Greech

So I figured that after a month long hiatus it was time to dust off the old keyboard and pay a visit to all my loyal readers. Id like to thank Sean for finally hooking my computer back up to the internet, which he did mainly so he could stalk people on Facebook, but whatever, thanks Leps.

This post was pretty much ready to go just before EVERYONE started to freak out about the videotaping incident in the meadowlands. The whole situation makes no sense to me at all; it’s been almost a week since it happened and I still don’t know what to make of it. Why would the best team in the NFL and the hands down favorite to win the Super Bowl need to video tape a team’s like the Jets defensive signals? How could one of the greatest football minds ever be so blatant about breaking a very clear rule, and do it a mere 12 miles from Roger Goodell’s office? There are so many questions and really no decent answers yet from Belichick or anyone from the Patriots (no real surprise there). At this point I’m going on the theory that everyone in the NFL is doing this, and three years ago Mangini was probably the one holding the camera for Belichick. If Mangini learns one thing from this whole ordeal, something he should have learned on his cameo on the Sopranos, it’s going to be that you never rat out the Boss, and when Belichick offers to take him out on his boat after the seasons over….just say “no thanks”.

Anyways, as advertised the Patriots delivered big time against the Jets in week one with an absolute dominating performance. The Patriots always handled their business against the Jets, and week one was certainly no different. After the Colts smacked around the Saints (an NFC favorite this season) in the kick off game, a lot of media fold began to hype up Peyton Manning and the Colts as an unstoppable force. What the Patriots did against the Jets was send a message to the rest of the NFL that they are still The Team to Beat in the AFC and the NFL. The Patriots dominated every part of the game, offense, defense, special teams, the only miscue happened when soon to be new ball boy, Matt Cassell, botched a snap on a kick attempt and was then immediately replaced by the nearest warm body on the next attempt. The defense looked sharp, getting to Pennington for five sacks on the day. The offense looked dominating, Moss looked he took a time machine back to his old Viking days, The Predator looked good when given a chance to run the ball, and Brady got hit less than our old friend “41”.

This week against the Chargers is going to be a different story, though. The Pat’s O –Line gave Brady what seemed like all day against the Jets, because for most of the game they were playing 3 down linemen and never blitzing the safety. This was of course a failed attempt to shut down the Patriots receivers, which didn’t work out quite like Mangini had planned. Actually, that plan worked out about as well as every plan my buddies and I have ever had to steal bottles of booze from a bar; it usually ends with all of us getting kicked out and wondering how our well thought out plan didn’t pan out. So even if Billichick used the same strategy to beat the Jets as the bar used to catch me and my buddies (surveillance cameras) we both still got beat and need to come up with better plans next time out. The Chargers, on the other hand, have one of the most talented defensive units in the NFL, lead by linebackers Shawne “Roid Dancer” Merriman and Shaun Phillips (funny story about these two guys, neither of them know how to spell their first name, true story.) Still, our offense is way to stacked not to drop at least 25 on the Chargers, and the defense will play the “bend don’t break” style against All World running back and All Universe whiny bitch, LaDainian Tomlinson. So Im still picking the Pats, who are favored by 3.5, to cover the spread.

Kind of like the ’86 Celtics who stacked their team and marched towards a championship, it looks like the Pats might have the same idea on their mind. With the additions of Moss, Thomas, Welker and Stallworth the Patriots are thinking Phoenix come February. Even with the NFL coming down hard with fines and draft picks after the camera incident the Patriots do not seem to be letting anything get in their way. Whether it be injuries (Richard Seymore) HGH allegations (Rodney Harrison, Ed Hochuli), holdouts (Samuel), video taping scandals or anything else this team shares one goal. So even after facing plenty of adversity in the first few months of the season, it appears the only thing that might be able to derail this team is if Mike Vick fingers Tom Brady as a major player in the dog fighting under world, but I have a feeling even that might not slow the Pats down. And if this camera ordeal distracts the Pats and their mission to another ring, I’m with Hemi and just going to blame Danny for the title of his last post…idiot.

My pick: Patriots (-3.5) final score 28-24