BSJ Daily Briefing 10.21.19: After 11 days of rest, Patriots visit Jets; Bruins drop one in Toronto

Good morning!

A few random thoughts while I wonder how Aaron Rodgers suddenly walks on water after ripping through a porous Raiders defense...

• After what seems like a month off, the Patriots finally play another football game against the Jets.


• I think this is a perfect time for the Patriots to look somewhat competent on offense. Of course, I've been wrong from time to time.


• I wrote one piece on the Robert Kraft thing when news broke. Here's the extent of BSJ's coverage of the Brady video: We don't care.


• Of course the Texans lost to the Colts on Sunday.


• Derek Carr ... I don't care what your excuses are, that was a colossally dumb mistake that cost your team the lead and the game ... and you had already done that like two years ago!


• Dan Quinn should get put out of his misery.


• Josh Allen and Mitch Trubisky are still terrible. At least Allen wins. Both those teams should trade for a QB.


• Get ready for your Aaron Rodgers talk. He's great against a terrible defense and suddenly it's the greatest QB performance ever. Come on, man. Did you watch that game? The Raiders couldn't cover a nosebleed.


• Not exactly a picasso, Jimmy G, but you're 6-0. Schedule is about to get a lot harder.


• Chargers deserved to lose that game and every game. Spanos karma.


• Sean Payton has to be coach of the year to this point. Teddy Bridgewater is not that good.


• People will go nuts about the Ravens this week. Now they have a bye. Patriots will still shut Lamar Jackson down.


• What the heck happened to the Eagles?! How much fun is Lane Johnson having?


• Bruins dropped their second straight in a shootout, this time to the Maple Leafs and Mitch Marner, who celebrated like he scored his first squirt goal.

The patience.
The anticipation.
The celebration.

A view from the stands of tonight's OT winner. #LeafsForever pic.twitter.com/FcQ1crWRZn

— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) October 20, 2019

• The Maple Leafs still stink on defense. I mean, they're atrocious.


• That being said, can we be a little critical of the Bruins and not gloss over that they just lost two games. Since when do we give out charity points here?


• Congrats to the Revs on a fine comeback campaign. Hopefully they can carry it forward into next season.

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Cordarrelle Patterson reached 20.29 MPH on this 102-yard kick return TD to give the Bears their first points of the day (Saints lead 9-7).

Patterson has reached 20+ MPH on 3 special teams returns since 2018, tied for 4th-most in the NFL in that span.#NOvsCHI | #Bears100 pic.twitter.com/tQc1UiuN6S

— Next Gen Stats (@NextGenStats) October 20, 2019