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Due to today's parity in the NFL, every team needs a certain amount of good fortune to win the Super Bowl. For examples of what luck can bring, look no further than this current Patriots season. Down in Carolina, the Patriots lost a game where the home team got the benefit of the doubt on … Continue reading With A Little Bit Of Luck: Super Bowl Bounces

Just imagine how good the Patriots would look if they played a full sixty minutes. A quick review of the previous four: In Game Nine, New England ran away from Pittsburgh, 55-31, after allowing the Steelers to tie it at 24 in the third quarter. Down in Carolina, Luke Kuechly and the Panthers held on … Continue reading Forethoughts On Four Games: Fourth Quarter 2013

What with the bye week finally here, New England at 7-2, and myriad Patriots taking their leave of Foxboro (note to Kenbrell Thompkins: next time you're in Miami, take me with you), we at Boston Sports Media Watch figured we'd ask some local pundits their thoughts on what to expect for the next several games. … Continue reading Patriots Media Prediction Panel, Bye Week 2013

It's hard to tell how well this particular New England team will perform this season. Is the defense good enough? Will the offense improve all that much? Maybe. But we know for sure that the roster the Patriots had in September will change with the frequency of the cast of "Breaking Bad." It's a tough … Continue reading Looking Back To Fill The Patriots Roster

Well, Patriots fans, while you were watching the "Breaking Bad" finale – and by "you" I mean "we" and by "we" I mean "I" – your New England neophytes made their way to 4-0 by securing a win at Atlanta that ended up only slightly less nerve-wracking than a visit to a myopic acupuncturist. A … Continue reading Forethoughts On Four Games: Second Quarter 2013

Over the past couple of weeks (in our shadow roster piece and quarterly report) we've discussed various wide receivers who might provide some depth to the position while Danny Amendola gets brought back slowly from his groin injury. Or, as they would say on TV, "gets brought back slowly from his groin." Still annoyed that the word … Continue reading Receivers Who Could Fit In Foxboro

The term "shadow roster" sounds ominous, but it just refers to New England managing the back end of their active 53 players. Every team has a call list of available free agents, it just seems like Coach Bill Belichick and Co. get on the horn with more frequency than other teams do. Due to injuries … Continue reading Patriots Shadow Roster (We Think)

After a preseason that featured a contrast between early positive signs and a harrowing experience in Detroit (maybe not the first time that phrase has surfaced), New England starts the 2013 season with an intriguing mix of concern and potential. No matter what happens this year, we don’t expect boredom. The Patriots travel to Buffalo … Continue reading Forethoughts On Four Games: First Quarter 2013

This season on BSMW, we’ll provide some thoughts going into each quarter of New England’s 2013 campaign. We begin with one of our favorite months of the year, August, due to the preseason. No pressure. Low stress. Solid entertainment. The Patriots play at Philadelphia August 9, host Tampa Bay August 16, travel to what’s left … Continue reading Forethoughts On Four Games