Connelly’s Top Ten - Enjoy Every Second! It Won’t Last Forever
1. Game Preview Stats
* Goff last seven games……..7 TD - 7 INT / 58.8% completion / 8 sacks
* Brady’s last seven games..12 TD - 6 INT / 68.6% completion / 5 sacks
* Rams 4-3 against playoff teams / Patriots 6-0
* Rams PLUS 11 in turnovers
* Scored TD’s 40 yards or more 5 / allowed 6
* Brandin Cooks has played on three different teams the last three years and averaged 74 receptions / 1,133 yards / 7 TD
* Did you know that the Rams kicker (hurt), punter (sick), and kick returner were all voted to the pro-bowl
* Did you know Stephon Gilmore was voted onto the All Pro but not the Pro Bowl team
* Top seven salaries for Rams are on the defensive side
* Rams spent $92mm on defense - Patriots $72mm
* McCourty, Gronk, Allen, Hightower and Clayborn make up $41mm of Pats payroll
2. Gostkowski vs. Vinatieri in postseason:
Gostkowski - 27 games - 41 attempts - 37 made - 90.2%
Vinatieri……..32 games - 69 attempts - 56 made - 81.2%
3. Patriots score stuff
* Outscored in the first quarter in eight Super Bowls - 24-3 (never scored a TD)
* Lost six of eight coin tosses
* Patriots have scored 202 points / allowed 198 points in eight Super Bowls
* OVER / UNDER in eight Super Bowls 4-4
* Patriots have only been underdog in one of the seven games - Rams favored 14
4. The final four QB’s in the NFL this year - Brees, Mahomes, Brady, Goff - played in 72 of 72 games
5. Some Celtic stats:
* When Irving doesn’t play team is 36-19 (.655)
* When he does play…………………62-34 (.646)
* When Rozier takes 10+ shots…..38-16 (.703) (last two years)
6. NBA is not cooperating with the Celtics first round picks:
8th - Memphis holds on to it if they are in the top 8 - they are tanking lost 9 of last 10
13th - Sacramento pick
18th - Clippers pick
23rd - Their own pick
7. Amazing Stat - Patriots really needed an advantage (that’s sarcasm):
Patriots since Deflategate…60-16 (833%)
Patriots since Videogate….167-50 (.769%)
8. Old School - In Joe Montana‘s last AFC Championship game:
* Age 37 - 1993
* 9 for 23
* 125 yards
* Sacked twice
* 1 interception / 0 TD
9. Just a Little Bit Outside - Children of sports celebrities that have caused problems or ACCUSED of causing problems:
* Gary Player’s son - Fraud
* Nick Van Exel’s son - murder
* NFL player Antonio Armstrong son killed his father and mother
* Reds pitcher Clay Carroll‘s son - shot his father / killed mother
* Barry Bond’s son - threw door knob at mother
* Pete Rose‘s son - drug trafficking
* Guy Lafleur son - Underage relationship
* Andy Reid‘s son - Drugs / died
* Erik Williams of Cowboys - connected to double murder
* Pat Bowlen owner of Broncos son - domestic abuse
* Lawrence Taylor‘ son - molestation of minor
* Kellen Winslow son - rape
* Pele’s son - drug trafficking
* Glen Rice son - assault
* Tori Hunter’s son - sex assault
* Don Mattingly son - confrontation with mother
* Fred McGriff‘s son - left dog in car (Crime Dog)
* John McInroe’s son drugs
* Scottie Pippen’s daughter - public urination
10. Randomocity
* Al Gore was at Davos a meeting for self-important people last week talking about global warming - on another note - its f-ing cold out
* Interesting that Belichick wrote letters to the Hall of Fame committee on behalf of Ty Law and Richard Seymour after both were unpleasant to their coach at the end
* Pat Mahomes father was once arrested at his son’s college game for intoxication
* TV Series - You on Netflix B - / Sex Education on Netflix - B /
* Did you see rapper - Chris Brown was arrested in Paris - was wearing Bruins gear
* Amazing that Felger has carved out such a career in this town hating the home teams
* A legal expert on gambling stated that this will be the last Super Bowl that you won’t be able to bet on sports in Massachusetts
