Patriots Clinch AFC East After Beatdown of Dolphins
The Patriots have won their 11th AFC East division title in the past twelve years, their sixth in a row. The Patriots are taking care of business and have clinched a playoff spot as they continue to try to clinch the AFC #1 spot and hold home field advantage through the Superbowl.
Some highlights of the game include a Tom Brady tipped interception in the first half. The Pats led 14-6 with forty seconds left to go in the half but lost possession with a three and out after Miami used its timeouts to force the issue. a long punt return and a couple of plays and blown coverage led to a last second Miami score making the score 14-13 going into the half. things looked a little shaky at that point, but then the pats came out of the halftime firing all cylinders and socred 24 unanswered points. One nice little sequence included a deflected catch that was intercepted and one play later Brady found Gronk for the TD. The defense was stalwart, they got two interceptions and even got a blocked field goal for a TD return. in the second half they got big chunks of yardage from Gronk (3 receptions for 96 yards), some solid, almost easy looking, defensive stands. The catalyst play that sparked the 24 points was in the opening drive of the third quarter: a 17 yard run on third and eleven by Tom Brady who instead of sliding for the first, went for the goal line and invited the defender to knock him out of bounds three yards short. Typical Tom Brady walks off with a few encouraging words to the defensive back, we'll never know what he said. After that Tom Brady run, it was all over. the pats kept rolling, the dolphins kept stalling and the patriots are now AFC East champs once again; and the home field advantage all the way to the superbowl is within their hands, all they have to do is not lose to the hapless Jets and the lowly Bills.
update: apparently Tom's words to the defender on his 17 yard run was, and i quote, "Wooooo!"
Halftime show highlight: There was a lottery type game being played on the field during halftime. there was 24 numbers laid out to choose from on the field, two of them were million dollar winners, the other 22 ranged from 100K to 500K. One lucky man got to choose one card one time to win. Einstein goes straight to card #12 and wins a million bucks. I thought #12 was a little obvious.
Watching a live NFL football game was cool. It's really fun and totally different from watching on TV. It feels MUCH faster paced live than on TV. It was pretty cold too. upper thirties at kickoff and steadily dropping throughout the game, my feet were pretty frozen by the end of it. should have worn more socks or had thicker shoes. Paid 12.74 for a pulled pork sandwhich and a bottle of water.
There was a lot parallels in my emotional response to watching Tom Brady live and seeing Tegan and Sara live. For example, neither were cheap. Both required many hours of standing. In an inverse plot twist, Tegan and Sara felt like I was watching a youtube video in HD, while the patriots game just seemed like I was watching a low-def TV from across the room. LOL.
The Patriots have won their 11th AFC East division title in the past twelve years, their sixth in a row. The Patriots are taking care of business and have clinched a playoff spot as they continue to try to clinch the AFC #1 spot and hold home field advantage through the Superbowl.
Some highlights of the game include a Tom Brady tipped interception in the first half. The Pats led 14-6 with forty seconds left to go in the half but lost possession with a three and out after Miami used its timeouts to force the issue. a long punt return and a couple of plays and blown coverage led to a last second Miami score making the score 14-13 going into the half. things looked a little shaky at that point, but then the pats came out of the halftime firing all cylinders and socred 24 unanswered points. One nice little sequence included a deflected catch that was intercepted and one play later Brady found Gronk for the TD. The defense was stalwart, they got two interceptions and even got a blocked field goal for a TD return. in the second half they got big chunks of yardage from Gronk (3 receptions for 96 yards), some solid, almost easy looking, defensive stands. The catalyst play that sparked the 24 points was in the opening drive of the third quarter: a 17 yard run on third and eleven by Tom Brady who instead of sliding for the first, went for the goal line and invited the defender to knock him out of bounds three yards short. Typical Tom Brady walks off with a few encouraging words to the defensive back, we'll never know what he said. After that Tom Brady run, it was all over. the pats kept rolling, the dolphins kept stalling and the patriots are now AFC East champs once again; and the home field advantage all the way to the superbowl is within their hands, all they have to do is not lose to the hapless Jets and the lowly Bills.
update: apparently Tom's words to the defender on his 17 yard run was, and i quote, "Wooooo!"
Halftime show highlight: There was a lottery type game being played on the field during halftime. there was 24 numbers laid out to choose from on the field, two of them were million dollar winners, the other 22 ranged from 100K to 500K. One lucky man got to choose one card one time to win. Einstein goes straight to card #12 and wins a million bucks. I thought #12 was a little obvious.
Watching a live NFL football game was cool. It's really fun and totally different from watching on TV. It feels MUCH faster paced live than on TV. It was pretty cold too. upper thirties at kickoff and steadily dropping throughout the game, my feet were pretty frozen by the end of it. should have worn more socks or had thicker shoes. Paid 12.74 for a pulled pork sandwhich and a bottle of water.
the fields looks much smaller in real life than on TV.
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