“All Americans stand with the people of Boston. Boston is a tough and resilient town, so are its people.” - President Barack Obama
I love my beautiful city!
The Baltimore Ravens are your 2012-2013 Super Bowl champs; they survived a furious 49ers comeback and held on for the victory. The first half of the Super Bowl was as boring as a game can get; thank God for the power outage delay because after that the game picked up. Please Ravens fans spare me the talk of the outage almost costing your team the game. Boohoo. The 49ers stunk up the first half and the kick off to open up the third but after that they calmed down and started rolling. We all know now about the famous ” was it a holding penalty” no call on 4th and goal that cost the 49ers the game. I think, personally it was a holding. if you’re going to “let them play” why call a pass interference on Culliver late in the 4th when it could’ve went both ways?? That should’ve been a real no call. However the Niners mistakes and slips caught up to them and Flacco and the Ravens rolled for a victory. I was rooting for the Niners but I’m glad Ed Reed won a ring, finally. I’m also glad that all this Ray Lewis crap talk will be ending soon. He won, lets get over him already. Flacco meant more to this victory and the Ravens than Lewis has during this run.
Pats vs Niners next season….count on it!
The Celtics ended their 6 game losing steak with a huge win over the Miami Heat but, the focus wasn’t on the win. The focus was on the motor that keeps the Celtics running, Rajon Rondo. It was reported that Rondo missed the game because of a hyperextended knee but during the game news came out that Rondo has a torn ACL, ending his season. The Celtics were up n down the whole season but with this loss the season looks to be a lost one. Without Rondo the Cs may finish a 6-8 team in the East and I believe will be a one n done in the playoffs. He was leading the league in assists and had a 2 game triple double streak. Not much to say since we all know how much Rondo means to the Celtics. A horrible and tough loss, this sucks big time!
Lets go Celtics!!!!
Sorry for the lateness of this post, but as a die hard Patriots fan this loss is still hard to come by. Another year another missed opportunity at a Super Bowl victory. I don’t want to get into details about SUnday’s AFC Championship because at this point we all know what happened, and how it happened. The Ravens were the better team and the Pats were just off their game. As a Pats fan it sucked watching how the game unfolded but when you put thought into it you realize that the Ravens are the team of destiny these playoffs.
Everyone will have their opinion for the game on Sunday but for me it consists of two big plays. The first is the debacle in the red zone, the clock management issue at the end of the first half by Brady and the offense, settling for only a field goal giving the Pats a 6 point lead. What happens next? The Ravens come out in the second half, receive the ball and score a touchdown. The second play is Wes Welker’s, once again, big drop. Late in the third, ball up near his chest Wes drops a wide open 3rd n 5 ball. The Ravens receive the ball and drive down the field for a touchdown. To me, the Ridley fumble wasn’t the turning big point of the game it was those two missed opportunities. The Ravens played a helluva game and deserved to win. Kudos to Joe Flacco and Ray Lewis, good win.
As we head into another long offseason. the bs talk about Brady and Belichick and their failed post season success since 04 has come up once again. But why? I didn’t see Rodgers, either Manning, Brees, Rothelisberger in the championship game but I did see Brady and the Pats. Say what ya want about Brady but the man still has 17 playoff victories, Belichick is still one of the greatest. It’s been 12 years of winning football down here but all the blame always falls on two guys. Football is a team sport and the Pats lost as a team tonight to a better team. Pats are built for the future and will be in the Super Bowl next season and for years to come. No Edelman, no Gronk, no Talib, etc, injuries killed us. Brady didn’t play his best but neither did the team. This shit is heart breaking but shit happens. Gotta love football…
Pats all day!
It’s the Monday after Wild Card weekend in the NFL, and at this point we all know the match ups heading in the divisional round this weekend. This post isn’t about a specific game(s) but about a specific player, and a very tender moment in the NFL yesterday afternoon. The exciting, the promising RG3 limped into yesterday’s playoff match up against the Seahawks, and played great early on leading the Skin’s to a 14-0 lead. As the Seahawks came surging back in the first RG3 re-injured the same knee that caused him to miss a game a few weeks ago. Throughout the game and up until the fourth quarter it was more than apparent that the injury was affecting him. Head coach Mike Shanahan opted to stay with Griffin rather than bring in Kirk Cousins, and early in the fourth it all came crashing down for RG3, Shanahan, the Redskins and maybe the career for RG3.
