have nothing to play for. They will be officially eliminated. How do you expect a team to go out and perform to its fullest knowing that 15 minutes ago it was just eliminated from playoff contention??
This is so frustrating to me and all Pats fans I'm sure. Screw this flex schedule bullshit. Jets better win tomorrow or there will be hell to pay.
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Favre chokes! Jets lose! Pats live to see another week!
Well, well, well Mr. Favrah. The day after Romo chokes on the big one, you follow suit. There's just something about that West Coast that you just can't seem to overcome this year huh?
As you are all aware, the Pats won earlier today, bringing them to 10-5. The Dolphins also won bringing them 10-5. The Dolphins are currently in first place over the Pats due to division record. The Jets fall to 9-6 and third place in the AFC East.
We've been saying this all along. As long as we keep winning we can count on the Jets and Dolphins to screw up their own destiny. That's exactly what we've been doing, and that's exactly what the Jets did today. Come on Brett! You couldn't take down the Seahawks? A team with literally nothing to play for while you guys had everything to play for!
Let's go over the ways the Pats can get into the playoffs. If the Pats win next week in Buffalo (something like 10 straight wins over Buffalo):
Scenario 1: Baltimore loses to Jacksonville, falls to 10-6. Miami beats Jets, improves to 11-5. Pats clinch wildcard over Baltimore, Miami clinches division.
Scenario 2: Baltimore beats Jacksonville, improves to 11-5 and clinches wildcard. Jets beat Miami, both teams end up at 10-6. BOTH teams miss playoffs. Pats clinch division over Jets and Dolphins.
You read it right folks. If the Jets win next week and the Patriots win next week, the Jets will have paved the way for the Patriots to make the playoffs. All three of these meaningful games are played at 1:00pm next weekend. It's literally a race to the finish.
If Baltimore loses and Miami loses, I have no idea who makes the playoffs as the wildcard. I hope the Ravens don't because I'd rather play the Dolphins or Jets any day over the Ravens. I'm not about to slave over the numbers to determine who the wildcard is. I'd rather wait for ESPN or someone else to break it down for us all.
All I know is this- for once in my life next week I will be cheering on the Jets. Once the Pats win in Buffalo, and the Jets win in New York, I will send out my belated Christmas card to Eric Mangini thanking him for all he has done for the Pats.
Who would have thought after Week 1 that we would be talking about playoffs?! A backup quarterback who hadn't started a game since high school leads his NFL team to the playoffs and wins the Super Bowl!
Hey pal, you forgot "Biggest no show when it actually counts". Also, nice yellow background. I wonder if that was premeditated?
Wow, can't say I didn't see this coming. A warm weather team comes into Foxboro in the snow and gets their asses kicked. Sure, the Cardinals already clinched the playoffs and Boldin was out, but you cannot tell me the Cardinals weren't trying. This cannot be good for their confidence. They already knew they were in a joke division to begin with, they'll be lucky to win one playoff game.
From kickoff this game was over. By the way, how bad is Matt Leinart?? The guy's headset doesn't work for a few plays and he has a bitch fit on the sidelines. What a bust. Cassel must be like, "How the hell was I the backup for this bum in college?" Amazing stuff right there.
Anyways, its the beginning of the 4th quarter with the Pats up 47-0. I'm going to chalk the W up for this game. Here's to keeping the shutout intact.
In more important news, the Dolphins and Chiefs are tied at 31 with 14 minutes to go in the 4th. Come on Chiefs! Do something right this year!
Jets play at 4:00 in Seattle so we will keep our eyes on that game as well.
Seriously what the hell Romo. You continue to suck season by season. Every year it's the same shit with you man. You get all they hype. You get all the publicity. But every year you blow it when it counts. It's all fine and dandy when you blow it for Texas, because honestly I could give two shits about that entire state. When you start affecting New England and the Pats, thats when I take issue.
All you had to do was lead the Cowboys to victory at HOME against the Ravens. I understand if you already had the playoffs wrapped up, but you didn't. This was a must win for you guys! What the hell man! I had this marked as a W in my book for you. This wasn't even about you guys! This was about the Pats' in to the playoffs. The Cowboys were our in. You were supposed to take down Baltimore tonight, and the Pats would easily win tomorrow and next week and make the playoffs.
