Dolphins 38, Patriots 13

OK all you Haters...let's hear it. OK all you Bandwagoners...hop off. Do what you need to do. I'm not worried.

I still stand by my predication of the Patriots going 11-5 this season. Built into my prediction was a loss that nobody could imagine. I'm picking today as that loss. I had picked last week as a loss to the Jets, and they won. So maybe it's a wash. Maybe it's coincidence. Maybe I'm 0-2 in my predictions of the Cassel-led Patriots so far, so you should tell me I have no idea what I'm talking about and stop reading my Blog (I hope you both don't stop reading!).

And don't you dare blame this loss only on Cassel (bring it on, Haters!)

I'm not worried. In October of last year, a flurry of articles came out about the Media entering the Patriots locker room at Gillette Stadium to find all of the players wearing gray t-shirts, and they all said the same thing on them. On the front, it said, "I eat it". On the back, it said, "Humble Pie".

I'm hoping those t-shirts are still hanging around. Because today the Patriots ate a huge slice of Humble Pie. A la Mode. Or should I say, "A la Brown". After Ronnie Brown THREW for a Touchdown pass, I sent a txt message to my good friend Greg, who was at his home watching the game, and my txt said, "Hey...when does the bus carrying the Patriot's Defense arrive at Gillette? They're running late." WTFO??? How many more times did Pennington have to line up as a Wide Receiver (isn't he usually a Wide Passer?), and the Dolphins direct-snap to Ronnie Brown, for the Patriots Defense to pick up on it??? I'm more worried about the Patriots Defense than I am about Matt Cassel. They played like shit. Like dog shit. Did they prepare like Pennington was going to throw the ball all night and forgot about Williams and Brown?

But wait! With me...sitting on my couch...Sunday-Late-Night-Quarterbacking...did you think that I was NOT going to comment on the Patriots Offensive Line??? How many times was Cassel sacked? Knocked down? Hurried? I don't care what you say...but that has very little to do with the Quarterback! That's all to do with the guys that protect him. The Patriots O-Line has always been heralded (up until last years SuperBowl). So where are they? If anyone thought that the Defense had to step up now that Cassel was calling the shots...did they not think that the Offensive Line had to step up as well? Where's all the Pro-Bowler Offensive Linemen? If the QB, no matter who he is, doesn't have time to grab the ball before he has loudmouth Joey Porter grabbing his shirt, then how can he perform?

Remember last year, when one sports-writer wrote: "Brady has enough time in the pocket to txt on his Blackberry to his WR's who he's going to throw to". You know what? You did that for Brady...but Brady's being massaged by Giselle. Now it's time to step up, and do that for Cassel! If the O-Line would step up and give Cassel the same amount of time...he'd be throwing bombs to Randy Moss all day long.

I'm not worried. But I'll leave you with this question:

Given the way that in these 3 games, the Offensive Line and Defensive Line have played... how well would Brady be doing?