Sale away

In a surprise move last week, the Red Sox traded one-time ace, Chris Sale, to the Atlanta Braves. The surprise to me is that the Red Sox and new director of baseball operations, Craig Breslow, found a suitor for the oft-injured Sale. The Red Sox acquired 22-year-old minor league middle

Ranking the Patriots' players

Recently I listened to Tom E Curran's "Patriots Talk" podcast in which he was joined, as he usually is, by Phil Perry. The gist of the podcast was to rank the top twenty Patriots' players. one of the thoughts behind the exercise was to see

Week 17 preview: Sometimes when you win, you lose

“Sometimes when you win, you really lose. And sometimes when you lose, you really win. And sometimes when you win or lose, you actually tie. And sometimes when you tie, you actually win or lose. Winning or losing is all one organic mechanism, from which one extracts what one needs.

Providence College Friars continue their home dominance; beat Butler in OT, 85-75

Ed who? It hasn’t taken long for the 2023-24 Providence College Friars and new head coach, Kim English, to forget about Ed Cooley. It may have taken only one Big East game. If that didn’t do the trick, the second Bog East game surely did. The Friars beat

Week 16 preview: Broncos having the type of season the Patriots were expected to

The good news is the Patriots only have three games left in this nightmare season. The bad news is the Patriots still have three games remaining. These could be the last three games Patriots fans have to see Bill Belichick patrolling the Patriots’ sideline. There have been conflicting reports as

Week 15 preview: Can the Patriots do anything right this year?

The Patriots’ offense woke up, out of nowhere, in the first half last week against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Bailey Zappe, who has been released by the Patriots just before the season started (and no other team claimed him), looked like the second coming of Brett Favre as he threw three

Week 14 preview: Will the Patriots score this week?

The Patriots visit Pittsburgh Thursday night for a prime time "showdown" against the Steelers. Long gone are the days of Tom Brady vs. Ben Roethlisberger. The once great Patriots-Steelers rivalry has been reduced to Bailey Zappe vs. Mitch Trubisky. Bill Belichick and Mike Tomlin are the only things

The Patriots continue to lose at a historic pace

New quarterback, same story, and the same result. Actually, the result was somehow even worse. Mac Jones has been a lightning rod for all the problems with the Patriots’ offense this year. Nobody could blame Jones for the Patriots putting up zero points against the worst defense in the league

Week 13 preview: Patriots hoping for something different

The season that never ends continues on Sunday for the New England Patriots when the Los Angeles Chargers come to Gillette Stadium. In some ways, it could represent the beginning of a second season for the Patriots. All indications are that Bailey Zappe will be the new starting quarterback for

Enough is Enough

In what has been an absolute nightmare season for Mac Jones, the first half of Sunday’s game was just more of the same. Jones had two interceptions and a fumble. He was unable to lead his team to any points. For the fourth time this season, Jones was benched.

Week 12 preview: Belichick returns to Jersey

It has been three decades since the Patriots played such a meaningless midseason game. Never since Robert Kraft has owned the Patriots has there been a game that has promised so little excitement. Not since before Bill Parcells was named head coach of the Patriots in 1993. Not since Dick

The days of Mac Jones and Bill Belichick in New England are numbered

Germany should have answered a lot of questions for the Patriots and owner Robert Kraft once and for all. In a game that Robert Kraft said in a pre-game interview was very important for the New England franchise, the Patriots laid yet another egg.  The game was a nationally-televised game.

Week 10 Preview: Will playing on a different continent help the Patriots play better?

Maybe the Patriots just need to get away from everything. If so, Germany is as far away from Foxboro as you can get for an NFL game. From all the sounds of it, the Patriots have a strong following in Germany. It may have begun with the drafting of German-born

Week 9 preview: I guess we have to watch

When did the New England Patriots turn into the Boston Red Sox? The Patriots still have nine games left in the season. Fans will continue to watch because it is the NFL, but they will be thinking twice before adjusting any family plans due to the game. Plus, we like

When are the Patriots going to play better, execute better, and coach better?

You can close the book on the 2023 season for the Patriots. And it’s not even November! Whatever “path” to the playoffs that many were squinting their eyes to see has disappeared into the darkness.. At least for one week Pats’ fans had some hope and something positive to

Week 8 preview: What a difference a week makes

What a difference a victory can make. Last Sunday morning, Patriots’ fans and media were scouring the coming schedule trying to find where New England might possibly squeeze a win or two, maybe three, more this season. Maybe they could beat the Giants and Broncos. Maybe if Aaron Rodgers doesn’

Two key adjustments spark Patriots upset of the Bills, 29-25

There are a lot of people waking up this morning with egg on their face. No one had any reason to believe the Patriots could beat Josh Allen, Stefon Diggs, and the Buffalo Bills. The Bills began the season as one of the favorites in the AFC to get to

Week 7 preview: McDermott keeps his foot on the gas

A younger Bill Belichick would appreciate Buffalo’s head coach Sean McDermott. During the 2007 undefeated regular season, Belichick was criticized for running up the score on teams. “Gotta play the full sixty minutes” would be his response. Apparently, McDermott feels the same, especially when playing the Patriots. Many organizations

Patriots quiet quitting?

There has been a trend the last couple years that is called quiet quitting. I am sure you have heard of it. Quiet quitting is when employees put in the least amount of effort to do their job so as not to be fired, but they don't do

Evaluating the 2023 Patriots' draft

The NFL season is over one-third of the way done. The Patriots’ season is already lost. Bill Belichick is under fire with his team sitting at 1-5. A lot of the criticism surrounds the construction of the team. Basically, the team has no talent, specifically on the offensive side of

Meyers haunts old team, Patriots lose to Raiders, 21-17

It may not be on the level of Michael Myers scaring people on Halloween, but the shadow of Jakobi Meyers will be haunting the Patriots all season. Just in case anyone had forgotten the Patriots chose JuJu Smith-Schuster over Jakobi Meyers in free agency, Bill Belichick and the Patriots had

Week 6 preview: Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, here comes Jimmy G, Jakobi, and Josh

Many thought the Patriots hit rock bottom when Mac Jones got benched and they lost to the Cowboys, 38-3, two weeks ago. Then Mac Jones got benched again and the Patriots lost at home to the mediocre New Orleans Saints, 34-0. The first loss was the largest margin of defeat

The Patriots are regressing at every position, including coaching

How did we get to this point? For two decades, the Patriots have been a model of unprecedented continued excellence. They were the model franchise. They had the Midas touch. Everyone wanted to be the Patriots. In a short period of time, they have gone from an 8-0 start as

Week 5: Most important game of Mac Jones’ career

Not many people expected the Patriots to be better than 1-3 after their first four games. People understood their schedule was very difficult out of the gate. However, the expectation was that the Patriots would be competitive and that their offense would be much better than last year. Instead, the

Patriots Suffer Biggest Loss of the Belichick Era, 38-3, in Dallas

It's safe to uncover your eyes now. What an embarrassing effort, and I use the word “effort” loosely. The Patriots went down to Dallas as tourists, because they sure didn’t go down there prepared to play a football game. For the third time in four games, the