The game: Patriots at Saints The beer: Tree House Patient Rover Munich-Style Dunkel Lager The result: Win, 25–19 The record: 4–2 The headline: “I turn and get by the other way around.” – The Jesus Lizard, “Pop Song” The commentary: Congratulations, friends, on another four-win season! Football is fun again and it only took six […]
The beer: Silvaticus Rex Czech Pale Lager The headline: “Don’t keep on tellin’ me everything’s OK, ’cause if it was then you wouldn’t be cryin’.” – Latimore, “Let’s Straighten It Out” The commentary: Latimore laid it all out during G’s and my hour-plus drive to Foxborough this week, with sentiment that could apply to two […]
The beer: SingleCut Frequency Lager The headline: “Don’t you know that I’ll always be true?” – Iron Butterfly, “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” The commentary: Three generations of Halfenhalfs returned to Patriots training camp after a year’s hiatus and it’s just as well we missed Matt Patricia’s failure to sit up straight and build a functional NFL offense. Good […]
The beer: Stella Artois Pilsner The headline: “She saw the MAC-10 and the bitch got the shits.” – Ice Cube, “Gangsta’s Fairytale 2” The commentary: Is Ice Cube out here puffing his chest on a victory tour? He predicted Mac Jones would beat out Cam Newton almost thirty goddamn years ago. Newton was three years […]
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Week one The game: Steelers at Patriots The beer: Four Quarters Blackboard Jungle Imperial Tropical Stout The result: Win, 33–3; Cowboys win, 35–17 Week two The game: Patriots at Dolphins The beer: Rapscallion Red Ale The result: Win, 43–0; Ravens win, 23 –17 Week three The game: Jets at Patriots The beer: Cisco 182.5 India […]
Get out there, old man The game: Patriots vs. Rams The beer: Epic Big Bad Baptist Imperial Stout The result: Win, 13–3 The commentary: Is this Super Bowl LIII recap, seven months after the fact, to be of the XLIX variety and feature a handful of Peter King-esque you-say-there-was-a-game observations? Or will it get the […]
The beer: Montauk Session India Pale Ale The commentary: “Bitter? Nah.” A little, actually. We almost missed training camp and that would have been a shame. The Patriots only release the open-to-the-public portion of the schedule a few dates at a time with little notice (shocker) and the lack of joint sessions with another team […]
The beer: Ipswich Blueberry Shandy The commentary: I dreamed I was Julian Edelman. On the goal line leading 4–2 (!) over the Buccaneers in the Super Bowl or the opening game—there was tension beyond what the scheduled week-four matchup deserves—“Julian” went in motion behind Brady and told him “I want a touchdown!” I/he scooted past […]
The beer: Samuel Adams Rebel India Pale Ale The commentary: Welcome back! Is your favorite team the reigning Super Bowl Champion? Is your favorite team-oriented podcast making “Highway to L” jokes? Has your daughter not yet outgrown her team apparel from two years ago? I’ll keep this short with kickoff a week away. Training camp […]
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