Week nine The game: Patriots at Titans The beer: Notch Kölsch Cologne-Style Ale The result: Loss, 20–17 The record: 2–7 Week ten The game: Patriots at Bears The beer: Newburyport 110 Copper Ale The result: Win, 19–3 The record: 3–7 Week eleven The game: Rams at Patriots The beer: Night Shift Dunkel John’s Band Lager […]
The game: Colts “at” Patriots (in Frankfurt) The beer: Stoneface Slopeside Milk Stout The result: Loss, 10–6 The method: NFL+ The record: 2–8 The headline: “Hey you! You’re losing! You’re losing! You’re losing! You’re losing!” – Can, “Vitamin C” The commentary: He’s like the backup quarterback who comes in in the fourth quarter, so don’t […]
Week nine The game: Colts at Patriots The beer: Channel Marker Losing Daylight Dark Mild Ale The result: Win, 26–3 The method: Live via Paramount+ Week ten (bye) The beer: Hopothecary Bavarian Analgesic Märzen-Style Ale The headline: “Flush you like my toilet!” – ESG, “Erase You” The commentary: G. played me Ray Parker (Jr.)’s “Ghostbusters” […]
The game: Patriots at Colts The beer: True North Midnight Snow Black India Pale Ale The result: Loss, 27–17 The method: Live via Paramount+ The headline: “Stand on rocks that once were buildings.” – Osees Thee Oh Sees, “You Will Find It Here” The commentary: Observe and rue what remains of a destroyed past, eh? […]
Week five The game: Colts at Patriots The beer: Campanology For Whom Imperial Mexican Stout The result: Win, 38–24 Week six The game: Chiefs at Patriots The beer: Ballast Point Indra Kunindra Stout The result: Win, 43–40 Week seven The game: Patriots at Bears The beer: Ipswich Dark Ale The result: Win, 38–31 The commentary: […]
Week four (bye) The beer: Oskar Blues Pinner Throwback India Pale Ale The result: Raiders/Jarrod lose, 22–20 The commentary: Jay Cutler, of all people, has made me a better father. The Pats were off and my gambling hopes rested on, rested all over, the Silver and Black Attack. Or, precisely, rested against the Bears of […]
The game: Colts at Patriots The beer: Mystic Descendant Suffolk Dark Ale The result: Win, 45–7 The commentary: It went down as it was supposed to… and then some. Luck forced a couple of throws that, as against Denver, went the other way. What say you, Mike Wells of ESPN Indianapolis? Did these amount to […]
The game: Patriots at Colts The beer: Evil Twin Ashtray Heart Smoked Imperial Stout The result: Win, 42–20; Steelers win, 27–24 The commentary: “And then there were two.” So it goes as two more knock themselves out, including the Denver Cheater, who “actually” picked Baltimore last week. Right. The other lone survivor (?) also gnawed […]
The game: Colts at Patriots The beer: Berkshire Scotch Ale The result: Win, 43–22; Seth-Aaron, 5–0 The commentary: Quickly, here’s what I loved this week. Turnovers. The defense is trending in the right direction, even if they’re still lousy. But turnovers are the great equalizer and more Brady drives can only help against Manning and […]
The game: Colts at Patriots The beer: Notch Polotmavý Czech Amber Lager The result: Win, 59–24 The commentary: Guess who wouldn’t nap again! Like last week, our efforts were foiled when G. turned crib time into play time, followed by full-on holler time. As kickoff approached I scooped her up and tried to lie down […]
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