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With the absence of Edelman, and the greatly diminished role of Amendola (due to injury) it's become a necessity to move away from the short game, the crossers and rub routes that have been our bread and butter. We should be doing this anyway because other teams are becoming adept at clogging up...

How Important is Rob Gronkowski? Third Down Numbers Don't Lie Ian Logue Rob Gronkowski's groin injury will likely be one of the biggest topics of discussion for this week, but if he's not on the field this Sunday against the Texans, Tom Brady and the offense may find themselves back in the...

Early Down Improvement Key In New England's Win Ian Logue One of the things the Patriots likely spent some time looking at leading up to their game against the Saints on Sunday likely centered around their early down issues they suffered against Kansas City, which put them in some tough...

- Deatrich Wise Jr came up big on 3rd downs. I cant believe we've struck gold TWICE now with DE's from Arkansas in the 4th rd. He looks like a legit force to be reckoned with. I was starting to think our Pass rush was toast and the only guy that would get pressure all season would be Flowers...

Here we go: First and foremost, everyone needs to calm down. The first week of the season has a lot of aberration games. Remember how the Pats got smoked by Buffalo in 2003 and went onto a 14-2 season and a Super Bowl while Buffalo went 4-12. That said, the lack of fight in this team is very...

Is the guy still recovering and not the same player? I thought he would be getting more snaps...guy was electric before the injury.

Patriots Curbstomped by the Chiefs 42-27 in NFL Opener Steve Balestrieri Kareem Hunt had a fantastic night, rushing 17 times for 148 yards and catching five passes out of the backfield for 98 more and a pair of scores Continue reading... (If you enjoyed this entry - hit the Thumbs Up/If...

The loss of Edelman seems to have changed complexion of the Patriots offense. No matter how you spin it, a traditionally horizontal offense going heavy vertical is an adjustment that takes time. There were so many more vertical throws from Brady than I'm accustomed to seeing. The stats...

On 2d and 1 on the Patriots 6 at Q2 12:15, Julio right after the snap and Freeman 24 runs left, taking a handoff and easily running in for the TD. No Patriot was close to him. What exactly did the Patriots do wrong there? How was it corrected later - you can see Belichick scheming something...

Good stuff from Chatham about how the Pats can put the breaks on Brockweiler & Nuk.

I understand one of the hallmarks of a BB defense is to take away your strength, make you beat them with your weakness, don't give up the big play, make you march the field with sustained drives, hoping to capitalize on a mistake, while tightening up in the defense......while (hopefully) scoring...

If you remember, the game was actually a pretty close, competitive match. No acts of desperation were called for. Then, this.... (sorry it probably won't play embedded in this site b/c NFL)

Enjoy! A Legend is Born: Breaking down Tom Brady's final drive against the Rams

Hi Everyone, So it's the down time in football and there is nothing really happening in terms of real news. And I certainly don't want to talk Defamegate, even with a decision presumably coming down the pike this week. So I turn my attention to something I've thought about and meant just to...