The New England Patriots, bad losers to the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, 30-17, have some company.
Me.
Normally, a 10-5 week, in this crazy anybody-can-beat-anybody NFL, is pretty good.
Not so in Week 15. Not even close
Normally, each week we award 10 T-shirts if you pick more winners than I do. There is a caveat: If you not only pick more winners and get the Patriots point total (17) — the first tiebreaker — exactly right, you win a T-shirt.
Well, 32 entries did that, picking 11 or more wins.
My biggest failure was a Monday night game. I chose the Raiders, at home, against the Atlanta Falcons. By being wrong, there were 16 additional winners.
My bad.
Two weeks ago, only three entries beat. I guess everything evens out, right?
The Week 15 winners
Daniel DiBella of Methuen
Linda Hamilton of Methuen
Thomas Fournier of Derry, N.H.
Carl McDonald of Hampstead, N.H.
Carol Goss of Derry, N.H.
Laurie Warden of Tewksbury
Patricia Archibald of East Hampstead, N.H.
Kevin Dennehy of North Andover
Joe Gajewski of Haverhill
Bill Butler of Haverhill
Mary Cate Connors of Lawrenceville, N.J.
Lynda Scholz of Lawrence
Ralph Perez of Methuen
Daniel Koerner of Dracut
Charlotte Carter of North Andover
Rich Rosenthal of North Andover
Chip DiPietro of North Reading
Vincent Puccio of Wilmington
Raymond Metthe of Haverhill
John Armano of North Andover
Armand Boucher of Methuen
Don DiMatteo of Atkinson, N.H.
Ron Savastano of Methuen
Dave Heidler of East Hampstead, N.H.
George Assad of North Andover
Richard Davis of Haverhill
Jim Dexter of Methuen
Billy Indoccio of Lawrence
Adam Sullivan of Atkinson, N.H.
Sonny Belivea of Methuen
Bob Dyleski of Salem, N.H.