Lamar Night

The Pats are favored over the Ravens by 3 1/2 points. Many in the media feel that the Pats might suffer their first defeat of the season when they play Sunday night.

They are saying Lamar Jackson is a better quarterback then Tom Brady. If they base it on statistics, they might be right.

It will be interesting to see how the defense attacks Jackson and the Ravens offense.

Big Pay For Them

There is no doubt that some major college head football coaches get so much money, especially at state schools.

They are always the highest paid state employee compared to anyone.

The Governor in Alabama makes $126,000 annually, but Nick Saban earns $8.9 million.

Dabo Swinney checks in at $9.3 million with Clemson while the South Carolina leader get s $106,000.

There is certainly a lot of pressure to win at this level.

Watt Dims For Season

JJ Watt has been a three time Defensive Player of the Year, but seems to have an injury jinx that his robbing him of his career.

He suffered a torn left pectoral muscle against the Raiders yesterday and will be lost for the season.

He played all 16 games last year after missing most of 2016 from two back surgeries and most of 2017 with a broken leg.

His injuries could happen to anyone, but Watt might be one of those players whose career gets cut short because of the toll on his body.

Special Stats

Where do they come up with some of the stats we hear almost instantly?

When the Pats had a field goal blocked by the Browns today, it was their first one by an opponent since 2006.

Every team in the NFL has had at least two during that period.

There is no doubt that this will be a big focal point at team meetings this week as Coach Belichick places such a great emphasis on special teams.

UMass Loses Again

When a team scores 35 points from 239 yards of passing and 200 rushing, they should usually win the game.

It didn't matter for UMass today as they lost 56-35 to UConn. Both teams came into the game with a 1-6 record.

UConn had 539 yards of offense from 213 passing and 326 on the ground.

Once again, UMass continues to have one of the worst defenses in Division 1 with no hope in sight for improvement this season.

Will There Be 21?

Will Tom Brady play next year? That seems to be a big question from the media. He has no contract with the team after this season. It was a "mutual agreement" when they decided to do that.

His time left in the NFL is short. He likes to say he can play forever, but nobody ever did it.

He has done the greatest job keeping his career alive. Winning always helps.

The End For Bennett

It was inevitable that the Pats would move on from Michael Bennett. His signing had so much promise, but he complained about playing time.

I will never blame him about that. I thought he would have a bigger role in the defense.

His value goes down if he doesn't play. They did him a favor by trading him to the Cowboys. I wish him the best.

End of Josh 2.0

It was shocking to see the tenure of Josh Gordon come to an abrupt end today when the Pats placed him on IR.

He thought differently and said he could again play this season.

Will the team make an injury settlement with him?

I hope he has success in the future if he signs with another team.

Is It Harry Time?

Will Pats WR and first round draft pick N'Keal Harry play this season? He is practicing with the team during their short window to activate him to the 53 man roster.

They need a lot of help on offense, but only so many players can play on that side of the ball.

Sam's Moment

The Pats beat the Jets tonight 33-0.They dominated in all three phases of the game as Coach Belichick would say.

Jets QB Sam Darnold said it all when he talked about seeing ghosts.

That will always be an epic sound bite.

The Great Lamar

Ravens QB Lamar Jackson is a very gifted player. He is so exciting to watch, but I wonder how long his playing style can last in the NFL.

The list is long of running quarterbacks who went down and lost their speed. Randall Cunningham and Michael Vick were so fast at one time, but their star faded too soon from injury.

We should enjoy these players.

UMass Can't Lose Today

It was a great day for the UMass Football program. The 1-6 team had a bye week so there was no way they could lose another game.

Who knows whether they can beat UConn on Homecoming Weekend.

Once again, the season is headed to another losing record.

Why can't they win? The team has great practice and training facilities.

Their schedule is so difficult as an Independent.