Bill, Tom And the Krafts According to ESPN

 I like to post the few ESPN.com articles here by their writers about the New England Patriots, for my record ;)

It was the Patriot Way, Until It Wasn't 

Bill Belichick's Patriots legacy" The nfl' s greatest dynasty 

For Kraft, Brady and Belichick, is this the beginning of the end?

Spygate to Deflategate: Inside what split the NFL and Patriots apart

one of the stories

in the end , it is all about human emotions and feelings.

How The Eagles Fell In Love With Hurts

 I liked this Athletic article about how the Eagles evaluated and eventually pursued and drafted Hurts. My initial reaction was similar after they drafted him. They just had Carson Wentz to a new contract, and drafted a QB in the second round? A QB in the 2nd round is considered borderline starting quarterback, for the future, and the Eagles just had Wentz. Anyway, it all turn out well, except for Wentz.

I feel for Wentz though. Nick Foles stole his thunder, and then they drafted Hurts. No wonder he did not taken the pick well.

The article is here.

his draft video

Super Bowl 54 Review According To AI

 In the game, the Chiefs fell behind early, but they rallied in the second half and scored three touchdowns in the final quarter to secure the victory. Quarterback Patrick Mahomes was named the Super Bowl MVP, as he completed 26 of 42 passes for 286 yards and two touchdowns. The win gave the Chiefs their second Super Bowl title in franchise history, their first one being in Super Bowl IV in 1970.

full game

the highlights

Names of NFL teams

 A nice post on ESPN.com about teams name history, here.

Nick Saban On The Process

 I love this Nick Saban quote I read in Peter Kings FMIA latest edition here.

“The biggest thing that has changed for me — and you might be shocked when I say this — is that I’ve actually become, through the years and through the experiences, a lot less outcome-oriented and a lot more process-oriented. I think that approach carries over to the players because then they become less outcome-oriented, and they’re more focused on process, they’re more focused on one play at a time, exactly what do I have to do and how do I have to do it, what’s going to help me be successful here, and they’re not looking at the scoreboard like we’ve got to win the game. They’re focusing on one play at a time.”

It came from a NYTimes interview with Saban here.

The Wisdom of Pat Mahomes

“The main memory I’ll always have is whenever I’ve watched guys that my dad played with, or Alex Rodriguez or guys like Derek Jeter, and all these guys that were superstars . . . the best of the best at the time in the game and how much success they had . . . I watched how hard they worked. I got to see it every day, how they were the first people there and they were hitting off the tee like I was doing as a little kid and trying to perfect their game. That really was instilled in me. It told me that if I wanted to be great, I had to put the work in. When you’re at the top of the game, you have to still keep working in order to stay at the top. I think those memories were stuff that really stuck with me.”

from this article

This kid is 24 is already an NFL MVP, Super Bowl winner n MVP ... trust me .. legend in the making.

The Pats Do It .. Again..

Jags oh jags .. so near ... In the end, like other opponents in the past, it is the mental miscues that do them in ... For me, the Jags had all the components to beat the Pats, but it's the little things that kill them.
Belichik always stresses the details ... And it works for them ..again.
What
Whoever they meet in the SB, play mistake free football and you already halfway there
Congratulations Patriots ... Again :p