NINE New England Tattoos...

In case ya'll didn't know, I have nine New England tattoos and I am huuuuuuuuungry for so many more!!!

Welcome to New England, James Harrison!

Who would have guessed that LB James Harrison's last game with the Steelers' would've have been against the Patriots? Who also would have guessed that the next team he signed with would be the New England Patriots? Well that's exactly what happened the day after Christmas. December 26, Harrison was spotted in Foxborough expected to sign with his ex-rival team.

Pittsburgh released the 39-year old veteran and two-time All-Pro. Harrison cleared the NFL's waivers. Now those that follow New England, or football in general, know that the team's interest in the veteran linebacker makes sense considering all of the injuries and the limited depth that the Patriots lack at the the linebacker position this season.

With the signing of Harrison, comes the release of LB Trevor Reilly. Harrison only played in five games in 2017 when he was with the Steelers before his release on December 23rd. He has spent 11 seasons in Pittsburgh, but spent the 2013 season in Cincinnati before re-signing with Pittsburgh in 2014. His stats are pretty impressive I must say. He has played in 192 games with 117 starts. With that comes 516 total tackles, 82 1/2 sacks, eight interceptions, 33 forced fumbles, and nine fumble recoveries. In the postseason, he has played in 19 postseason games with 12 starts. With that game a total of 77 tackles, 11 sacks, one interception and one forced fumble. I would love to see his numbers improve with this last game of the regular season with New England and to improve even more into the post-season as well.

All I know is that I'm so curious and anxious to see how he's going to perform for New England. I truly hope he's going to be such a great asset to the team and help us in the post-season! I want to see New England go on to get Ring #6 because let's face it, they fucking deserve it!!! All of the injuries we've faced this season: Julian Edelman, Dont'a Hightower, Malcolm Mitchell, Rex Burkhead, Stephen Gilmore (when he was out for several weeks), Chris Hogan, Martellus Bennett, Nate Ebner, Marcus Cannon, Cyrus Jones, Vincent Valentine, Derek Rivers, Shea McClellin and others in case I missed anybody.

But WELCOME TO THE TEAM, JAMES HARRISON!!!!!!!!!!!! We'll treat you right!!! ((Unlike Pittsburgh!))

Where'd You Get That?

So living in Indiana and being a New England Patriots' fan, it's super hard to find quality and original Patriots' attire. If you are like me, then let me tell you a little bit about where I shop to get some of the shirts that I have. I currently have 60 different New England articles of clothing of the shirt variety. T-shirts, long sleeve shirts, sweatshirts/hoodies, tank tops, and jerseys. This doesn't include hats, shoes, jewelry, etc.

Locally:

-Lids
-Sports Fanatics
-Marshalls

Online:
-Chowdaheadz (one of my favorite sites-ship super fast and if you rate your items and share the review on social media, you get 20% off your next order. This is where I got my Let's Gooooo, Belichick Ho Ho Ho, Brady's death glare, and Let's Party 5x Belichick shirts)
-JE11 website (obviously this one is great as well but because they produce the shirts as the orders come in, shipping takes forever)
-TB12 website (items are a bit pricier here but my first shirt came with a letter from Tom himself and the shipping did not take that long)
-GronkNation website (always seems to have some type of promo to go with his merchandise but the shipping also takes forever)
-NFL website
-Patriots' ProShop
-4th and Goal Apparel (ORIGINAL clothing that you will not find anywhere else. This is where I got my Greatest Ever shirt that has Brady standing as the #1 out of the numbers 1-2 on the front of the shirt; also ordered a Mrs. Amendola shirt but still waiting on my sucky ass delivery man to deliver that package)
-I Love Boston Sports (this site isn't that bad. This is where I got my Brady vs Everyone shirt and they have the many faces of Belichick shirt as well)

Patriots Win!

