0 Carpenter kicks home to surpass the Patriots 22-21. Posted by DieHardFans | at 2:24 AM

Over the last four weeks the New England Patriots have looked less like contenders and more like pretenders as they are making their way through the NFL campaign. On November 15, New England lost a game they should have won to the Indianapolis Colts due to a terrible decision made by head coach Bill Belichick and a display of ineptitude by the team’s defense in the last quarter.

The following week they had some consolation as they beat a lackluster New York Jets team as a payback for their loss earlier this season. Last Monday night they were run over by the New Orleans Saints and were pummeled by a score of 38-17. The Patriots this Sunday played in Miami’s Land Shark Stadium against division rivals the Dolphins. New England needed a win against the Dolphins not mathematically but psychologically; they needed to show themselves that they could bounce back from a beating they had gotten Monday night.

The Patriots would hold the lead the entire contest; except when it counted as the game became a final with the Dolphins getting a 22-21 come from behind victory. Kicker Dan Carpenter kicked a 41 yard field goal with 1:02 left to play giving the Dolphins their first lead of the game at 22-21. The Patriots had the time to make one more drive to comeback and grab the victory. Unfortunately for the Patriots that did not happen as their QB Tom Brady was intercepted by Dolphins linebacker at the Patriots 40 with 35 seconds to play. It was the first interception Crowder had made in the NFL and it could not have come at a more opportune time as it clinched the come from behind win for the Dolphins. If you just look at the statistical breakdown of this game the Patriots really had no business leading for most of the contest. Miami held onto the rock for 32:37 while New England had it for 5 minutes less at 27:23.

However in spite of those numbers, the Patriots would dominate the scoreboard for most of the contest and appeared that they would take this game quite easily until the latter stages of the game. The two quarterbacks were a study in contrast as Henne improved as the game went along and completed 29/52 pass attempts for a total of 335 yards; with 2 touchdowns and 1 interception where it seemed Brady peaked early on and then trailed off completing 19/29 for 352 yards with 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions. Miami is back to even as they are now 6-6 with the victory and they will be in Jacksonville next Sunday to take on the Jags. New England still leads the mediocre AFC East with a record of 7-5 and will play host next Sunday to Carolina.

0 Saints Crush the Pats 38-17 to remain Unbeaten this season! Posted by DieHardFans | at 1:05 AM

The team that showed the New England Patriots how to really play, on Monday night, also proved exactly why they won 11-0 and 6-0 at the “Superdome”. The Saints are just an unstoppable force right now.

They demolished the Patriots without in a total rout 38-17. New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees was pretty close to perfect as he completed 18/23 passes for a total of 371 yards and 5 touchdowns.

On the other side of the field New England QB Tom Brady didn’t have his best game, completing just 21/36 pass attempts for 237 yards with 0 touchdowns and two interceptions. The loss put the Patriots at 7-4, still at the top of AFC East Division. The Saints join the Indianapolis Colts as the only two teams without a loss this season at 11-0.

The Saints were on a mission from the beginning of this contest. There was no “Battle of New Orleans”; just a good old fashioned butt-kicking. New England fans had little to celebrate after the completion of the first quarter. To be fair though, this is exactly where their luck ended, just before the massacre began. The Saints went on to take the lead for the last time with 13:04 left in the second as Brees connected with Pierre Thomas for an 18 yard touchdown.

Carney kicked the extra point and New Orleans Saints lead 10-7. Just a little over 3mins later Brees would hoist a 75 yard pass to Devery Henderson for another touchdown. Carney once again kicked the extra point and with 10:02 left in the half the rout, he was on as the Saints now led 17-7.

When the smoke cleared at the end of the first half the Patriots were trailing 24-10 and never came close to being any sort of threat in the final 30 minutes of play. There will be no second guessing after this loss and the New Orleans Saints showed their machine like efficiency in the way they just dominated this game from the second quarter onward.

0 Titans hit by another crushing defeat as Patriots cruise to 59-0 victory. Posted by DieHardFans | at 4:43 AM

The fate of the Titans has been called into this question this week. After losing to the colts at home, they went on to play what was to be the thrashing of the season, at the hands of the New England Patriots who were on the offensive from the off, in response to their own defeat at the hands of Denver.

Tom Brady was able to show flashes of his former 2007 glory in the previous 5 games, throwing 6 top class touchdown passes, five of which were in just a single quarter, an overall NFL record. Tight end Bo Scaife said. “This is the worst it gets.” “I don’t think anybody in this league is 59 points better than us”.

The Titans are now 0-6, and have lost their last three by 20, 22 and 59 points after making the NFL’s best record, 13-3, last year.

Head Coach Jeff Fisher said “I’m really disappointed and embarrassed”. “Fortunately for me, career-wise, I have never been through anything like this before and, unfortunately, it did happen tonight. I can assure you one thing; it’s not going to happen again.”

Commentators have begun to question their ability to defend and feel they are lost when it comes to throwing the ball. In fact, Titans QB Kerry Collins was pulled after going 2 of 12 passes for minus-7 yards. Replacement QB Vince Young came in and threw an interception, one of five Tennessee turnovers, on his first play.

The only bright side for Sundays Game from the Tennessee Titans was running back Chris Johnson, who had 128 yards on 17 carries, including a 48-yard gain that of course didn’t produce anything.

The team have been left to reflect on the defeat ahead of the next match up.