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Brady's right on. We employ a massage therapist on our athletes and when he can't fix it we use an osteopathic doc rather than an allopathic one. Allopathic docs have their training funded by big pharma and are considered "right." They portray osteopathic medicine as quackery, while the blind...

Pats made some major adjustments on protection. Either doubled Hardy with an RB or, what I thought was more interesting, had the tackles cut block when left 1 on 1 with a DE. Brady had about a second to get rid of the ball after the cut block. How many QBs can find their target that quickly?

Probably should have been a conversation before he signed about his willingness and ability to two-gap. Both sides at fault. He was getting turned easily by a single blocker on running plays throughout the entire game. On first and second down passing plays he was getting double-teamed, but...

Thought that article was really good and quite accurate. Rex knows his Xs and Os, nobody doubts that. His schemes are creative and difficult for even the GOAT QB to diagnose. The problem is how he handles players. They love him, but probably don't respect him. I would imagine it's...

Cool statistical analysis of wide receiver prediction as they come out of college from somebody (I think) at UC Berkeley: https://www.stat.berkeley.edu/~aldous/157/Old_Projects/Amrit_Dhar.pdf Looks for overachievers and underachievers, but says it's really tough to predict, especially blocking...

40 time might be the most over-rated stat ever. How many routes involve only sprinting in a straight line? Oakland has proven that evaluating on 40 time doesn't work very well. 3 cone drill is a much better evaluation tool, maybe combined with 40, explosiveness and the shuttles. 3 cone was...

Aaron Schatz: OK, here's the problem with some of the old Boston media. Ron Borges tweets after the really well-run Will Allen safety blitz sack: "Marcus Cannon is already on top of his game, which is why Will Allen was on top of Brady." Except, Marcus Cannon blocked the guy he was supposed to...

How convenient that Jackie MacMullan now supports Brady. When ESPN first dumped the dirt on Brady, she was one of the first to say he should be strung up for the crime. She used the qualifier "if", but made it clear that he was guilty. She's dead to me.

I thought one of the keys for us last year was Chung's ability to move into the box and play the run so well out of a 4-2-5. Will be interesting to see if we continue with that.

Not sure if this was posted elsewhere, sorry if it was. Excellent analysis of Solder's footwork here: http://central.sonsofsamhorn.net/nfl/new-england-patriots/tackling-solder/ Seems to be related to DG's coaching and how he's had other LTs use a more narrow stance in the past with great...

While it seems great that Simmons had some sort of ethical change of heart in his reporting, this is all just a reflection of the marketing of the NFL to casual sports fans. Football is a violent contact sport, and the men who play are not always choir boys. That was never a huge deal--we all...

All fair points about drafting WRs and DBs, but what GM doesn't have flaws? BB has a history of making excellent draft selections at LB and DL, and has generally done well at OLine--just not enough picks there recently, which leads to this year's woes. Also has picked consistently lower over...

At the risk of getting ripped for distinguishing between a 4-3 and 3-4, I thought their defense against Oakland on 1st and 10 was interesting. Looked like a 4-3, and they even walked a safety up to make a 4-4. Oakland still ran it. Looked like a 3-4 on 2nd and medium, or 4-2 on longer downs...

Pats D was in trouble even when we were leading...turnovers bailed us out. Dante was well known for rotating O line throughout game, so this is nothing new. When it works, we have several versatile, fresh players. Some learning positions, RT coming off significant injury, this will take time...

Very common to tear the ACL in the opposite knee after surgery. Lots of thoughts on why, but bottom line the opposite knee is more vulnerable to tears than the repaired knee for two years. Rates of re-tears depend on a lot of factors, but the structure of the knee is probably one of them...

Wasn't a big Pete fan when he was here. Some of his approach to the mental side of the game when he was at USC was incredibly progressive. He had many of his players read The Inner Game of Tennis, he did a lot of O playing D and vice versa in practice. Not sure if he continues to do these...

I do see the issue; that's exactly my point. Amazing job staying competitive with injuries, but are there enough game-changing players to beat every other team in the league?

BB's roster management philosophy seems to have a lot to do with playoff wins. I love how we're competitive every season. Injury bug? Next man up. He is well known for devoting more to the bottom third of his roster than most other franchises. That means we have great depth with solid...

Like his power running, but the best move he had all day was the mock Ray Lewis dance after his 2nd TD. IN Baltimore. Loved it.

Love Gronk, but there's a disturbing injury trend among TE's who have monster early career numbers. Grantland had a piece about it a while ago: Only time will tell if football has permanently changed - Grantland Unfortunately, Gronk is trending toward confirming the story's concern.