The Patriots are now 2-9 after an appalling loss to the New York Giants.
The Pats missed an opportunity to tie the game with a field goal from 35 yards out with about 25 seconds remaining in the game when they were behind 10-7.
That field goal had it been made would have tied the game and given the hapless Pats a chance to throw another interception, most likely.
The Pats can’t buy a win.
Mac Jones and Zappe don’t have the right stuff.
By Josh Resnek
A few minutes before the half ended with the Patriots behind 28-3, it became very difficult to concentrate on the game.
The Dolphins so overwhelmed the Patriots Sunday that it felt like the first half told the whole story, and watching the remainder of the game became a sad and pathetic waste of time.
Everett Patriot’s football fans have been thrown into a frenzy of bad feeling by the losses marking the start of this football season.
They are not a good sign of things to come.
The Patriots, who once commanded all our attention from Sunday to Sunday for about 20 years, are now be coming much harder to watch.
The final 38-3 drubbing Sunday – and it was a classic drubbing – revealed that unless a miracle occurs, the Patriots are heading for the same place where the Red Sox finished this year.
Oddly enough, the Patriots were considered the favorite to win Sunday, an incredible handicap predilection that had no basis in fact.
The major problem, among many others, is Mac Jones, the Pat’s quarterback.
Continue reading “Watching Patriots football isn’t much fun anymore; lamenting the post GOAT Era”
By Josh Resnek
Last Sunday, we were treated to the Argentina-France finale at the World Cup in Qatar.
Those of us who paid attention, witnessed an incredible exhibition of soccer by great stars quite like no other in modern history.
Argentina’s victory, with Lionel Messi leading the charge, will long be remembered.
Then came later in the afternoon, a game I had almost completely forgotten about, the Pats v Las Vegas Raiders.
I put the game on at the beginning of the 4th quarter of play.
This was a good start.
Like everyone else watching the Pats Sunday, I watched them even up the score, and even take the lead.
Continue reading “Patriots’ loss a game for the ages”
By Lorenzo Recupero
The New England Patriots finished the regular-season with a winning record, but how they look entering the postseason is hardly ideal.
Sunday’s nagging 33-24 loss to the Miami Dolphins had some playoff-seeding implications and the Patriots didn’t help themselves with a lackluster performance defensively, as the Dolphins (9-8) racked up 195 yards on the ground and nearly doubled the scoring output allowed per game (17.83 points) by the Pats. The offense and rookie quarterback Mac Jones arguably could be held more at fault for the loss, though, with 3 turnovers (interception, 2 fumbles).
The loss pushed the Patriots from the 5th to the 6th seed, which really made things more difficult. If the Pats won Sunday, they would be meeting the untested, rookie-led Bengals in the playoffs but instead they will meet Buffalo, the AFC East champions the past two seasons.
Furthermore, the Patriots opened and closed the season with a loss to the Dolphins for the first time since pre-TB12 and dynasty days, handing Miami their first regular-season sweep of the team since 2000.
Continue reading “Patriots Drop Regular-Season Finale, Limp Into Playoffs”Patriot’s quarterback Mac Jones is a Christmas present supreme for New England sports fans.
His presence allows the Pat’s to strive for another Super Bowl appearance, something we could not have imagined last year.
Mac Jones is in a position that former Red Sox great Carl Yastremski can well understand.
How so?
When Ted Williams retired, Yastremski took over the baseball legend’s left field position and number 3 place in the batting line-up.
Can you imagine replacing Ted Williams?
I can’t.
How do you replace who was arguably the greatest hitter in baseball history and the last player to bat over .400 – a record very likely never to be broken?
It is something easier said than done.
Yastremski’s first year was like Mac Jones first year.
Continue reading “Merry Christmas to Mac Jones”