Seattle Seahawks (+6.5) over Chicago Bears Two teams have never controlled their own destiny this early in a season more than the Chicago Bears and Seattle Seahawks. If either team wins out, they will win their respective divisions, which makes this Week Six match-up OTR’s Featured Game Of The Week. Unfortunately, for the Seahawks, Sunday’s [...]
There was a report from CBS’ Charlie Casserly on Sunday that before Randy Moss was traded to the Minnesota Vikings, he had a heated altercation with QB Tom Brady. Supposedly, Brady told him to cut his beard and Moss told him to cut his hair because he looked like a girl. Well, according to New [...]
This is one of my favorites. We don’t know who this guy is or how he pulled this off. But it’s hysterical. This is from his days in Oakland, but we think it still resonates, especially since the Patriots just “sent him away” to the Minnesota Vikings. We actually like this version better than the [...]
The rumors heated up last night and it seems that the deal is finally done. Randy Moss is now a Minnesota Viking. The Patriots were not going to resign Moss at the end of the year so they wanted to get as much as they could right now. What thy ended up with is a [...]
Most of us were shocked this evening when we heard of the report that a deal to send Randy Moss from the New England Patriots to the Minnesota Vikings was in fairly advanced stages. Moss is in the last year of his contract, but why would the Patriots want to give him up now? Well, [...]
When you think of great Bill Belichick defenses, the current New England Patriots D isn’t one of them. The Patriots have been struggling on defense for a while now as they’ve mixed in kids, middle-of-the-road journeymen and ancient veterans over the past few years. One player they thought they got right was Brandon Meriweather, the [...]
My girlfriend is not a sports fan. Despite relentless efforts to turn her, I’m pretty confident she would rather watch QVC, infomercials or play Call of Duty Modern Warfare. rather than spend time watching a good old athletic competition. Albeit, a girl who wants to play C.O.D. is reason enough to turn a girlfriend into [...]
As I’ve mentioned before, OTR’s predictions for sports events are different than other sites, because we’ve never ever been wrong. Whether it’s a mock draft or just a regular season game, we are always 100% spot on. How many can say that? So, with that in mind, let’s take a look a couple of the [...]
For those of you who thought about sitting Randy Moss this week because of his showdown with Darrelle Revis, you made a mistake. Revis left Sunday’s game against the Patriots and hasn’t returned. After having hammy issues this week, Revis tweaked it again chasing Moss on a deep pattern. At this point, it’s not looking [...]
Apparently satisfied with the 72 marginal running backs they have in their backfield, the New England Patriots felt they no longer needed 2006 first-round pick Laurence Maroney. They have traded him to the Denver Broncos for undisclosed compensation. Usually, the term “undisclosed compensation” means two first-round picks and Tim Tebow. We don’t think this has [...]
New England Patriots fans can breathe a sigh of relief. QB Tom Brady was in a car accident this morning in Boston on Comm Ave, but it doesn’t look to be too serious and he returned to practice today. “It looked like a high impact crash,” said a witness. “It was extremely loud,” said another [...]
Here we go. Just as we are getting ready for the start of the NFL season, the New England Patriots probably felt they needed to focus on game planning for week 1. It’s true, they do. But, now they have to deal with an unhappy Randy Moss, who feels “not wanted” since the Pats haven’t [...]
Contrary to public opinion, the New England Patriots aren’t very good on the defensive side of the ball. Lately, they’ve been weak in the secondary and don’t have a great pass rush. Now, things have gotten worse. The Patriots have sent their top cornerback Leigh Bodden to injured reserve. That’s huge. He has a torn [...]
Good news and bad news for the St. Louis Rams. Actually there are two pieces of good news for the Rams. The first piece of good news is that they even have a piece of good news. And that good news is that rookie QB Sam Bradford actually looked pretty sharp against the New England. [...]
There’s probably nobody that can kick the football on the Patriots better than Stephen Gostkowski. For that, New England has decided to honor his abilities by extending his contract. The deal is worth $14 million over four years with $5 million guaranteed. This deal moves Gostkowski up on most fantasy draft boards, possibly moving all [...]
As it was, Torry Holt was going to have a very difficult time making the New England Patriots roster this year. At 34-years old, he just can’t separate from defenders like he used to. In addition to that, he was being outplayed in training camp by guys like Brandon Tate and Taylor Price. Despite not [...]
As it is, New England Patriots QB Tom Brady has had to work to get his confidence back in the pocket following his 2008 ACL injury. People can say “oh he’s fine” and whatever and blah blah woof woof, but the reality is that someone came through the line and collapsed his knee. Say what [...]
In a preseason game in August of 1978, New England Patriots WR Darryl Stingley was paralyzed from the neck down when Oakland Raiders safety Jack Tatum popped him across the middle of the field. Stingley, who died in 2007, would spend the rest of this life in a wheelchair. Steve Grogan is the Patriots QB [...]
We’ve already heard that New England Patriots guard Logan Mankins is not happy with the team in any way, shape or form. But a league source tells Albert Breer of the Boston Globe that there was a pretty serious offer on the table for “a significant period of time.” The source said that the deal [...]
New England Patriots guard Logan Mankins isn’t happy. Just like many of the players who should be unrestricted free agents (but are restricted due to the CBA rules for the final year of this agreements), he wants a long-term deal but is stuck with his tender offer. Now, he says that he won’t sign his [...]
We sottainly didn’t expect to be hearin’ iss and we wondah what those had ons in Boston think of it. While they-ah precious Celtics ah tryin’ tah beat the Lak-ahs in fah straight games, they-ah cottahback is enterin’ the final yee-ah of his sixty million dollah deal. Ok, enough Boston talk. But seriously, according to [...]
Adam Schefter of ESPN is reporting that the New England Patriots have severed ties with cornerback Shawn Springs. At 35-years old, this could be the end of the road for Springs. Drafted by the Seahawks in 1997, Springs also spent time with the Washington Redskins. He started eight games last year for the Patriots. Photo [...]
Finally, someone has ended this awful experiment. The New England Patriots have released outside linebacking disappointment Adalius Thomas, according to Mike Reiss and Adam Schefter of ESPN. Thomas arrived in New England with much ballyhoo in 2007, but never lived up to expectations. He was just around 30-years old when the Patriots signed him and [...]
Tom Curran of Comcast Sports New England tweets that former St. Louis Ram and Jacksonville Jaguar Torry Holt will be signing with the New England Patriots. ESPN’s John Clayton says it’s a one-year deal worth up to $1.7 million. Holt had said before that he’d like to be reunited with Mike Martz in Chicago, but [...]
The mass exodus of New England Patriots tight ends continues. After losing Ben Watson to the Cleveland Browns, the Patriots have now watched Chris Baker sign a two-year deal with the Seattle Seahawks. We doubt that anyone from the Patriots organization was actually on hand to actually witness the signing, that’s just the way we [...]