Week 8-Meeting of Momentum

The pumped Rams, fueled by two consecutive victories, including a thrashing of the Dallas Cowboys, brought them to Gillette Stadium to face a Patriot team fuming over the loss of All-Pro Safety, Rodney Harrison, and a decent blowout of the Denver Broncos only six days before. What came to pass was a close, and momentum clashing brawl. Thankfully, the Patriots won.
After coming off a game were the Patriots set a record setting amount of rushing yards against Denver, the running game was a bit lessened due to injuries to Lamont Jordan, and Sammy Morris. But Kevin Faulk and BenJarvis Green-Ellis, however, kept the running game to reasonable standards. With the running game established, the passing game opened up. Moss, Faulk, and Welker all played good rolls in the passing game, minus a couple drops that should have been caught. Cassel had a decent game, throwing a career high 257 yards on the day, and setting up his first fourth quarter winning drive. He did throw two interceptions, but they were tipped balls and not his fault at all. Probably his best moment was a game winning touchdown to Kevin Faulk. Kevin, actually had the best day, both on the ground, and in the air. He was the biggest weapon all day and helped the Patriots get their first consecutive win under Cassel's direction.

The defense looked alright up front, only letting a couple long gains on the ground all day, and recording several sacks. It was nice to see an actual pass rush from the Pats. The Secondary showed it still has some big holes to fill. They allowed Rams Quarterback, Marc Bulger, to throw the longest pass of his career, a 69 yard bomb for a touchdown. He nailed our secondary several times for big gains, and that's what kept the game close. Thankfully, to seal the win from the Rams, Patriot Cornerback, Deltha O'Neil intercepted a pass in the final minutes to close the game out.

It was a promising game, showing the Patriots have what it takes to win games. They are now 5-2, and tie for the divisional lead thanks to a Buffalo loss to the Miami Dolphins. We play the Indianapolis Colts, who are in a slump lately, and have a short week due to that they play tonight against the Titans. Hopefully that will carry over and we do a blow to their sagging record. If we can climb to 6-2 and play Buffalo the following week, confidence in the team, without Tom Brady I might add, will be restored.
Kudos to the Pats for an exciting game this week against the Rams.