data-mm-id=”_pf500tsh5″>Despite the fact that the Patriots are 9-1, all anyone can talk about is how poorly the offense has performed so far this season (including this very website). It's fair criticism, though; New England is ranked 16th in total yards per game while averaging only 91 yards on the ground. All things considered, it's the least lethal offense that Tom Brady and Bill Belichick have engineered since maybe 2015, where everyone important other than Rob Gronkowski got hurt. There are a variety of elements that have combined to create this odd alternate reality where a Brady-led team is relying almost entirely upon the defense to win games — a rotating cast of skill-position players, young guys playing key roles and struggling to pick up the offense, and Josh McDa…

data-mm-id=”_i9h1hw5ff”>Jeremy Fowler went on SportsCenter on Monday afternoon and talked about Teddy Bridgewater. Fowler sounded optimistic for Bridgewater's impending free agency, saying the former Pro Bowler's market will be strong, even if teams are just looking for a bridge starter for a year or two of transition. Here is the actual discussion. Fowler says that starters won't make around $10 million so "you've got to pay him 20-something million." Later in the afternoon, the account @uSTADIUM tweeted about Bridgewater's "strong market," threw in a random $30-million figure and attached Fowler's handle at the end, making it look like he said it, which he did not. Teddy Bridgewater is expected to have a “strong market” in free ag…

data-mm-id=”_628djkqnu”>The NFL will release the schedule for the 2020 season this week. The schedule will be official, but tentative with up to a six week contingency plan already in place that would keep the Super Bowl in February. Despite the fact that the schedule is subject to change at any moment, fans are really looking forward to this.NFL also planning to release its preseason schedule by end of this week, per @NFLprguy: “If we have to make adjustments, we will be prepared to do so based on the latest guidance from our medical experts and public health officials and current and future government regulations.”— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) May 3, 2020Google searches for NFL schedule have reached a critical mass, while "NFL schedule release leaks" is one of the h…

data-mm-id=”_1twipwx17″>The New York Knicks are one of two NBA franchises that have not issued a statement about the killing of George Floyd and the civil unrest that has followed it. As a result, players and team employees are reportedly furious at the team's lack of a statement. Team owner James Dolan addressed that in an e-mail to employees on Monday and it definitely didn't help matters. ESPN's Pablo Torre got a copy of the email:I'm told that Knicks players and employees are furious that the team hasn't made a public statement about George Floyd. And I just obtained the e-mail that owner Jim Dolan sent to MSG employees today defending the organization's decision to stay silent: pic.twitter.com/xG1BA7tV5V— Pablo S. Torre (@PabloTorre) June 2, 2020Her…

data-mm-id=”_cv8pr6vna”>Exactly two weeks ago, the Indiana Pacers announced a one-year contract extension with head coach Nate McMillan on the eve of the NBA playoffs. McMillan had one year left on his deal at the time of the extension. These past two weeks did not exactly go well for McMillan's Pacers as they got swept at the hands of the Miami Heat and have already left the bubble. Apparently the Pacers' brass was so unhappy about this that they reversed course entirely and fired McMillan on Wednesday morning. Official Statement: pic.twitter.com/l9kMqiYEXh— Indiana Pacers (@Pacers) August 26, 2020This is quite a confounding decision. Adrian Wojnarowski later reported that the "extension" McMillan signed only gave the coach a team option for the 2021-22 season, r…

data-mm-id=”_ed9fip5h5″>The Kansas City Chiefs took care of business against their fiercest competition in the AFC this past week when they took down the Baltimore Ravens on Monday Night Football. They made it look easy, too. But KC isn't getting much of a reprieve in Week 4 as the New England Patriots are coming to town. Andy Reid has to prepare his team on a short week to face off against one of the few football minds that rivals his own acumen. Nonetheless, the Chiefs are and should be favored. Bill Belichick is a gridiron genius, but this Patriots team lacks the firepower of previous iterations; they do have Cam Newton, but other than that the star power at skill positions is lacking and the defense is not the historically elite unit it was in 2019. If the Patriots go down by …