Although the Patriots lost a close one to the Jets, last week ended up being a pretty good week for me in all areas of the fantasy football world.

#1: When Tom Brady goes down the Patriots whole team stops playing at a high level. The last time I checked Brady has never played defense, but apparently he had some affect on them. You can call it age if you want, but something changed when Brady left

Or I should say “Clash of the two teams that are undefeated wearing Titan’s jerseys.” Tennessee is 10-0 and the Jets (wearing Titan’s costumes) are 2-0.A Something’s gotta give! Last week’s victory against the Patriots validated the Brett Favre trade and allowed us Jets fans to enjoy a week of smiles and high fives.A It also gave

Ted Ginn Jr. and the rest of the Miami Dolphins are going for the season sweep of the New England Patriots which would put the Dolphins in sole possession of second place in the AFC East

Last week the Phins played an important game against the Oakland Raiders.

From: Boston Herald The Patriots released their Thursday participation report, and notable was the addition of LB Tedy Bruschi (knee), who was limited in today’s practice. CB Jonathan Wilhite, who missed Wednesday’s practice due to flu-like symptoms, is no longer on the participation report.

The fantasy playoffs are drawing near, and these next three weeks are crucial to a fantasy team in the midst of the playoff hunt. For all those managers out there desperate for help, here are my predictions for the studs and duds of Week 12.

Following some really good discussion at PatsFans.com and Adam’s NFL Site , we feel confident in projecting that the Patriots will receive the following compensatory draft picks in 2009. 3rd Round Compensatory Pick - From Asante Samuel Samuel’s $9 million average salary easily qualifies for a 3rd …

Just some quick links to catch up on a few things… The Bruins overcame a sloppy start to beat the Sabres 7-4. Catch up on all the Bruins talk at BruinsLinks.com

Last week was a very good one on my predictions as I went 11-4-1 and picked the exact score of the Titans Jaguars game. The playoff picture is now starting to shape up as teams are showing what they are really made of. At the beginning of the year everyone(myself included) was praising the Bills fast start to the season