New England Patriots vs. the Miami Dolphins a recap

The now 15-0 New England Patriots have one game left to play to be the first team in league history to go undefeated. Although that is not their ultimate goal, I would bet that they are thrilled to be able to play for the record.

View my pre game synopsis at the Active Rain Real Estate Network.

The Pats started off pretty well as they stopped the Dolphins on their first possession. Then Brady and the Pats marched down the field and Brady hit Moss on an 11 yard pass play for their first score.

As the first quarter neared the end Laurence Maroney scampered for 51 yards to the Dolphins 28. Maroney’s longest run of his career. A few plays later Brady hit Moss from 1 yard out to bring Moss to within one catch of tying Jerry Rice’s record of 22 Touchdown catches.

The Dolphins go three and out as they start the second quarter. The Pats have a third and one and Brady hands off to Laurence Maroney and he jets off tackle and rumbles for 59 yards this time and scores. Breaking his career long 51 yards just a few minutes earlier. He sure did cover a lot of real estate so far in this game.

On the Dolphins next series they went three and out again and were forced to punt. In is first game back and probbaly his last regular season game at Gillette Troy Brown was to receive this punt. I don’t know what happened but the ball hit his face guard and was ruled a muff as the Dolphins recovered. Thank goodness the Dolphins went three and out and Wes Welker went in to field this punt.

A little more than half way through the second quarter Brady hits Jabbar Gaffney for a needle threading 48 yard touchdown pass. The Dolphins defender missed the interception by a whisker. Credit Gaffney for keeping his eye on the ball.

At the half the New England Patriots 28 Miami Dolphins 0

The second half was boring as all get out. The Pats could barely muster a decent drive.

The Dolphins barely threatened the rest of the game except for a drive that left them on the one inch line as quaterback Cleo Lemon tried to get the ball over the pilon at the goal line but failed. The Pats made a great oal line stance again.

The Dolphins finally mustered up a score to make it 28 to 7. Cleo Lemon hit Greg Camarillo for a 21 yard touchdown pass.

After that the game was quite boring. The Pats took Brady out at aound the 2 minute warning.

The Pats broke the single season touchdown mark with 71 breaking the Dolphins record set in 1984 with 70. Tom Brady has tied Dan Marino’s 48 touchdown passes and needs one more to tie Peyton Manning’s 49 and two to break it.

The Pats have scored 551 points this year and only need 5 more to tie the Vikings. Weather permitting next Saturday night this should not be a problem. All they need is two field goals or one touchdown to break the record.

The road to perfection travels to New York on Saturday evening at 8:15 PM on the NFL Network. Most New England fans will be able to watch the game on local TV. Thank goodness we have Direct TV.

The Pats can lose this game and still save face as their goal is to win the Super Bowl.

I will be really bummed if they lose to my childhood team Giants. The Super Bowl is the ultimate prize.

As the World Turns

As the world turns….

I’ve been thinking about the real estate boom in our area that was. For about the last ten years from 1995 to 2005 Home sales have skyrocketed and so have home prices.

While this expansion was gaining a full head of steam I noticed many new retail companies had come and gone. Service Merchandise, a Hallmark card shop, a mattress warehouse and a few other smaller stores in this strip mall all gave way to larger corporations like Home Depot, WalMart and Staples.

As homes were being built as quick as you could say new subdivision. Home prices and interest rates were going in opposite directions.

One thing that I have noticed is that Real Estate seems to make the world go round. When people buy homes they buy a lot of other things as well.

It starts when we sell that nice 3 bedroom 2 bath Colonial on 2 acres of land to the first time buyer. They are all excited and then they have their parents and friends over after they move in and the guests always seem to bring a nice house warming gift.

Maybe a new coffe maker or another appliance. The new owners go out and they buy a new washer and dryer, refrigerator, new curtains for all the rooms, a new kitchen table, then there is need for a new lawnmower or snow plow. Some people need new dishes to match the kitchen decor. They buy paint, wallpaper new flooring to finish off that room for the in-laws.

When people remodel the homes they buy they hire the plumber, the electrician, the landscaper, the carpenter, roofer, carpet install, hardwood floor installer etc..
So, I hope you get the gist of what I am trying to say because I really don’t like a real long blog.

REAL ESTATE makes the world go round.