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Happy New Year, all. Week 17 has arrived with a bang, but for some teams, it will end with a whimper. After four months of often futile efforts to predict who will do what, where, and to whom, we finally have arrived at perhaps the least predictable week of all. Some of the possibilities in the AFC were straightened out last week, but this last round of regular season play comes with ...

I first ran across Bleacher Report in February of 2008. At the time, the Patriots had just been stunned by the Giants in Super Bowl XLII. I don't recall how I  stumbled onto the site, but I do remember that it was a very different place then. My best description would have to be that it was a free-for-all where any Tom, Dick, and Mary could post anonymous comments that often ...

It never fails. Just when I think I've seen every possibleátwist of fate the New England Patriots have to weather, something else happens that leaves me wondering whether to laugh, or simply sigh and shake my head. The past few days have been filled with a whole newáseries of indications of yet another rift in the space-time continuum. The universe as we know it has shifted again. It isn't bad enough that ...

How long does this go on? Seriously,áwhat is the statute of limitations forábringing charges against a coacháfor the grievous felony of making all our dreams come true and then breaking our hearts?áá All week, all season really, I have read article after article second-guessing Bill Belichick. He has been accused of everything a football coach can be charged with. First, he was making stupid trades. Seymour to Oakland was not a stupid trade, ...

á Here in Patriot Nation, our hearts are heavy in the wake of the Monday Night Massacre, but we hold our heads high. We have tasted defeat before, and we know that the sky is not falling. á á Besides, there is a job to be done. Week 13 is upon us, and we are once again trying to put together some entertaining and accurate picks. Joining me in this endeavor are repeat offenders, ...

Step outside and listen carefully.áWhat you are hearingáis the sound of bookmakers all over America taking headers off tall buildings in the wake of the beating they took during NFL Week Nine. Arizona blew out Chicago, Tampa Bay finally won a game, Houston put a scare into Indianapolis, San Francisco got lost in the fog blanketing the Bayùit goes on and on. By my count, nine of 13 favorites, including the Patriots, ...

Glenn Card and TR have some opinions, which should come as no surprise. Various otheráregular contributors to this series are either still sitting in Gillette Stadium high-fiving each other, oráon their way to London to see the Queen. But Glenn and I are here to make our picks, herein submitted for your consideration. Please feel free to comment copiously. To begin, the byes: Ravens, Broncos, Lions, Jaguars, Seahawks, Titans. In the interest of ...

The first quarter of the NFL regular season has come to a close, and some questions have been answered while others have been raised. Some teams are playing far better than we expected, while others have disappointed. We continue our weekly series of picks without Glenn Card on the menu. After his perfect record in week four, he has been voted off the island. He was just plain making the rest ...

I think I was supposed to be crying into my beer right now, thinking up excuses as to why my team ain't all that. According to a lot of fans around the league, I was supposed to be facing the grim reality that Tom Brady is done, so is Randy Moss, the Patriots' defense is hideous, and the Patriots never had a chance without Wes Welker. I should be admitting to the ...

Here we are at Week Two, with the second installment of NFL game picks from the occasionally warped perspective of some otherwise rational New England Patriots fans. Last week, intrepid compatriots Glenn Card and TR each went a straight up 12-4. This week, our fellow fan Steve Frith weighs in with his selections. Now, for your enjoyment, we present our Week Two picks. Be assured, any agreement among us is entirely coincidental. Well, almost.   Sunday, September 20, ...