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[Sille Skrub]

Yeah, after a day like today we need a distraction. I'd like to talk about something else, anything else.

I see this one as a tough one. Dallas needs a win to keep pace in the NFC East and the Pats are coming off an emotional (aren't they all against the Jets?) win against New York.

Pats in a squeaker.

[mikeford]

Tony Romo throws 3 balls straight to Patrick Chung. Pats roll. Hopefully Ware doesn't literally end Brady's life in the process.

[jsinger121]

In a change-up from the norm, the Patriots will wear their road white uniforms for Sunday's home game against the Cowboys at Gillette Stadium.

http://espn.go.com/b..._medium=twitter

[ngruz25]

Brady was wearing a different helmet and facemask at practice, wonder why.

[RedOctober3829]

Brady was wearing a different helmet and facemask at practice, wonder why.

In this picture, he is wearing a Riddell Revolution Speed helmet. It is the best helmet to wear to try to prevent a concussion. He's been in a few different helmets this year as the one he wore forever(Riddell VSR-4) was deemed unsafe.

[loshjott]

In a change-up from the norm, the Patriots will wear their road white uniforms for Sunday's home game against the Cowboys at Gillette Stadium.

Maybe because the Cowboys always wear white at home and the Pats want to put them in their road blues?

EDIT: More from Wikipedia: Throughout the years, the Cowboys' blue jersey has been popularly viewed to be "jinxed" because the team often seemed to lose when they wore them. This curse purportedly became popular after the team lost Super Bowl V, when they were forced to wear their colored jersey because they were the designated home team. However, the roots of the curse likely date back earlier to the end of the 1968 season when the blue-shirted Cowboys were upset badly by the Cleveland Browns in the divisional playoffs.

Seems like an awfully silly thing for the Pats to do, but whatever.

Edited by loshjott, 13 October 2011 - 11:10 AM.

[jsinger121]

jeffphowe

Huge Patriots news: Jerod Mayo returns to practice. Wilfork and Green-Ellis also here.

[Mystic Merlin]

lolwut

[SidelineCameras]

Seems like an awfully silly thing for the Pats to do, but whatever.

it's totally silly but they've done it before with both the 'Boys and the Dolphins. It's the Red Auerbachian part of the Belichick game planning, just tweaking the opponent a little bit. As a Patriots fan I love it.

[tims4wins]

it's totally silly but they've done it before with both the 'Boys and the Dolphins. It's the Red Auerbachian part of the Belichick game planning, just tweaking the opponent a little bit. As a Patriots fan I love it.

Yeah, they did it in 2003 as well, wearing the now-extinct silver jerseys

[Old Fart Tree]

How awesomely petty. I don't think that will block Ware or teach 85 the playbook or anything actually important, but anything that pisses Jerry Jones off is ok in my book.

[ObstructedView]

How awesomely petty. I don't think that will block Ware or teach 85 the playbook or anything actually important, but anything that pisses Jerry Jones off is ok in my book.

As someone who was a misguided Cowboys fan as a kid, I can vouch for the bad vibes associated with the dark blue road unis. Of course, most of that stemmed from the fact that the 'Boys typically did not fare well during the 80s in places like RFK and Veterans Stadium.

Definitely a silly piece of gamesmanship, but it's this type of goofy stuff that makes sports great.

[jsinger121]

Pats

Out: S Josh Barrett (hamstring)

Questionable: CB Leigh Bodden (thumb), S Sergio Brown (chest), CB Ras-I Dowling (hip), WR Julian Edelman (ankle), RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis (toe), DL Albert Haynesworth (back), TE Aaron Hernandez (knee), DL Kyle Love (back), LB Jerod Mayo (knee), WR Matthew Slater (ribs), OT Sebastian Vollmer (back), RB Danny Woodhead (ankle)

Probable: S Patrick Chung (hand), LB Dane Fletcher (thumb)


And for the Dallas Cowboys:

Out: K David Buehler (groin), G Derrick Dockery (knee), FB Tony Fiammetta (hamstring), DE Jason Hatcher (calf)

Questionable: G Kyle Kosier (foot)

Probable: WR Miles Austin (hamstring), WR Dez Bryant (thigh), S Barry Church (shoulder), RB Felix Jones (shoulder), S Danny McCray (ankle), QB Tony Romo (ribs), CB Orlando Scandrick (ankle), S Gerald Sensabaugh (concussion)

http://espn.go.com/b...-out-vs-cowboys

[Ed Hillel]

Belichick is hilarious. Half the team is "50/50."

[drleather2001]

As someone who was a misguided Cowboys fan as a kid, I can vouch for the bad vibes associated with the dark blue road unis. Of course, most of that stemmed from the fact that the 'Boys typically did not fare well during the 80s in places like RFK and Veterans Stadium.

Definitely a silly piece of gamesmanship, but it's this type of goofy stuff that makes sports great.

I'm sure that BB, being the student of NFL history that he is, looks forward to this little piece of nonsense whenever he sees DAL on the schedule.

Whatever. I think that aside from the red unis, the Pats look best in the white ones, anyway.

If they can go into the bye, having weathered their early injury rash, at 5-1, I'd be very optimistic about the rest of the season. That home Buffalo game might end up being the biggest game of the season, and that's very bizarre.

Edited by drleather2001, 15 October 2011 - 10:36 PM.

