As every red-blooded American male should, I love football. So I just want to go on record as saying I am a New England Patriots fan. And for those of you who may think I am a bandwagon jumper, I would like to tell you that I have been watching them play since I was 5 years old. Of course I didn't really understand back then what I was watching or what was really going on But I remember watching Steve Nelson, John Hannah, Steve Grogan, Stanley Morgan, John Stephens, James Craig, Mosi Tatupu, Bruce Armstrong and a host of other Patriots legends play the game. I watched it then because my step-father watched it and I became a die-hard Pats fan and will be until the day I die, which will hopefully be much later rather than sooner. So after having my heart broken in 86 by the fucking Bears (who I still hate to this day) and in 96 by the fucking Packers (who I also still hate to this day) I am awash in the glory of these Patriots, who I believe are going to win their 4th title in 6 years this year.
I will tell you what is going to happen this weekend against the Chargers, and after the game is done I won't say I told you so, but I am telling you. The great L.T. (who I think is the best RB since Barry Sanders) will get stuck this game. He will rush for less than 75 yards as the Patriots take him out of the game and make Phillip Rivers win the game for them. Rivers will not win the game for them. He will drop the ball off in the flats to LT, and I think LT will have more receiving yards than rushing yards, but that won't win the game for them. The one major strategy difference between the Pats and anybody else, is that the Patriots attack a teams strengths, whereas most teams try to attack the others weaknesses. When a team relies on its weakness to win games, they usually lose. The Chargers do not have the ability to spread the Pats defense out enough to keep them off LT and little tosses to Antonio Gates (while effective) will not be enough to move them down the field consistently enough to win. As for offense, the Patriots are going to do one thing against the Chargers defense that is going to win the game for them.....Tom Brady will throw for well over 300 yards, and a few scores. They will throw early and often, and again force the Chargers to beat them through the air, which they can't do. It will be 14-0 after the first quarter, at worst 21-7 at the half, and the Patriots will dominate the 2nd half, by continuing to throw the ball until the fourth 1/4 when they will take turns ripping off 5 yard runs with Maroney, Dillon, and Faulk. Final score....34-10 Patriots.
So that is my prediction...let's see how bad a pundit I am.
Go PATRIOTS!!!!!!!!!!!
