NFL Network

I know I post a lot of stuff saying Must Read! Must Read! Well here’s the definitive list of what you, a true Patriots fan, needs to watch/listen/read so that you can educate yourself about the team and sport, without all the crazy mediots telling you why the Patriots are stupid.

1. NFL Playbook – they do four shows a week. Tuesday and Wednesday are the review shows where they look back at the games from the past weekend. Then Thursday and Friday we get the AFC and NFC shows which preview the coming weekend’s games. Watch this show and you’ll gain a far better understanding of the sport of football. Mike Mayock is one of my personal heroes.

2. Patriots All Access – there’s really no excuse not to watch this, you can watch it online if you’re not in the Boston area. Nowhere else will you get better…well… access inside the Patriots organization. From player profiles, to video from the sidelines and in the locker room, to the Bill Belichick Breakdowns where he shows film stuff… it’s can’t miss TV for Patriots fans.

3. Mike Reiss/Tedy Bruschi Podcast – This is a new addition this season but you get Reiss, the best beat reporter in the NFL, and Brufasa (yes that’s Tedy’s twitter real twitter account, you’d know that if you listened to this podcast) giving an inside look at the Patriots. 

4. PatsPropaganda.com – okay I put this here as a joke, kinda.

5. WEEI Bill Belichick Interview – these are usually posted on Monday afternoon and nowhere else will you find a more close-to-candid Bill Belichick. You get really great insight, and Ordway et al usually avoid stupid questions they know won’t be answered. And by usually I mean, at least once per episode they still ask something they already know the answer to, or at least how it will be answered, but you get the point. 

Honorable Mention:

WEEI Coffee With the Quarterback – would be higher if I didn’t hate Dennis & Callahan.

ESPN’s NFL Matchup – I might watch this if I hadn’t sworn off ESPN.

Inside the NFL – more highlights, less talking guys.

Vince Wilfork Patriots Friday WEEI Interview – this would be number 6 in the must listen list, but I had to cut it at 5 because top 6 lists are stupid.