The above picture shows exactly how RG3’s knee buckled and he came coming down, leading to a fumble recovery by the Seahawks. Questions began exploding why RG3 was still in the game at that point, why Cousin’s wasn’t in the game, what the hell is wrong with Shanahan, and why he even played in the first place. To make matters worse, before the game Dr. Andrews said it himself that RG3 was “never cleared” to re enter the week 15 game against the Ravens after the injury occured. Andrews and Shanahan will be hearing heat up until next season starts; and if as expected RG3 tore his ACL hell will be coming down in Washington.
After last nights game, after witnessing the injury and reading up on it before and after, it hit me that this injury can be much more than an injury. Thinking about it, I have this gut feeling and I hope that I’m wrong; I feel that this injury whether a tore or not will altar the rise and career of RG3. Being a mobile quarterback, being a play maker with both his arm and legs this could affect him in the worse way possible. If it’s a tear it will be the second of RG3’s career, he will likely miss a whole season, the leg will be tender, and as a mobile quarterback you will have to play cautiously. For the Redskins and the Redskins faithful this is a blow. For RG3 it’s just heartbreaking. For Mike Shanahan, if this is a tear I believe he will be gone. He asked RG3 if he’s healthy enough to stay in the game and Griffin answered “yes”. Well, duh! What else is your starting QB going to say in a playoff game??? C’mon Mike you’ve been around long enough and you’re way more smarter than that.
If Kirk Cousins was inserted in the game to start at least the fourth quarter it could have been a different game. Kirk is an athletic QB but he is a pocket passer, to me he gets the ball down field better than RG3. At that point that is what the Skins’ needed. A firestorm so bad will come down on Mike Shanahan that I believe the owner will be pressured into firing the guy. Do I believe he should be?? Questionable call but no. RG3 wouldn’t have been as successful coming into the NFL without this system built by RG3. Let’s not forget that horrible field condition down in Fed Ex; c’mon man, you got a billionaire owner who spends money on everything and everyone but no money to improve the field conditions for his own players?!?!? In all, I just hope this feeling is wrong, I hope RG3 comes back next season and is his normal self. The NFL looks promising with Griffin, Luck, Wilson, Dalton, Tannehil, Newton, Flacco, Rya, etc all at the helm.
The final day of the NFL regular season is always one of the most saddest days throughout the year, :(. Today’s regular season finale for the NFL was a wild but awesome one. Chuck Pagano returned to coach the Colts as they upset the once top seed in the AFC, the Houston Texans. It was a meaningless game for the Colts but Andrew Luck and the rest of the squad played their hearts out for Chuck who returned from a treatable form of cancer. For the Texans however this loss knocked them down to the 3 seed in the AFC, and causing them to lose their home field advantage. So for my beloved Pats it was up to them to secure a win over division rivals Miami Dolphins to clinch a first round bye, and they did that by whooping the Dolphins 28-0. They secured the second seed in the AFC because the Broncos ran all over the hopeless Chiefs.
For the Bears to make it into the playoffs they needed a win over the Lions, and a Packers win over the Vikings. The Bears got the win but the Packers lost the game. Adrian Peterson fell 9 yards short of breaking Erik Dickerson’s single season rushing yards record but I believe he’s more satisfied with the Vikings making the playoffs. It was simple for the Redskins and Cowboys, whoever wins (Giants were eliminated) wins the NFC east and makes the playoffs. The game just ended a short time ago, and it was a dog fight, a great game. The Cowboys were ran all over by Alfred Morris who eclipsed 200 yards rushing and had 3 TD’s. RG3 also had a rushing TD. The Cowboys offense was in a loop all day because of a blitzing Redskins D. As for Romo, this offseason will be hell for him. With under four minutes in the game, and the Cowboys with a chance to tie or take the lead, Tony Romo throws his third interception of the night. Sad to say but very Romo like. As you can imagine Facebook and Twitter let Romo have it! I won’t blame Romo for this loss as much as other people will but hey, to each his own.