[75game1]

seem to hear alot of people picking 'boys, Vegas feels differently I see.
I'm still not comfortable with this team....

[Rico Guapo]

Win.

[DrewDawg]

So, with Woodhead and BJGE both "questionable", what's the local thought up there on them? I have to imagine at least one of them is getting reps today.

[RedOctober3829]

So, with Woodhead and BJGE both "questionable", what's the local thought up there on them? I have to imagine at least one of them is getting reps today.

I'd say both will play today, but don't expect many yards from the running game today. Dallas is #1 against the run.

[DrewDawg]

I'd say both will play today, but don't expect many yards from the running game today. Dallas is #1 against the run.

True, but they weren't facing teams with really good passing attacks to keep them honest until last week against Detroit, and the Lions were down big and only ran 15 times.

Edited by DrewDawg, 16 October 2011 - 10:05 AM.

[SoxScout]

It is windy as fuck

[Sille Skrub]

Win today.

[koufax32]

Let's win a football game today.

[sachmoney]

Law Firm and Sweet Leaf active, blow out the 'boys!

[Mystic Merlin]

Inactives:

LB Jerod Mayo
OT Sebastian Vollmer
WR Julian Edelman
CB Ras-I Dowling
S Josh Barrett
S Sergio Brown
QB Ryan Mallett

Cowboys:

K David Buehler
FB Tony Fiammetta
OG Derrick Dockery
DE Jason Hatcher
QB Stephen McGee
OG David Arkin
DE Clifton Geathers

[PayrodsFirstClutchHit]

I despise the late game.

SF/Det is on track to end about 4:30 at this rate.

Should catch the Pats around 7 minutes of the 2nd quarter.

[Rico Guapo]

Anyone have a link for the game?

[luqin]

Man is Dowling ever going to get back on the field?

10/13/11 - CB Ras-I Dowling is suffering from a hip injury that has limited his participation in practice this week. He'll likely be a game-time decision Sunday.
10/09/11 - CB Ras-I Dowling, a rookie second-round pick who was often injured in his days at Virginia, was active against the Jets after missing two games with a hip injury. He did not play.
10/02/11 - CB Ras-I Dowling, a rookie second-round pick who was often injured in his days at Virginia, missed his second straight game with a hip injury.
09/30/11 - CB Ras-I Dowling did not practice Friday due to a hip injury and is listed as questionable for the Patriots' game against the Raiders.
09/26/11 - S Ras-I Dowling missed the third game of the year with a hip injury after notching starts in his first two career games as a second-round pick.

from http://www.nfldrafts...=2011&genpos=CB

[patinorange]

I despise the late game.

SF/Det is on track to end about 4:30 at this rate.

Should catch the Pats around 7 minutes of the 2nd quarter.

Yup, probably the only game still going. Great.

[drleather2001]

Man is Dowling ever going to get back on the field?

10/13/11 - CB Ras-I Dowling is suffering from a hip injury that has limited his participation in practice this week. He'll likely be a game-time decision Sunday.
10/09/11 - CB Ras-I Dowling, a rookie second-round pick who was often injured in his days at Virginia, was active against the Jets after missing two games with a hip injury. He did not play.
10/02/11 - CB Ras-I Dowling, a rookie second-round pick who was often injured in his days at Virginia, missed his second straight game with a hip injury.
09/30/11 - CB Ras-I Dowling did not practice Friday due to a hip injury and is listed as questionable for the Patriots' game against the Raiders.
09/26/11 - S Ras-I Dowling missed the third game of the year with a hip injury after notching starts in his first two career games as a second-round pick.

from http://www.nfldrafts...=2011&genpos=CB

OMG he's missed 2.5 weeks!

Chill out.

[Mooch]

Anyone got a link? The fucking geniuses down in Atlanta somehow decided that Bucs/Saints is a more compelling matchup. I'm about to put a gun in my mouth.

[Salva135]

Windy is bad.

[Soxy Brown]

Thom Brennaman? Ugh.

[Al Zarilla]

Windy is bad.

Won't that screw with Romo more though?

[staz]

Brennaman and Aikman. We've had worse.

[Mystic Merlin]

I forgot FOX is Dallas' home network. All I'm hearing about is the Cowboys.

[mikeford]

Thom Brennaman? Ugh.

You'd prefer Joe Buck?

[staz]

Man, Pam Oliver got old in a hurry.

[speedracer]

Windy is excellent for New England.

Fixed

[drleather2001]

Aaaaaand away we go!

[bball831]

5 minutes still left for Det/SF. Tick tick tick.

[cshea]

Always nice to have Walt Coleman back in Foxboro.

[Ed Hillel]

It's Boston legend, Walt Coleman!

[drleather2001]

Sad trombone for Dallas.

[Salva135]

Be thankful, it would have been Joe Buck.

[Ed Hillel]

WTF was that 3 second delay blitz?

[drleather2001]

Sad trombone New England.

[Remagellan]

Man, Pam Oliver got old in a hurry.

I'd still do her.

Do you BBB has them wearing white today thinking that Romo will have a brainfart late and throw to the guy in the silver helmet and the white shirt?

[Mystic Merlin]

Way too clean of a pocket there.

Noticed that Witten stayed in to block there.

[Salva135]

How tall is Dez? Christ.