http://www.foxboroforum.com Patriots Nation Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:16:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Gregg Easterbrook - Those Poor Patriots, They Look Plain Awful Tom Brady is hurt, but that's not the only problem New England is facing right now. The Patriots looked awful against San Diego -- awful on defense, awful on the offensive line, you name it. Mr. Easterbrook provides plenty of examples - ... http://www.foxboroforum.com/2008/10/easterbrook-on-the-pats/ The Patriots looked bad on Sunday against the Chargers.  San Diego was ranked at the bottom in terms of opposing teams pass offense yet Matt Cassel threw only 200 yards and wasn't able to throw a touchdown pass.  The Patriots defense didn't play much better - allowing Philip Rivers to ... http://www.foxboroforum.com/2008/10/patriots-look-awful-lose-big-to-san-diego/ Interesting Read - 45 years later, ’63 Patriots still remember 51-10 loss to Chargers “It was,” Cappelletti said, “a great California day.” The surf might have been up. The 1963 Boston Patriots sure weren’t. Why, nearly 45 years later, the mere mention of that day in San Diego sends members of that Patriots ... http://www.foxboroforum.com/2008/10/history-lesson-for-the-day-1963-afl-championship-patriots-vs-chargers/ JT O'Sullivan has played 4 games this season for San Francisco while completing 62% of his passes for almost 1000 yards and all this with a QB rating of 90.  JT O'Sullivan has been pretty much an unknown to most football fans except NFL Europe fans. O'Sullivan played quarterback at UC ... http://www.foxboroforum.com/2008/10/where-the-hell-has-jt-osullivan-come-from/ 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 ... http://www.foxboroforum.com/2008/09/link-roundup-09-30-2008/ 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 ... http://www.foxboroforum.com/2008/09/troy-brown-officially-retires/ 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. http://www.foxboroforum.com/2008/09/how-did-the-dolphins-do-it/ 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 ... http://www.foxboroforum.com/2008/09/ouch-dolphins-beat-patriots-38-13/ 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 ... http://www.foxboroforum.com/2008/09/troy-brown-set-to-retire/ ...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 ... http://www.foxboroforum.com/2008/09/what-to-expect-from-the-dolphins-week-3/