{"id":10385,"date":"2016-09-12T14:24:12","date_gmt":"2016-09-12T18:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsnsports.net\/?p=10385"},"modified":"2016-09-12T14:24:12","modified_gmt":"2016-09-12T18:24:12","slug":"george-commos-blog-monday-91216","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsnsports.net\/blog\/article\/george-commos-blog-monday-91216\/","title":{"rendered":"George Commo&#8217;s Blog &#8211; Monday 9\/12\/16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When was the last time that Patriots fans were surprised to be 1-0? I&#8217;d say you would need to go back more than a few years. \u00a0The Pats beat Arizona last night on the road 23-21 in the season opener. No Brady, no Gronk, no Ninkovich, no problem &#8230; at least for one night &#8230; yes they did dodge a howitzer shell in the form of a 47 yard field goal at the end that went wide left but hey &#8230; a win is a win is a win, and all of a sudden the next three weeks without Brady &#8230; all in Foxboro &#8230; don&#8217;t look nearly as formidable as fans had thought.<\/p>\n<p>It was a wild opening day in the league \u00a0&#8230; I&#8217;ll use that as an excuse for a less than great 9-5 prognostication record heading into the final two games on the schedule tonight in Washington (I&#8217;ve got the Steelers) and San Francisco (I&#8217;ve got the Rams).<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile my high school weekend was better &#8230; 14-3 &#8230; as was my Free Press week &#8230; 10-4 &#8230; but there is still work to be done there.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A couple of other things &#8230; you&#8217;ve got to hope the Red Sox keep putting up runs &#8230; 24 in two wins &#8230; just 2 in a loss in Toronto. Next up back to Fenway and the Orioles starting tonight.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And if you care they are already playing exhibition games up north preparatory for the World Cup of Hockey \u00a0&#8230; TEAM U-S-A under Coach John Tortorella looks like they are going to try to run over teams physically &#8230; and a team to watch might be TEAM North America &#8230; the hybrid group of U-S and Canadian high draft picks 23 years old and under &#8230; they can FLY and will be a fun team to watch!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When was the last time that Patriots fans were surprised to be 1-0? I&#8217;d say you would need to go back more than a few years. \u00a0The Pats beat Arizona last night on the road 23-21 in the season opener. 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