Houston now making excuses

[Patjew]

Were no Jetsons cars available?

 

[SEA_Pat]

I think we should accept their excuse. Then, whenever you're late/tired/dopey at work, just say you're "zonked" from the commute.

 

[Pat the Pats Fan]

OK so their head coach and defensive coach are both very experienced with Gillette and the local traffic patterns. And they stayed in Waltham? And somehow this isn't entirely their fault?

They were worried about having their walk through filmed by drones, Waltham was out of range

 

[Pat the Pats Fan]

And mallet who was driving the bus missed the bus completely...

 

[TheFlyingWedge]

Always seems to happen in Foxborough, yeah I said it.

Mike Tomlin would agree

 

[ausbacker]

Understandable. Traffic jams have been known to create a significant gulf in coaching talent, preparedness, and player execution. I buy Houston's explanation and wholeheartedly believe they would have wiped the floor with New England had it not been for traffic.

 

[oldrover]

Understandable. Traffic jams have been known to create a significant gulf in coaching talent, preparedness, and player execution. I buy Houston's explanation and wholeheartedly believe they would have wiped the floor with New England had it not been for traffic.

Dude, you pegged the needle!!!

 

[Jackson 2]

Waltham? Nothing available in Hartford?

 

[Calhoun44]

Just another reason (among thousands) to love Waltham.

 

[PatsFanSince74]

What's next? "My dog ate the playbook" ?

NO!
Jastremski and McNally eat the playbooks. Can't you people keep anything straight? Cheesh!

 

[PatsFanInVa]

And it is more probable than not that Tom Brady was generally aware of the traffic patterns on the way to the stadium.

 

[PatsFanInVa]

Dude, you pegged the needle!!!

Is that the logo gauge or the non-logo gauge?

 

[PatsFanSince74]

Waltham? Whiskey Tango Foxtrot to the nth degree!

The ****ing idiots probably stayed there because they didn't want to stay in a hotel near Foxboro that the Patriots had "bugged." God, don't ya love how deeply Belichick and the Pats have gotten into the heads of the rest of the NFL?

Then they were dumb enough not to have an Advance guy make the drive in traffic at the same time a day before to see how long it would take...or maybe they could just have, like, asked somebody?

The ButtHurt continues. The ButtHurt grows. Long live the Butthurt!

 

[PatsFanSince74]

Don't away teams normally stay in providence?

The Pats have all the hotels there bugged.

 

[Triumph]

Houston has worse traffic than Boston.

Report unsurprisingly has Houston among U.S. worst for traffic

I was there for 10 weeks in 2014. Just going to the grocery store or Costco was a battle.

If I had to live there now, I would sell cars or tires and be a millionaire.

 

[PatsFanInVa]

"The whole region's a phone."

 

[AtomicDawg]

 

[Triumph]

That's exactly what I was thinking when I read this...Houston has worse traffic than Mass. Lame excuse.

I dunno. I've commuted in places like DC, NYC, Phoenix, Tampa, etc. I plan ahead. Maybe that's just the big difference between the Pats and the rest of the NFL; we have a sense of professionalism.

DC is a nightmare. I almost moved there, but opted out because I dont wont to spend half my life stuck in traffic.

Atlanta is a ****storm too

 

[Triumph]

As per the new NFL rule, from now on the Patriots must transport Gillette Stadium to a location near the visiting teams hotel.

Or provide transportation for the visiting team.

The refs check the gas tanks and psi in the tires of the buses prior to leaving the hotel.

 

[Triumph]

#runninglategate

Goodell will have Ted Wells look in to it Monday morning.