Noooo! Not Edelman.

I have got this thing for slot-receivers; guys like Jules.

Edelman, who's one of Brady's most essential tools,

Tore his ACL in Friday night's pre-season game.

Out before I even wore my jersey with his name.

It is a replacement for the one I have for Wes.

Welker left because he pissed off Belichick, I guess.

Up until I got their jerseys, both those men were fine.

Maybe I should not buy jerseys? Could this be a sign?

Even without Edelman, New England's looking good.

If nobody else gets injured I believe we should

Make it to another Super Bowl...  But this I swear;

I'll be much more careful of whose jersey that I wear.

A Hypocritical Pats Fan

Even though it wasn't pretty yesterday, we won;

Leaving my New England Patriots at 2 and 1.

Offense isn't clicking yet 'cause Brady's getting hit...

Losing Logan Mankins' talents hasn't helped a bit.

I feel bad for Edelman who always gets the ball.

Brady doesn't seem to throw to others much, at all.

'cause he's getting open when Tom's pass is being rushed,

Just like Wes before him, Edelman is getting crushed.

Gronk will catch a pass or two and Ridley gains some yards

Yet the other team keeps getting players through our guards.

Until we can slow them, Edelman is on the hook

But, once he has caught the ball, I cannot bear to look.

Football's not as fun for me because I'm now aware

Just how bad the damage they're sustaining is out there.

Knowing that these guys I like are injuring their brain

Makes it hard to cheer about some yardage that they gain.

Does this mean that I won't watch the Patriots next week?

Call me an old hypocrite without a right to speak

But I'd never miss the Pats, despite what I now know...

Will I let my own sons play the game, however? No.

A Harsh Master of the Game

Don't know why New England fans are mad at Brandon Spikes.

I would guess that anyone Bill Belichick dislikes

Wouldn't find it easy to be playing football here.

Brandon made a joke on Twitter now he's naught to fear.

"4 years as a slave," he tweeted, yesterday, with glee.

Brandon left us for the Bills.  He says he's finally free.

Patriots don't like it when their players take a poke.

(Belichick benched Welker for his Ryan fetish joke.)

Bill is not all "warm and friendly..."  Not a "people guy."

But that isn't why New England loves him.  I won't lie;

He would scare me half to death and part way to the grave.

Still, I wouldn't call 3 million bucks a year a slave.

I Wish the Pats Were More Like the Sox

Red Sox gave Big Papi an extension for a year

Making it extremely likely he'll retire here.

Glad they gave him what he asked for; I think it's his due.

Wouldn't want to see him leaving Boston.  How 'bout you?

Good thing that it isn't football that Big Papi plays.

Not a lot of loyalty in Foxborough these days.

We don't pay our stars what they deserve and so they leave us.

Even though I'm thrilled that we are signing Darrelle Revis,

Wilfork wants to be released and  I'm still missing Wes.

Thank gods we kept Edelman.  Does Brady need him?  Yes.

Patriots play hard-ball but I'm glad the Sox did not;

Boston owes Big Papi and the Red Sox quite a lot.

Photo/Courtesy of The Boston Globe

The New England Patriots - Thanks for a Great Season

Football season's over now...  At least, it is for me.

'though I'll watch the Super Bowl, it's not "must see T.V."

Patriots did better than I had a right to hope.

Does that make it easier to lose to Denver?  Nope.

Hard to say for certain why New England didn't win,

Maybe they weren't acclimated and the air's too thin.

Might have been the injuries we've had throughout the year.

Could have been the fact we didn't keep Wes Welker here.

Didn't help to lose Talib so early in the game;

Secondary coverage was never quite the same.

For whatever reasons, Denver was the better team.

Broncos' fans will be the ones who get to live the dream...

Dreams Seattle Seahawks' fans are hoping they will crush;

Their defense is frightening; they've got a great pass rush.

I guess I wish Peyton well but, really, I don't care...

