1. Patriots vs. Dolphins
STUFF
* it wasn’t too long ago that people were saying that the Dolphins were going to be 0-16 and the Patriots 16-0
* A sin to be outworked, outcoached and worse of all OUT-COMPETED
* Patriots outscored Miami this year 67-27 but were 1-1
* Reminded me of their loss in Miami January 3, 2016 making them go to Denver - looked like they didn’t care
BRADY
* Appreciate every game
* Last regular season game
* His pick six was washed up Willie Mays kneeling at the plate for the Mets
* Brady high to Dorsett early / low to Edelman twice / pick six / high to Elandron Roberts / Fade to Harry thrown out of bounds
* Will Brady work harder in the offseason for his new team like Clemens did for the Blue Jays?
* Add Elandron Roberts to Brady’s TD list - 79 different receivers
* Brady over 4,000 yards and passed Peyton on career TD’s
* Ultimately Bill was right about Jimmy G (now the team will go backwards like the 1990 Celtics)
* I know that I might be struck down for writing this - BUT - Stidham wins this game
OFFENSE
* Sanu kept his Cal Ripken streak alive of consecutive games with a drop
* By the way next play after his drop was the pick six
* Edelman caught a third pass on the last play to give him a 100 for the season
* Watching Michel tippy-toe to the hole never gives me confidence: Like Greg Kite at the free throw line / Schiraldi closing out a game / Gostkowski kicking an extra point / Marcus Smart from three point line / Tuukka in a big game
* Watson two more penalties
* My end-around play went for 9 yards again (run it five times a game)
* Where was James White?
* Bolden making like Billie “White Shoes” Johnson on the last kickoff return
* Burkhead ran hard
DEFENSE
* Gilmore loses to Parker / loses game / loses MVP
* Van Noy and Collins haven’t done anything since not getting Pro Bowl selection
* 85 Bears hurt their ribs laughing at the comparison
* Wise another penalty / whiffed on sack
* Jones (bad tackler) and Jackson (to many penalties) in the secondary - over-rated
BRADY GARB / KRAFT SIGHTINGS
* Bill went with visor and blue sweat coat in great weather for Foxboro
* Kraft huge game with three cameo’s twice in the second quarter / and an exhale with 3:53 left in the game
STATS
* Dolphins are 10-9 this century against the Patriots after December 1st
* Allowed 26 first downs
COACHING
* Played not to lose
* As bad as not using the timeouts at the end of the first half / Team should have called timeouts during Dolphins last drive when it was apparent that they couldn’t stop them
* God help the team that signs McDaniel - Chad O’Shea was the better offensive coordinator on Sunday
* No hurry up
* Back to back red zone trips - started play sequence exact same way twice - 1st and 10 hand off to Michel / Fade to Harry
OTHER STUFF
* Tennessee should be favored next weekend
* If Winovich isn’t making any plays - he needs to cut his hair
* Jake Bailey has become a blow average punter
* If you are a cornerback - no way do you let the wide receiver spin the ball on the turf on you
* Thought it was interesting how much love Patriot players were showing Flores after the worse loss in 20 years
2. Around NFL
* Enough with the Aaron Rodgers State Farm Insurance ads
* Amendola threw a TD pass
* Eagles don’t have a 500 yard receiver / Dolphins don’t have a 250 yard rusher
* Dolphins have nine picks in the first two rounds the next two years
3. Around College Football
* The reversal of the Clemson fumble - set replay system back ten years and directly impacted the outcome of the game
* Amazing with all the CTE talk how many players are allowed to return to games - Ross of Clemson / Edelman last week
4. Bill Russell retirement talk in the Globe - Spring of 1969
* 6/13/69 - “I’m not planning to retire” Russell
* 7/2/69 - Red Auerbach about retirement possibility - “catastrophic”
* 7/31/69 - Red after reading the Sports Illustrated cover in which Russell declared he is retiring (for $10,000): “As far as I am concern Bill Russell is not retired.”
* 7/31/69 - Red sending Russell a message: “There aren’t many available parts for 6’10” guys in the movies.”
* 8/1/69 - “Heart surgery of the highest order” Bud Collins
5. Players on BOTH the “Top 100 NFL Team” AND ESPN’s All Time First team for College Football
* OFFENSE - Roger Staubach / Jim Brown / Jerry Rice / Larry Fitzgerald / John Hannah / Jim Parker / Chuck Bednarik / Mike Ditka
* DEFENSE - Ronnie Lott / Lee Roy Selmon / Deion Sanders / Reggie White / Dick Butkus / Lawrence Taylor / Charles Woodson
* OTHER - Ray Guy
6. Larry Bird’s last regular season game: April 3, 1992 versus Indiana: 16 points (8-20) / 10 assists / 9 rebounds
7. Amazing Stat - Bill Russell’s Celtics won 27 of 29 playoff series
8. Old School - Replacing QB
1999 Marino 5-6………1991 - Jay Fiedler 10-5 1990 Montana 14-1….1991 - Steve Young 5-52010 Manning 10-6…..2011 - Andrew Luck 11-51998 Elway 10-2………1999 - Brian Griese 4-9
9. Just a Little Bit Outside - Patriots will sell out 68,000 tickets for Brady retirement celebration - some last games / or number retirements:
Ted Williams - 9/28/60 - Home run in last at bat
Bob Cousy - 3/17/63 - “We love you Cous”
Bill Russell - 3/12/72 - No one was allowed in Garden for number raising
John Havlicek - 4/9/78 - Ernie D feeding him for his big game
Bobby Orr - 1/9/79 - Puts his sweater back on
Yaz…………..10/2/83 - I wish it wasn’t so Esposito…….
12/3/87 - Bourque gives him his number
Bird……………2/5/93- Contrived event - Magic wears Celtics shirt
10. Randomocity
* Great google ad on viral moments of 2019
* You know you are working too much when you are using work passwords at home
* Country and especially KC fans are enjoying Patriots demise
* Saw Ford vs. Ferrari - B+ 10 minutes too long / Saw Marriage Story on Netflix - Adam Driver excellent
* Patriots lose, ice storm coming, Red Sox are working on carving payroll
* Told you so time - I told you to be careful of Dolphins / I told you when Patriots were 8-1 that they would go 4-3 rest of the season
