With the New England Patriots on a bye before their playoff game next Saturday night (8 p.m.) at Gillette Stadium, expect not much meaningful news to come out of Foxborough.
That is why I won't pay attention to practice news until next week. It means nothing when stars aren't practicing now. Moving on, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady won his second straight AFC Offensive Player of the Month award for December/January (since Week 17 ended on New Year's Day).
New England was 5-0 over that span (they're on an eight-game winning streak) and not surprisingly, Brady put up big numbers (124 of 190 for 1608 yards, 11 touchdowns, 2 interceptions).
In most seasons, Brady would be a shoe in for the NFL MVP award but not in 2011 which was the year of the quarterback. Aaron Rodgers of the Packers and Drew Brees of the Saints both had even more insane performances than Brady. Of course, all this talk of awards is ultimately meaningless. The Pats have lost their last three playoff games, including the last two at home (in their openers) so it's time for Brady and Co. to make a run deep into January.
The only other nugget of pertinent information related to the Patriots today is that rookie offensive lineman Marcus Cannon captured the 2011 Ed Block Courage Award as voted on by his teammates. I doubt anyone else received votes since who has a better or more inspiring story than him?
Keep in mind this weekend when you watch the AFC Divisional round games: if the Bengals beat the Texans, they'll come to Gillette. Otherwise it will come down to the winner of Steelers-Broncos.
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