Bob George's Archive:

Terry Glenn will become the next Irving Fryar. He will leave the Patriots, then some magic fairy will tranform him into the best model citizen this side of Jim Anderson or Ward Cleaver. Glenn will then look like Jerry Rice, and lead some other team to the Super Bowl.

he Patriots, their adversity wheelbarrow already overflowing with dirt, garbage and lots of mud and muck in general, graphically showed the poor New Orleans Saints exactly how they plan to deal with adversity for the rest of this year.

Terry Glenn no longer wants to remain a Patriot, and would like to be elsewhere for the 2002 season.

One thing is crystal clear about Sunday’s game against New Orleans. One man’s reputation for leadership is squarely on the line. He has reached a point where the next few months or so will make or break his career. These final six games of this season could go a long way in determining this person’s entire NFL legacy.

There is nothing worse than a losable game becoming a winnable game, and you lose it anyway.

Drew Bledsoe supposedly can play Sunday night. Words to die by? Unraveling of the 2001 Patriot season? Tom Brady’s doing so well, and now Bledsoe’s going to come in and louse everything up?

The Patriots did everything in their power to let the Bills hang around in this game. Between penalties, turnovers, careless execution, and head scratching play calling, the Bills were right there at the end of the game with a solid chance to win despite being outclassed the entire game.

If nothing else, just saying the words “trap game” is significant in and of itself.

The last time there was this much optimism in Patriot Nation, Brett Favre was the opposing quarterback.

Think you don’t know much about the Atlanta Falcons?

As jinx-breakers go, last year’s 28-19 win at Mile High Stadium was quite remarkable.

The phrase “Go Blue!” might mean more in Foxborough, Massachusetts than in Ann Arbor, Michigan right now.

Warrick Dunn rushed for 115 yards, and Drew Bledsoe was sacked three times by a ferocious Tampa Bay Buccaneer defense, as the Bucs stifled the New England Patriots, 20-3 in a preseason game Saturday night.

Led by three interceptions, the Patriot defense suffocated the Carolina Panthers, while third string quarterback Tom Brady tossed a touchdown pass to David Patten, leading the Patriots to a 23-8 exhibition win Saturday night.

Tuesday, August 15, 2001. On this day, Bill Belichick quite possibly took the 2001 Patriot campaign and flushed it down the drain. And it was the absolute correct thing to do.