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  1. Thanksgiving Day NFL Picks: Bet on Kurt Warner, Cardinals

    (Home team in bold) THURSDAY: 12:30 Titans (-11.5) over Lions Even though the Jets handed the Titans their first loss of the season last week, we're still talking about a top-three team in the league squaring off against the absolute worst team...

    Written by Matt's Pats Blog about 5 days ago 0 comments

  2. Squashing The Fish - Week 12 Wrapup

    What an incredible game. High scoring, lots of emotion, and a fight to boot! After getting completely and utterly annihilated in their first meeting of the season, the Patriots came out with ...

    Written by Matt's Pats Blog about 6 days ago 8 comments

  3. Spread Eagle: Week 12 NFL Picks (1-0)

    THURSDAY, 8:15 Steelers (-11) over Bengals [WIN] The Bengals could have shocked the world by defeating the Eagles in Week 11, but instead they couldn't close out any of the several opportunities ...

    Written by Matt's Pats Blog about 12 days ago 0 comments

  4. Tom Brady's Back at Gillette

    After several detours along his road to recovery, Tom Brady has now begun rehabbing his multiple knee surgeries. According to reports, the All-Universe quarterback has been working out at Gillette Stadium with his teammates since last week...

    Written by Matt's Pats Blog about 20 days ago 2 comments

  5. Jets Sign CB Ty Law

    After flirting with a return to the Patriots, veteran CB Ty Law agreed to a contract with the New York Jets. Law, who played 10 seasons in New England, was once considered the best cornerback in the league...

    Written by Matt's Pats Blog about 21 days ago 1 comments

  6. Adalius Thomas Gone for the Year?

    ESPN.com is reporting that several team sources have claimed OLB Adalius Thomas broke his forearm in the first half of the Bills' game and is most likely gone for the season...

    Written by Matt's Pats Blog about 22 days ago 0 comments

  7. Pats Knock Off Bills: Week 10 Wrapup

    And then there were two. Entering Week 10, the AFC East was completely up for grabs, with three teams tied for first place and the fourth-place Dolphins only one game back...

    Written by Matt's Pats Blog about 22 days ago 0 comments

  8. Spread Eagle: Week 10 NFL Picks (1-0)

    (home team in bold) THURSDAY, 8:15 Broncos (+3.5) over Browns [WIN] Welcome back to Thursday night football, where millions of fans are stranded between Time Warner and Cablevision and are forced to watch the 17th season of ER...

    Written by Matt's Pats Blog about 25 days ago 0 comments

  9. Welcome Back

    After a brief hiatus, Matt's Pats Blog is back in full swing. And what better time to jump back into things than right after the US Presidential Election, which partnered with the NFL on Monday ...

    Written by Matt's Pats Blog about 27 days ago 0 comments

  10. Spread Eagle: Week 9 NFL Picks

    Yet another .500 week showing last week. I think I would rather have a .200 win percentage so that I could at least just go against my gut on all picks and expect an 80% success rate. With a ...

    Written by Matt's Pats Blog about about 1 month ago 0 comments

  11. Spread Eagle: Week 8 NFL Picks

    Well, if there's one effective way to learn from one's mistakes, it's the hard way. It had been twenty-three weeks. TWENTY-THREE weeks since the last time we picked against the Pats. And you can probably guess what that outcome was… yup, Pats blowout..

    Written by Matt's Pats Blog about about 1 month ago 0 comments

  12. Spread Eagle: Week Seven NFL Picks

    SUNDAY, 1:00 Dolphins (-2.5) over Ravens This game is going to come down to the fact that the Dolphins' offense is good enough to outscore the Ravens' offense, despite the fact that Baltimore sports the league's No...

    Written by Matt's Pats Blog about about 1 month ago 0 comments

  13. Pats Play Terribly, Lose To Chargers

    The San Diego Chargers had one goal during the offseason: build a team capable of beating the New England Patriots. The entire organization, from the owner down to the practice squad players, were on the same page...

