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Brady’s 1st Game

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The year was 20 ought 01, it was a much different world.

President George W Bush was president of the US, Time Warner had just meshed with AOL to create a HUGE new ‘internet’ company, & Jennifer Lopez reminded us that he ‘Love Don’t Cost a Thing.’
What a glorious time to be alive.

It was also in this year that Tom Brady was coming alive.
While the US was hurting from the attacks of 9-11, another attack was coming-& it was on Drew Bledsoe.

Bledsoe was the lanky, thin-headed QB for the New England Patriots-who went down to injury in Game 2 of the 2001 season.
Their third game was against the high-flying Indianapolis Colts with their horse-headed leader Peyton Manning.

Brady would rise to the challenge to defeat the Colts, and go on his way to 6 Super Bowl rings, 1 Super Model wife, and a super career in acting.

Sniff a snort of nostalgia.

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Blowing out Kids

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‘They’re just kids.’
That’s the rallying cry of any youth sports game that gets out of end.
Too often we hear about belligerent parents who get heavy-handed in sporting events, or even start getting into fist fights in the stands with each other.

But what about a coach who runs up the score in youth football?
Kyle Williams is a coach for an under 7 team in Philadelphia.
His team went up by 30 points, in a league where that’s not considered ‘fair’ and teams get penalised for it.

So coach Williams did what any good coach would do, he benched his starters-and put in his 5 year olds. Yep, those pissy pants 5 year olds.
Sadly one of those 5 year olds can ball, and was able to run the ball back for a TD.
That put the team up 36-0, and coach Williams in the dog house with the league.
He now faces a $500 fine for running up the score.
$500?
He’s going to need to sell their Christmas presents to pay off that debt.

Wade’s Week 6

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Woohoo! Another winning week for me, as Week 6 paid off in a bounty of picks-much like the Canadian Thanksgiving I was celebrating.
Let’s take a look at some of my winning picks (& a few stinkers).

Panthers v Bucs
This London game was a bit of a slow death ride for the Bucs, as Jameis Winston couldn’t even hold onto the ball. I was confident that the Bucs would be able to handle the cats like they did in Week 2, but sadly Jameis couldn’t hit the floor if he was black out drunk.
A sad loss to start the week.

Texans vs Chiefs
Was Mahomes injured? Would the D be able to contain Deshaun Watson? Nope. I knew that the Texans were too tough for the struggling Chiefs and this pick paid off huge.

Eagles vs Vikings
Kirk Cousins at home at 1pm. If he didn’t win this one, he would need to start thinking of his future. Luckily Stefon Diggs showed up huge with massive TDs and fantasy points.
The NFC North is tough baby!

49ers vs Rams
The Rams O-line is a joke, which is why I knew that the 49ers were going to baste the Rams. A huge win to take San Fran to undefeated. Can they hang on?

Cowboys vs Jets
I doubted that ‘dem boyz would be able to hold 8 points on the struggling Jets, but boy did New York really make a game out of this. Nothing like seeing the look on Cowboys fans who were shell shocked.

Steelers vs Chargers
The Chargers were favoured by 4? What? Easy line to pick with Pittsburgh struggling to gain wins, and the Chargers struggling to find fans. Pittsburgh took a well deserved win here.

Who will I pick this week?
Follow our picks and podcast for all the info.
See you Sunday.

Football Movie Quiz

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The NFL is cooking this season, so let’s have some fun!
How much do you know about football movies?

There have been iconic NFL themed films over the years that have tugged at our hearts, and rallied us to root for the underdog to knock down the champ.
Have you ever tried to watch the movie ‘Brian’s Song’ without crying?
Dare you to!

So let’s see how many you can get correct out of 20.
We will post the answers in a few days just to tease you.
After all, what kind of coach gives away the whole playbook.

Now sure, there are quite a few films not on this list, but that doesn’t mean we can’t do another one another time.

You know what’s really missing in football movies? A Canadian football movie eh?
Maybe a classic match-up between the Roughriders & the Roughriders that ends with both teams drinking Bloody Caesers & watching hockey.
Dare to dream.

Feel free to reach out with any NFL trivia you might have.

Until Sunday.

Tank Bowl

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The worst teams in the NFL?
Sure.
And they get to face each other this Sunday in a game that will most likely smell like stale feet.

That’s right folks, it’s the Washington Redskins heading to the home of the ‘fins, to face the Miami Dolphins.
We won’t need to remind you that both of these teams have donuts where wins should be.

The forecast in Miami this weekend calls for an empty stadium, overpriced beer, and Florida really wishing that they had legal marijuana.
Because this game is going to skunk it up.

Who wins?
No one.
Especially if you watch the whole thing.
Maybe we can get Adrian Peterson to beat us with a switch instead?