Brady will keep tossing them and Gronk will keep spiking ‘em, for the foreseeable future anyway. A week after agreeing to a two-year contract extension with quarterback Tom Brady, this past Monday, the team announced that it had picked up the remaining $6 million on a $10 million contract with tight end Rob Gronkowski. The Read More…
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Gridiron Audibles: Denver Broncos Win Super Bowl 50
In the end, Peyton Manning the game manager was good enough for the Denver Broncos after all. Following an NFL career spent continually carrying teammates, it was his team that carried him in his 17th and possibly last season. All the way to a second Super Bowl title. “I feel very, very grateful,” said a Read More…
Gridiron Audibles: Watching Super Bowl 50
“The biggest gap in sports is the difference between the winner and the loser of the Super Bowl.” -John Madden The Super Bowl, a game that is the ultimate diversion from the world around us. A slice of Americana, right up there with the 4th of July, it is a trademark of our American culture. When Read More…
Gridiron Audibles: Altitude Sickness…
The Tom Brady revenge tour came to an end on Sunday, two wins short of its projected run. For the second time in the last three January’s, the Patriots season was terminated in Sports Authority Field at Mile High as the Denver Broncos squeaked by 20-18. Quarterback rival Peyton Manning is headed to Super Bowl 50 Read More…
Gridiron Audibles: Patriots Return to AFC Championship
The national media grudgingly expects it, odds makers are banking on it, and come Sunday night, the Broncos will have to accept it. This Sunday, the New England Patriots will go to Denver and win the American Football Conference title for the 9th time in franchise history and 7th under head coach Bill Belichick and Read More…
Gridiron Audibles: Moving on to the Chiefs
After 474 days, we’re finally moving on to Kansas City. And I, for one, wouldn’t have it any other way. When the Patriots divisional round matchup was confirmed following the Pittsburgh Steelers dramatic 18-16 win over the hapless Cincinnati Bungles, ahem I mean Bengals, fans across the 6-state region of New England let out a Read More…
Gridiron Audibles: The Path to Super Bowl 50
It was appalling, at best baffling. Lacking any semblance of a winning football team, the Patriots fell to the Dolphins 20-10, and in doing so, dropped to the second seed for the AFC playoffs. The path to Super Bowl 50 may now require a road trip to Colorado. Despite the obvious repercussions of the loss, Read More…
Gridiron Audibles: Despite Pats Loss, Playoff Seeding Not Affected
All things considered Sunday’s 26-20 overtime loss at the New York Jets wasn’t all that terrible, in fact it had some convenience to it. Sure, a loss is always a tough pill to swallow, but before you assume I’ve completely gone off the deep end, head first into a Bill Belichick Kool-Aid bucket, let’s mull Read More…
Gridiron Audible: Patriots Clinch First Round Bye
Ok Patriots fans, the past two Sunday’s are prime examples of why the rest of the NFL hates us. For some reason, that league memo on parity never arrived at One Patriot Place. Along with a 7th consecutive AFC East division crown, 2015 will mark the 6th straight season that New England has clinched a Read More…
Gridiron Audibles: Patriots Lose Two Straight, What Happened?!
What happened?! Two weeks ago the Patriots were 10-0 and stood atop both the AFC East division and the AFC standings. Quarterback Tom Brady was heading for his third NFL MVP and Bill Belichick was going to be the first head coach to lead two teams to perfect 16-0 regular seasons. Now the team has Read More…
Gridiron Audibles: Patriots Stand at 10-0, Despite Injuries
Week by week, despite losing key players, the Patriots refuse to lose football games. A 20-13 win over the Buffalo Bills on Monday night was another example of the teams uncanny ability to suffer key losses to the 53-man roster and yet time-after-time have the next man on the depth chart step up and contribute. Read More…
Gridiron Audibles: One GIANT Point
This time, Brady had the ball and the time to work with. This time, Giant circus catches were not enough. This time it was the Giants that committed cataclysmic miscues. This Time, just when it looked as though the football Gods were once again clad in Giants blue, luck turned. In what will go down as an instant classic the New England Patriots took down Read More…