Recent content by Amnorix

Brady is an obvious no-brainer. The second no-brainer is the best defensive player to ever suit up for the Patriots, Andre Tippett. For those who didn't see him play, he played STRONG side LB in an era where the TE was always on the QB's right, which meant all of his sacks were in a...

Re: STEVE GROGAN: Russ Francis' hands 'might have been a little bit better' than Gron Francis was a great TE. But Gronk is on track to be a HOFer, which Francis isn't. Francis had 40 TDs in 13 years and Gronk has 34 in 2.5. Francis may have had (very slightly) better hands, but the...

re: Erik Frenz: Patriots sign Olympic track star & Florida UDFA RB/WR/KR Jeff Demps Be happy, but temper expectations is all I'm saying. I kind of doubt we'll see him much, if at all, in the running game this year. Between the need to understand the plays and block, I find it hard to...

re: Erik Frenz: Patriots sign Olympic track star & Florida UDFA RB/WR/KR Jeff Demps Yeesh this board... Do we need to wait the mandatory 5 years post career to induct him into Canton, or can we do it now? He's got great straight line speed, but right now he's probably too light to play in...

So....the 13 teams the Patriots beat in the regular season, and then the two they beat in the playoffs, including the excellent Ravens defense, were too stupid to figure that out? Your statement is wrong not because we might not have won the SB with Lloyd, but because: 1. there's no...

Re: Cromartie re Belichick: "I got a one and a two, not a one, a two and a three." Your hatred is misplaced considering that, with one exception, we've basically been curb-stomping them for nearly a decade now. That kind of post is what a Jets fan should be posting, given how sick they...

eh, so what? Larry Bird was pretty infamous for being a trash-talking **** on the court. Lots of great players are hypercompetitive and not that pleasant on the field.

Well, that's just it, you can't right? Even if you tried. Basically sports talk radio in Boston is hours of mindless, sophomoric humor or (D&C) right wing political ranting punctuated by occassionally insightful commentary, which is usually only the case when they have a guest on. This...

I had posted on here that I really liked the idea of going big along the line, having Solder play TE if Vollmer was back, and pounding the ball down their throats. Then Reiss pointed out that they did alot of this during the November game, with Solder seeing a season-high 23 snaps at TE that...

Yes, a Corey Dillon or even an Antowain Smith would be nice. But Benny runs tough and hard and always forward. Hernandez is too tall to be ideal, but he's 245 pounds and he can clearly run a few snaps out of the backfield also. I'm all for keeping both Solder and Vollmer (assuming he's...

I keep thinking precisely that. That the Giants will expect pass, that they're not that great against the run, and if Vollmer is healthy then we can REALLY F'N BIG on the OLine and push them around. If we can really use the run to set up the pass, then we'll really be cooking with gas. The...

The Giants players who missed that game (Nicks, etc.) but are back now are clearly more significant/valuable than the Patriots players who missed that game but are back now. Which is good for them and all, but at the end of the day the difference is likely whether the Patriots can avoid...

They didn't make it. Maybe, MAYBE if Faulk hadn't double-clutched, but he did, and they didn't make it.

We all bemoan the mistakes, whether we do it here in public, or in private, or merely in the back of our minds. How can you not? The team has repeatedly spent high draft picks on DBs, for example, and missed. The names come to mind with no effort at all -- Meriweather, Butler, Wilhite...

Agreed that our OLine is better now than in 2007, or at least as good. Light is older, but having a great year. Mankins is the same (but hopefully better in this SB than the last one -- maybe he was hurt??). Koppen is great at communication, etc., but isn't incredibly strong at the point of...