Adam
Let it not be said that I allowed the defection of Adam Vinatieri to pass unmarked. In this season of New England sports discontent, this may well be the most painful cut.
Gone, already, are Willie McGinest and David Givens. Still shopping with little seeming intent to stop in New England is the great Troy Brown. Wither the Patriots?
For all the cuts and defections, the Vinatieri move to the Colts stings especially sharply. The Colts are our once and future rivals for the conference championship. They've consistently played media darling and gamblers' favorite before succombing to our true inner deep vein of quality.
But now they've hired that quality. And it's a lot like Johnny "Judas" Damon's defection to the hated Yankees. Although the Patriots are more like the Yankees in this scenario - the Colts will be 'rivals' when they beat us once when it counts.
But they're closer to doing that today than they were yesterday. Already, Ron Borges is writing with unrestrained glee about what a bad person Bill Belichick is. After all, he makes Ron look bad every time he types about football.
Had there been no Vinatieri in those [Championship] games, one has to wonder, would so many residents of Patriot Nation still be chanting ''In Bill we trust, In Bill we trust"? Especially as one familiar face after another leaves without a goodbye call to their former boss?
No, Ron, and put your tongue back in your head. If the Colts had Bronco Nagurski they would have beat us. If Tony Dungy was 60 feet tall he could block field goals. And if your boy Drew Bledsoe was in town he'd have done just as well as Brady, right? Please.
And they didn't call. Wow. Not like it's a business or anything. I guess all that warm and fuzzy "feelings first" stuff that Belichick talks is a lie. Or is it?
But bashing Borges is dull - he's paid to be wrong, and he earns every penny. So be it.
While I'm sad to see him go, I do believe in Bill. And that's not sentimental or mushy in any way. It's just a clear realization that there is no more proven a coach and head office combination that New England. Belichick and Scott Pioli are still there. And they are making the decisions now - just as they have through the unbelieveable three-championships-and-counting run that they are on.
Why join Borges in the loser's circle when there's a seat waiting on the championship deck for you?
Back to Adam: we will sure miss him. He was key to our victories. He's a kicker who real players see as a real player.
I remember back in the mid-90's, when we were playing Dallas (Thanksgiving?), Vinatieri kicked off to Hershal Walker - a 250 lb world%
Gone, already, are Willie McGinest and David Givens. Still shopping with little seeming intent to stop in New England is the great Troy Brown. Wither the Patriots?
For all the cuts and defections, the Vinatieri move to the Colts stings especially sharply. The Colts are our once and future rivals for the conference championship. They've consistently played media darling and gamblers' favorite before succombing to our true inner deep vein of quality.
But now they've hired that quality. And it's a lot like Johnny "Judas" Damon's defection to the hated Yankees. Although the Patriots are more like the Yankees in this scenario - the Colts will be 'rivals' when they beat us once when it counts.
But they're closer to doing that today than they were yesterday. Already, Ron Borges is writing with unrestrained glee about what a bad person Bill Belichick is. After all, he makes Ron look bad every time he types about football.
Had there been no Vinatieri in those [Championship] games, one has to wonder, would so many residents of Patriot Nation still be chanting ''In Bill we trust, In Bill we trust"? Especially as one familiar face after another leaves without a goodbye call to their former boss?
No, Ron, and put your tongue back in your head. If the Colts had Bronco Nagurski they would have beat us. If Tony Dungy was 60 feet tall he could block field goals. And if your boy Drew Bledsoe was in town he'd have done just as well as Brady, right? Please.
And they didn't call. Wow. Not like it's a business or anything. I guess all that warm and fuzzy "feelings first" stuff that Belichick talks is a lie. Or is it?
But bashing Borges is dull - he's paid to be wrong, and he earns every penny. So be it.
While I'm sad to see him go, I do believe in Bill. And that's not sentimental or mushy in any way. It's just a clear realization that there is no more proven a coach and head office combination that New England. Belichick and Scott Pioli are still there. And they are making the decisions now - just as they have through the unbelieveable three-championships-and-counting run that they are on.
Why join Borges in the loser's circle when there's a seat waiting on the championship deck for you?
Back to Adam: we will sure miss him. He was key to our victories. He's a kicker who real players see as a real player.
I remember back in the mid-90's, when we were playing Dallas (Thanksgiving?), Vinatieri kicked off to Hershal Walker - a 250 lb world%
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