6 Friggin turnovers? Are you jerking my chain?

I am too perturbed to even talk about this travesty of a football game. Way to take the 'Let's suck at home' pill on your way to work, guys...I am not sure that if someone took a dump on my Bruschi jersey and then smeared it all up and then washed the toilet bowl with it, I would be more upset about that than I am about this game....I am going to stop now.

What to do with Cassel?

Ok, now I don't want to get my fellow fans knickers all in a bunch here, but with the kind of injuries we have sustained and continue to sustain this year, even if Cassel continues his 'hellified' season, there is slim chance we are going deep in the playoffs...losing Asante was a mistake, letting Randall Gay go at the same time was a bigger mistake, and now every team in the NFL can play pitch and catch in our backfield because it is deviod of expereinced playmakers. Don't get me wrong, Merriweather has impressed and Sanders looks like he can rattle some teeth, but the assortment of ragged veterans and greenstick rookies we have paraded onto the field each week at Corner has made us susceptible to not being able to run the highly intricate Belichick Coverage schemes like we should, and that consistency is not going to develop in the next four weeks.

So looking at what is happening now with Cassel, as if Brady has somehow been downloaded into Cassel mentally if not physically ("Well my arm sucks, but check out these wheels!"), you have to wonder if Brady going down is not the worst thing that could have happened to us...no, no, not like that, in terms of what we can now GET for Cassel. Remember, before this opportunity to show his wares, the most we could ever get in a trade for Cassel was a box of pens and a couple used tires...but now, now all the talking heads are clamoring about teams like San Fran or Detriot paying 12 mil to add a guy who ten games ago had his last starting game snap at Chatsworth High. Now the landscape is COMPLETELY different as far as getting something for nothing is concerned. Bottom line is that Brady, if ready, WILL be our starting QB next season, so Cassel ends up on the bench anyway. Why not get something for him? He is a free agent at the end of the season, but that could easily change with the use of the dreaded Franchise Tag. Once we slap the tag on him, anyone of those teams could sign him for the same amount, but their next two first round picks will go to us! Can you imagine two years of the Lions first round pick? That could be the top friggin' pick in the draft for two years straight! And we probably wouldn't even use that pick, we'd probably send it away for multiple firsts and seconds, allowing us to stock our roster with as many blue chip corners as possible...it's like a Belichick wet dream!

So regardless of how this season ends, the loss of Brady may have cost us a Super Bowl this year, MAYBE, but it could buy us three more down the road! Viva Cassel!

My Pennance

Sully the Diehard Pats fan has a confession to make. I went to bed after the sixth inning of Game 5 of the Red Sox-Rays ALCS. What transpired thereafter I cannot even muuter without having to nthrow up a little in my mouth, so let's just leave it at it was an unconscionable action of a fair weather fan, something I fully pride myself on NOT being.

As my pennance, I am re-dedicated myself to being a better host of the Patriot Playground, to a even discussion of all things Patriots, and by extension, all things Boston Sports (except the New England Revolution, who really sees any significance or excitement in soccer anyway?).

Willie Gary is a Jackass

It appears that crying over spilt milk and not taking accountability for poor play is not limited to jackass Senators. A player (and I use that term very loosely) who was on the Rams roster in 2001 when the Rams couldn't manage but 17 points on offense, has sued the Patriots for his team's piss poor pereformance to the tune of $100 million dollars, on the basis that they stole his teams defensive signals. That's 300,000 squirrel pelts and 250 gallons of moonshine for those of you reading from Valdosta, Georgia where Gary hails from. Apparently Willie's career as a male prostitute was largely unsuccessful in Valdosta, so it was either this or he was going to have to work at Wal-Mart, which is actually considered lower on the social acceptability scale than being a male prostitute. I hope you have good tickets, because this circus has just begun.....more on this clown later...

TV Reviews

Somehow this blog has achieved genius status...I knew someone out there can recognize true genius...

Sully on Specter

Ok, I was going to try and just let this issue die, but I feel compelled to comment on it now that Spygate II has been ramping up. And my main beef is this: with all the problems we currently have with regard to the economy, a busted up health care system, major immigration reform requirements and the War that we are unfortunately tangled up in and are obligated to see to its safe conclusion, why in the name of everything holy is Arlen Specter, the not-so-esteemed Senator from Pennsylvania putting Commissioner Goodell's feet to the fire over a non-illegal league matter. The answer is simple, of course, that Specter is a whiny bitch of an Eagles fan who somehow thinks if he makes enough noise that his team may be awarded some Super Bowl victory or at least slam on the team that beat his soundly. Let's say the Pats even did film the Eagles. The previous meeting between the two teams was approximately 18 months before that Super Bowl in preseason. And would filming the Eagles prevent them from leisurely sauntering through their comeback drive burning tons of seconds while McNabb puked his guts out on the field and T.O. undermined the huddle? Hows about that Arlen? Did Belichick drop a 'team collapse' bomb on your lockerroom at halftime? Please go back to your committee and seek out people who are actually doing something against the law, because I worked too long and hard to pay your salary to watch you blowing it wasting more of my money in some pointless investigation that has no bearing on the Nation at large and only on your poor excuse for an NFL franchise...may I suggest looking into coaches whose sons deal drugs from their houses? I'm guessing you won't be so fervent starting that investigation, Senator.....

Thank you, Bobby Knight

Although this blowhard has never been a favorite of mine, his ability to totally shift all eyes off the Giants so I can watch ESPN again is admirable. The thing that has been sticking in my craw the past few days is the supposed reference of Strahan to the Giants as 'Dynasty Killers'. Don't count on it, Mike, if you don't think when they resign Moss that they will be instant favorites to win the Super Bowl next year, then you are dumber than your bucktooth chicklet mouth full of teeth make you look....

Sorry, we are down for technical difficulties

On account of I threw my laptop out of the window.

Let's get ready to RUMBLLLLLLLLLLLLE!

That's right, it is time to KICK SOME ASS Patriot style! It is about 5PM, and we in the Sully household are gettin wicked friggin excited...for all you non-New Englandah's out there, that means really really excited...and then a little more excited...so the line at game time will be 12 points, wish I lived in Vegas because I would definitely be putting a c-mark on this one....I'll report back after the pummelling is complete!

Brady plays like Bledsoe and we STILL win

I'll tell you what, I can't believe Brady could play so bad and we STILL end up winning the game, that is just retarded. It's good to know that when required, this team can totally crank it up on defense and make the big stops when they need to if the offense is not firing on all cylinders. It also helped that LT is a complete panty boy. If I was in an AFC Championship game with everything on the line, my leg would have to physically separate at the knee for me to take myself out of the ballgame. LT is about a 2 on the Ronnie Lott toughness scale...you know, the story of how Lott broke his finger and had it AMPUTATED vice coming out of the game! That makes me want to toss my Harrison's Roast Beef sandwich just thinking about that kind of pain. LT looked nice and toasty sitting on the bench, that's all I can say. When you play all your college ball in Texas and then go to San Dog, I guess your crank falls off and the skirt comes on when you get into sub freezing playing conditions. Farewell losahs! On to the SUPAH BOWL!

Welcome to the Inaugural Launch of Sully the Diehard Pats Fan's Blog!

Welcome Patriot Nation, I am Sully, the Diehard Pats fan of ESPN 1310's New England Patriots Report, and this is your one stop rant site and information and opinion mecca for the New England Patriots. Those in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia recognize me as the definitive encapsulator of Patriots happenings during the regular season, but I hope to offer a bit more here on the blog and keep the pride alive in the offseason. In the name of the Brady, The Belichick, and the Patriot Spirit, AMEN.