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The Patriots quarterback had a pedestrian performance going 19 for 32 for 192 yards and a touchdown. Brady also had his weekly bad interception. He needs to heal up and improve if NewEngland plans on going anywhere in the postseason. Randy Moss was virtually invisible the whole game He only had one catch for 16 yards and a costly fumbled. He never seemed in the game, perhaps there are lingering effects from “Lategate.” Well that was the bad and now the good. The running game was effective. Maroney, Morris, and Faulk combined for 185 yards on the ground. Kevin Faulk scored the game tying touchdown with a 3 yard run in the second quarter. However, Morris put the ball on the ground. Well, Wes Welker is Wes Welker. The team’s offensive MVP continues to save the Patriots bacon. Timely catches. Hard faught yards. Taking jarring hits. Welker finished the game with 10 catches for 105 yards. He had 3 catches for 37 yards and a very important go ahead touchdown. The offense overcame their miscues and saved face with their 13 play, 96 yard drive which was capped by Watson’s touchdown. Brady and the boys need to work out the kinks before they face division foe Buffalo.

Remember that the Bills had them out the ropes opening night. The Adalius Thomas-less defense played well but they had their weekly mental breakdown. Carolina back up quarterback, Matt Moore found Steve Smith for a 41 yard strike to give the Panthers the 7-0 lead. The potent Carolina running game was contained somewhat even though they amassed 126 yards. The New England defense got some pressure on Matt Moore something they couldn’t do against Miami’s Chad Henne last week. Gary Guyton and Derrick Burgess, who were members of the “Tardy Tribe”, came to play.

Against good teams their miscues will be converted into points. There will be no room for error. However, the Patriots find ways to beat lesser opponents (unlike Pittsburgh) as good teams should. New England was good, bad, and won ugly today in Foxboro. Come January, an effort like this will snuff their Super Bowl dreams pretty quickly. Joe Gill is a featured blogger for Boston Sports Then and Now, Rootzoo and Trufan . By JOHN P. WISE One Great SeasonPHILADELPHIA Even a tradition as long and storied as the one shared by Army and Navy had room for another first on Saturday.Tired of getting lost in the shuffle of the new age of college football's conference championships, the sides agreed to play on the second Saturday of December for the first time in the history of the rivalry.The Army-Navy game, now taking center stage. No distractions, no games on competing networks.What was not a first was the absence of two things: BCS implications and exciting football. But if you turn on Army-Navy expecting exciting football, you probably buy Playboy to read the articles.Tradition, tradition, tradition. That's what Army-Navy is all about, and I'm excited I got to end the OGS tour at Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field Saturday getting one final Gameday Gallery together.

Click here to see it . This article is also featured on One Great Season. (Reuters) - A huge drop in Russian gas exports to Europe since January 2 has forced many countries to start draining reserves, which ranged from 69 to 81 percent full on January 5, according to data from gas storage operators. World RussiaBut many countries can meet most of their normal winter for gas this month with gas in storage.Some, like Germany cannot meet peak winter demand with storage alone, but many including Germany and France, get gas from other suppliers like Norway so would not need to cover all their gas needs with storage even if all flows from Russia stopped.Following are details on the extent of gas storage capacity in several European countries.The data comes from the International Energy Agency and Gas Storage Europe, an umbrella group of commercial gas storage operators.Up to date stock level data is not available for all countries, because GSE groups smaller countries together and the latest levels can be seen here:Where there are discrepancies between IEA and GSE data averages of the two have been used or ranges given.Please note: Daily peak delivery capacity figures represent the maximum amount of gas that could be taken out of a country's storage facility when it is full.As stock levels fall, the rate at which the remaining gas can be withdrawn falls because of lower pressure in the storage site.As such, the figure given for the number of days that gas reserves can be drained at full flow is a minimum period. Inreality the stocks would last longer but the amount of fuel that could be extracted each day would also decrease.AUSTRIAStock capacity : 4,020 million cubic meters (mcm)Capacity for Austrian use : 2,120 mcmDaily peak delivery capacity for Austria: 25 mcmJanuary 2006 consumption: 42 mcm/dayMax pct of daily demand that can be met by storage: 60 pctTime taken to empty storage at max flow from full: 85 daysTime to empty storage from 70 pct full (max flow): 60 daysBULGARIAStock capacity: 350 mcmDaily peak delivery capacity: 3.4 mcmTypical January consumption: 12 mcm/dayMax pct of daily demand that can be met by storage: 28 pctTime taken to empty storage at max flow from full: 103 daysTime to empty storage from 70 pct full (max flow): 72 daysCZECH REPUBLICStock capacity: 2,320 mcmDaily peak delivery capacity: 40 mcmTypical January consumption: NATime taken to empty storage at max flow from full: 58 daysTime to empty storage from 70 pct full (max flow): 40 daysFRANCEStock capacity: 11,400 mcmDaily peak delivery capacity: 200 mcmJanuary 2006 consumption: 226 mcm/dayMax pct of daily demand that can be met by stores: 88 pctTime taken to empty storage at max flow from full: 57 daysTime to empty storage from 70 pct full (max flow): 40 daysGERMANYStock capacity: 18,700 mcmDaily peak delivery capacity: 295 mcm (GSE) - 460 mcm (IEA)Typical January consumption: 516 mcm/dayMax pct of daily demand that can be met by stores: 57-90 pctTime to empty storage at max flow from full: 40-63 daysTime to empty storage from 70 pct full(max flow): 28-44 daysHUNGARYStock capacity: 3,720 mcmDaily peak delivery capacity: 60 mcmAverage daily consumption in January 2006: 70 mcm/dayMax pct of daily demand that can be met by storage: 85 pctTime to empty storage at max flow from full: 62 daysTime to empty storage from 70 pct full (max flow): 43 daysITALYStock capacity: 13,500 mcm Daily peak delivery capacity: 253 mcm (GSE) - 300 mcm (IEA)January 2006 consumption: 387 mcm/dayMax pct of daily demand that can be met by stores: 65-78 pctTime to empty storage at max flow from full: 45-53 daysTime to empty storage from 70 pct (max flow): 28-44 daysPOLANDStock capacity: 1,640 mcmDaily peak delivery capacity: 20 mcm (IEA) to 34 mcm (GSE)Average January consumption: 71 mcm/dayMax pct of daily demand that can be met by stores: 28-48 pctTime to empty storage at max flow from full: 48-82 daysTime to empty storage from 70 pct (max flow): 34-57 daysSLOVAKIAStock capacity: 2,600 mcmDaily peak delivery capacity: 34 mcmTypical January consumption: 32 mcm/dayMax pct of daily demand that can be met by stores: 106 pctTime to empty storage at max flow from full: 76 daysTime to empty storage from 70 pct (max flow): 53 daysTURKEYStock capacity: 3,000 mcmDaily peak delivery capacity: 18 mcmJanuary 2008 consumption: 116 mcm/dayMax pct of daily demand that can be met by stores: 15 pctTime to empty storage at max flow from full: 166 daysTime to empty storage from 70 pct (max flow): 116 days Some storage capacity in Austria is not for use in Austria and serves neighboring countries in the Baumgarten gas hub. 5.1 billion cubic meters of Italian gas stocks are strategic reserves which need government approval to be withdrawn.(Source: Reuters calculations, IEA and Gas Storage Europe)(Reporting by Daniel Fineren and Muriel Boselli) World Russia.