Bills vs Patriots: Week 16 Live Action

**This was written during the game so my apologies if this jumps around and doesn't make a lot of sense in some areas but whatever. I'm mainly doing this Live Action post during the game just so I can go back and reread it and kind of see what I'm like during games. I know I can be ridiculous in my own head and my own room when I'm watching by myself.**

Heading into this week, there is truly two main things that I am focused on: New England securing home field advantage with a win today and next week against the Jets and Gronkowski's protection from the Bills' defensive line. Gronkowski really put a target on his back by that late hit he put on White during their last matchup and now players on the Bills' defense are out for blood. There's no denying that. Richie Igconito even made a statement about it earlier on in the week, but honestly I don't think anybody gives a shit what that bullying piece of shit has to say. Remember his time in Miami before being cut?

Anyways, as I was saying, Gronkowski is known for his injuries. I mean, we've been to the Super Bowls without him due to him being injured in some form. Even though it is so important to me that New England gets home-field advantage today, protecting Gronk is just as important. I'm so tired of his injuries and so far this year, we've been a little lucky with that with him. It's bad enough Chris Hogan, James White, Rex Burkhead, Julian Edelman and all the others on the inactive and IR are out but losing Gronk just would not be good.

I mean, look at our other options at Tight End. We have Dwayne Allen, who we got from the Indianapolis Colts. He's managed to score only one touchdown this entire season so far and barely any catches. Surprise, surprise. Then we have Martellus Bennett that we claimed off of waivers after he was released from Green Bay. He's now on the Injured Reserve list due to his hamstring and shoulder. We do have rookie tight end Jacob Hollister, who's twin brother Cody Hollister was drafted by New England with his brother in the offseason but then was released and is now back on the practice squad for New England. I loved watching Hollister play during the preseason because he was a little bit of a beast for a rookie. Brady has already thrown to Hollister twice today which I like to see, but there's not been much gain with those passes to him. And yes, I'm typing this while I'm watching this game. What better way to say my viewpoint than to do it liveaction, right?!

I will admit that I go back and forth with Gronkowski. I love the man. I mean, he's a beast of a player, sexy as shit, hilarious and is such a young boy at heart but my God does that man stress me out and piss me off. Whether it's fake wrestling when he's supposed to be recovering from an injury after being out the rest of the previous season, rumored to ride a bull during the offseason or one of his many injuries making the team have to play without him during playoffs and Super Bowl appearances, he's so frustrating. The hit with White didn't help matters. I will say though that he did totally redeem himself last week against the Steelers. He was a badass. But enough about Gronk.

Home-field advantage is extremely important to me and always has been. I just feel like New England is more successful in the playoffs when they play at home. I love when the road to the Super Bowl runs through Foxborough because it is not easy for opposing teams to come to Foxborough and leave with a win.

Again, I find myself having to ask this question...when is our defense going to step it up today with this game? Yes it is only the beginning of the 2nd quarter, but come on. Buffalo converted third downs four times in their first series. Our defense did keep them to a field goal but still. I don't like it. You'll come to find that I don't like a lot of things during games but anyways. Keep the Bills' offense off the field and keep them from making great plays and passes. That's all I want.

I love listening to Tony Romo analyzing games. I didn't like him as a player because he was a Cowboy and was always injured it seemed. He just brings such a fresh voice to it and he knows his shit. He doesn't have that annoying Chris Collinsworth voice that keeps saying "Now here's a guy..." Like how many times does he have to say that? -_-

Yes, defense. Way to stop Taylor on 4th and 2.

That's the second time Brady has overthrown Brady but everyone was very well-defended. WHAT THE GODDAMN FUCK?! Throwing an interception on that fucking series for a motherfucking TOUCHDOWN? Are you fucking kidding me? Fucking bullshit.

Just because there was an interception does not mean that Buffalo is fucking going to the Playoffs. Shut the fuck up with that bullshit. Even if they did, they're going to be knocked out in the first goddamn round. Fuck Buffalo. Fuck their fans. Fuck that goddamn interception. Bullshit.

