TOP 11 PATRIOTS EXCUSES FOR FAILING TO COVER THE SPREAD AGAINST THE RAVENS

by DMtShooter, Five Tool Tool

11. All these night games really tucker out Rodney Harrison and Junior Seau

10. Don Shula in the booth distracted them by making them think about all of those old Dolphins with nothing else to live for

9. Are kind of tempted to give the NFL Network a crap game for Week 17 against the Giants

8. Willis McGahee's enormous ego demands tribute

7. Brian Billick making smoochy faces can put anyone off their game

6. It was windy, and cold, and have we mentioned windy?

5. The referees didn't give them nearly enough help, and called three whole penalties on them, all in the fourth quarter

4. Adalius Thomas really made them think about losing as a gift to his old teammates

3. How were they supposed to know that their punter sucked?

2. Despite getting two extra chances to make a fourth down on the final drive, having a tipped ball hang in the air for an hour, getting two flags on the defense on the road and a borderline catch call in the end zone, just didn't get any breaks

1. Starting to have a hard time carrying this many media, regional, league and fan douchebags for all season