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The NFL divisional playoff round is where the wild card dreck and the San Diego Chargers are sorted out. All the winners of the wild card weekend lost this weekend, except for the New York Jets who traveled to San Diego where they dispatched of the heavily favored Chargers, 17-14. It was quite reminiscent [...]

The 2009 season was a series of peaks and valleys for the New England Patriots. It ended six feet under after the Baltimore Ravens beat the snot out of the home team at Gillette Stadium in the second AFC Wild Card game.
The 33-14 blow out didn’t expose any previously unknown flaws in the Patriots roster [...]

The New England Patriots offensive linemen in 2009 and the different combinations of starters the team uses:
New England Patriots starting offensive linemen by game in 2009

Week
Left Tackle
Left Guard
Center
Right Guard
Right Tackle

1 vs Buffalo Bills
Matt Light
Logan Mankins
Dan Koppen
Stephen Neal
Nick Kaczur

2 @ New York Jets

3 vs Atlanta Falcons

4 vs Baltimore Ravens

5 @ Denver Broncos

6 vs Tennessee Titans
Sebastian Vollmer

7 [...]

New England Patriots tight end David Thomas is preparing for what is likely going to be his last training camp with the team. Hope springs eternal in the off season, as the Boston Globe’s Christopher L. Gasper reminds us:
One advantage for Thomas is that for the first time since his rookie campaign he’s been able [...]

Patriots Picked Twelve Players In the 2009 Draft
The 2009 NFL draft is over. The New England Patriots picked four players in the second round after trading out of the first round entirely, two in the third, one in the fourth, and one in the fifth, two in the sixth and two in the seventh for [...]

New England Patriots 2009 Regular Season Record: 10-6.Play-off record: 0-1. Lost 33-14 at home to Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Wild Card round.

New England Patriots 2009 Regular Season Schedule

9/14
vs
Buffalo Bills
25-24

9/20
@
New York Jets
9-16

9/27
vs
Atlanta Falcons
26-10

10/4
vs
Baltimore Ravens
27-21

10/11
@
Denver Broncos
17-20

10/18
vs
Tennessee Titans
59-0

10/25
@
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
35-7

11/1
Bye Week

11/8
vs
Miami Dolphins
27-17

11/15
@
Indianapolis Colts
34-35

11/22
vs
New York Jets
31-14

11/30
@
New Orleans
17-38

12/6
@
Miami Dolphins
21-22

12/13
vs
Carolina Panthers
20-10

12/20
@
Buffalo Bills
17-10

12/27
vs
Jacksonville Jaguars
35-7

1/3
@
Houston Texans
27-34

1/10
vs
Baltimore Ravens
33-14

The accuracy of this schedule is [...]

The hallmark of a look-at-me sports columnist is the ability to base criticism not only on nothing but on assertions that run against known facts. Kansas City Star’s Jason Whitlock makes a hedged but still ridiculous accusation against the Kansas City Chiefs General Manager Scott Pioli after the team traded a second-round 2009 pick for [...]

New England Patriots decision to trade veteran outside linebacker Mike Vrabel and backup quarterback Matt Cassel to Kansas City Chiefs for a second round pick in the 2009 draft has quite simply stunned many Patriots fans. So convinced were many fans that Cassel is a worth a first-round pick that some speculate that Patriots [...]

Arizona Cardinals iced their Wild Card play-off victory over the visiting Atlanta Falcons when tight end Stephen Spach caught a third-down-and-16 pass for 23 yards and a new set of downs that allowed the Cardinals to kneel out the clock.
The Cardinals picked up Spach in late October and he quickly became a regular on the [...]

So that’s this is what it feels like when your team fails to make the playoffs.
The New England Patriots took care of their business in their frantic late season push for a playoff spot but so did the other teams who ere in the mix. Baltimore Ravens pasted the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Miami Dolphins [...]