Albert Haynesworth and Chad Ochocinco

So with the recent lockout ending in the NFL, teams were given a much shorter time than normal to sign players, make trades, re work contracts, etc... Players have been switching teams left and right. This is honestly the most excitement I've seen in an off season in recent years. I can't say I was happy prior to a deal being done because we didn't know if football was going to happen a week ago.

But now that's it here. Let's talk about some major additions.


We'll start with Albert Haynesworth. Haynesworth was a defensive lineman on the Washington Redskins that didn't fair very well under Mike Shanahan's authority. He was failing conditioning tests, missing practices, stomping on players heads (tried to at least). I know there were warrants out for traffic violations. All in all it seems like Haynesworth might be hard to control. There seemed to be a little temper going on but in all honesty I think it had to do with him just not liking it in Washington. So then why sign a deal? The money of course!

Now when I had read about Haynesworth going to the Patriots I was happy. I know what Pepper Johnson can do for Haynesworth and I know he can bring out the Pro Bowler potential that he didn't care to bring out for the Redskins. I mean if he can bring out the best in Wilfork, then he's going to bring out the monster in Haynesworth. In all honesty, I fear for any running back that has to run through our defensive line. Haynesworth, Wilfork, Warren... It's literally the Great Wall of New England. All Patriots fans have to hope for is that Haynesworth straightens out his act and becomes dominant once again.

On a final note with Haynesworth, I was reading a lot of comments about his trade to New England from NFL pages, Yahoo Sports, ESPN, and a lot of people both Pats fans and non Pats fans were using the term "Cancer" a lot in reference to what Haynesworth is bringing to the team. I don't personally think that term should be used in any kind of way regarding a player who you don't like. This comes as a surprise to me especially with Patriots fans especially since the recent death of Myra Kraft who did die of cancer. I think these people who use the term, need to find a new word other than cancer because it's just completely wrong.


With the news of Chad Ochocinco coming to New England, I immediately was in shock. I had just woken up from a nap and my mom and had said something along the lines of, "When did the Patriots get Ochonueve"? I'm like, "who the hell the is Ochonueve"? I finally figured it out and I wanted to start dancing but then I thought about what Chad Ochocinco brings to the table. Yes he's a controversial WR. He's never done anything harmful though. He just loves the game of football, that's all. He likes to shine, which is something that us Patriot fans haven't really seen. Yeah Moss was a big named player who liked the spotlight but when he came to New England, he turned his spotlights off and became one with the team. Ochocinco's a player who will dance in the end zone, tweet on the sidelines, or worse. I don't hate him, and I'm technically still dancing. I just don't want him to do something stupid that could get him suspended for a game or two. With the Jets on the verge of acquiring Nnamdi Asomugha, that means the Jets are gonna have the best secondary in the league. But their secondary can't stop Branch, Welker, Ochocinco, Hernandez, Gronkowski, Woodhead, and my favorite underrated guy, Edelman!

So do I think Ochocinco was a good addition? Absolutely. I think with Ochocinco in the mix it will alow guys like Branch and Welker to get open more and maybe the both of them will have a career season. I think Ochocinco is gonna turn up game and also have a career season. I mean there's one big factor in having a career season as a wide receiver and that's having an MVP quarterback like Tom Brady.

So with these major additions a lot of people speculate some troubles. No body thinks about the past with Patriots and players with a history of issues in the NFL. We took Corey Dillon who from what I remember was unhappy in Cincinnati and and turned him into a Super Bowl champion a year later. We took Randy Moss who was a sluggish slob in Oakland to a Super Bowl. He broke the record for touchdown receptions in a single season by a wide receiver and he also helped the Pats go 16-0. That's the thing about the New England Patriots. We take childish players and turn them into men.

Can't wait for this season to begin.

Typical Pats Fan

Typical Pats fan? What does that even mean? Every time time I talk about my teams ups and downs and things that shouldn't have been, I'm always told that I'm a "typical Pats fan". As of recently I thought about this statement, this over used term, and I finally figured out what it means.

Whether people like to admit it or not, the New England Patriots have been the most dominant team in the NFL since 2001. We have the most dominant quarterback. We have the best coach. We have won games with big name players, and we have won games with guys like Reche Caldwell, and won the Super Bowl with guys like David Givens. But who are they? They were never heisman trophy winners. They weren't rated high on Madden. They sure as hell weren't on my fantasy football team. What the fuck? Down the line we were eventually called cheaters. That's awesome. when a team is so successful there comes hate. Hate brings upon rumors, and rumors cause people to nit pick. Nit picking is where any hater can find a little piece of dirt and make a big deal out of it. Spygate? Yeah we were caught. Belichick said he didn't know it was illegal. The video of games were prior to the Super Bowl championship. There were no links to them cheating in the Super Bowl or any other game and I believe.

That's why I'm a typical Pats fan.

I hate the Jets and Rex Ryan. I do believe that Rex Ryan is a good thing for the Jets football team, but an annoying POS for the rest of football. He came into the spotlight with his foot fetish and said to the world that, "he's not here to kiss Belichick's rings". That's great Ryan. For the past 3 years you haven't been kissing Bill's rings or your own for that matter because just like the Philadelphia Eagles in the mid 2000's, you can't win a Conference Championship game. Yeah you take pride in beating us which is fine. All that extra effort to just fail in the end makes you look more pathetic than anything. You waltzed in, took your shot at all of the teams in the NFL and still have nothing to show for it. Yeah you beat us last year but we at least get an AFC East Championship banner haha. I'm a very arrogant Patriots fan against the Jets since I live in New Jersey.

That's why I'm a typical Pats fan.

Living in New Jersey doesn't mean I only deal with Jets fans. Ohhh no, I have to deal with Giants fans and their never-ending happiness of being Super Bowl 42 champions. Yeah we were beat fair and square. I still stick by the injury reports though. Tom Brady did have a high ankle injury and he was wearing an air cast on it for two weeks prior to the Super Bowl. Of course everyone believed that it was fake and it was some kind of tactic of Bill Belichick. Wrong, Brady was injured. No excuses though. I've made them in the past about how Brady was unstoppable in the regular season. He was accurate, dominant, amazing etc... Then he gets injured against the Chargers in the AFC Championship game. He all of a sudden sucked against the Giants? Credit to Giants D? Absolutely. Did Tom Brady's injury have a MAJOR impact on their loss? Absolutely!

That's why I'm a typical Pats fan.