here's a pats thread for everyone to talk about patritos shit because nobody else cares

dig belichicks lego man hair

not that i have been obsessively ruminating and consoling myself about this all day, but i have determined that this was actually the least disappointing playoff exit of the last 10 years:

06/07 colts (just the way that game played out, losing the big lead)
07/08 giants (...)
05/06 denver (should and would have won 3 in a row with superior colts losing to pburgh. wtf this game)
10/11 jets (terrible, dumb game)
09/10 ravens (these last two only ones where the other team was actually legit better; 1st quarter tho...damn)
11/12 giants (played well, other team played better *shrug*)

yeah I can imagine the Colt game was a backbreaker

colt game, just brutal. after they somehow pulled out a win vs the super chargers who were really good that season, and ran up what, a 21 point lead? 19?

http://blog.kentuckysportsradio.com/wp-content/uploads//2007/10/reche_caldwell__1_3.jpg

bjge to bengals

good for benny, hope he got paid.

yeah, def keeping a watch out. 3y at around 10m i bet. i think he has a chance to perform at least as well as c benson did the last couple years. he may not have as much talent but his attitude is approx 1000000 times better.

No more Law Firm. Bummer. He was one of my favorites over the past couple seasons. Thought he had great potential, but needed to be played on more snaps.

Interesting that they brought back Stallworth. He didn't make a huge impression on me last time around, maybe overshadowed by Moss.

happy patritos day

https://p.twimg.com/AqnkXKQCAAA7f6H.jpg

hbbb

apparently matt light is going to retire.

http://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net/photos/large/567891708.jpg?key=12801280&Expires=1335473803&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIYVGSUJFNRFZBBTA&Signature=cnu2aH8Y8ujsx5NKrdmlV4FvXxaX2grH~hsDkOkEXxEkp~0x7tU0131extwdp4LY9q4P4D29hx8M69eIGSrCiTCmoQIpqOZqzHOlP1vWW89R67VG8KFM9u6il7Qg7V~d2abcDMKucqUdE32qG18qH-qLjHQc4uhyZw9DDmh~HY4_

I'm going to start referring to him as BILLB.

So the Pats are really working the aggressive D angle with these two picks. Looking forward to seeing them steamroll some QBs.

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2012/0509/nfl_g_bradywelk_sy_576.jpg

lol

is wes wearing a fucking ascot?

eh, it's at least better than the creepy moustache he was sporting toward the end of the season

craziest celebrity sighting out where i was working in central park: robert kraft arm in arm with his "gal pal". there was kissing. I totally wigged out and was staring, definitely not cool.
it's weird, actors and musicians don't impress me at all (ansari showed up if you wanna name drop and it's very whatever), but anyone connected with athletics gets me startstruck

Only autograph I've ever asked for is from Ozzie Smith. I feel you, bro.

Rob Gronkowski, Aaron Hernandez, Jake Ballard, Visanthe Shiancoe

how did vikings let shiancoe walk? do they have any receivers? but maybe they don't have a qb either so why bother?

I'm looking forward to the pats introducing the world to the all TE offense

with wes welker running around them like a minicooper

wow, hernandez tied up thru 2018. that's 6 more years of gronk-hernandez action in the books. no news on $ yet.

Upon agreeing to a five-year contract extension on Monday, Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez made a charitable gesture that owner Robert Kraft acknowledged in remarks Monday evening at the team's annual charitable foundation gala.

"One of the touching moments since I've owned the team -- knowing that this is our charitable gala tonight -- Aaron came into my office, a little teary-eyed, and presented me with a check for $50,000 to go to the Myra Kraft Giving Back Fund," Kraft said. "I said 'Aaron, you don't have to do this, you've already got your contract.' And he said 'No, it makes me feel good and I want to do it.'

<3 AH

Nice

Aaron came into my office, a little teary-eyed, and presented me with a check for $50,000 to go to the Myra Kraft Giving Back Fund," Kraft said. "I said 'Aaron, you don't have to do this, you've already got your contract.'

Yeah, re-reading that, Robert Kraft sounds like a total dick.

bob kraft is a slimeball

http://cbsboston.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/kraft-si-cover.jpg%3Fw%3D300

i think bob was probably joking but otherwise yes

http://www.inquisitr.com/wp-content/2012/07/Robert-Kraft-Ricki-Lander-e1343483592259.png

"You don't have to do this, you've already got your contract."

ha

i am grateful for how he runs the pats but, considering him as an individual, i can't get past the blue shirt with the white collar.

the whole thing where his old lady dies and its the biggest tragedy in the history of dead wives, and then a few months later hes porking the christ out of a 20 year old model, is pretty gross to me.

or at least a little tacky.

AH - Mr. Kraft, I... I...
RK - Get the fuck in here lil Gronk, you're wetting up my foyer with your eye-pussy juice.
AH - Um, Mr. Kraft I just... I wanted...
RK - Spit it out Frankenstein.
AH - ...um... I wanted to contribute this five figure check in honor of Ms. Kraft.
RK - What? I'm not married!
AH - The late Ms. Kraft.
RK - Oh! Right! Her. Lemme see that.
AH - Here you go sir.
RK - Hm. Four zeros, huh? You know we already signed you right?
AH - Sir?
RK - You've already got your contract. Nobody likes a brown noser.
AH - No, it makes me feel good and I want to do it.
RK - Eh, whatever. Look, you want a kleenex or something? You got snot on your jersey.

:O

hoyer released. was on the cards.

branch released! so NOT on the cards. wtf

so no branch, gaffney, or stallworth??

rip patritos cool branch

yeah, all gone. welker, lloyd, edelman, slater as the principal WR corps.

*waves goodbye*

i will keep my team name in memoriam

patriots wish every receiver was a slot receiver.