Even as I bang out that headline, I know I’m setting myself up for a classic mush.
That sometime in the near future this could appear on my timeline with a “This you?”
Old Balls' old takes exposed, and so on.
But in my defense, I’ve been off the grid for a few days.
Which is shamelessly and often inaccurately honking on the Patriots' bone like an insufferable fanboy.
And risk embarrassing Future Jerry if I turn out to be wronger than an MSNBC host on election night.
Believe me, this isn’t intended as a dunk on Caleb Williams.
All that talk in the offseason that he was walking into the best situation of any quarterback taken No.
And most likely the better leader at this point.
At least if we go by that mic’d up video.
MLK Jr. had all the leadership you could ask for.
Gandhi’s intangibles would’ve been off the charts if you could chart intangibles.
I’ll gladly compare Maye to his contemporary QBs, but am reluctant to make this comp.
But here goes nothing: This is the kind of end-of-the-half scoring drive we were accustomed to from 2001-19.
And haven’t seen since.
Let’s add to that one the throw that got the Pats going on their second possession/first scoring drive.
By way of contrast, Jacoby Brissett had seven with the same team.
He also acknowledges them, seems to absorb them, and learns from them.
As this franchise preached for 24 years, they can tolerate errors, just not error repeaters.
Sometimes with Jonathan Jones disguised as a corner but actually playing free safety.
And with less of a reliance on their base nickel than we’re used to.
But I imagined him in a goal line specialist role, the way Nate Ebner was used.
I hope we see more of it.
–The defensive tackle rotation went through a horrible stretch from late September and October.
But Sunday positivelymushroom stampedthe Bears' front.
Jeremiah Pharms Jr. in particular stood out.
He tied for his most career snaps.
Put up an impressive stat line:
May or may not have gotten his hand on a punt.
And generally went through the interior gaps like a Viking berzerker.
My keyboard to the football gods' ears.
But there’s time to get there.
I have every intention of not taking any more time.
I wouldn’t miss this for the world.
