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After 6 Training camp practices, it appears that the Patriots are having a spectacularly good TC. It has already answered many questions that existed. Looking at the squads and the observations so far. Safety The Pats had three sold Safeties going into TC and were looking for a 4th, and as...

I was glad that the Pats brain trust added tackles candidates the OL in the last Draft. There was little talent beyond Fleming and the starters Solder and Cannon. Now the reserves have some developmental talent to work with. BB has said you draft LOTs; and if they cant cut it there, move...

All the Draftniks slather and foam at the draft picks that trading Garappolo may bring. I take the opposite view and seek to discuss the massive cost to the Patriots of trading Garappolo. Implicit itns dsicussion is the assumption that he is at least a competent starting caliber QB, based on...

I want to post a thread about our quiet secret weapon. How about a round of applause fort The Quiet Man, Matt Patricia. BB found and hired him from that football power Reansalaer Polytechnic Institute. It is that well known football power. Only a move that a Bill Belichick would do. Who...

Long before we start making draft binkies,I believe it is important to decide what positions need help first. BB believes in building a Team, not collecting stars. So what positions do you think merit drafting, or what he thinks merit drafting? Unlike the previous 5 years when he emphasized...

Judge Berman put it writing: "This locked him into supporting the Wells Report and rendered him incapable of reaching a contrary conclusion in Brady's appeal, as doing so would undermine his own COMPETENCY as Commissioner." Id. 1[167. Kraft knows he can't sue. Kraft has chosen a different...

I feel there needs to be a thread dedicated to discussing all aspects of the Offensive Line. 1) Has anyone seen Bryan Stork and how close or how far isi he from returning? 2) How is Shaq Mason doing at LG? Can he start o opening day What are the realistic alternatives? 3)What is your...

I recently went back to my 2013 draft prospectus by USA Today, to check on then draft prospects Garrapolo and Easley. I happened to notice they devoted a page to "Looking Ahead" to the 2014 Draft, where they did a two round Mock Draft. They had Tre Jackson as a First Round pick @ 22. They...

I am growing weary of the constant criticizing of the Pats 2015 secondary. It is being Over done. Certainly the comparisons to the 2011 secondary are impossible. It will be much better than that SuperBowl teams secondary. First of all it is not the secondary that is being critqued. The...

It is human nature for many to view past problems and assume that efforts to fix them result in a repetition of them. Last season's weaknesses, are always assumed to be the worst still in existence. Even if substantial efforts were made to fix them. Many Fans still worry about our WRs and TEs...

At the conclusion fo the Draft and early Vet FA, fans said the Pats still needed a reserve TE and a couple of reserve Linebackers. I don't know what will happen with the reserve TE, or even if it is a real need, (they may simply de-emphasize TE receiving), but here is a report on what is...

It was not at all difficult to see this kind of Draft coming. The Offensive line has been making do with UDFAs in the interior for a while now and TFB's 40 sacks show they needed better. So we got a pair of 4th rounders to augment the interior and right side of the line. ( I was urging the...

The FA "big" deals are over. Giddy fans and know-nothing mediots are talking about further big names for the remaining perceived weaknesses. However no team has every wish satisfied. As long as there are no glaring holes, we must accept that some depth will not be as strong as other...

I read so many posts here that are just so utterly... WRONG.:( So I'd like to state some of the un wisdom and apply reality to them.;) 1) We desperately need a Pass Rusher. Reality: the 2014 team posted 48 sacks /season, the highest figure since Ray Berry was coaching the Pats. It did...

I guess I never gave Mike McCarthy the credit he deserves in handling the Brett Favre to Aaron Rodgers transition. Recall that that Brett Favre, certain future HOF and SB winning QB, led the Packers to a 13-3 season. Nonetheless McCarthy chose to sit him down and transition to Rodgers. It...

Many Pats Fans seem to have subscribed to a form of Depression that we can't field a complete game breaking Pass Offense, so we have no chance. You are spoiled. You never had that in the Superbowl winning years... Nor a #1 Defense either! I think he Pats are much stronger today the then, or...

My turn to make a prediction. It appears that the Pats will not yet have their young split ends back from injury this coming weekend. Yet BB has created a running game Colossus, their last quarter of a season based on four RBs in a RBBC approach, behind an enormous Offensive line, that comes...

I posted this over on the Planet but I thought it would stir discussion here too. I want to put things into some Perspective, if I may, contrasting this pre-season with the last four. On Defense: We are debating the merits of the 4th, 5th and 6th CB. We are debating the merits of the 5th and...

It is too early to say it but Mallett is settling down, movint the team and scoring points. In the Philly game is less than a quarter he moved the team on three marches and the team scored 10points, and missed a FG. Today in one quarter he has moved the team down the field three times and...

I have grown increasingly intolerant of the self deluded "fans". You know the ones I mean. They sincerely belieive that they are God' gift to (unrecognized) coaching and general manager-ship. At first I thought it was all in good and harmless fun. But as their screeching has attained greater...