Quote of the Day

SPORTING GOODS

“Everyone has a bad day now and again. We just didn’t expect it to be like this.”

— Chris Covill of Coventry, R.I. on yesterday's Pats' loss

For the second time in four years I'm mystified as to how a team can look like world beaters for a season (or, at least, for much of it) and then play like chumps at crunch time.

In my crestfallen state, I'll obviously have to adopt my Red Sox frame of mind—expecting little, but being happy when they do well—when it comes to the Patriots.

(And pitchers and catchers can report to their respective spring training camps exactly one month from today.)

UPDATE — NESN blogs what I've had on my mind for the last twenty hours.