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December 11, 2011 | Steve Balestrieri
this game will be won or lost on the edge on both sides of the ball. Andre Carter and Mark Anderson will be counted upon to give the Patriots the pass rush necessary to force Rex Grossman into mistakes. Carter is going against a backup in Sean Locklear si
December 15, 2011 | Steve Balestrieri
The Patriots may opt to ‘spy’ Tebow with Dane Fletcher and try to keep his scrambling down to a minimum. I think the Patriots will go to a progressively lighter package as the game wears on. Heavier DE’s such as Brandon Deaderick and Shaun Ellis will sit
December 18, 2011 | Steve Balestrieri
The Patriots have a lot of weapons on offense but this is a tough matchup for them against Denver’s defense. What would help is for the 3rd WR, either Chad Ochocinco, or Tiquan Underwood to step up and make teams pay outside the numbers. But it hasn’t hap
December 18, 2011 | Steve Balestrieri
The only issue today will be the wildcard Chad Ochocinco. He has been virtually invisible all season, with Deion Branch sidelined with a bad groin, will Brady have to have confidence in Ocho making the right reads and being where he is throwing the ball?
December 21, 2011 | Steve Balestrieri
Brady hit TE Aaron Hernandez 7 times for 103 yards in the first matchup as he torched S Rashad Jones. The problem for the Dolphins is if they move their best linebacker Karlos Dansby, to cover Rob Gronkowski, then they have to roll the dice and assume Jon
December 22, 2011 | Steve Balestrieri
The problem for the Dolphins is if they move their best linebacker Karlos Dansby, to cover Rob Gronkowski, then they have to roll the dice and assume Rashad Jones will do a better job of covering Aaron Hernandez.
December 25, 2011 | Steve Balestrieri
This is a never say quit, mentally tough football team, that doesn’t panic and doesn’t cash it in. Three times this season, they’ve come back from sizable deficits. Down 10-0 in Philadelphia, down 16-7 in Denver and being down at the half 17-0, the Patrio
December 29, 2011 | Steve Balestrieri
In the first game back in September, Wes Welker had a field day catching 16 passes for 217 yards; likewise Rob Gronkowski torched the Bills for 7 catches for 109 yards
January 01, 2012 | Steve Balestrieri
Belichick was testy on his Wednesday press conference saying “if ifs and buts were candy and nuts, everyday would be Christmas” when asked a question by the media so, he isn’t taking this game lightly.
January 03, 2012 | Steve Balestrieri
“We used to practice at a high school field in Foxboro near the Wrentham line and we would have to get dressed and drive our own cars over to the practice field!”. He laughed and pointed over at the Patriots modern facility in the background, “Just a lit
January 06, 2012 | Steve Balestrieri
If you didn’t follow football or just got dropped on Earth from Ork or someplace, and you read a Boston newspaper or watched ‘the network’ you would swear the Patriots are the first 3-13 team to make the playoffs.
January 07, 2012 | Steve Balestrieri
the Giants offense has Victor Cruz and a pounding running game, most people forget that Eli Manning nearly passed for 5000 (4933) yards himself this season, lost in the hoopla of Brees, Brady and Stafford doing it.
January 13, 2012 | Steve Balestrieri
In the first game, Denver had good success on play-action passes to Thomas on a post pattern, and both they and the Patriots will be looking at film of that. Chung like Polamalu last week, is prone to be over-aggressive at times, so he’ll have to be aware
January 15, 2012 | Steve Balestrieri
Tom Brady is a lock for the Hall of Fame and perhaps one of the top five QBs ever to play the game. But this week, he was a total non-entity. Think it bothered Brady? You bet it did.
January 16, 2012 | Steve Balestrieri
Rodgers sat out Week 17 as the Packers didn’t have anything to play for as far as seeding in the playoffs was concerned.But did the two week layoff hurt him and the Packers?
January 19, 2012 | Steve Balestrieri
From a Patriots perspective, stopping Ray Rice has to be priority number 1. While shutting him down is a something that is nearly impossible to do, they have to limit his effectiveness. His 1364 rushing yards and 704 receiving yards represent 48% of the R
January 23, 2012 | Steve Balestrieri
The Patriots two best players on the field yesterday were Vince Wilfork and Brandon Spikes. When was the last time in a Patriots victory were the two best players on the field for them was from the defensive side of the ball?
January 26, 2012 | Steve Balestrieri
“We knew what the down and distance were on our last series. The scoreboard was not a factor for us. Any suggestion that the wrong down information was a deliberate effort to affect the outcome of the game is nonsense.”
February 02, 2012 | Steve Balestrieri
When the Giants play man-coverage, look for Brady to attack down the middle of the field along the hash marks with Gronkowski and Hernandez.
February 06, 2012 | Steve Balestrieri
But perhaps the biggest play was the one that didn’t get called.The Patriots used it as one of its biggest weapons, keeping opponents off-balance and not allowing them to freely substitute, wearing them down. Yet the Patriots ran hurry up for only 9 of 62
February 11, 2012 | Steve Balestrieri
the Patriots may choose to trade one of their back-up QBs for draft picks or a player.
February 14, 2012 | Steve Balestrieri
Despite having a talented group of running backs, the Patriots running game has to be looked upon as somewhat of a disappointment in 2011. Too many times the Patriots were in a position where they had a lead and needed to milk the clock, but the running g
February 14, 2012 | Steve Balestrieri
Aaron Hernandez had 79 receptions for 910 yards and 7 touchdowns himself, but one thing to remember, Hernandez started slowly this season as he struggled with rounding into form after off-season hip surgery.
February 18, 2012 | Steve Balestrieri
the Patriots spend an inordinate time in the shotgun with an empty backfield. This allows opponents to pin their ears back and rush Brady. While there are times you will want to or are forced to do that, doing it time after time only makes the opponents j
March 14, 2012 | Steve Balestrieri
With this kind of money being tossed about, it will make the future signing of Wes Welker that more difficult.
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