Pats and Pats and Pats this week in the mailbag. No shock, with the Sox done and the Celtics not yet ready for our full attention.
So it’s Tom Brady and the blowout headlining here. Don’t worry, though, we manage to squeeze in some Red Sox stuff, some Steve Phillips (Kazmir for Zambrano doesn’t seem so bad now, huh?) a plea for Bridget Moynahan over Gisele, and I channel my inner Casey Kasem.
To the 'bag we go (and, as always, feel free to e-mail away to kminihane@weei.com)
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Funny how it is OK for [Drew] Brees and New Orleans to throw touchdowns all over the place and no one say boo to them. The reason the Pats throw when up 40-0 is because typically they have no running game. So, if you constantly go three-and-out, the other team could get back in it. So, shut up and enjoy it.
Joe
A: I was actually surprised (and pleased) that this didn’t turn out to be a huge story this week. Give Jeff Fisher credit, it was clear he had no problem with what the Pats did, and I think that helped slow the story down. If he rips Bill Belichick, it becomes the top story on "PTI" Monday.
And again, these are all grown men. I just can’t get worked up over it. To me, everything is in play. You want to fake a punt up 60 with three minutes left in the fourth quarter? Works for me. The defense has a job that it gets paid very well to do: Stop the other team from scoring. Seems simple enough to me.
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Kirk,
I’m with you in that I don’t care about “running it up.” But I don’t understand why Tom Brady, Randy Moss, Wes Welker and all the other first-stringers are in a game when they are up 45 points? Why risk an injury? There was literally no chance that the Titans could come back and win. That’s why I would bench them, but let [Brian] Hoyer and the second-stringers throw like crazy if they want.
Tim
Canton
A: I don’t know, Tim. One series in the second half seems OK to me. If they leave those guys in the whole game I can see an argument, but I can live with one drive in the third quarter.
(And Hoyer looked pretty good, no? This is why the NFL is just goofy to me. If the Titans called tomorrow and offered Vince Young straight up for Hoyer there is no way I’d make that deal. Even if the salaries were a wash I’d pass. That’s why if I were an NFL GM I’d never draft a QB in the top 10. Not worth the risk. And how about Young on the sidelines during the game Sunday? Nice enthusiasm. I’d give him third prize in the “Kirk Minihane Watching 27 Dresses With His Wife and Mother-in-Law” look-alike contest.)
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Hey,
Take it easy, Kirk. The Titans are going 2-14. I wouldn't put this in Brady's top 10. And no, this isn't an invitation for you to do another top 10 list.
Todd
A: Fine, I guess you won’t get my list of the all-time top 10 women I found attractive in Week 1 of “The Biggest Loser.” When it comes to picking out a potential 300-pound sleeper, I’m Red Auerbach (OK, maybe Steve Phillips.)
It really wasn’t about the opponent for me, Todd. I just think no other QB in the league can play that level of game in that kind of weather. I have no idea if Brady is the best QB in the league. Probably he’s not anymore. Brees and Peyton Manning are playing better week in and week out right now. But Brady stays in the conversation, and I’m not sure I believed that was the case even a week ago.
(Pretty good e-mails so far, no? Smart, thought out, all that stuff. Maybe you don’t agree with what they wrote, but you’ll at least concede that we aren’t dealing with complete dopes. No reason to think that won’t continue, right?)
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Kirk
I wrote this same ridiculous article word for word as the game was going on yesterday. Typical Patriot fan bull! Instead of actually stating
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