38 Ski-Doo

Your New England Patriots are now 3-0 on the season, and have scored exactly 38 points in all three games. So, they are on pace to score 608 points. OK, that's unlikely. They'll probably only score 30 some week.

In the second Post-Video-Gate contest, the Pats undressed the NFL entry from New York Lite, pummelling the Bills 38-7.

Tom Brady hooked up with Randy Moss twice for TDs, and tossed two others (Watson, Gaffney) in one of his most efficient performances in a while. You get the sense that he really loves this panoply of recievers--checking off at will, hitting Moss in spots only he can get to. Moss became the first player ever with 100 receiving yards in the first three games with a new club. It's all really good.

We don't need no stinking video.

Camera Obscura

Film THIS! The New England Patriots showed the world that the silly NFL policy of prohibiting signal-filming has nothing to do with dominating on Sunday. The Pats undressed the hapless, trash-talking Chargers 38-14.

Tom Brady and Randy Moss played catch, the defense made "LT" look like "Lame-Time" and Coach B just scowled under his cowl. Moss caught 2 TDS in another 100-yard performance, and newcomer Adalius Thomas brought back an interception for another TD.

The details are almost superfluous. The Pats flat out scorched the posers from the Left Coast. Maybe Norv Turner can cook up some other egregious act by some hot dog vendors spying on his troops. Yawn.

New Pats Logo?

Goodell Smack-Down

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has imposed the most disproportionate penalty ever levied by the league—a total of $750,000 in fines and the forfeiture of the team's first-round draft pick.

All this for video-taping readily open and viewable defensive signals from the Jets sideline? Is he serious?

There is no denying that Coach Belichick violated the clear proscription against use of video equipment during a game—and he should pay some penalty. But this?

Now, the Patriots will just have to show the league that the past was not a "fluke" and they can win it all without subterfuge.

MovieGate

Your New England Patriots—guardians of all that is right and good—have been charged with cheating by the NFL (actually for the 4th time in the past 12 months). What's the horrendous offense? Steroid use? NOOOOOO. Helmet-to-helmet maiming drills? NOOOOOOOO. Guess again. Don't know? Well, it seems they've been "illegally" filming the signals of defensive coordinators on the sidelines. OK. And this is outrageous HOW?

Last time I checked, the rest of the known Universe can look across the field and see the signals being given by one team's coaches or another. So, why is filming this illegal? Still, the thought that Coach B (graduate of prestigious Phillips Academy in Andover) could ever be considered a cheat, is ....how can we put it?....unthinkable.

Hey Commish, try concentrating on the thugs, criminals and reprobates who still slither through NFL camps on a daily basis. Just a thought.

Cakewalk At EXIT 16W

J-E-T-S, Just Easy To Score. OK, maybe that's too harsh on our Border War Buddies from the swamps of New Jersey. NAH! The Patriots began their mission to the Super Bowl by dominating Mangini's Minions with a 38-14 rout.

Newcomer Randy Moss caught 9 Brady throws for 183 yards and a TD, and Wes Welker got 6 passes for 61 yards and another TD. To top it all off, Ellis "The Rim Man" Hobbs set an NFL record with a 108-yard kick-off return to open the second half. So, the new, improved Uber-Team that is your New England Patriots has come to play. And they have made their opening statement.