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I'm asking, more than theorizing, here. Could it be that it takes more team-specific know-how to run block than to pass protect? I ask because we had a brand new RG and a brand new out-of-position rookie RT. Is it easier for newcomers to just form a wall and max-protect than it is to get into...

OK, it's early to worry about a divisional tie, but if we finish behind the Jets, we could have the #2 record in the whole NFL and get the #5 seed in the playoffs. Here's what I've noticed. If we tie the Jets with a great W-L record, here's how it could go: First of all, we basically have to...

I am Logan Mankins. I agreed a year ago to play this past year on the promise that I would be taken care of in 2010. You Patriots have wronged me. I was raised where a man's word is everything. I took you at your word. You promised me you'd take care of me but that was a lie. You offered...

I'm tired of hearing that we have 12 picks in the draft. Saying this implies that we might add 12 new players to the 2010 roster. We have 5 picks. 5 picks and 7 Hail Marys.

I don't get to many games, and my kids have been asking to go, and the price was right during preseason. We sat on the Pats' side, around the 27-yard line, near the back of the lower level. Here are a few rambling observations, and maybe even a couple of my photos. I don't pretend I saw the game...

It's true every year that there are players whose chance of making the roster depends on their special-teams contributions. But this year it seems clear that there are more fierce roster battles, at more positions, than usual. Mike Reiss, in his Patriots blog - Reiss' Pieces - Boston.com...

Some unrelated thoughts as I contemplate my place in the PatsFans posting universe: 1. Ever since the Pats lost the Super Bowl to the Giants, I haven't posted very much. I would have reached 2000 posts a long time ago, and returning now I notice a different mix of posters on this board...

I want to be the first to say: Happy 34th birthday, Shawn! May you age gracefully.

I used to post lists of Gil's screwups, but that was too exhausting. Just now I was reminded that when he calls a turnover play one way, you almost need to reverse what he says to guess which team got the ball. A minute ago, the Rams started the 2nd half with an onside kick, and Gil says...

Now that the Chiefs have #5 and #17, I wonder if we might trade up to #5 to get ahead of the Jets and take either Gholston or McFadden. Sitting at #7 it's possible the players we most covet are gone. Sitting at #5, there HAS to be someone we'd love to get.

The Commissioner just arrived, and a couple members of his entourage were clad in NYG gear. Hmmm....

Since Colvin went out, we shifted AT to OLB and now we have Vrable & Thomas outside, Bruschi & Seau inside, right? Who's been our #5 linebacker (and #6 for that matter) and how have they done in the past month or so? I never hear about Alexander, it seems, except on special teams. Ditto for...

Why are the Browns double-digit favorites over the red-hot 49ers this week? Whether Cleveland wins or loses has nothing to do with whether they make the playoffs; it's totally dependent on the Titans' outcome. The Browns may have a playoff game in another 6 or 7 days. Why wouldn't they pull...

Just an idea for a "statement" pick. (Assumes Miami picks first in Round 2)

Last year we got the Field Turf down pretty fast. Can we build a dome by January? We look like a very ordinary bad-weather team, even mediocre on offense.

Does anyone know or know where to find the outline for how the first 5 or 10 draft picks of Round 1 are paid? In my feeble understanding, there's essentially a map for how much first rounders get, so that the team negotiating doesn't really have much control. Ideal would be to get data...

At the time it seemed irrelevant, as in "What a waste that would have been to be stranded in Green Bay." But with the Packers 11-2, it now looks like a significant non-move.

I sat in the upper deck over one goal line, with my 8 layers of clothing and a good pair of binoculars. Here are my observations/impressions, made without the benefit of commentators, replays, or looking at the game stats. Some may hit topics mentioned in other threads, but I wanted to get...

Hyping tonight's game, NBC points out that it's the Bengals' playoff game; if they lose tonight, their playoff hopes are over. The Bengals are 4-7. They also quote ocho cinqo saying that the Cinci-Steelers rivalry is now "almost as big as" some Ohio rivalry --- I didn't catch which...

PFW in Progress has a very interesting discussion of Eugene Wilson, around the 35 minute mark of the 11/27 edition. They say that coming out of college, he had the rep (according to one of his coaches) of being talented but not hard working (weight room, film study, etc.). In college he had a...