Beatable

This week's NFL thought is brief and to the point, as I have just returned from Turkey Break and have a lot of laundry to do, papers to grade, exams to write, etc. etc. So I give you this, quickly:

The Pats are beatable. Very. They look terrifying and dominant because they run the score up on demoralized teams in the fourth quarter. But this week, they just barely won, at home, against a .500 team that has looked truly lousy at various points this year. Leading this near-victory was a downright mediocre backup QB with one more career TD pass (twenty-three) than INT, a gentleman who singlehandedly gave the game away by throwing two picks directly to the deeply-overrated Asante Samuel.

So, and this is not a new sentiment, this Pats team is the clear embodiment of all that is evil in sports.

But, and this is somewhat new (although the faithful but battered Colts showed us this a few weeks ago), they are definitely beatable. Mortal.

Heal up, Colts. We shall persevere.