best of the week

What. A. Week. I try to keep this just to a Patriots football blog as much as possible, but it was hard to avoid the Ray Rice/Adrian Peterson of it all this week.

The best thing to do is just focus on the game and the team that I love and try to ignore the noise, but the NFL really needs to get it together, from the Commissioner and owners all the way down to all the players.

Moving on, here’s the best stuff of the week, including plenty of analysis from yours truly. And just to throw it out there, if you’re thinking of attending the Pats-Broncos game we’ve got something very special in the works so lock down your plans asap!

PatsPropaganda – Vikings Gameplan 

Greg Bedard: Patriots Defense Has Problems

PatsPropaganda – All-22 Reviews: Offense. Defense.

PatsPropaganda – Three GIFs that defined the Patriots loss to Dolphins.

Just one more day until the Patriots kickoff the 2014 season! Hard to believe that we’re about to put another offseason behind us. In retrospect, I think the Pats addressed a lot of their weaknesses this offseason in ways they didn’t in years past. Is there depth ideal in some spots? Nope, but that’s the case with almost every NFL team. Still, I’ll put their front line against anyone. How this year plays out will depend on injuries and luck, both of which are unpredictable. But you know they’ll go after it with everything they’ve got.

Here’s the best of the week:

PatsPropaganda: Week 1 Gameplan

Erik Frenz/Bleacher Report: 10 Predictions for the Patriots season

Jeff Howe/Boston Herald: Persistent Bill Belichick grows into Champion

PatsPropaganda: 10 Patriots Who Will Breakout in 2014

Deadspin: Why Your Team Sucks: New England Patriots

Erik Frenz/Boston.com: What makes the Patriots offense so difficult for Wide Receivers?

I also announced a partnership with NRG this season which will mean lots of giveaways here on the site! Yay!

Welcome back to an in-season feature we did last year, linkage to the best Patriots reads of the week. So if you missed anything you can enjoy your Saturday breakfast while you catch up. 

Here’s the best of the week…

PatsPropaganda – Will Revis’ biggest impact for the Pats be on Brady?

ESPNBoston – Pats rookie report

Instagram Video: Revis pick sixes Brady

PatsPropaganda – Week One Regroup

Frenz/Boston.com – Rooks and vets coming together in secondary

Chris Price/WEEI – Secondary worked together in Arizona this offseason

PatsPropaganda – Is Brady to blame for playoff failures?

ProJo – Law and Revis are from the same hometown