But no. You had to again prove that you are not clutch and cannot win when it matters. As we speak you and Witten are doing it and T.O. is filming while he crys wishing he was apart of it. It's like you don't even care. This sucks. Now the Jets AND Dolphins need to lose tomorrow?!
Everyone say a prayer. The Jets go to the West Coast where they have had problems all year, and the Dolphins go to Kansas City to play the lowly Chiefs. Hopefully these two joke teams that our AFC East foes are playing can suck it up and actually compete in the name of Belichick.
WEEI reports that in a press conference earlier today, when asked whether the Patriots will practice outside, Belichick responded by saying, "Absolutely".
Hell yeah. If the Cardinals are even in New England yet, they're huddled together in some luxury hotel somewhere. There's no way they are looking forward to this game. That Pats on the other hand can't wait. I'm expecting to beat the Cardinals by at least 14. The Pats have everything to play for, the Cardinals have already clinched and are just happy to be in the playoffs. They'll be on the next flight out of New England as soon as that game gets out.
I'm not giving up hope yet. If I know Chad Pennington, he will screw this up somehow for the Dolphins. They'll lose this week and then lose in N.Y. and the Pats will be golden. Kansas City is a terrible team, but Arrowhead is always a loud place and a tough place for opponents to go in and feel comfortable. If any quarterback is going to screw this up, it's Pennington- but only if J.P. Losman isn't available.
On the other hand, the Jets are 0-3 on the West Coast this year, losing to Oakland and San Francisco in the process. The Seattle Seahawks, while being pretty bad, do pose a threat to the Jets this week. Brett Favre is one of the most overrated quarterbacks in the league at this stage in his career. If the Dolphins win this week and the Jets lose, I can definitely see Pennington going into N.Y., middle finger in the air, and leading the Dolphins to victory while sending Mangina and the Jets home as the Pats clinch the last spot as well after Baltimore loses to Dallas this week.
This is working out perfectly. The Pats clinch the last spot in the playoffs, under the radar, injury plagued, hated by all, and snipe their opponents down one by one.
Well another weekend in the books and another Boston trifecta. The Celtics and Bruins continue to dominate their leagues with the Celtics taking down the Hornets, and the Bruins curb stomping the Atlanta Thrashers twice. As I blog, the Pats are up 42-20 with 3 minutes left in the 3rd quarter and its obvious they are going to win.
I guess bars in Boston cater to Bills fans now? I walked into the Harp after work today around 3:30 to watch the Pats game and was surprised to see a bar completely packed with Bills fans. Completely packed. Now I've never seen anything like this. First of all I didn't know that Bills fans existed outside of Buffalo, second, I didn't know Bills fans still cared this season. I mean, how do you follow the Bills this season after their collapse? How ugly is Marshawn Lynch? Is he half man, half gargoyle? Google image this guy please, but don't do it before bed.
Anyways me and my friend take a seat a little outside of the bar and just watch. Please note that my friend is a Jets fan. With a little more than 2 minutes left and the Bills just getting a first down while leading, the bar is hopping. Bills fans are happy as can be- I guess a meaningless win is still a win... All of a sudden Losman rolls out of the pocket in true J.P. Losman form, continues to fumble the ball, and the Jets recover it and run it back for a TD. It all happened so fast. It was like a car crash in front of my eyes.
You need to hear this guys laugh to truly appreciate the moment. Trying to describe it is tough- it's kind of like this girly high pitch howl. It's one of those laughs that will make you laugh, very contagious.
I start laughing, because he's laughing. So immediately I come off as a Jets fan, even though that can't be further from the truth. Inside I'm livid, but the situation in the bar is too funny to not laugh.
Long story short we didn't stay long.
Note to the Harp, your bar is in Boston. It might be a good idea to continue to serve food after the damn Bills game that 70 people in the entire city care about. I'm sorry, do only Bills fans get hungry? It's 4:oo on a Sunday and you stop serving food right as the Patriots game starts? So you just don't like turning a profit then? I like the Harp, great place to go before Celtics or Bruins games, but the whole closing up shop as the Pats game starts is pretty ridiculous if you ask me.
Why blog? Well, quite frankly, major media outlets just aren't getting the job done lately. Sports? Entertainment? Ridiculous things that run through our head on a daily basis? You got it. Think of this as a friggin' service.
