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

mayo on IR. that's a bummer for him. seems like he hasn't been 100% at all for a while, this whole season at least.

lying in bed last night couldn't remember drew bledsoe's name. refused to let myself sleep until i did; refused to look it up on my phone right next to the bed. felt like hours, probably 45 minutes.

Bledsoe haunts me too

lol

seems like every broncos unit is playing just a bit better than the equivalent NE unit

tbrr, Bledsoe had his great moments. The only NFL game I ever went to was Bledsoe vs. Marino at Schaefer stadium the year the Pats went to the SB against GB. Bledsoe broke a finger during that game but still managed to beat Miami. It was probably the single most exciting event of my life.

shdve kicked that fg

if you mean the first one, the 4th and 1, then totally disagree, they just should've run a better play. the 4th and 6 they should've kick. but bear in mind they left denver with gross field position both times. with a kickoff after other things could've played out v differently

after either, i mean

they were a really bad short-yardage team for a lot of the season. not such that it should have stopped them from going for it on 4th and 1, but the degree of difficulty was higher than it should have been.

it's the second-best elimination of the sports year!

wow they're showing the pats/broncos game on NFLN now and i didn't realize how open gronk was on that attempted 2-point conversion. brady never looked his way

i need to unbookmark this thread for a while lol

i was rooting for the pats because i don't really like football and i thought the fact that they made everyone who cares about football mad was funny. RIP

lol

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It never ceases to amaze me how full-on LOATHED the Patriots are outside of New England

the best part abt moving to colorado has been telling ppl that the patriots dont have a rivalry with the broncos

a bad part was watching that game in a house full of broncos fans

pats are 1-4 against the broncos in the playoffs fwiw

that sounds like something broncos fan who is under the impression the patriots are engaged in a battle for civilization with them wld say and yet i know you are not form colorado

who drinks flat beer?

british people ime

colorado has not yet legalized a rivalry with the patriots

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Patriots Nation may have forgotten -- or at least is trying to forget -- Aaron Hernandez, but the tight-end-turned-convicted-murderer hasn't forgotten Patriots Nation.
In a letter to a prison pen pal obtained by TMZ, the incarcerated Hernandez says he watches the Pats games from a TV in a cell and "still [roots] for my squad and still [loves] all the ones I loved."

But he no longer loves one of the ones he loved, describing owner Robert Kraft as "fake ass [and] non loyal," saying Kraft "told me he loved me every time he seen me but obviously shows his word ain't [crap]."

Kraft testified against Hernandez in the trial in which the ex-Patriot was convicted of murdering his former friend, Oden Lloyd.

But he has good words for others, like . . .

Tom Brady: "The closest I was with was probably Brady and whom I love to death and always will and only hope the best for them.”

Rob Gronkowski: “The BEST TE ever to walk on a football field”

Julian Edelman and Deion Branch: "[Was] cool with Julez, Branch (I [bleeped] with and got mad love for)"

Hernandez started the letter by blasting his pen pal -- a woman named Rachel -- for criticizing him and went on to suggest ways she could kill herself:

-- “Tie a cinderblock to your ankles and jump in a deep body of water,” Hernandez writes.

-- “Buy the most powerful firecracker in the world that’s possible to buy, tie it to your face with duct tape, light it and wait for your head to explode.”

But he ends by saying he hopes she "had the best of holidays" . . . though the letter is dated Dec. 15, 10 days before Christmas.

This Charming Man just popped into my head

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I just had an idea for a great new sitcom

please let that cat be the pats' new offensive line coach.

he gives better belichick face than belichick himself.

Have you never encountered Grumpy Cat before? She is possibly a bigger celebrity than Gronk.

i use the internet enough that i believe i have seen grumpy cat one or two or maybe seven trillion times. but all cats sort of look alike to me and i confess it did not register with me that that was she. i can be a dolt sometimes.

and i still would like her to be the offensive line coach.

wait til you catch hat cat he used to be big

jerod mayo retiring. i guess there was no prospect of him getting back to 100% maybe. anyway, he will always be fondly remembered for being the only remotely competent player the pats drafted across 3 drafts, a beacon of hope.

https://twitter.com/ESPNMichele/status/700851686697381888

lol!

that's pretty standard for celeb/speciality cruises afaik

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/rob-gronkowski-offers-couple-10k-bang-cruise-ship-article-1.2539223

exactly what you would expect of a gronk cruise tbf

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mea culpa from espn public editor about deflategate coverage and pats coverage in general; cops to being a "rabid jets fan"
http://espn.go.com/blog/ombudsman/post/_/id/624/on-deflategate-espn-air-balls-on-transparency

But sometimes, paranoia is a fair reaction to seemingly inexplicable actions. And to me, Deflategate is one of those examples because this lack of trust emanates from what has been a mismanaged affair by ESPN.

seem to have been countless "you know, this was kinda bullshit. about those draft picks..." articles recently but no chance of anything being done about it. rest of the league not losing sleep over it i am sure.

wow. Patriots Trade Chandler Jones to Cardinals

sad about jones, it has been a while since they had someone who could really get after the qb and it was fun to watch. i guess i get it tho. not especially excited about chris long but they will get something out of him situationally at least

pats pick up donald brown, hugely unexciting addition, but that's their third 1st round player in 2 days. sending a message to the nfl.

martellus bennett to pats!

this guy w/gronk should be hella entertaining

he used to have the best blog

Martellus Bennett, Cowboys Insider

now shea mcclellin from chicago makes 4 1st rounders. but of course another guy trending towards bust so far in nfl.

i'm pretty excited about marty b playing in new england

also i guess the pats needed someone to watch cartoons with gronk after they traded his best friend to arizona