Sunday, September 27, 2009

Patriots Win: A Win is a Win

It could've been a lot worse. It could've been an L, because there is no doubt that there were some plays that the Atlanta Falcons left on the field, but the truth is, the New England Patriots found a way to win.

Tom Brady was less then spectacular with his final stat line looking like a rookie quarterback who put together a decent start. It could've been a lot worse. The Falcons dropped two sure thing INTs and that would've made Brady's 25/42 for 277 yds and one TD look a whole lot worse. But as coach would say, it is what it is.

At times in this game Brady was angry. At times he was frustrated. He threw a couple of balls out of the reach of his receivers when they were wide open. He had some of his receivers drop balls. And yet, in the end, he put together a drive that got New England into the end zone to finally seal the deal.

Brady has obviously not found his "groove" yet and still the New England Patriots are 2-1 starting the '09-'10 campaign.

How about that running game? A nice 105 yds from Fred Taylor who finally had his break out game and looks like the back of choice for the Patriots this season. The rest of the running game complimented Taylor to put up more yards on the ground today then in the opening games combined (156 total yards in the first two games - 168 yards today.)

The defense, who has yet to give up 300 yards to any team in the first three games of the season is holding it's own, even as Vince Wilfork went down in the first half today.

People who were expecting this team to be like the 2007 New England Patriots are going to be sadly disappointed. Tom Brady is a great quarterback and no one can deny that. He is better then 95% of the quarterbacks in the league, but clearly he is human.

That Pats will click and when they do, I don't think there is a team in the league that would want to face them in the playoffs. Will they make the playoffs? Of course they will. Will they breeze into the playoffs? Probably not.

So, Wicked Pissa Dude Nation, I urge you, as I did after last weeks loss, take a deep breath, the season is young and there is a lot of football left to be played. We will be strong and we will lead the AFC East, we're just going to have to shake those pesky Jets.

Plenty more on this game tomorrow on the weekend wrap-up, right here on wickedpissadude.com.

- Adam

Labels: Atlanta Falcons, Fred Taylor, New England Patriots, ny jets, Tom Brady, Vince Wilfork

Friday, September 25, 2009

Nostradumbass : Weekend Preview

Here is how I see things shaping up around here for the weekend in the wide world of Wicked Pissa sports. Let me get my crystal balls...there we go, all set. Mind you, none of these predictions are based on stats or facts just my gut going into the weekend. If I knew what I was talking about i would be reading the sports page at a breakfast buffet in Vegas right now.

Haverill High @ Chelmsford High - Lions win 35 - 6

Stony Brook @ UMass - Minutemen win 41 - 14

Indiana @ Michigan - Wolverines win 42 - 20

Notre Dame @ Purdue - Irish win (ugh) 35 - 28

Wake Forest @ Boston College - Demon Deacons win 24 -20

Atlanta @ New England - Falcons win 34 - 23

Boston @ New York - Yankees take 2 of 3 (sox win Friday night)

Johnson wins at Dover to tighten up the Chase for the Cup in Nascar.

Padraig Harrington will take The Tour Championship by 2 strokes.

Enjoy the weekend - we'll review it all Monday on the weekend wrap up.

timmy@wickedpissadude.com

Labels: Atlanta Falcons, Boston College Eagles, Chelmsford High School, indiana university, michigan wolverines, New England Patriots, nostradumbass, notre dame, purdue, stony brook, UMass Minutemen, wake forest

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Episode 115 - Dirty Bird Flu

This week the guys discuss the importance of inoculations. Honestly, they do. Timmy is under the weather as the infamous cold season (first wave) sweeps through the Northeast. Rubba Shoes is hoping for all Canadiens and no Bruins on his fantasy hockey auto-draft team. The Pats host Matty Ryan and the Atlanta Falcons at Gillette this weekend and the Sox head to the Bronx to wrap the season series with the Yanks. All that and a little fantasy Nascar should have you geared up (sorry for the pun) for the weekend. Thanks for listening to the show and tell a friend they can subscribe for free too.

theshow@wickedpissadude.com

Labels: Atlanta Falcons, bird flu, Boston Bruins, bronx, canadiens, cold season, Fantasy Nascar, Gillette Stadium, h1n1, inoculations, Matt Ryan, montreal canadiens, Patriots, Red Sox, swine flu, yankees

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Deep Breaths: New England Patriots Lose

I am as disappointed as the next New England Patriots fan. It was not a game we HAD to have by any stretch of the imagination, but it was one that we would've REALLY LIKED to have had. Anytime you lose to the NY Jets (even though we don't really know that feeling all that well) it hurts, especially when you play like Chelmsford High School on a bad year.

First the bad news, the Patriots completely stunk up the joint today. Yes, that is the understatement of the day. Tom Brady had a terrible day under center, in the pocket, out of the pocket and just about everywhere on the field at the Meadowlands. Randy Moss was really nowhere to be found (except on that one tackle he made after a Brady int which was a great play) and with no Wes Welker, Edelman did his best impression of the WR putting up 98 yds on 8 catches, not a bad replacement for Welker (given Brady had such a horrific day.)

Yes the defense had a great first half, but they fell asleep in the second leaving the Jets to pick them apart and put up some nice drives at the opening of the half.

So, now the good. There wasn't much to chose from, but I'll give it a go. Julian Edelman looked strong putting up near-Welker numbers on the Jets defense and he would've been over 100 yds receiving had Brady not missed him a couple of times. Fred Taylor, while not stunningly strong, had a couple of great runs and had he not been splitting time with LoMo, he may have had a break out game for the Patriots.

After the 16-9 loss to the Jets, there will be a whole lot of speculation on the New England Patriots. Lots of people will say Tom Brady still doesn't "have it" back and many (I'm looking at you Nostradumbass) will say that he will never return to form. NOT TRUE. This was a bad, horrendous game from Tom Brady, but it is not the end of the Tom Brady era in New England. He was missing spots. He was overthrowing guys and under throwing guys. It was a long time ago that Tom has had a bad game, but he HAS had them. He's thrown 4 interceptions in a number of games and the sky has never fallen.

In this game, the Patriots just couldn't turn the corner. Every time you thought they might, they fell short. Even with just under 2 minutes to go, there was a glimmer of hope, but it just never materialized into anything.

This loss seems bigger then it actually is because it was against the Jets and there was a lot of talk beforehand, but it was JUST the second game of the season. So, New England Patriots fans, take a couple deep breaths, sit back and relax, because the Pats will return to form next week against Matty Ryan and the Atlanta Falcons who come into Foxboro next week.

Take a couple of deep breaths and let US do the ranting and raving for you on the Wicked Pissa Dude Podcast Weekend Wrap-Up tomorrow.

Can't wait until tomorrow? Shoot us an e-mail and we'll read your rant on the show tomorrow. Lay it on us.

- Adam

Labels: Atlanta Falcons, Fred Taylor, Julian Edelman, Matt Ryan, New England Patriots, ny jets, Randy Moss, Tom Brady, Wes Welker

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