I never want to be a "Gruden Grinder"

I think my heart rate is finally low enough for me to be able to think about this week of football. Every week I look forward to watching what the Evil Empire will come up with on offense and who is going to have a big day (usually it's Wes). This week we got to see a lot of Danny O'Woodhead. I love that little nugget. Seems like this is what the Patriots are best at, plucking undrafted agents from the rugby team (no really, we did that this year) and making them into your kid's favorite player. How do you hate players like Danny Woodhead? He's a perfect Patriot. Overlooked, hardworking, team player, does what they ask and succeeds. Which is exactly why the Jets let him go. Too quiet, intelligent and far too lovable. Rex hates guys like that.

I think it took about 3 offensive snaps Sunday to get my fix of watching Wes get slaughtered. Like, can't we send an extra offensive lineman out there to block him so that doesn't happen anymore? I don't think it would  be a Patriots game without me having to ask someone if he's alive at least once.

Anyone else think they've got the replacement TV programmers working this year? I feel like we've heard every random "yo mama" and "fuck you bitches" that's been said this year.

Something else we saw this week that was not really meant for children was this:

Poor Eric Frampton but more importantly, poor everyone who saw that. Not the first time we've seen an asshole in a Dallas Cowboys uniform.

Things I don't look forward to seeing from the Patriots every week: defense. It had been going okay, and I realize as I say this that they had been on a bye last week. They had not been embarrassing in that game in London so I think it gave us all a little hope. I'll say it again, I don't care if Aqib Talib kills kittens, if the guy can play corner I want him on my team. They were atrocious this week. I think my dog could tackle Fred Jackson better than the Patriots defense did on Sunday. When the Bills were in the red zone with like :43 seconds left in the game I really believed it was over. I'd seen the movie before and every time so far, it's ended with a loser QB throwing to a wide open receiver in the end zone for the win. This time it wasn't and that's about it. Not sure how a team can flirt with the record of the most penalty yards in a game and still have the chance to win the game? I'm just glad they are closing these games with a win even if it is as uglier than Honey Boo Boo's mom. 

Oh, and a Harvard kid calls someone a "punk"? Is anyone surprised? By the way, that's exactly what I want people calling a linebacker on my team. I don't want Fitzpatrick saying post game "You know, that Brandon Spikes is such a sweetheart!" That's what he's paid to do, be a punk. I'm really glad to have him and I think he has the opportunity to be a Rodney Harrison-type Patriot. 

Just when you think everything is falling apart in the NFL, the teams that are normally good come to the forefront...

I need a few more hours to process my basketball thoughts. It's been a few normal, crazy days here in Laker 

Land. The Lakers are the only team anyone is talking about in the NBA....