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Quiet week this week with the bye but there’s a big game coming up Sunday (who would have thought Pats-49ers would be a big game?) - but the Patriots - especially the defense - need to do something this week to redeem themselves.  No one thought the Dolphins were good - and most still don’t [...]

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Troy Brown officially called it quits today making the announcement this morning at Gillette Stadium.  Troy Brown Rumors have been flying around for weeks whether he would retire or return - both options were still in question as late as last week.
Interestingly - Troy did back up rumors that he was possibly going to play [...]

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One Word - Wildcat

Not exactly brain surgery - snap the ball to your best player and let him play.  Amazing it fooled the Patriots over and over again.

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Ronnie Brown rushes for 113 yards and 4 TDs and passes for 1 TD.
The Dolphins offense had struggled running the ball in the first 2 games of the season but had no problem today.  Ronnie Brown ran for over 100 yards and 4 TDs and Ricky Williams ran for 98 yards and put up another [...]

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The news that Troy Brown is going to retire has been floating around for days and although not official the Boston Herald is reporting that Troy is expected to retire in the coming week.  He’s expected to start a new career in media.
Troy Brown currently hold the Patriots record for receptions at 557 with 6366 [...]

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…not much
I know anything can happen on any given Sunday but lets be real - the Dolphins are terrible.  The only thing they got going for themselves is Joey Porter can still talk trash.
The Dolphins have one of the worst ranked defenses in the league and an especially poor secondary (ranked 30th of 32) which [...]

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If you’re interested you can share your take on the game with the always pleasant Jets fans on The Fifth Down - NY Times Blog
It seems the basic feeling in New York is Mangini got out coached and Favre got outplayed.  For all the ‘improvements’ the Jets made - there seems to be some doubt [...]

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Amazing - even without Tom Brady the Patriots can still win football games.
The Patriots didn’t listen to those in the media or vegas who said Matt Cassel had no chance against Favre and won the game with a complete team effort.  Beyond the normal Patriots-Jets hoopla there was a lot of questions coming into this [...]

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The football gods didn’t agree with Roger Goodell’s punishment for spygate so they took it upon themselves to dish out some of their own.   Karma’s a bitch.  At least according to Paul Woody of the Richmond Times-Dispatch in his article - Patriots’ bad break is payback.  Few short quotes -
The time has come for the [...]

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Brett Favre had a good game last week-although it was against the Miami Dolphins (1-15 last year) - but what can we expect from Favre and the Jets this week?
On the offensive side the Patriots may not have Brady at QB but they still have great offensive weapons.  The added depth this season at running [...]

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