With the Patriots playing at home Monday night we’ve pushed the Tuesday “In The Red Zone” feature back to Wednesday so without further audieu.
The Patriots looked like last years team on Monday night in the 41-7 rout of the Broncos. It was New England’s fifth straight win on MNF to improve their overall record to 17-21 in 38 appearances and that came on the 600th broadcast of the Monday Night Football. Hard to believe it’s been around for 39 years already.
We start where we always do with Patriots head coach Bill Belichick’s Patriots Tuesday chat on WEEI.
NFL.com’s Adam Schefter was the first to report that Rodney Harrison suffered a torn quad at the end of the third quarter and that his season, and possibly the career of the 15-year NFL vet, is over. This will be his third season ending injury since he came to New England.
With Harrison done for the season, the Patriots need some defensive help and four names keep popping into my head. Those being CB Ty Law, S John Lynch, LB Rosevelt Colvin and LB Junior Seau. Granted only one is a safety but all four know the system and there are younger players in the linebacking corps or one of the corners who could possibly play the safety position. The consensus seems to be that the Patriots will make overture’s to bring Lynch back this week.
Running back Sammy Morris also missed the second half with a knee injury and there’s no news there yet either. Hopefully it isn’t too serious as Laurence Maroney is already on IR, LaMont Jordan has missed the last two games and another injury to the backfield would leave the team very thin. As it is i think we’re looking at he return of Kyle Eckel. Hey is Corey Dillon still in shape?
Reiss’ Pieces has the “Bits from Belichick” after a Week 7 rout of a conference foe.
Karen Guregian of the Herald has the Good, the Bad and not the Ugly from Week 7.
The ProJo’s Jim Donaldson says the Pats were pumped on Monday night.
The Patriots media department released some game notes and we get them from Eric McHugh of the Patriot-Ledger in Quincy.
Monday night was Andre Tippett Night and he was celebrated at halftime of the game.
Don’t forget to look for the official Sox & Dawgs Rams – Patriots Week 8 Preview available on Friday morning at your local computer.
After a great start by the Buffalo Bills the Patriots find themselves 1 game out of first in the AFC East heading into Week 8.
- Buffalo 5-1
- New England 4-2
- New York 3-3
- Miami 2-4
AFC East Week 8 games are:
- Patriots host the Rams
- Bills visits the Dolphins
- Jets entertain Herm Edwards and the Chiefs
Elsewhere in the NFL:
The San Francisco 49ers fired head coach Mike Nolan on Monday and replaced him with linebackers coach Mike Singletary, who won a Super Bowl with the Chicago Bears and is a Pro Football Hall of Fame member. Singletary who has no head coaching experience was chosen over offensive coordinator Mike Martz, who is a former head coach with the St. Louis Rams.
The Cleveland Browns suspended TE Kellen Winslow Jr. two days after he went off on club officials for how they handled his recent hospitalization with swollen balls or a staph infection depending on who you believe. The Browns weren’t happy with him airing their dirty laundry and decided to do something about it and he will not play in their next game Sunday against Jacksonville and it will cost him $235,294. Maybe the “soldier” should have taken his swollen balls, kept his mouth shut and went home.
