Patriots Pulse Recap: Patriots 27 Chiefs 20

January 17, 2016

 Tom Brady and the Pats leapfrogged the Chiefs into the AFC Championship game for a fifth straight season.  Game Rewind: It wasn’t pretty at times but Tom Brady and the Patriots survived beating the Chiefs 27-20 to advance to their fifth straight AFC Chanpionship game. It will be their tenth conference championship appearance in the last sixteen years for the Patriots. WOW! That’s insane. Here are my five thoughts on…

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Patriots Pulse Preview: Kansas City Chiefs (11-5) at New England Patriots (12-4)

January 16, 2016

  Storyline: The 2016 playoffs start this afternoon for the Patriots as they host Alex Smith and the Kansas City Chiefs. The Patriots will get both Julien Edelman and Sebastian Vollmer back and that should help but the offense needs to be better moving forward if the Patriots are going to make another Super Bowl run. Here are my keys to this game. Three Offensive Keys for the Patriots 1….

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NFL At Large: Divisional Round Three Key Preview.

January 16, 2016

  It’s the divisional round portion of the 2016 NFL playoffs and there are several intriguing match ups this weekend. Here’s a look at the divisional match ups outside of Kansas City, New England.  Green Bay Packers at Arizona Cardinals Three Keys for the Packers 1. Protect A-Rod: The Packers need to do a better job in pass pro than they did three weeks ago when they got drubbed by…

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NFL at Large: Grading the Coaching Hires

January 15, 2016

Adam Gase was the right hire for the Dolphins.   Three more coaching vacancies were filled yesterday in what was a busy day in the NFL. That leaves the Tennessee Titans as the only team left that has an opening left. Here are my grades for all the coaching hires thus far. Miami Dolphins: Adam Gase: I really like this hire. Gase is a terrific offensive coach who has a history…

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Image of the Day: The Colts Whore Themselves Out to Rams Fans.

January 14, 2016

We've had some @NFL fans reach out to us due to some recent events… #JustSaying pic.twitter.com/POpDGBSr4c — Indianapolis Colts (@Colts) January 13, 2016 You know you’re a pathetic franchise when you are whoring yourself out to other football fans. Let St. Louis sports fans root for whomever they want to root for. Why should they root for the Colts? Because they are close? Please! That’s freakin dumb! This is further…

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Rams D-End Chris Long Goes Undercover to Buy Powerball Tickets. (Video)

January 14, 2016

I would say @JOEL9ONE is #winning with his #Powerball appearance on @NBC29. Hope the "old lady" gets her timeshare! pic.twitter.com/gv9RBe1IUm — Matt Talhelm (@MattTalhelm) January 14, 2016 $1.5 billion dollar is a lot of money. Its even a lot of money for athletes who are millionaires. From Aaron Rodgers to Chris Long, athletes everywhere are buying powerball tickets. Long even went undercover which is awesome.

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Vallee’s View: Home Teams Implode on Wildcard Weekend

January 13, 2016

Seahawks vs Vikings:  Epic Choke   Well, you can take the coach out of Cincinnati but you can’t take the Cincinnati out of the coach.  Former Bengals defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer had to deal with his own playoff collapse this past weekend.  It was less dramatic but every bit as painful.  The Vikings led the Seahawks 9-0 in the 4th quarter of Sunday’s Wild Card game and up to that…

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