here's a pats thread for everyone to talk about patritos shit because nobody else cares

they are essential the same guy, belichick is just cloning slot receivers now

ok, at the risk/certainty of going deeper than anyone cares...

amendola will not replace edelman at the patriots' slot receiver because amendola already is the patriots' slot receiver. most likely he will continue to play that role. the outside receivers will be lafell plus either keshawn martin or aaron dobson. belichick and josh mcd apparently like martin a lot, and they don't seem to rate dobson all that high, so martin is prob the first choice if he plays. he is listed as questionable for tonight. if martin plays he'll drop into edelman's z receiver role. if dobson plays he is more of a limited go route type of wr so he will go to x and lafell will switch to z, which is his best spot anyway. so in 2 receiver sets amendola is not necessarily going to be the default 2nd receiver, especially if it is 12 formation with both gronk and chandler on the field too. amendola is not going to be the guy going down the field any more than his in now, and he is still going to be 4th/5th option near the goalline.

so, in conclusion, amendola is going to have a similar role as he has to this point, and already he is getting a lot of the ball so i don't know how much room there is for his numbers to jump, and he is still unlikely to be the guy scoring tds

for fantasy if you have room on your bench martin might be a better speculative pick up

also, lafell was super rusty that first game back but he was really good vs nyg last week

v good point

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1719159/billtoss.gif

touchdown!

https://twitter.com/NFL/status/668969689373020160

that is really wonderfully obnoxious

and people say the patriots aren't fun

Mike Reiss ‏@MikeReiss 2m2 minutes ago
Reminder to self: Go back & watch 6 OPI calls against Rob Gronkowski this season to see if different standard if being applied to Gronkowski

mike reiss rage meter shoots up to "mildly disgruntled" - highest recorded level this calendar year

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14271010/is-rob-gronkowski-being-unfairly-targeted-referees-nfl

interesting review by matt bowen of the gronk OPI thing from a defensive perspective. his conclusion is interesting, i can see that it must be harder to officiate an uncommon player like gronk. doesn't really address why the approach has suddenly changed so much this season though. at a guess someone on another team was complaining about him contacting defenders and they decided to go zero tolerance and beyond. kind of lame that this is how the nfl works but there's probably no squeakier wheel than belichick when you get down to it.

interesting that the nfl has swapped out the officiating crew for the pats/eagles game, a tacit acknowledgement that NE has been murdered by bad calls the last couple of games.

they swapped in the crew that forgot the downs in the cardinals/niners game and has been legendarily bad for years--it was all about pulling that crew off of primetime, the pats just become collateral damage.

oh. great.

it's the crew that called faceguarding in an nfl game iirc

i guard the face i guard the face

major facepalm infraction

the comparison of Gronk to Shaq was a pretty good one

i think its pretty clear the Pats got jobbed this week but they've def been on the other end of that many many times so

it is so funny just how much belichick hates losing. he has been a total asshole to the media all week. it must be powerfully motivating for the players and coaches, wanting to win to not have to deal with him like that. even down to how he doesn't do the patriots all access film review if they lose.

lol

i still find this whole thing a hundred times more insane than OJ

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14292439/aaron-hernandez-moved-segregation-shank-found-cell

has there ever been any explanation or motive given for any of the shootings he's been convicted or linked to?

some of them were petty beefs and some of them were to cover up the petty beefs

guy appears to be a for real psycho

http://www.patspulpit.com/2015/12/9/9877968/patriots-te-rob-gronkowski-is-in-good-spirits-with-de-chandler-jones

hell yea

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, who earlier this year had a hat with the “Make America Great Again” slogan of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in his locker, was asked Tuesday morning during his weekly interview on sports radio WEEI if he’s supporting Trump’s candidacy.

“Can I just stay out of this debate?” Brady said, laughing. “Donald is a good friend of mine. I’ve known him for a long time. I support all my friends, that’s what I have to say.

"He’s a great friend of mine. He’s always been so supportive of me for the last 15 years since I judged a beauty pageant for him, which was one of the very first things I did that I thought was really cool that came along with winning the Super Bowl. He’s always invited me to play golf and I’ve always enjoyed his company.

“I support all my friends in everything they do. I think it’s pretty remarkable what he’s achieved in his life, going from business, an incredible businessman, then a TV star, and then getting into politics. That’s three different career paths.”

When told that his remarks could be viewed as him endorsing Trump over other candidates, Brady laughed.

“This is really important to you guys, huh?” he said, not directly answering the question.

was tom friends w aaron hernandez

https://nesncom.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/6a0115709f071f970b0133f51dfeb4970b.jpe

T/S Trump vs. Hernandez

neither of them take any BS
both of them have killed a few people
it's a tossup

Who'd you rather have as president?

i'd vote for belichick as president, mostly for the press conferences but also to see what matthew slater and nate ebner could do against isis.

So how's about we let some key players sit out the last two games?

Playing for home field tho

Won't matter if there's no one left to play

home field is obvs extremely crucial

tho if cinci loses next week and the pats win they cld rest for the final game

https://mobile.twitter.com/HankTime85/status/680540677105659905

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY

https://vine.co/v/iqX1tVj2Flt

i mean, yeah, fuck the pats, but everytime i see gronk take this hit it still blows my mind that he doesn't drop the ball. dude is such a beast.
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here:
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"danny amendola's carport irks neighbors"

same

ppl around here should know what happens to you if you miss patriots practice due to snow and have some sympathy

wtf is this about chandler jones od'ing???

We'll see how it pans out, he was at practice today

Phil Perry
‏@PhilAPerry
Bill Belichick just walked through the locker room carrying ... a pair of boxing gloves.

ominous