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According to the Globe, the union has filed a grievance against the Oakland Raiders for sending Seymour the five day letter. According to the article: I, for one, would like to know where to rules concerning the five day letter are spelled out. The ability to Toll a player's contract for...

We can free up an extra $9M if we restructure/extend Brady, Light and Faulk so that their cap hit in 2009 is $1M each. We could use huge guaranteed options due in 2010 for each to make them whole. We also have other opportunities to free up smaller amounts of cap space. Once Peppers is on...

This catches most observers by surprise. Smith, who was never a player, is almost certainly the least polarizing of the remaining candidates. The way I figure it, a less polarizing diretor means a stronger, more unified union. A stronger union is more capable of accepting a CBA which the...

I continue to see this all over the internet, and its not just sadly delusional Colts fans. :) This has been widely repeated in the media. Article 19 Section 1A of the CBA clearly states that players with 5 or more Accrued Seasons shall become a UFA. It also states that in a capped year...

All this talk about uncapped years has me wondering how our would be rivals, the Indianapolis Colts, will deal with one or more uncapped seasons. I've long been of the opinion that the Colt's backloaded contracts have created an untenable cap situation for them. [In honor of my analysis, Ryan...

Peter King writes (using concrete examples) that a player must have completed his sixth season before he can become eligible for free agency in an uncapped year. I have seen this repeated so many times that I assumed it was fact. The NFLPA version of the CBA seems to say something...

Attached is a little spreadsheet I use to: A. Chart the Patriots progress towards becoming the greatest team of all time and B. Avoid doing work It includes the schedules of my top three teams of all time (1985 Bears, 1962 Packers, 1989 49ers), the 1972 Dolphins and the 2004 and 2007...

Is there a bar in Beijing where people watch the Patriots games (or NFL games in general)? I'm going to be in Beijing during the Miami game, and I was hoping to find a bar where ex-patriot Patriots fans gather. (I'd ask the same question about Changsha for the Giants game, but I assume...

We need 54 points to break the all time NFL single season scoring record (556) We need 6 touchdowns to break the all time single season touchdown record (70) Brady needs five TD passes to break the all time single season passing TD record (49) Brady needs three TDs to break the all time...

As of right now, we're picking #2 in the 2008 draft with four games to go: Vikings at home Cincinnati at home Tampa Bay at home Cleveland on the road If San Francisco loses all four games, we will clinch the #2 pick. I think that Cincinnati is the biggest threat to pull out a loss...

The Patriots came into the draft with six trade-able picks: 24,28,91,127,180,202 As of right now, those draft picks have yielded the following: Brandon Meriwether Randy Moss Mike Richardson Oscar Lua Possible 4th overall pick in the 2008 draft Possible 69th overall pick in the 2008...

Colvin is a very good player. He's likely worth $5.5M/year when healthy. But he hasn't been healthy. And while GMs may not sit around saying "Colvin is made of glass", it will hurt his market value. The Patriots should negotiate an extension with Colvin that costs substantially less than...

We tried to score on our first seven drives tonight (then we ran out the clock) with the following results: 3 TDs 1 FG 1 Missed FG 1 Punt 1 Turned over on downs This is more than 3.43 points/drive. Our season average of 3.80 leads the NFL (through week 11). Dallas was second best...

The Las Vegas lines seem to have converged at 24 points. This ties the Patriots as the biggest favorites in NFL history. In 1976 the defending Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers were 24 point home favorites over the 0-12 expansion Tampa Bay Buccaneers. What makes this special is that the...

According to today's injury report. He did not participate in practice. Neal and Wilson are still injured but had limited participation (as did Brady). AD had the day off.

Week 10, 2004: 4th Quarter. Indy 42 Houston 7 Houston turns the ball over on downs after after an incomplete pass from David Carr to Jabar Gaffney on 4th and 4. 1st and 10: Manning throws to Harrison; incomplete 2nd and 10: Manning throws to Harrison for 13 yards 1st and 10: Manning...

Most Touchdowns scored through the end of the season that begins when the player is 30*: Jerry Rice: 118 Terrell Owens: 95 Randy Moss: 117 SO FAR If Randy Moss finishes this year with 22 TDs, signs a six year contract with the Patriots, and averages 13 TDs over those seasons, he will eclipse...

Lets send it back to SF. SF gets the #2 overall pick in the draft We get Indy's pick (#29 overall) + Patrick Willis

I must have read a dozen articles this week describing Adam Vinatieri as "the greatest clutch kicker in the history of the NFL" or something similar. How do you make such a determination? As nearly as I can tell this reputation comes from hitting kicks of: 45 yards to force OT in the...

With Injuries to numerous key starters, is it possible that Indy could miss the playoffs? Indy still has games against Jacksonville and Tennessee. If they lose both games they could be third in their division and looking at the last AFC wild card. Meanwhile, the 5-4 Browns only have one...