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I happened to start focusing on Banta-Cain as I watched the game again from DVR. I was completely taken aback. It looked like he was doing nothing more than going through the motions. On every run near him he simply engaged with the offensive blocker and stayed with him - no attempt...

Well, Vollmer seemed to have had a very strong game against Miami. He got away from his push type pass protection blocking from the first couple games and had almost all continuous contact blocks. He handled various Miami DEs without trouble and shut down Porter when he blocked him. In the...

This was a much harder game to make a straightforward summary. There were as lot of plays that were not clear-cut where it was harder to give a simple judgment of Vollmer's play. Even though he had some top plays, in general my impression was that he was not as solid in his execution as he was...

Some details on Vollmer's play in the Titan's game. It seems to me that what might be the thing that Vollmer has to work on the most would be to hold or pursue his blocks longer. My very uneducated guess would be to wonder if he has progressed quite yet from college play where holding blocks...

This board is pretty savvy about the philosophy of spreading salary cap money deep into the roster (notwithstanding discussions where some folks want to spend whatever it takes to retain a favorite player). Evaluating what value you get for the cap dollar in the draft takes on a similar...

Sorry to carry on a rant on this, but I am livid about the holding that the Denver offensive line is being allowed to do in this game. I was going to make this post early on in the game after watching some of the outright grabbing that was going on allowing the running backs to get room...

The Herald may well have pushed this whole terrible sequence of reprehensible newspaper actions to the breaking point where the Patriots have been put into a situation where they will feel that they have to sue the Herald. Tomase's original article could never be realistically challenged with...

Hey folks. I think you are missing the true picture about writers like Tomase. Writers do NOT publish ANYTHING that is not approved by the sports editors. The sports editors do not publish articles that aren't what the publisher wants - or they do not keep their jobs. So do you think...

So funny. If there is any chance that the San Diego locker room material is not potent enough to get the Patriots to a high pitch for Sunday's game, Belichick wants to make sure there is no problem. So he creates some extra 'material' for his guys. (And along with it takes a huge chunk out of...

I think this was a very interesting depth interview article by Karen Guregian. http://bostonherald.com/sports/football/patriots/view.bg?articleid=1065227#articleFull There is another thread that gets all distracted by discussions about a comment Hobbs made about a Deity. I thought Hobbs...

Apologies if i missed this topic in another thread (moderators feel free to merge in). But I was astonished in last weeks game with Pittsburgh to see the Pittsburgh player (other Smith?) come up behind Brady and butt him helmut to helmut from behind. Why didn't that get an unsportsmanlike...

I don't know if you have any info, Miguel, or if anyone else does or has any links in regard to the Colts situation with respect to salary cap in 2008. When I had tried to delve into it well over a year ago, it looked like the cap money they kept pushing into the future over the last few years...

Not particulary a 'juicy' read but of interest for folks interested in how teams are put together. I think my awareness of Marvin Lewis went up a notch. print version - easier to read if the link works' http://www.cantonrep.com/printable.php?ID=340182 web page version...

If you are of a mind to tell the Globe what opinions you might like to express about Ron Borges, here is a set of email links you might find handy to cut and paste into your email To: address box. These addresses along with a general compendium of Globe personnel and their email addresses can...

I looked at threads but didn't see this mentioned. Apologies if this is a duplicate. I was just watching FSNE Sports Tonight and they had some video clips from the game. After Vrabel sacked Rivers, he did a very emphasized energetic Merriman lights out routine. Colvin did it in the bench...

I apologize if this clutters up the board. But it was such a fun read and more chuckles than I have had in a long time from a national medai article. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16660979/ Edit: Oh, hassenpfeffer. Perhaps a moderator could delete the thread or merge. It was thoroughly...

It is such a contrast to see the 'personal' honors all of these 'superstars' get and then see Brady & his teammates just win the big important games. You just hafta love it. Can we now say that Gostkowski is a money kicker ? Yes, of course he'll have to make quite a few more clutch kicks...

It is kind of amusing to look back at the preseason chatter and compare that with how things worked out. Samuels was widely regarded as only good enough to be used as a nickel back. Caldwell was widely regarded as maybe 3rd on the WR depth chart. And that opinion carried through the first...

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/football/nfl/11/13/titans.givens.ap.ap/index.html His signing hasn't worked out very well for either Givens or the Titans. The Titans certainly didn't get their money's worth this season.

Peyton Manning's interception was Chad Scott's fault. Chad Scott messed up badly and wasn't where he was supposed to be. Poor Peyton - but you can't really blame him for Scott's screw-up..... "Scott made a good play. uhh Not exactly sure he was supposed to be there or not ... you know ...it's...