Yesterday, Thomas said he got stuck in traffic because of the snow.
“There’s one thing about Mother Nature - you can’t control that,’’ Thomas said. “You can’t run people over getting to work. There’s nothing to apolo gize about. I wasn’t trying to be late.
“You leave home, there are people there, cars sitting in the road, you’re sitting there, what are you gonna do? It’s not the Jetsons. I can’t jump up and fly.’’
Beautiful. Wonder if AD had his dog, Astro, riding shotgun.
I can imagine Astro taking a look at the snowy backup on Route 1 and saying, “Ruh-roh.’’
A talk-show caller suggested Bob Kraft build a ramp from Adalius’s house to the stadium - something to go with the bogus bridge the Krafts are trying to wring out of the federal stimulus package.
But seriously, folks, the Carolina Panthers are here in a couple of days and there’s a bad moon rising over the House of Belichick.
Sure, the Patriots are still in great shape to make the playoffs. They have a one-game lead in the division and four tomato cans lined up for the final month (OK, technically Jacksonville could be a playoff team). They have yet to lose a home game, and if they played Denver here in the first round of the playoffs (which is the way it would go if the tournament started today), I’d put my money on the Belichickmen.
But who has a good feeling about the Local 11?? They have yet to win a legitimate road game and they’ve lost three of four for the first time since 2002. They blew a 17-point lead in Indianapolis and a 14-point lead in Miami. They’ve blown three fourth-quarter leads. The 6-6 Steelers have won two Super Bowls since the last time the Patriots won a Super Bowl.
Locker room grumbling traditionally goes hand-in-hand with losing, and the Patriots are no exception.
Several players did not appear to be taking the loss too hard in Miami Sunday. Three days later, four players were late for practice. Yesterday, Thomas made light of the matter, refused to apologize, and issued what appeared to be a challenge to his coach.
