Namath: “There is an overall-concept problem with this team…” October 26, 2008

In an On Air Response to question given to him in the Announcer’s Box about the product he sees on the field (where FAVRE had just thrown again into double coverage on third down and missed badly, getting hit HARD in the process), he deadpanned it, didn’t parse his words: “It’s not just the QB [...]

Weakest Links: Analyzing the Passing Defense October 26, 2008

Here’s the thing. The Big Problem so far. Our Pass Defense stinks. Tell me what you think. Here’s IMO why: While we’re in the middle of the pack per pass attempts against our defense (181), 66.9% of those passes have been completed, leading to a large amount of pass completions (121). Only 4 teams are [...]

Favre/Passing Game Stats at the Quarter Mark October 20, 2008

Originally Published 09-28-2008 Favre/Passing Game Stats at the Quarter Mark One Quarter of the season in the books folks, and it is looking better! We’ve seen the fluky play and the magic. Here’s what his statline looks like: 87 completions 124 attempts for 935 yards = 70% completion rate & 7.54 y/a 12 TDs to [...]

Post Game Thoughts – Jets at San Diego MNF October 20, 2008

Originally Posted 09-23-2008 The Big Question Right Now is Where Are Their Heads? The Jets are rattled right now.  Universal deer in the headlights.  They are on a LONG plane ride home right now. But how did this happen?  The Jets dissembled the core of their team, replacing two very popular players in the locker [...]

The Conventional Wisdom of The Tom Brady Injury May Be Wrong In the Short Run September 14, 2008

9-9-08 The Long-Term impact on the Patriots of losing Tom Brady is far from clear. It will be a difficult road ahead for that squad, which is already old and which still looks demoralized from their butt-kicking in Super Bowl XLI. I think this clearly kicks down the door to the AFC crown. As I [...]

Bill Belichick: Under Further Review September 8, 2008

I found a very interesting tidbit tonight with just a little research.  In light of Tom Brady’s season ending injury, I began to wonder what to expect from this team without Brady. As I stated in an earlier entry, the Pats will tread water without Brady.  But here’s some further food for thought: Notwithstanding that [...]

2008 Season Preview September 7, 2008

Part Two {continued from 2008 Preseason Wrap} I begin by justifying the contention that the quality-of-football “gap” in the AFC East will radically contract in 08-09.   The Patriots set the ceiling not just in the division last year, but in the conference, in the league, and in history.  The Patriots went 16-0.  I haven’t calculated [...]

2008 Pre-Season Wrap September 2, 2008

Part One The Regular Season is so hard to preview based on what you see in Preseason that it doesn’t feel right to make a big predictive deal about it. The Patriots for example seem to always suck in the preseason, and then go on to be unstoppable. Since 2003, when the went 4-0 in [...]

Brett Favre, The Anti-Namath August 10, 2008

The transcript written from Brett Favre’s New York Jets Introductory Press Conference has a small blip in it.  The New York Jets Website here has Favre saying: “There’s no guarantees, there’s never been any guarantees for me. The game of football is just that and anything can happen“.  A tiny blip, a little error, almost [...]