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Jones may be high on Belichick’s depth chart largely due to both curiosity and necessity.

The cap-poor Patriots have very little room for negotiating contracts with both new and current free agents. Or do they? One man with a very large contract holds a key to the solution for this problem.

It came down to third and long again for the Patriots. And again, Troy Brown came through.

The eighth descendant of Paul Revere was seen galloping down Route 1 last night. Trouble is, only I saw him.

How bad is your team’s running game when you waive Terry Allen and bring on Raymont Harris?

People are amazed at how accessible Bill Belichick is these days.

When you think about it, the things that Drew Bledsoe, Terry Glenn, Shawn Jefferson and Ben Coates are capable of staggers the imagination.

Tebucky Jones is actually one hell of a guy.

Carroll has gone from the soft, mellow coach of the Patsies to a firm, strong leader who looks like a genius at present. And Parcells has gone from the pantheon of the greatest of the great NFL coaches to an overstuffed buffoon who is living down to his inability to be as good a GM as he is a coach.

Pete Carroll’s ear-to-ear grin as time ran out pretty much told the story.

If Vegas made book on this, think of the fortune you’d now have with just a little capital and a lot of bravery.

Drew Bledsoe and the passing attack will keep the Patriots in every game. Broken records are why they invented compact disks.

With the signing of Ty Law, and if a similar deal is done with Lawyer Milloy, cap room will be even more at a premium. Justifying Brown’s presence and importance on the team will be crucial to the Patriots’ decision to retain him or not.