by Zack Cox on Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 5:26PM 1,900 Share this: FOXBORO, Mass. — New England Patriots quarterbacks have attempted 216 passes this season. Opposing defenders have caught exactly zero of them. Through seven games, the Patriots are the only team in the NFL that has yet to throw an interception. The Minnesota Vikings fell from that list Sunday when Sam Bradford was picked off once in a loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. How impressive of a stat is that? Well, according to Elias Sports Bureau, New England is only the third team in modern NFL history to begin a season with seven interception-free games, joining the 1960 Cleveland Browns and 2008 Washington Redskins. (The Redskins’ streak ended in Week 9, while the Browns made
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Patriots Vs. Steelers Notes: LeGarrette Blount On Pace For Record-Setting Season
by Zack Cox on Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 11:17PM 10,096 Share this: LeGarrette Blount closed out his forgettable Pittsburgh Steelers tenure by walking off the field in the middle of a game. Unfortunately for the Steelers, he stuck around until the final whistle Sunday. Playing at Heinz Field for the first time since the Steelers released him in 2014, Blount ran wild against his former team, racking a season-high 127 yards on 24 carries and scoring two of the New England Patriots’ four touchdowns in a 27-16 win. It was third 100-yard effort of the season for the 29-year-old running back, who already has set a new single-season career high for touchdowns with eight. If he keeps up his current pace, he’ll shatter his career
Seahawks-Cardinals ‘Sunday Night Football’ Was The Best Bad Game Ever
Share this: You’re never supposed to ask if things can possibly get any worse. “Sunday Night Football” in Week 7 is why. The NFL is in the midst of a week from hell, in which it finds itself in the middle of another domestic violence fiasco days after Week 6 TV ratings hit their lowest mark in five years. So the worst thing that could’ve happened to the league’s already-dropping ratings was a sloppy, low-scoring game on its ratings darling, “Sunday Night Football.” Sometimes, Karma just has a way of catching up to you. The Seattle Seahawks and Arizona Cardinals played one of the worst games in the history of football, as both teams failed to score a touchdown in a 6-6 tie. It
One Photo Sums Up Lionel Messi’s Back-To-Back Hat Tricks In Champions League
Share this: When Lionel Messi rains goals in the UEFA Champions League, he tends to pour them. The FC Barcelona superstar scored a hat trick Wednesday in his team’s 4-0 Champions League win over Manchester City. The treble was Messi’s second in row in Europe’s elite competition — a simply astonishing feat from a player many regard as the best of all time. Messi scored his first goal of the game in the 17th minute. The Argentine struck again in the 61st minute and completed his hat trick eight minutes later. Messi now leads the Champions League in goal-scoring this season with six (in just two games). His next closest rivals have three goals in three games. The plaudits to come Messi’s way after his record-extending
What Does Jerry Jones’ Tom Brady Reference Mean For Cowboys’ QB Debate?
Share this: The Dallas Cowboys have an impending quarterback controversy on their hands, and the 2001 New England Patriots might be able to relate. Tony Romo is expected to return soon from a back injury that’s kept him out the entire season to date. The Cowboys haven’t exactly missed him, though, as rookie backup Dak Prescott has led Dallas to a 5-1 start. Jerry Jones initially insisted Romo would get his job back when healthy, but the Cowboys owner has backed off that stance in recent weeks. During a radio appearance Tuesday, Jones was asked if Romo deserves his job back based on his reputation alone and gave an interesting answer. “I think we all recognize that there comes a time,” Jones told 105.3 The
Patriots Pick Six: Rob Gronkowski Destroys Bengals In Tom Brady’s Return Home
Share this: FOXBORO, Mass. — The New England Patriots’ 35-17 win over the Cincinnati Bengals will be remembered as Tom Brady’s return to Gillette Stadium after his four-game suspension, but Rob Gronkowski was the game’s biggest standout. If momentum in football exists, it shifted in the second half of the Patriots’ Week 6 win. The Patriots looked lifeless on offense and defense into the third quarter, when the Bengals held a 14-10 lead. The Patriots’ defense forced a safety, and the Bengals never recovered. Here are the stars of the game. TE ROB GRONKOWSKIThe big tight end caught seven of nine targets for a career-high 162 yards with a touchdown — his first Gronk spike of the season. Gronkowski missed two games, didn’t look like himself for
The Champions League side 22 games unbeaten
And Europe's in-form side is?Bayern and Manchester City both had claims until their 100% starts to the season ended over the space of 24 hours before the international break. The English club can at least console themselves that, at ten matches, their winning start to 2016/17 lasted longest. So who does that leave? Real Madrid loom large having gone 21 games without suffering the pain of defeat, since April's 2-0 loss at Wolfsburg (one of only two reverses in 37 outings under Zinédine Zidane). They have subsequently won 15 and drawn six.However, the UEFA Champions League team on the longest