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Pats’ woes clear

Here are some tids and bits to try to stir some warmth and excitement into the January blahs as we enter the final week of the worst month of the year: First, obviously no New England Patriots game to forecast this weekend or for the next eight months. The question is, why? What happened? The ...

An NFL weekend when playmakers divide and conquer

Welcome to Divisional Round Weekend. Doesn't have the same the same ring to it as Wild Card Weekend, does it? But with regard to the New England Patriots, the only ring that round has to it is a grim one, as in for whom the bell tolls. Thus the Patriots are for the third straight year ...

Patriots fans can now turn their attention to other things

So now what? How will all of you New England Patriot diehards re-focus your attention after Saturday night's complete Wild Card playoff collapse at the hands of the Buffalo Bills? There will be a period of mourning, for sure, and some bisecting and disecting to keep you occupied for a ...

Were we ever wrong about this one as Patriots pull no-show

OK, OK, we were wrrrr...wrrrrr....wrrrrr.....wrrrrrrong. Guilty. Screwed up. We may as well own up to it. We actually thought the New England Patriots would show up for their AFC Wild Card Playoff Game in Orchard Park, N.Y.on Saturday night. Instead, owner Robert Kraft sent a bunch of ...

Win or lose, Pats’ season should count as success

New England is on edge on a Friday and Saturday and will know on Sunday whether or not their Patriots season is a success or otherwise. Would a loss to the Buffalo Bills in Saturday night’s Wild Card Playoff game mean the Patriots season was a failure? If you go by the bar set by the Tom ...

Time Travel: Pats plow past Miami

As an NFL coach, Ron Meyer’s claim to fame – or infamy, as others would insist – features a prisoner on work release, a snow plow and an irate Hall of Fame coach. Anyone whose recollection of this incident has been fogged with time, use your search engine of choice and type in “Ron ...