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Been bouncing between 2 and 4 most of the week. Settled on 3 for the poll, though I'm actually feeling closer to 3.5. I don't think the Pats will beat themselves. At least, I hope not. The Pats' offense is very strong and versatile with the 2TE attack, though I'm always concerned that some...

Deep? Really? The Pats have TWO, they work as a tandem, and there is no backup for either. How is that "deep"? I'm reminded of the 2009 playoff game against the Ravens. The Pats offense had had another very good season with Moss and Welker working as a tandem. Then Moss got hurt (but...

Aww, c'mon. That just HAS to be a reprint from The Onion, right?

Apparently, the Pats' don't trust anyone besides 81, 83 and 87. Even 84 has seen his targets dwindle the last few weeks. Can you blame them (or Ocho)? Those first three guys have been burning down the house. Why would they screw with that?

"Several years"? The "dude" averaged 6/80 in two wins over BAL two years ago. He went 4/44 (2nd leading receiver behind Owens) out of a total 159 passing yards in wk-2 last season (Cinci won). Ocho was out, injured, for the late-season rematch. All this was with pouty-man Carson (Mr...

The "working stiffs", the faceless minions who toil away in the bowels of major corporate industries are rarely "evil". Most are simply trying to be good at what they do and to get paid for it and get safely home at the end of the day. Heck, corporations themselves aren't necessarily "evil" -...

Great discussion. Reminds me of a couple things. Back in the mid/late-1990s, I worked in the IT department of a large corporate retailer that sold numerous copyrighted entertainment products, including music CDs. This was, of course, during the early days of illegal file-sharing sites and...

I guess what strikes me is that Ocho, as the #5 pass-catcher, still out-produced guys like Gaffney and Givens and Andre Davis - on a team where two TEs and a "slot guy" (not even including Branch) produced more passing yards (3806) than the entire receiving corps did in five out Brady's first...

So, because I apparently have way too much time on my hands, I ran the "first season with the Pats" numbers on all the WRs acquired by BB (draft picks and veterans)who made the regular season roster. In order then, listed by number of receptions: 2007 - 112/1175/8 TDs - Welker (48/561/1...

To quote my own post: Whether either of us think that's "classy" or not is pretty much irrelevant.

Generally speaking, I find the fact that the media pitbulling what they perceive to be a "good story" and masticating it relentlessly until well beyond the point where most folks are completely sick of it to be about as disturbing as the "revelation" that bears poop in the woods. It's what they...

Maybe Ninkovich would not be a starter on most teams because most DCs don't approach the game through the same defensive concepts that BB does. OTOH, maybe Ninko would eventually have been similarly successful, but in different ways, had the Eagles or the Giants, say, decided to invest as...

Seems to me that BB has been trying to fill/implement that "H-back" role for a few years, for the extra measure of complexity it presents for defenses, but had simply not been able to find the right guy. As late as last spring, I thought he might have given up on that quest and could draft a...

And you do? I don't mean that exclusively as a snarky challenge. I mean, it's entirely possible that you, as opposed to the rest of us, have actually met the guy F2F and/or personally been round him often enough and long enough in non-media-driven settings to truly get a less "filtered"...

Connolly has, indeed, been excellent in passpro. However, Koppen's run-blocking up the gut is still significantly superior, IMO. Runs between the guards had been the main focus and success of the Pats ground game for years, accounting for 55%-60% of rush attempts, underscored by BGE's...

Also shows what happens when a guy manages to avoid being held on nearly every play. Ninko may have benefited from the fact that the Broncos OL was apparently focusing their holding efforts on Deaderick last night instead. In fairness, all of the officiating crews have apparently forgotten...

Wins the thread.

Again, I don't understand why anyone thinks it matters anymore - even as much as who Lindsay Lohan is currently sleeping with - whether the "#3 WR" on the Pats is Ocho or Lloyd or Wayne or Edelman or Underwood. Gronk, Ahern and Welker have become so dominant and have dominated Brady's targets...

Patriots 49:17 I'm presuming that the "Dan" in Genesis is a reference to "Dane" as in Fletcher.

Saints 30 SanFran 9 - Saints offense is somewhat out of sync all game, but the Niners' can't really get anything going: 10-6, Saints, at the half. Niners get to 10-9 early in the 3rd, but the Saints answer with a TD, then a couple FGs and, finally, a pick-six to cap Q4. Patriots 41...