Recent content by Greg A. Bedard

I'd have to go down the rosters, but I think you guys can figure out most of the issues. Love was not a problem. Deaderick just had no internal want-to. I think that was all a message by Belichick saying, "It's time to stop screwing around. I don't care what your issue is -- valid or not...

Privately, even before Hernandez, the Patriots knew the locker room had gone down a poor path a few years ago, and the situation was exacerbated because no one ever stood up to police the locker room like Tedy, Willie, Rodney, et al. This offseason was about rectifying that.

See, in my opinion, the Patriot Way is simply about a player doing whatever's asked of him to help the team without questioning it and without ego. It doesn't have anything to do with player acquisitions (the Patriots aren't much different than say the Bengals, or any of Jeff Fisher's teams in...

Very kind of you, obviously. I actually think that in light of the Hernandez situation, my Talib column looks even better. Because the fact is, there's no way in hell the Patriots would have traded for him after Hernandez ... so they have indeed now drawn a line where there wasn't previously...

Sure. I usually peruse the topics to see what is interesting to people -- I want to know what in-the-know fans are interested in; gives me ideas -- then I search my name to see what the latest criticism is. Some it's valid, and it gives me something to work on. Some of it's not. I used to do...

LOL. Bill doesn't have a problem with the job I did, trust me. The only time I point out when a player ran a wrong route is when I know this to a high degree of certainty. It's actually not that hard to figure out, especially when nearly all the Patriots' routes are dictated by coverage. You...

Troll, troll, troll your boat. ;) Let me know what you guys think of the new site, either on that other thread, or shoot me an email. [email protected]. Interested to hear your thoughts.

In a perfect world would I like it to be addressed? Yes. On the list of things the team needs for next season, it's way down the list. There are positions way more thin than S, though they're not great there.

I don't disagree with that, and like I said, I may have been smoke screened. But I don't think so. When you look at the laundry list of needs on this team (WRs, CBs, backups all along OL, 3rd DE, DT) when you look at the depth chart -- something I'll do for Tuesday -- safety is well, well...

That was before I came across more information at the combine (I may not have an answer one day, but I'm always working to find those answers). I was told they are going forward with McCourty and Wilson. But I couldn't tell if it was a smokescreen or not so they could lay in the weeds for...

INTs are good for making all-star teams, but it's not an indication of coverage level. McCourty's good stats in 2010 can be linked to the team playing mostly zone -- which is his strength. When the Patriots started playing more man in 2011, his play went down. That's not a coincidence. A...

Appreciate that. What's in it for them, and this is the way I approach it with them, is I'm trying to fairly and accurately report on their team. Even though teams may be tight-lipped, at the end of the day they want accuracy, for the most part, out there. It does them no good -- and may...

I don't disagree with any of that, though McCourty was on his way to being a very good No. 2 cornerback. Nothing wrong with that, considering all he gives on special teams.

Just because I don't "source" things that I write, doesn't mean I'm not using sources. I try to make it clear when I'm using my own opinion/deduction. It's complicated but, basically, I do not like to identify what type of source that I am using because that makes it easier for them to be...

I don't right now, but I am trying to find out.