Wild Card Weekend

Got Their Manhood Taken

If I'm a Patriot find I have to be optimistic that with two first round picks maybe the team can shore up its defense. However, what took place in Foxboro yesterday was embarrassing to that franchise. The Baltimore Ravens came in and took the Patriots manhood away by the way they physically dominated them. Patriots players say that they sort of went through the motions. That was a playoff game and they didn't want to be there. The blame falls squarely on Belichek. This was the team he assembled. He doesn't have Peoli, Crennel or Weis to take the blame for this. The defense looked old and uninspired and Brady looked mortal for one of the few times in his career. Where the Pats normally had a Bruschi or Seymour or Rodney Harrison to make a big play on defense, no one stepped up. Normally the Patriots own both lines of scrimmage and the Ravens did whatever they wanted, especially running the ball down the Pats throat. Flacco only threw the ball 10 times and was barely touched. When the Giants beat New England in the Super Bowl two years ago, people wondered if the Pats dynasty had died. Their invincibility was taken from them that night. Teams don;t look at them the same way as previously when they were winning Super Bowls. Fans hate hearing the word rebuilding but that is what's going to have to happen in Foxboro for them to compete for another championship. If you hear a loud locomotive rumbling through the East Coast, its just Ray Rice and the Ravens steamrolling out of town with the Patriots old aura of invincibility.


A Video Game Broke Out During Wild Card Weekend

Aaron Rodgers had his face mask pulled on his fumble ( I found a picture to prove it) BUT that doesn't excuse the fact that he missed Greg Jennings two plays before and that would have won the game. The Packers came in talking a lot about how they were going to dismantle the Cardinals. Neither team played any defense but Zona made a defensive play to win the game when it mattered most. It was like watching Techmo Bowl on Nintendo the way the were marching up and down the field on each other. Probably one of the most entertaining games I have ever seen. The Cardinals repeatedly tried to give the Packers the game but they refused. I don't and will probably never have a Pro football Hall of Fame vote but Kurt Warner without a doubt deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. All he does is put our outrageous numbers in the regular and postseason and people always doubt him. If he decides to hang it up this year, his next stop should definitely be Canton.