It was an amazing, crazy, entertaining, NFL regular season. Rookies shined, players continued to show growth and the veterans proved why the NFL is still there’s. A sad day that the NFL regular season is over but nonetheless it will be a very entertaining playoffs.
LETS GO PATS!!!!!!!
4 head scratching turnovers, questionable flags and play calling, down 28, and a monstrous comeback that fell short will leave you with a face like, Belichick. With about 9 minutes to go in the third, getting blown out and playing worse than the weather; the Pats came back from a 28 point deficit and tied the game at 31 in the fourth. A great kick return to Patriots territory by LaMicheal James led to a 31 yard TD pass to Michael Crabtree. Heart breaking play! 4 and 2, two timeouts left and the two minute warning, the pats go for it on fourth and come up short.
As mentioned before the Pats in the first half were getting clowned and toyed with. They didn’t look like the Patriots, they looked more like the jets. After realizing how bad they were playing and realizing the deficit the Pats came storming back. Yes the Niners’ blew a huge lead and nearly lost the game, they stood pat. Led by youngster Colin Kapernick they remained poised and pulled through a tough one. All you can say and wonder after this amazing game is…Super bowl preview!? Maybe!!!
Quick hit: the Pats chances at home field advantage took a huge blow. The Broncos are now second in the AFC and with a cupcake schedule to end the season it looks to remain that way. If they somehow lose and Pats win out, we will move into second place in way of tie breaker. Lets go PATS!!
So you’re telling me that Mike Trout, Albert Pujols AND Josh Hamilton are all on the same team??!! Breaking news out of the baseball, and breaking is just an understatement. For a second offseason in a row the Los Angels Angels of Anaheim do it again, they lure in the biggest fish in free agency. Josh Hamilton has agreed to a 5 year, 125 million dollar deal with the Angels. Wow! Last year it was first C.J. Wilson then a week later it was Pujols and now, a year later it’s Josh Hamilton. A smart, savvy organization waits until last minute and WOW’s their target. The Angels pitching staff is loaded and now their offense should be tops in the league, deadly at that. If healthy, they will be the 2013 MLB World Series champs.
All this is a tough pill to swallow because my beloved Sox were after Hamilton. But lets be real, trusting the Red Sox too brass is pretty hard to do. I mean c’mon, they invested 78 million in one day on Mike Napoli and Shane Victorino. Yeah I know, enough said. Maybe we’ll just settle for Nick Swisher or work out a trade. For the Rangers, in one offseason, in just a couple of months, they lose the face of the organization in Hamilton, and just missed out on Zach Greinke. Wow, sad stuff right there. Once again I love the Red Sox but their in the wrong stages of a rebuilding mode. So with that said, it’ll be lovely to see a ALCS match up between the Tigers and Angels!!!
So the supposedly “game of the year” last night on Monday Night Football did not live up to it’s hype…unless you’re a Pats fan of course. The patriots laid a beat down on the AFC’s best team (in terms of record). A big game for both sides, but ended in a lob sided Pats victory. For the Texans this would have been a statement game going into foxborough and beating the Pats, and proving to the league just who they are. For the Pats it was all about staying focused on securing home field advantage. They’re right on track.
I wouldn’t overreact to the Texans getting blown out as many are because they’re still deadly. Come playoff time we’ll just see what happens. But the reality is, against the NFL’s best in two prime time games they’ve gotten blown out. First this season on Sunday night football against the Pack and last nights 42-14, debacle against the Pats. Maybe they choked, maybe they were nervous but one things for sure…they need to clean up their act come playoff time.
Simply put, if Tom Brady doesn’t win the MVP award it’ll be a damn shame!!! Last night marked his 14th career game throwing 4 TD passes and no interceptions, most in NFL history. He was like a surgeon out there against a brutal Texans D. The office looks great and the DEFENSE is shaping up to the top just in time!
Man, it’s awesome being a Pats fan!!!
