Author: Kevin Stone
Patriots: Defense leads the way to fifth straight win for suddenly surging Pats
PHOTO: Brynn Anderson/AP Photos Since giving up 567 yards to the Cowboys and falling two games below .500, the Patriots have become a completely different team. The defense has given up a total of 1,273 yards during a five game winning streak. It seems like a big number, but it’s actually an average of just 254.6 yards per game. The Patriots manhandled the Falcons on Thursday night and despite the…
Patriots: Matt Judon isn’t just making his teammates better, he’s making the defensive coaching staff better as well
PHOTO: Winslow Towson/AP Photos When Matt Judon got a boatload of money in the offseason, Patriots fans were skeptical of a former Raven joining the organization. After all, the Ravens will forever be hated in these parts for kicking off Deflategate and despite Judon’s fairly well known reputation for being an impact guy on the field, surely that Ravens stench would infect the locker room at Gillette. Instead, it’s been…
Holy Cross: No reveling in three-peat for Crusaders with a potential home FCS playoff game on the line in regular season finale
PHOTO: @HCrossFB Last weekend, the Holy Cross football program was able to celebrate something that hadn’t been done in 30 years. With a 52-24 win that saw the Crusaders score 35 unanswered following a lightning delay that lasted over an hour, Bob Chesney, his staff and the players clinched a third straight Patriot League title, the first time the program had done that since winning back-to-back-to back league titles from…