Moving on

WEEK 16
Bill Belichick likes to say after a loss (or a cheating scandal) "we're moving on." That's exactly what the Pats and their fans (and, please, the Sports Blabosphere) need to do. The Patriots beat the Jaguars 23-16 down in Florida but you wouldn't know it from the picture of Brady.

It was one of those ugly wins that playoff teams get. No one feels great about it when it's over but it goes in the W column and that's what counts. And the Pats are now 11-4 and still alive for a bye. That's what really counts.

Brady threw two picks in his first three possessions and at the end of the first quarter the 2-12 Jaguars led the defending AFC champs 13-3. Fortunately the Pats D was playing better than the Pats offense. And fortunately there's a reason the Jags only have two wins. Brady got his act together to lead touchdown drives in the second and third quarters and the team held on at the end with the help of two picks by Patrick Chung deep in Pats' territory. It would be good to see Chung get his game together for the playoffs.

And it would be good to see the Patriots start to play like the Patriots again. But we're moving on. I'm not even bothering with a "good" and "bad" review of this one. Time for the season finale at home against Miami. Word is it might snow. That should cheer up Patriots' fans.