Super Bowl. That's right. Super Bowl.
NEPD Staff Writer: Doug Kyed
I’ve been concentrating so much on the “Draft” portion on this site recently, I’ve almost neglected the “NEPatriots” portion.
Well, that’s all going to change in the next few days because I am going to get myself and everyone else completely prepped for Super Bowl XLVI.
Today I’m going to break down the offensive positions for these two teams as explicitly as possible.
The Patriots need to take the "sizzle" out of the Ravens defense on Sunday.
NEPD Staff Writer: Doug Kyed
The anticipation for this week is killing me. Not only do I have the Ravens-Patriots game to look forward to, but I’m also going to be covering the Senior Bowl all next week (follow me on twitter for updates @dougkyed).
Consequently, this week has gone incredibly slow, like Dan Connolly returning a kickoff-slow. Like Tim Tebow’s throwing motion-slow. Like Chad Ochocinco’s learning curve-slow.
But the AFC Championship is finally bearing down on us and we have approximately 48 hours until I’ll be sitting on my parents couch five miles from the stadium with my heart racing, and of course, wearing my lucky Chung shirt.
Here are some things I’d like to see in Sunday afternoon’s game:
Rob Ninkovich was a key part of stopping the Broncos offense cold.
NEPD Staff Writer: Doug Kyed
All season we’ve waited for the Patriots to put it all together and play their best for sixty minutes, on Saturday night, we finally saw it.
Somehow, the game was even more dominant than the 45-10 score makes it seem. As Ty Law said on Comcast Sports Net, the Patriots made the Broncos look like a college team.
Before we get into next week’s much tougher matchup against the Ravens, here are my six keys to Saturday’s victory:
NEPD Staff Writer: Doug Kyed
I’ve always had a theory that a win never feels as good as a loss feels bad. This one was different.
With all the build up and all the Tebow-mania, this is one of those incredibly gratifying wins for us Patriots fans.
Here are my quick-hit thoughts on the destruction of Tebow and company:
No matter where he lines up, Devin McCourty needs to have a great game against the Broncos.
NEPD Staff: Doug Kyed
The season flew by, last weekend dragged on, but it’s finally here, it’s playoff time!
Saturday night, we’ll find out if the Patriots are one and done again, or if this is the year they’ll make it past round two, past the Broncos and on to the AFC Championship game.
NEPD Staff Writer: Doug Kyed
So raise your hands if you were freaking out about that first quarter for the Patriots?
You should all know better by now that that’s just how this team operates. We’ll see how it goes come playoff time, but for now the Patriots used their “start off slow and end fantastically” to clinch home field throughout.
Here are some things I noticed today:
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