Rambling...12/12/07

I haven't had a chance to write since the Patriots destroyed the Steelers on Sunday afternoon. After two "squeakers" by the Eagles and Ravens (is there a "bird" theme here???)...everyone said that the Steelers were the only other real threat to the Patriots 16-0 season. I didn't believe it then, and I don't believe it now. What do I believe???

More than this week, when Mangina and his Jets come to town to be next in line of those teams that would just love to be the ones to pull the carpet out of the Patriots perfect season...More than the younger Manning at the end of the season, playing on his own turf...I'm worried about the WINLESS MIAMI DOLPHINS!!! If there is EVER a team that has a reason to want to beat the Patriots...it's the Dolphins! They don't have the coaching...they don't have the talent...but they have the DRIVE. Imagine...doing 1-15 in a season...but that "1" was beating the Patriots, who would then be 14-0, on their way to a perfect season. The Dolphins would deserve an asterisk next to that 1-15 ranking...the asterisk standing for the fact that they beat the Patriots! (and if Old Man Shula's dream came true...and the Patriots had an asterisk next to their ranking this season...would that cancel out the Dolphins asterisk???). :-)

Let's get back to reality. I've been troubled over the past few weeks (really, ever since Sammy Morris went on IR, and Maroney has been chronically injured)...and I've been wondering why the Patriots have NOT been trying to do more to shore up their run game. But...then I listened to the man that I can't STAND...John Madden...who said that you NEED your running backs, so you can run down the clock when you're ahead. Hmmmmmm...Johnny Boy...do the Patriots not already do that by throwing the ball??? Brady through 5 straight passes to Wes Welker, most of which he stayed in bounds for. Does that not run the clock, maybe almost as effectively as running the ball?

And...of course...I can't write this post without talking about Randy Moss...can I? I've heard people for MONTHS say, "Just wait until he starts to get bored, and he stops playing. You'll see. It'll happen". You know what? You're right. He IS getting bored. That fact was BLATENTLY OBVIOUS with that flea-flicker lateral from Brady to Moss, back to Brady, and then a TD pass to Gafney. Yup...Moss is just BORED with this Patriots Offense. He's slacking, and by Sunday he should be ready to throw up his hands and call it quits...or write a note to pin to his locker and tell people to get their popcorn ready...or maybe he'll just catch a couple more TouchDown passes. Who's to say with this Wide Receiver who is NOT about being in a TEAM...and is all about HIMSELF!

Let's switch gears for a minute..before I forget...after the whole "spygate" scandal, the Patriots were fined monetarily (as was Belichick), but they were also fined their first round draft pick in next years' draft. Oh...but wait...they already had another first round draft pick from the 49'ers, through a trade. And...oh...my...look...the 49'ers will most likely end up in the spot just above the Dolphins...so...PATRIOT HATERS...START LINING UP...The Patriots could possibly be lined up to have the 2nd Pick in the 2008 Draft!!!

I was going to get into talking about Anthony Smith...but I've already babbled long enough.

After the two "squeaker" games, the game against the Steelers made me think of only one thing (it's a movie)...
"Stella's Got Her Groove Back".