I’m all for any alternative to watching the Red Sox right now, but am I wrong in thinking that the signal-to-noise ratio for the Patriots’ preseason matchup with the Giants Thursday night was way too high?
I get the intrigue regarding which of the notoriously failed former head coaches, Joe Judge or Matt Patricia, is going to call the plays on offense. Thursday night, it turned out that both got a turn at the wheel, which would be unorthodox and concerning if the game had any stakes at all.
Bill Belichick has been obtuse and defiant about the play-caller situation, but that’s nothing new, and I figure he deserves a greater benefit of the doubt than any other coach in NFL history.