Kris Brown

2010 begins with Wes Welker tearing ACL, MCL at Houston

January 5, 2010 by Law Murray | Arian Foster, Baltimore Ravens, BenJarvus Green-Ellis, Bernard Pollard, Brian Hoyer, Fred Taylor, Houston Texans, Kris Brown, Mario Williams, New England Patriots, Patriots defense, Reliant Stadium, Wes Welker, Wild Card Weekend

The new decade has already not been kind to the New England Patriots. On the Patriots' first drive of the game against the Houston Texans, WR Wes Welker made his 123rd catch of the season and ran for a first down (on third down, of course). As he saw Texans SS Bernard Pollard, he tried to juke hard to the left to elude him ... and in the process, he blew his left knee out. Just ugly. I mention Pollard because the irony of his presence is not lost on any Patriots fan; in the 2008 season opener against the Kansas City Chiefs, QB Tom Brady ... you know what happened. For the record, I didn't think Pollard should have been blamed for Brady's injury (he was blocked into him), and Welker's injury was non-contact. Welker just took a really bad step on the grass field at Reliant [...] Continue reading →

The Colts have saved themselves once again after beating the now 5-4 Houston Texans, 23-20. The Colts started out great. And Manning was on fire, having already over 175 passing yards at the end of the first quarter. It started off with seven-yard touchdown pass between Manning and Addai. Then, later in the first quarter, Matt Stover kicked a 22-yard field-goal to boost the Colts lead up to 10-0. Stover returned in the start of second quarter, booting another [...] Continue reading →