By Michael Vallee -Shipping Out of Boston:  Against Buffalo the Patriots defense, once again, employed their bend-but-don’t-break philosophy, or in this case, bend-and-let-the-opposition-shoot-themselves-in-the-foot.  They allowed 376 total yards, but just 17 points until a garbage time touchdown put the Bills at 25.  To most observers New England’s defense appeared to give another good but not great performance, similar to the previous seven games of the season.  Belichick, however, was reportedly…

  The Patriots trading linebacker Jaime Collins shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone. Bill Belichick made a series of moves over the past few months that added linebacker depth but were also signs that the team was ready to move on from Collins. Belichick signed former Chicago Bears linebacker Shea McClellin in the spring, traded for linebacker Barkevious Mingo and just last week traded for linebacker Kyle Van Noy….

Image courtesy of Mark Mulville/Buffalo News  Game Recap: Tom Brady sparkled in the Patriots 41-25 win on Sunday. Brady completed 22/33 315 yards and 4 touchdown passes in the win. Here are five quick thoughts on the Patriots win. 1. Pats Get Revenge: I think a lot was made of the Patriots gaining revenge after their 16-0 loss to the Bills earlier this season but the Patriots did indeed get revenge.  I…

Storyline: The Patriots will look to avenge a 16-0 week four loss to the Bills today in Buffalo. The Patriots played their last game without Tom Brady in week four but Brady is back and he’s looking to put it on the Bills in this one.  Here are our five keys to today’s game. 1. Get Brady in Rhythm Early: Tom Brady has struggled against Rex Ryan defenses in the…

(Photo courtesy of the Eagle Tribune) The high school playoffs are upon us and there some intriguing match-ups on the docket for this weekend. Here are my thoughts on some of this weekend’s action.  1.Everett and Haverhill has the potential to be the best game of the weekend. If Haverhill is going to pull off the upset, they must control the clock with running back J.C. Laguerre and keep Jordan…

College football is better when Miami and Notre Dame play.  Week 9 has some intriguing match-ups including Clemson at Floirda State, Northwestern at Ohio State Miami Hurricanes at Notre Dame Fighting Irish: Its Catholics vs. Convicts 2016. The only difference is, neither program is that good right now so this game won’t be as good as some clashes between these two teams were in the 80’s. I like Miami in this…