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Belichick spending QT watching film with Cunningham on one day, and running LB drills the next day... Vanderbilt Linebacker Zach Cunningham Drawing Interest From Patriots ...leaves me with one idea: he's at least THINKING about the Cleveland pick at #12. The other way to get high enough for...

Were any of the rest of you curious how Chris Hogan got so crazy wide open, standing alone in the endzone for that first TD pass? I spent some time on it, mystified, and the answer is: (1) really terrific pass protection and (2) Brady is special. Let's take a closer look. Pre-snap Steelers are...

I thought the turning point of the AFC Divisional Game was when McCourty intercepted Osweiler's pass to Hopkins, halting the Texans' drive in the 3rd quarter. Situation The Patriots are leading 24-13, but are -2 in turnovers. A field goal by the Pats earlier in the quarter made it a two...

Was re-watching the Fins game, and had to loop the Edelman TD a dozen times, because it is such a great example of an offense playing at its peak ability. Pre-snap To start, I didn't realize in real time, but the Dolphins were showing an 8-man blitz against a 3rd and 7. The Pats spent almost...

Reading Reiss's story about Belichick growing his own coaches: Bill Belichick's view on building a coaching staff: Hire young and develop And remembering, with certainty, that once he retired I was certain Mike Vrabel would for sure join the staff...which never happened. He's the linebackers...

Buddy of mine, a lifelong Seattle Seahawks fan, sent this to me. No idea where he got it, but it made me smile. Especially coming from him which means just maybe perception of this Cheating label is shifting nationally.

Not sure if anyone noticed that the Pats busted out the 3-4 defensive front on first down to counter the Cowboys run game. First time that I really noticed them feature it this season, although maybe they were in it some during the Bills game. I'll have to check. Any case, with that as a...

With the success of David Andrews as a Week One rookie starting center, and Malcom Butler aka The Hero of SuperBowl 49, the role of Undrafted players on Belichick's roster really comes into focus. A buddy of mine, life long Seattle fan, griped to me this offseason that the Pats will probably...

With the success of the ineligible eligible receiver being made illegal, and with the passing of the "Julian Edelman" rule for woozy players, I've come up with another proposed rule change that I think the League may want to consider. Test drive it with you guys first before I send it to...

What do you think? Sign the beast? I would love to have him, especially at the veteran minimum. But he has been replaced with younger players who've turned out to be just as effective. Welker signing with Denver was the best thing that could have happened to Julian Edelman. Now that Wes has...

Still in the post-SB glow, I'm thinking about Wes Welker and Logan Mankins, two guys that should have been on the roster in a more perfect world. I wonder how they took the latest championship, as a personal matter; and whether they have any regrets that they weren't on the team that finally...

Tough to read too much into this game, because it was played by bubble players. But I did a close viewing of the game to log my perceptions of the ST competition. Some observations from the Giants game: Good showing: Tavon Wilson made a bunch of solid plays and I think he's earned a secure...

After reading a bunch of the 53-man roster projections, and deciding that everyone is pretty much throwing darts, I decided to spend some time breaking down the game take from the 3rd pre-season game, focused specifically on ST contributors. I'm pretty sure the bubble decisions (e.g. keep Ebner...

Everyone is talking about Secondary and Wideout for the Pats in the upcoming draft. But I really believe BB is interested in adding a top rated TE to the team. To start, remember BB has a history of taking TE early in the draft. Daniel Graham, Ben Watson, Gronk. A talented TE that can block...

I'm really pleased to see the secondary playing with so much spirit and pop. The biggest shock for me is that Chung was playing with the 2nd stringers against Houston, and didn't see the field at all until the 2nd half long after the game was pretty much decided. Arrington, too, didn't...

I found five: CB Darius Butlet (Carolina) CB Jonathan Wilhite (Chicago) QB Zac Robinson (Cincinnati) LB Gary Guyton (Miami) WR Tiquan Underwood (Tampa Bay) None of these seems remotely interesting. Maybe Tiquan.

Hester lost his job in San Diego to LaRon McClain who they brought in as a FA. He's a bulldog FB, great team guy, good hands receiving and was the STs captain for the Chargers last year. Hell, what's not to like?! Bring him in! We can make Norv Turner regret that decision.

With roster spots at a premium, it's pretty clear that ST will be the deciding factor for many players, like Bolden, Barrett, Ihedigbo, Ebner, Koutouvides, Rivera, Brown, Cole and Scott. I did a close viewing of the Saints game to see who our starting STers were, and who showed up. Kickoff...

I have always felt the 2001 Pats are the perfect Hollywood screenplay. That team had barely a fraction of the talent that elite teams had in that era. Later versions of the Pats were stacked with talent, but the 2001 team was gutty more than it was talented. Why hasn't someone already made...

I was watching film of the preseason game against the Saints, and there was a shot of Edelman on the sidelines, and I was thinking "who's that guy?". At first I thought maybe it was one of the TEs, Tyler Urban maybe. No, turns out it was our QB turned WR turned PR turned S. Edelman looks like he...