What the fuck is going on with these guys today? Brady's throwing is off. Thank God for Dion Lewis. Already he's my Player of the Game. What a fucking catch, Gronkowski baby!!!! THAT'S what we needed right there. Yes! 

So this is random but I bought two Gronkowski shirts from his website and they finally came Thursday and I pull out the shirt that just has the #87 on the front and look at the back. It says "GRONK 69." I just shook my head. Lol classic Gronk with his 69 infatuation. LOL

3rd and 4. Let's stop Buffalo from converting this time. Thank you for overthrowing #85. Now, let's get ahead of the Bills and get a touchdown during this next possession. Please!? 

Lewis is a player that I truly hope does not leave this team anytime soon. He's doing so damn much in this game. Like for real. Cooks could've caught that shit but PI. It almost looks like Cooks wasn't even looking for the damn ball and was just focused on Hyde.

Damn. I love seeing the sportsmanship that my team shows. This injury though could motivate Buffalo to play even harder and gotta step it up defense.

I agree with Romo. I don't think he has possession of the ball for that touchdown. His foot was a little bit above the ground. But they're going to give it to Buffalo. Wait for it. . . You can't say one minute that it is, Romo and then turnaround and say "I'm gonna go ahead and say that it is." So fucking dumb. Whatever. HAHAHAHA fucking yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! INCOMPLETE!!!

Come on defense. Geez louise.

I have to say that people are the biggest fucking crybabies when it comes to calls made during Patriots games. You know what? Shut the fuck up. Maybe if your teams were actually good, you'd have something to focus on besides bitching about New England. New England has many fucking things that go against them. One event in particular that comes to mind is the field goal that put the fucking Ravens advancing in the Playoffs a few years ago. Refs called it good when it was clearly not a good field goal. But you know what Brady did? He took the goddamn loss and didn't bitch about it. I am because I'm actually a New England fan. You all that keep on bitching, week end and week out are not even fans of the opposing teams. You just like to bitch about New England because they're better than your sorry ass teams will and could ever even think about being. A lot of the people that complain are Colts' fans but they weren't Colts' fans this year because they didn't have Luck so they choose to not root for them. What type of fanbase is that anyways? You don't have your star quarterback so you just don't even root for them anymore? When Brady was out for his torn ACL in 2008, Matt Cassel was the backup and guess what? I still rooted for New England. Brady was suspended last year for the first four games and guess what I fucking did? I STILL ROOTED FOR MY GODDAMN TEAM. Win or lose, TRUE fans stand by their team. Even when we enter the era of no Brady and no Belichick, I'm still going to be a Patriots fan because that's what true and real fans fucking do. You stand by your team. You don't give up on them during the season or when times are tough. You just don't. 

Of course, I got off on a tangent because I had to just get on Facebook and read some dumbass comments. I seriously would love for New England to win another Super Bowl just to shove it down all of the haters' fucking throats. But we have to play a little better than what we have lately, offensively and defensively.

Finally, the refs call a flag for New England on a PI. They almost never do that anymore! Come on guys, lets get this touchdown and make it 16-23 Patriots. PLEASE!?!??! Yes!!!!! Touchdown Gillislee!!!!! Alright, now if the defense can just step it up and stop Buffalo's offense, we'll be good.

Excellent missed field goal on the Bills' part. Heck yes, Dwayne Allen! Gain of 22 yards! That is what I'm talking about. Haven't done much this year but I like to see it when he does. It just sucks that he hasn't done more. Dion Lewis though. Have a game baby, have a game!!! Come on guys, let's get a touchdown!!! TOUCHDOWN LEWIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Again! Have a game baby, have yourself a fucking game!!!! YES!!!

Touchdown Lewis baby!!!!!! With that, I'm going to end this live posting and enjoy these last "4 minutes" of the game.

Merry Christmas.

VLOG from the Past: Championship Weekend Ramblings

Never posted this vlog on here when I did it last season. Just my ramblings from last seasons's championship weekend.