DarrylS

Nice piece, with comments from Rodney.. hope that his imput will be part of the coverage this year... concerned with all of the below, but #1 and #3 anticipate changing quite a bit as those must have been embarassing for BB...

These hot Patriots topics need to be covered - The Boston Globe

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patsfan13

Rodney nail it with the 3rd down and red zone D, what else would we expect. The Offseason moves tell the story of where BB felt the D failed last year.

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"Some guys play in all-star games, some guys don't. I don't know who picks all those all-star teams. In all honesty, I don't know who picks the combine, for that matter," Belichick said. "How does (Miami-Ohio offensive lineman Brandon) Brooks not get invited to the combine? How did Vollmer not get invited to the combine? I don't know. We can't really worry about that. We just have to try to evaluate them the best we can."

Disco Volante

I still remember 3rd and 15 (?) last season against the Jets in overtime.

Damn shame, that Cassel to Moss hookup was really one of the greatest Pats regular season moments ever but will always be kind of forgotten due to the loss.

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RayClay

So, we've identified 1, 3 and 4 as problems and all agreed that they aren't problems.

Okee dokee.

spacecrime

How will Pierre Woods detrators reconcile their dislike for Woods with their acknowledgement of Harrison's analysis:

Harrison thinks four-year veteran Pierre Woods is the leading candidate.

“I see him as a phenomenal young talent, a hard-working talent who is smart and will do whatever they ask him to,’’ he said.

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“When we look at the board, based on everything we want in a football player at that particular time, we evaluate them and take the player that fits best for our football team. That’s what we always do, and I think the last nine years we’ve put a pretty competitive team out there on the field every year. I think that’s how you do it – you get good football players. Sometimes they are not always at the No. 1 position, but I don’t think you pass up good football players to get the guys who aren’t as good just because they’re at a position that somebody feels you need.”
BB on his draft philosophy, April 2010

nashvillepatsfan

They wont. They'll just keep saying the same thing. "Woods is aweful"

RayClay

He's the leading candidate.

It's like a town election where nobody wants to run, somebody has to be the leading candidate.

patfanken

I guess they have to write SOMETHING just prior to camp, and as usual, Reiss' efforts are the best of the bunch. At least he TRIES to see beyond the obvious and go into some depth.

Ochmed Jones

If Woods, or whoever starts at OLB opposite Thomas, can set a hard edge on early down running plays, then we should be fine. BB sends in TCB or whomever to generate a pass rush on 3rd and long.