You find yourself hanging their favorite ornaments and putting out the decorations they made as school projects.
Reflection on all the special moments when they opened the perfect gift they wanted.
Cherishing the times we’d readTwas the Night Before Christmasbefore bed.
Remembering with joy in your heart all the times Bill Belichick would coach circles around Mike Tomlin.
Just without Tomlin accusing Belichick of jamming his signal with some secret spy equipment.
So thanks are for the Patriots for bringing back at lot of fond memories to these Old Balls.
–But it was important on more than just a personal, sentimental level.
This win speaks volumes, through a megaphone, about the character of this team.
Pressure makes diamonds, but it also makes rubble, and all that.
There’s been none of that.
More importantly, he has been balling out all season.
Trubisky was as confused and ill-prepared as an Ivy League president testifying before Congress.
Because at times like this I don’t mind repeating myself.
Their 2-gapping limited Najee Harris to just 29 yards on 12 carries.
So Pittbsburgh was left with two choices: Attack the perimeter or throw out their weapons and come quietly.
They chose the former.
With both run options no longer options, Tomlin had no choice but to put his faith in Trubisky.
And it worked out about as well as the words “faith in Trubisky” ever have.
–But all these aforementioned Patriots defenders aside, to me no one has improved like Anfernee Jennings.
He’s gotten his chance after Matthew Judon went down and has made the most of it.
Jennings has already blown way passed his career high in snaps.
And while he’s not going to generate a ton of Chris Berman “WHOOP!”
–OK, I’ve waited way too long to get to Bailey Zappe.
Like all the scene of humans talking inGodzilla Minus Onebefore you get to see the fully grown monster.
Enough with the character development and reading subtitles.
Seriously, they should’ve closed schools throughout New England so families could celebrate together.
Zappe read him all the way and trusted his receiver to win the jump ball.
Perfectly delivered:
I mentioned nostalgia at the beginning of this?
–If nothing else, Zappe succeeded in not embarrassing us all in front of Al Michaels.
No possession was longer than 7 snaps, and only one took more than 3 minutes off the clock.
That interception was the obvious low point for Zappe.
Bill O’Brien took off Zappe’s training wheels and he delivered.
No more counter productive over dependence on screens and checkdowns.
They let him earn a few Air Miles on deep shots, and he responded.
For the game they held Pittsburgh to just 3-for-14 on 3rd down conversions and 1-3 on 4ths.
–I’ve done a disservice by waiting until now to mention the heroic work Elliot did.
But Elliot took the whole load on his mighty shoulders.
With 22 carries for 68 yards, 7 receptions on 8 targets and 72 yards and the touchdown.
And spent the rest of time picking up blitzes and so on, 52 total snaps.
I still can’t believe he was available as late in the summer as the Pats got him.
But I shudder to think how bad this would all be if he hadn’t signed here.
–My favorite Christmas song so far this year is “Sarcastic Cheers,” by Steelers Fans.
I’m not looking for a phone that will stop a bullet or survive a thermonuclear blast.
I’d just like the screen not to crack when I drop it off the side of the toilet.
Clearly knowing what willgrab the attention of a predominantly male audienceis not your thing.
It’s a… miracle.
It’s really a sort of a miracle."
Bless us all, everyone.
