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Rob Ninkovich's new role -- Patriots playmaker - ESPN Boston

And she even manages to have an article without any gratuitous anti-Pats shots.

Finally, as someone who has always thought Matt Light to be overrated, I loved how Ninko made his first good impression on the coaches.

BB4PRez

I agree its a nice article about a hardworking guy who has learned how to play.

In the past I might have agreed with you on Light. But not this season. Light has had a great year and with the Volmer injury the Pats have really needed him.

patfanken

Jackie has been a great writer for many years. She is in the Basketball HOF as a writer. While I sometimes think she is out of here depth when discussing football strategy, an up close article like this is right in here wheel house and she hit it out of the park

IcyPatriot

Further proof that the combine is really more show than go for most players. Football is so much more than measurables ... intelligence, desire, dedication and instinct so much more important for that large group of players coming out of college that do not have one or two eye popping skills.

It's almost to the point that there is little distinction of players after the 2nd round of the draft. What I like best about him is that he is so old school in how he plays ... doing it right time after time and making his chances count when he gets to the point of impact. This is why Meriweather is gone and Ninko is still here.

Skree

It would be cool if he played offense like Vrabel did once in a while.

RelocatedPatFan

I was about to post the link here, but figured I would check if it was already here. I almost didn't go into it because it was MacMullan and I've tried to avoid the negative stuff.

Definitely worth the tiem to read tghis article and you can see why BB lieks this kid.

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satz

He is great at what he does. He is vrabel for this passing era. vrabel was bigger and stronger at LOS but Nin is better while in coverage.
woith the passing league you can see Nin , Mayo all small LB who would not have fit in our 2000 defence.

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patchick

Actually, I think you have this one backwards. This is a guy who wasn't highly recruited out of high school, went the JC route, played behind a star at Purdue and only started five games in his whole college career. Yet he was a favorite of this board's draft forum and ended up a 5th-round pick. Why? Good sack numbers, certainly, but also good Combine numbers.

A slow 40 but very good vertical, broad jump and 10-yd split numbers for his size, and the best shuttle/cone combo of any DE in the whole draft.

NinjaZX6R

He did catch TDs from Orton and Painter at Purdue..

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Jared

This alone probably guaranteed a try out with the Pats.