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Patshow 114: Raiders Wrap, Cooks Big Gainer and my Grasshopper Pie Recipe!

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Here’s today’s latest episode of Patshow, shot live today at MediaBoss studios in Framingham. It’s a full hour of me and your old pal Fitzy (aka Nick Stevens) talking Pats. We’re also excited to announce that the Electro Breakdown Zone is now brought to you by Energizer! Please check out our dedicated show page and help support Patshow!

This is our Thanksgiving show and on it I mentioned my favorite pie was Grasshopper Pie. Here’s the recipe for those out there who’d like to make it!

 

20-30 Oreos

1 Stick of Melted Butter

1 small jar of Marshmallow Fluff

8oz whipping cream

1/4 cup Creme De Menthe

Crush the Oreos in a food processor. Pile them into a 9″ pie dish. Pour the melted butter in and mash the Oreos and butter together with a fork, and slowly push it into the pie crust shape. Put in freezer while you make the filling.

Blend the Creme de Menthe together with the fluff. It takes a little work but eventually it all comes together.

Whip the cream and fold it in with the green fluff mix.

Pour into Oreo crust. Sprinkle some extra Oreo crumbs on top and freeze. Overnight is best.

Cooks-ing with Gas: Return of the Deeeeep Threat

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When the Patriots signed Brandin Cooks this offseason the excitement about adding a weapon with Cooks’ deep speed was palpable in Patriots nation. After all we’d been led to believe that Tom Brady could no longer throw deep without Randy Moss, that the Patriots ran a gimmick offense that relied on the “dink and dunk” that any quarterback could run. Why haven’t more teams adopted that easy offensive philosophy was just a question whose answer eluded even the most stat-backed football pundit.

Here we are, 10 games into the season and there’s no question any more that the deep ball is certainly back in New England, though it never really left except from people’s perceptions. Cooks has caught 12 balls longer than 20 yards, including catches of 62 (season-long) and 52 against the Raiders and the Pats are rolling, pushing the betting odds for Patriots vs. Dolphins game to another stratosphere.

It wasn’t instant out-of-the-gate unstoppability like it was with Randy Moss, but the addition of Cooks has finally put the deep pass back on the front burner for defenses. There’s no more crowding the line, taking away the quick passes and daring Brady to throw down the field. Now, the downfield attack is coming, and defenses are wise to protect themselves from it.

Let’s take a closer look at the two big Cooks plays from the Raiders game, and examine how the Patriots are making these big plays.

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