Connelly’s Top Ten - Crowd Must be a Factor!

1. Patriots-Buffalo 

* Hey Red Seat People - put down the Chablis and get out from behind the glass and make some noise!

* From 1990-1995 the Bills won 10 playoff games / since 1995 ZERO

* Biggest East Division Game since December 22, 2001 win over Miami (11-5) 20-13 - Antowain Smith 156 yards rushing

* Biggest problem Saturday is Josh Allen running - 102 rushes / 38 first downs (37%) / 9 TD’s

* Running back Devin Singletary runs real hard (hello Michel) but has fumbled four times

* John Brown go Potsie Webber and don’t even take your sweats off - Gilmore is shutting you down

* Don’t let Cole Beasley beat you after he turned his back on you last summer in free agency

2. Appreciate every Brady game:

* He has played in 322 of 337 (95.5%) possible games in his career

* 45-3 (.938) against division foes at home as primary QB (think about that)

* 40 - playoff games

* 35 - 4th quarter comebacks 

* Made a lot of people money for: McDaniel, Offensive Linemen, wide receivers, Krafts, Guerrero

* Never embarrassing moment in twenty years / always a class act

3. Welker / Troy Brown / Edelman in Patriot playoffs:

Welker…….9 games / 69 receptions / 686 yards / 4 TD

Brown…….20 games / 58 receptions / 694 yards / 2 TDEdelman….18 games / 115 receptions / 1,412 yards / 5 TD 

4. Under-rated athletes in Boston history:

* Red Sox - Trot Nixon, Marty Barrett, George Scott, Mike Greenwell, Jody Reed, Derek Lowe

* Celtics - James Posey, Leon Powe, Jerry Sichting, Quinn Buckner, Bailey Howell, Kevin Gamble

* Patriots - Andy Johnson, Don Calhoun, Tony Collins, Johnny Rembert, Donald Blackmon* Bruins - Dallas Smith, PJ Axelsson, Ed Westfall, Fred Stanfield, Gregg Sheppard, Randy Burridge

5. Gronk caught more TD passes (78) from Brady than Edelman and Welker combined (70)

6. Knicks vs. Celtics this century:

* Knicks this century - 629-941 (.401) / 3 winning seasons / 14 coaches / 9 Playoff wins 

* Celtics this century - 869-697 (.555) / 15 winning seasons / 5 coaches / 99 Playoff wins   

7. Amazing Stats Greatest List - lets dust this list off again and remind ourselves how lucky we are! 

* Greatest team coach of all time………..Bill Belichick 

8 Greatest General Manager………………Red Auerbach (Second greatest coach) 

* Greatest football player of all time…….Tom Brady 

* Greatest winner of all time……………..Bill Russell 

* Greatest hockey player of all time…….Bobby Orr 

* Greatest pitcher of all time……………..Pedro (Koufax had raised mound) 

* Greatest hitter of all time……………….Ted Williams 

* Greatest Tight End of all time………….Gronk 

* Greatest kicker of all time………………Vinatieri 

* Greatest Marathoner of all time……….Bill Rodgers 

* Greatest Guard of all time………………John Hannah 

* Clutchest hitter of all time………………Ortiz 

* Clutchest basketball player of all time..Bird 

* Greatest southpaw fighter……..……….Hagler 

* Greatest heavyweight by record………Marciano 

* Greatest slot scorer……………………..Esposito 

* Greatest low post player……………….McHale 

* Greatest round in history……………….Round 1 of Hagler / Hearns 

* Greatest game comeback……………..Patriots over Atlanta 28-3 

* Greatest series comeback…………….Red Sox down 3-1 to Yankees 

* Greatest golf tournament of all time….Ryder Cup = Brookline 

* Greatest race of all time………………..Boston Marathon 

* Greatest stadium landmark…………….Green Monster 

* Greatest basketball dynasty……………Celtics 

* Greatest football dynasty……………….Patriots 

* Greatest end to a World Series game..Game 6 - 1975

* Greatest basketball game……………..Celtics-Suns - Game 6 1976

* Greatest kick of all time………………..Vinatieri in the snow

* Greatest receiver/QB combo………….Brady - Moss 

* Greatest end to a Stanley Cup………..Orr goal in sudden death 

* Greatest end to college football game..Flutie to Phelan 

* Greatest NBA team……………………..1986 Celtics

8. Old School - What Could have been - #7 and #8 in scoring in college basketball 1985-1986:7th. Reggie Lewis…..23.88th. Len Bias……..….23.2

9. Just a Little Bit Outside - Best Christmas bad guys:

* Grinch

* Abominable Snowman

* Burgermeister-Meisterburger 

* King Herod - Drummer Boy

*Harry and Marv - Home Alone

* Magician / Professor Hinkle - Frosty

* Charlie Brown’s “friends” 

* Mr. Potter

* Comet - Rudolph

* Scrooge

* Scut Farcus - Christmas Story

10. Randomocity

* Anything cooler than the Patriots coming out as a team for the 2002 Super Bowl?

* What happen to ribbon candy at Christmas?

* Gostkowski has 15 career tackles to Vinatieri 6

* The three Fifty Shades of Gray books sold 35,000,000 books this decade

* Speaking of books - I have two books being released on March 1st: Fenway 1946 AND Updated first person account of 26 Miles to Boston   https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1493046373/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i1