Things to consider while wondering if BenJarvus Green Ellis qualifies as a running back tandem:

*After the Blue Windbreaker Fiasco in Indy, I get physically nervous now at the start of the telecast that Belichick will be wearing something other than a gray sweatshirt. It's the same feeling as when I'm going be with my wife's family and I start dreading that my mother-in-law might be showing cleavage again.

*If you had "3rd minute of the 2nd quarter" in your "At What Point Will a Buffalo DB Knock the Ball Out of Ben Watson's Hands?" Pool, come to the courtesy desk to claim your prize.

*There's one thing seriously don't get. Why would anyone go the Gilletteside Krafteria Mall on game day? Maybe CBS Scene is the greatest sports bar on Earth, but wouldn't that mean you're paying $45 to park just so you can eat burgers and wings?

*I don't ask much of the announcing team, honestly. But is too much to ask that they stay on top of the injuries as they happen? Pierre Woods went in for Adalius Thomas sometime in the late 1st quarter, and not a mention was made of it until the middle of the 3rd. That would be the same Adalius Thomas who's been the best player on the Patriots defense for long stretches of the season and it doesn't merit a mention. Meanwhile they can't stop talking about Tom Brady's 7 minute season.

*Taking away nothing from proven NFL tough guys, but you get an ice cold bucket of Industrial Strength Perspective dumped over your head when you see all those active military people standing on the sideline. There's not a man or woman among them that couldn't kill the toughest guy in football with a facial expression.

*That said, would it have killed someone to fetch them some folding chairs?

*I'd like to see the Patriots someday erect a statue of Brady like the one BC put up of Doug Flutie. They could also do one of Drew Bledsoe, but it would more mobile in the pocket than Drew was.

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