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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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Anyone who waches Sportscenter enough will eventually here the name Dr. James Andrews - most recently with Josh Beckett and Shawne Merriman.  I know I’ve heard his name often enough but knew nothing about him - until now.  Fast Company has an interesting article about Dr. Andrews up on their site - more from a [...]

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No surprise here -  mentioned over the past couple of days I thought Gutierrez would be back.  Gutierrez knows the system and fits in well - I was surpised when they cut him.  I thought he outplayed Matt Cassel in the preseason but understand the team needed roster spots to make the cut down to [...]

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Belichick: Pats haven’t decided whether to add another QB - I think this goes with what I was writing about yesterday - the Pats have to add a another backup quarterback - but I believe its going to be Matt Gutierrez.  Even his Patriots bio is still up on there website.
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According to an article on ESPN.com - Chris Simms and Tim Rattay did make their way to Foxboro today but were told to go home when they arrived because ‘circumstances have changed’.  Not sure what that means but I would guess Matt Gutierrez has something to do with it.  He’s still available and knows the [...]

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Based on all the reports of Brady’s season being over due to a torn ligament in his knee - what next?
Cassel played well when he was called on - completing 13 of 16 passes for 152 yards and 1 touchdown for a passer rating of 115ish - but is this the guy to run the [...]

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Obviously this hasn’t been confirmed by the team but according to this story on ProTrade.com - Brady is out for rest of season with knee ligament damage.  Actually - as I write this I’m watching the Foxsports post game show and they mentioned there is some indication that Brady’s injury may be serious but he [...]

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