    Written by Matt's Pats Blog about about 1 month ago 0 comments

  14. Spread Eagle: Week 5 Picks (8-5)

    Home team in bold SUNDAY, 1:00 Cardinals (+6.5) over Packers [WIN] No Aaron Rodgers means that the Packers will be starting a rookie QB. Bears (-3...

    Written by Matt's Pats Blog about about 1 month ago 0 comments

  15. Spread Eagle: Week 4 Picks

    Ode De Troy In the 1993 draft, in the 8th and final round The New England Patriots selected Troy Fitzgerald Brown He was a champion at all levels as he continued to grow, Winning titles in high school, college and several as a pro...

    Written by Matt's Pats Blog about 2 months ago 0 comments

  16. Lil Wayne On the Pats

    ESPN The Magazine has just given rapper Lil Wayne a blog. Apparently they decided he would be worthy after interviewing him about the large amount of baseball players who use his songs for their ...

    Written by Matt's Pats Blog about 2 months ago 3 comments

  17. Troy Brown Officially Retires

    Quite possibly the classiest, most professional Patriots player in history has just retired from the NFL. Troy Brown (a.k.a Mr. Versatility) has decided to officially call it quits. "You can't outrun Father Time, as hard as you try to do it," he said...

    Written by Matt's Pats Blog about 2 months ago 0 comments

  18. Blacked Out during the Brown Rout: Week 3 Wrapup

    Late post this time, of course, but it comes with good reason. Our very own Vegas odds guru, the "spread eagle", is getting married soon and we just had his bachelor party in Las Vegas (who woulda guessed)...

    Written by Matt's Pats Blog about 2 months ago 0 comments

  19. Spread Eagle: Week 3 NFL Picks

    If there's been one resounding lesson I've learned over the past two weeks, it's that you need to trust your gut.  Four different times in last week's picks column, I started writing my rationale ...

    Written by Matt's Pats Blog about 2 months ago 0 comments

  20. Joey Porter Speaks Out:Too Bad NFL Drug Tests Don't Check For Crazy Pills

    In a recent interview, Dolphins linebacker Joey Porter (who bolted a successful Steelers team to play for a Miami squad who went 1-15 in his first year) laid into Patriots QB Matt Cassel. "I just know he's not a Tom Brady," Porter said...

    Written by Matt's Pats Blog about 2 months ago 2 comments

  21. The Underdog Once Again: Week Two Wrap-Up

    It never gets old, does it? No matter the situation, no matter how many wins either team has accumulated prior to the game, it always feels good to beat the Jets. It feels even better to do it in the Meadowlands...

    Written by Matt's Pats Blog about 2 months ago 2 comments

  22. Spread Eagle: Week 2 NFL Picks

    What a devastating week it's been.  Not only because our reigning NFL MVP went down a mere 8 minutes into the 2008 season and won't recover until 10 months from now, but because we're constantly reminded of it through the media...

    Written by Matt's Pats Blog about 2 months ago 0 comments

  23. 12 Reasons the New England Patriots Will Be Fine Without No. 12

    Over the past few years, quarterback has become the most important position on the football field. Clearly, losing Tom Brady is a serious setback for my beloved Pats, and they'll need a strong ...

    Written by Matt's Pats Blog about 2 months ago 7 comments

  24. Matt Cassel Era Begins in New England: Week One Wrap-up

    After taking just 15 snaps in the 2008 regular season, Patriots QB Tom Brady was hit in the knee by Chiefs safety Bernard Pollard, a hit which many Pats fans are mistakenly calling "dirty...

    Written by Matt's Pats Blog about 2 months ago 0 comments

  25. Spread Eagle: Welcome to the 2008 Season / NFL Week 1 Picks

    It's been 214 days since the most talented team to ever play together in the NFL were beaten, bruised and completely shocked by an 11-point underdog to spoil the first perfect season the NFL would have seen in 35 years...

    Written by Matt's Pats Blog about 2 months ago 1 comments