I'd just like to thank the Pats for almost getting there.

The New England Patriots - Wow.

The kick is good! (Photo/BleacherReport.com)

Last night in New England - in the bitter, freezing cold -

Weather Peyton Manning doesn't like (or so we're told)

Patriots kept fumbling to Denver, who would score.

By the half, the Broncos were ahead by 24.

We will never know what Belichick said to his team;

Whether he was calm or he began to swear and scream,

But he ought'a bottle it and put it up for sale

'cause the Patriots came back and, in a howling gale

Sent the game to overtime by scoring 31...

Then went on to kick a field goal at the end and won.

What I couldn't comprehend was people booing Wes;

Not his fault the Patriots were offering him less.

He should've been welcomed back by everyone in town.

Former team-mates didn't boo but, mostly, shut him down.

How we ever pulled it out last night I'll never know,

But I hope, post-season, that we play them in the snow.

The New England Patriots: 3 and 0

Kenbrell Thompkins caught 2 touchdown passes in yesterday's 23-3 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. (Photo/SportstalkFlorida.com)

Patriots looked better yesterday (to my relief).

Still, New England could have saved themselves a lot of grief

If they'd kept Wes Welker but, of course, it's too late now

And Bill Belichick still finds a way to win somehow.

Patriots are 3 and oh and starting to improve;

Thompkins and Tom Brady have begun to find their groove,

Hooman's showing promise, Ridley didn't drop the ball.

Meanwhile, Amendola's hurt...  A shocker?  Not at all.

I guess I'll stop harping on that...  Really, what's the point?

Brady always finds new wide receivers to anoint.

Wish they'd made things easier for him but, who's to say?

Maybe he prefers to break in rookies, every day.

Dear Patriots... I Told You So

(Photo/CBSSports.com)

All the rain that Denver's getting? It's New England's tears.

Danny Amendola's out, confirming our worst fears;

When we let Wes Welker leave we made a huge mistake.

With 10 million dollars left to spend...?  Give me a break.

Looked like we could use him in the game I watched last night.

Brady's bullet passes dropped by rookies, left and right.

If it weren't for Edelman and Defense we'd have lost...

Should have paid Wes Welker what he asked and screw the cost.

  

Patriots need someone who can catch a Brady pass.

Welker plays for Manning and the Broncos now...  Alas. 

(deep breaths....   deeeep breaths)

I guess we all make mistakes; I'll live and just let live.

Even though I told you so, I'm willing to forgive.

The New England Patriots - Ouch!

Final score: Lions 40 - Patriots 9. (Photo/PatsPulpit.com)

New England got slaughtered by the Lions in Detroit.

Patriots' performance, as a team, was not adroit;

Fumble, interception, two more fumbles, and some drops.

We got beat so badly someone should have called the cops.

Danny Amendola didn't dress because he's hurt...

What a shock!  (says someone who's still wearing Welker's shirt.)

Thank gods it's pre-season so the drubbing doesn't count.

Only demonstrates we've got some problems to surmount. 

Airplane home is not a trip that I'd wish to be on.

Belichick will want them all at practice - crack of dawn.

Rookies may be promising but, if you want my guess,

Brady would be happier if we'd held on to Wes.

The New England Patriots - In Bill We Trust... But

Ouch!  God, this hurts.

Here, around New England, in Bill Belichick we trust;

Confident the Hall of Fame will, one day, house his bust.

Belichick has earned our trust because he - mostly - wins,

Not through personality or warm and sunny grins.

Not through charming interviews he's given to the press.

Belichick is not a guy with whom you want to mess.

Let's go ask Wes Welker what his sense of humor's like...

Oh, that's right.  We can't... since Bill told Wes to take a hike.

We lost Wes to Denver 'cause he took a little poke

And, although I trust in Bill, he cannot take a joke.

Brady threw to Welker more than any other guy.

I bet Peyton Manning's on a Rocky Mountain high.