Best of part of today is that Brady said he was still rusty. GOAT ghana GOAT.

BILL SIMMONS PODCAST: I still don't like the defense.

PART IOTS DEFENSE: We've allowed 29 points total over the last three games.

ETA: 4th in league in points allowed, behind MIN and two teams who had a bye.

Logan Ryan is elite now imho.

has there been any news on Dion Lewis's recovery from his second surgery?

Pats aren't really into releasing updates on injured players. Last anyone heard is likely out until at least week 10.

I'd honestly be pleasantly surprised if he played at all this year.

James White look good tho

did he put an emoji at the end?

Can't recall where I heard this, but a couple of weeks ago someone reported a source saying he was recovering really well and was already running.

Tom Curran just talked about Lewis

he's been seen frequently in the locker room, I would guess they bring him back slow but he's back by week 7 or 8

Pathetic showing so far on both sides of the ball.

Can somebody smarter than me tell me what they did different on offense in the 2nd half other than deciding to throw to the TE's? And why not use them in the 1st half?

Give the other team credit for that. They're a really good team, "on both sides of the ball".

Lombardi crushes Dalton for sputtering in the red zone, he's been saying that for years...but after watching this game, ,and the Thursday night Mia-CIN game, I think the play calling did more to keep CIN out of the end zone than anything Dalton did. They got super conservative down close. When they NEEDED 7,they turned Jojo LaFell lose and got 7. Before that, it was 5 fg's vs Miami, and LOL Fade vs us

Ben Roethlisberger is having surgery Monday to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee.

He'll miss next Sunday's game against the Patriots in Pittsburgh.

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/1...able-uncertain

Remaining QB's on Pats schedule: Landry Jones, Taylor, R. Wilson, Kaepernick, Keenum, Flacco, Siemian, Tannehill, Fitzpatrick twice.

speculation on the radio was that Bennett was banged up and that led to his being missing for lots of 1st half plays. that's just a guess though.

I think some of it is variance, some of it is was just bad penalties putting them in bad spots, some of it I'm sure is adjustments they made

cliffs: I dunno

Pats don't show you everything in the first half. They run their script, see how you react to certain things, and adjust.

Eric Rowe broke up a pass in the end zone, and I lol'd. Another guy I never heard of, making a play in the defensive backfield for BB.

Next day, a Philly fan I know lamented that the Eagles had traded him away. Told me he was a 2nd round pick in 2015, added, "that kid's gonna be star."

probably not fitzpatrick twice lol

So true. They are the best at halftime adjustments.

Meh. The alternative is even a better match for the Pats.

That's an anachronism. No one waits till halftime any more.

First time, I'm watching the game with the Pats' radio call on.

This is spectacular, should have done this years ago.

(3+ minute delay with SiriusXM audio, tho. DVR Pause Button not included.)

My theory, for football bettors:

Ever hear the one about the team who came out flat, because they were looking ahead to the big game the following week? Look what has happened so far this year, to every team who was looking ahead to a Patriots game, since Brady's return:

Week 4: Cleveland loses by double digits at Washington, but that's not unusual. 0-1
Week 5: Cincy gets shut out at Dallas. 0-2
Week 6: Pittsburgh gets destroyed at Miami, one of the year's biggest upsets. 0-3.
Week 7: Buffalo starts getting hype, then THEY stumble in Miami. 0-4.

Who's next? Seattle is at New Orleans next week. Not easy to win on the road in this league. I'm taking the Saints in this one.

Is it time to send Ghost to the glue factory?