A new season of Patriots football has been mapped out and there are flights to book, grills to clean and lots of plans to make. Never too early to start thinking about next season for the champs.
Unlike the regular season, I currently lead The Drive picks heading into this round, which means I should keep the momentum going into this week’s slate of games. Here are my picks…
What a weekend of games? On Wild Card weekend there always seems to be at least one game that you can’t believe is taking place in the playoffs. Last year it was Jacksonville beating Buffalo (this really happened) 10-3. It was a tight game at halftime, when it was tied 3-3, but the Jags broke it open in the 3rd quarter with a touch down that apparently put the game out of reach. Were they wearing leather helmets? Did they disallow the forward pass? Did a hologram of Woody Hayes coach both teams?
By Aaron Jackson Week one of the NFL season is in the books, and while many games played out exactly as you’d expect, there were some surprises. Let’s take a look at some of the most interesting story lines to follow going forward. Ezekiel Elliott being cleared to play by the court system: A […]
By Jim Churchill We’ll get to “America’s Team” in just a bit, but first… A pretty good weekend of football this weekend in the National Football League. On Saturday, it was good to see the worst sports city in the country (Miami a close second) show up for the Falcons rout of […]
By Mike DeVito Packers @ Cowboys The Dallas Cowboys, lead by two All-Pro rookies, proved to be one of the best teams in the NFL during the regular season finishing 13–3. Of those 3 losses two were to annual foe the New York Giants and the third was a meaningless exhibition game against […]
By Matthew Cunha In my 7,698 days of being a Boston sports fan, I have never felt as confident as I do in the Patriots upcoming divisional round game vs the Houston Texans. Even Las Vegas feels confident in their abilities, favoring the Pats a 16 points. Mark Paulette in his blog yesterday explained […]
