Stats on Pats Weekly - "Pats Stomp Redskins 52-7"
Article by Raleigh Dugal, southcoast247.com correspondent
Apologies all around as I missed last week’s write-up on the Dolphin debacle. Really, you could go back to my column archives cut the opponents name out and paste “Miami” in its place and you’d pretty much get the same game. Brady nearly tied the single game passing TD record with six end-zone tosses. The offense racked up over four hundred total yards in what some (including myself) thought had the potential to be a tough game. Miami hung around for a quarter and put up plenty of garbage points in the fourth, but New England overmatched them in every category except time of possession, basically because they scored every five seconds. I guess I’ll still bump my shank count up to 2.
New England will sign Randy Moss for the rest of his natural life, and then sign his corpse in case they can ever reanimate it.
Pundits predicted Joe Gibbs and the fifth ranked Redskins defense could quell the Patriot reign of the NFL, but Brady’s onslaught continued. He rushed for two TDs and threw for three more, one of which inevitably landed in the hands of the unstoppable Randy Moss. The Patriots are on pace to shatter all the records set by Peyton Manning and the Colts just a few seasons ago. Bill Belichick continues to insist the team is not flawless despite an 8-0 record. Last week he called out the defense (along with the standard haters in the national media), who made sure they showed up against Washington. Mike Vrabel forced three fumbles (and extended to 10 for 10 on TD receptions), Roosevelt Colvin returned a recovery for a TD, and the Patriots blanked the Redskins until late in the fourth quarter. All that leads up to the new media debate heading into Week 9: Are the Patriots running up the score?
The answer is of course they are running up the fucking score. After Spy Gate, Belichick wants to stick it to the league sideways that nothing New England has done is tainted. Add that to the fact that teams like Dallas and San Diego are still boasting they are better than the Patriots after enduring double-losses and you’ve got plenty of reasons to put the points into the stratosphere. Besides, this isn’t little league. I can’t stand the Colts, but when Dungy was piling up blowouts in 2003 I didn’t fault him for it. The offense is on field to score points. This isn’t little league.
In fact, the role-reversal between the Pats and Colts is kind of astounding. Both teams are putting on weekly clinics, but Indianapolis is eking out of tighter games and situations, much like the Pats of old. Meanwhile New England has averaged 41.3 points per game without ever really breaking a sweat. A few years ago the big question was whether Peyton Manning could close the door on the big one. Playing in closer games this season could really have put the ice water back in his veins, but Indy should still beware. Despite cruising to an 8-0 New England is still playing like they’ve got something to prove. I figure we’ll see a six point spread in favor of the Pats in spite of the road trip, which should make things even more interesting. New England 44, Indianapolis 28, with Peyton’s Place crying about something afterwards.
Apologies all around as I missed last week’s write-up on the Dolphin debacle. Really, you could go back to my column archives cut the opponents name out and paste “Miami” in its place and you’d pretty much get the same game. Brady nearly tied the single game passing TD record with six end-zone tosses. The offense racked up over four hundred total yards in what some (including myself) thought had the potential to be a tough game. Miami hung around for a quarter and put up plenty of garbage points in the fourth, but New England overmatched them in every category except time of possession, basically because they scored every five seconds. I guess I’ll still bump my shank count up to 2.
