Recent content by TimU

I think that expecting Brady to play three or four more years is unrealistic. He is 37 this season. Here is the list of quarterbacks that have started the majority of a team's games at age 40 or older: Brett Favre Warren Moon Vinnie Testaverde In the entire history of the NFL, that's it...

QB. Brady is 37 this year. His Completion % and QB rating havbe fallen in each of the last three seasons. And in the whole history of the NFL there have only been four QBs that started 10 or more games for a team at age 39 or older. Belichick knows these things. The time to draft Brady's...

BB is very careful about who he gives the big guarenteed money to, and I don't think Talib fits the profile. I anticipate that Talib will walk, McCourty will return to CB, and the team will look for help (again) at the safety spot.

" Tom's playing well as long as everything is going well. Eli is making things happen when things aren't going well." I think there is something to that. I am a lifelong Pats fan, going back to the Mike Taliaferro era, so I definitely appreciate Tom Brady. No question. But you have to...

I believe this signing may also mark the end of the Victorian Era.

I think you are mistaken. Guyton has never been cut.

A couple of thoughtful tape-watchers saw Brandon Spikes as the Pats' best player on Sunday: Re-Focused: Cowboys @ Patriots, Week 6 | ProFootballFocus.com Five keys redux: Cowboys at Patriots, and other notes - Extra Points - Boston.com I continue to think he will emerge as the team's...

The crowd outside Gillette does not really need any encouragement in this area!

By the end of the season, Pats fans will regard Brandon Spikes as the best player/biggest playmaker among the team's linebackers.

In today's NFL, teams can spend more than half the snaps with three corners on the field. Six on the roster isn't that many when you think about it. The game has slowly changed toward more spread offense, more nickel D. I don't agree with the characterization of Ihedigbo and Molden as ST...

The writers are suggesting that the Pats will add an OL or TE and cut a DB or LB. But as I look at the roster the one thing that stands out is that they have too many defensive linemen. You don't need 10 DL to play a 4-3. I do think you need 16 DB + LB, though, because of special teams. I...

I am late to the thread, but Jesus did Leslie Visser look ghastly! OMFG! I think she must have had some work done, but the work didn't work. Ouch!

"The Fifth Down" is actually a very good football blog.

BB has signed two DE's in the last 48 hours : Reiss may be on the right track here.

Gosh I think this is probably more simple than you guys are making it. Murrell is a OLB/sub-defense-DE type. Two OLB/Sub-defense-DE's didn't practice today - Cunningham and Moore. The roster will be at 53 on Monday. Hence one of the two injured OLBs will be IR'd before Monday, making room for...