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Patriots fans are in a slump, too

The lack of respect, the lack of fight, the lack of loyalty is all Jacksonville worthy. But this is New England. We aren’t the Jaguars. Yet here the Patriots sit, 10-3, atop the AFC East, per usual, and the “abandon ship” call dominates the airwaves and at coffee counters all across out ...

Belichick, Patriots are lots of things, but stupid isn’t one of them

In the spirit of the holidays, we offer one and all a nugget of advice: Do not argue with empty-headed babblers who truly believe that Bill Belichick is stupid enough to send a lunkhead, cleverly disguised in Bruins garb, to the press box of FirstEnergy Stadium to film sideline signals from ...

Hey, Gatorade – Trying picking a New Hampshire Player of the Year

I’m a Gatorade guy, red actually, blue will suffice but never green. On this day, I’m all set with all the flavors, the G2 and even the packs of Gator Gum (Google it, kids) that I had stashed from the 1980s. Done. I’m out. In case you missed the news, the Gatorade folks have ...

Patriots are in a whole new world they don’t like at all

One thing was made perfectly clear in the aftermath of the debacle at Gillette Stadium on Sunday. This is a new world for the New England Patriots. In the locker room, at the podium, maybe on the highways and byways, the talk was about how hard the Patriots competed, fought, and showed spunk ...

NFL sent crew of fools to officiate Sunday at Gillette

One question came to mind watching the Patriots on Sunday: When did NBA refs begin moonlighting with the NFL? This is not to suggest that all NFL officiating has sunk to the depths from which the NBA seems incapable of escaping. The crew working the Patriots-Chiefs game succeeded in making ...

Chiefly speaking, Patriots should be OK on Sunday

Somehow, when all seems dire in the world of the New England Patriots, the Kansas City Chiefs just seem to show up. It was the blowout Patriot loss at Kansas City back in 2014, when then-ESPN analyst Trent Dilfer declared that “They're just not good anymore” referring to the Patriots, that ...