still not as good as their stats show, apparently

i headed up to WDW late Sunday morning. when i got there, it was drizzling, so i headed over to ESPN Club, figuring i would take the opportunity to see the Patriots game.

yeah. me & two hundred other Patriots fans.

i was starving & part of my plan had been to get some lunch but there were no tables available, and not so much as two inches of space at the bar. right nearby me was a group of women, all in t-shirts reading "The Bruschi Bandwagon," some of them wearing Sox caps as well. i managed score a corner of their table for the rest of the game. i'm thinking my Mike Lowell jersey helped out with that -- you know, kindness to your fellow fan & all that.

as i watched the Patriots absolutely obliterate the Dolphins (sorry, Debi), i came to some conclusions:

1. Tom Brady has always been able to throw to whatever receivers he was given to work with, but seeing him throw to receivers of the quality he has this season is mind-boggling. seriously, Tom threw for *six* touchdowns & he didn't even play the whole game!

2. i like Wes Welker more each week. he is a perfect fit in New England.

3. it must make Miami nervous to have players that perform well against the Patriots, because it seems as soon as that player reaches free agency, it's a ticket to Foxboro.

4. i cannot believe Ronnie Brown's season is done. and of course i have him on one of my fantasy teams. that really stinks.

5. i am not feeling particularly confident in Matt Cassel after seeing him come in & immediately throw an interception that got returned for a touchdown. the rookie, Matt Gutierrez, looked better than Cassel did!

6. Randy Moss has been a better addition to the team than i ever would have believed. not only for his production, but he hasn't been a lick of trouble, even though he has to deal with Tom's style of spreading the ball all around.

last night, while watching the Colts on Monday Night Football though, something really ticked me off. i know that the Patriots have received a lot of attention, and that some people feel Peyton is being overlooked this season -- though i say far from being underrated, we all expect it of Peyton at this point, but Brady has been a surprise this season, with astronomical numbers. that wasn't what upset me though. talking about both teams being undefeated, the Patriots are *still* being slighted, even though they have now won seven games to Indy's six, due to the bye week. i am astounded that people are still claiming that the Patriots have not played any teams that were harder opponents than the Colts have faced, and so the Colts being 6-0 is still more impressive than the Patriots being 7-0. call me crazy but i thought defeating the 5-0 Cowboys would at least qualify as "a win against a real team." apparently not.

the extremes in media opinion on the Patriots are ridiculous. half claim the 2007 Patriots are the best team in NFL history and will go 16-0, and half claim the Patriots are not really that great & have proven nothing because they haven't played a team worth mentioning yet. sometimes i wish the media would just shut up already.