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t" style of WEEI's "The Big Show", or the eminently un-inclusive style of shows like New England Sports Tonight in which the beat writer talks at the viewer for 5 minutes or so.

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The Fall is coming and the season is starting. It's a great time to be in New England.

Continue reading "Important Pre-Season For The Patriots"

For those teams drooling over McFadden (hello Dallas?), New England taking a closer look at Darren quickens the heart rate of the teams in love with Run DMc.

Maybe the same can be said about the Keith Rivers visit.

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The most intriguing of the three is Flowers because he sounds like he would fit seamlessly into the New England secondary. Scouting reports say he plays great in zone schemes and has solid ball skills.

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In today's Boston Globe, they reported New England worked out Auburn's Quentin Groves. He's a former defensive end that moved to outside linebacker for the Tigers and is rated by The Sporting News as the second best outside linebacker in this year draft and is considered by many as the best pure pass rusher.

Continue reading "Another personal workout"

es feel like when the Patriots signed Duane Starks? Remember he was a good corner for Baltimore and New England gave him good money after Ty Law signed a lucrative deal with the New York Jets.

Continue reading "No shortage of corners"

Earlier I heard they are interested in Vanderbilt's Jonathan Goff.

While many people believe New England will draft a corner if they don't trade down, I disagreed. Sure they lost two corners in Asante Samuel and Randall Gay, as well as safety Eugene Wilson, but I found it hard to ignore the age factor as well as the lack of depth at the linebacker position.

Continue reading "A linebacker workout"

Remember, the Jets are a pick ahead of New England and need to improve a pass rush that had just 29 sacks last year. DE/LB Shawn Ellis tied for the team lead in sacks with five. The other guy was David Harris, an inside linebacker! That's not supposed to happen in a 3-4 defense.

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He could see the passes he didn't get in New England. Donte' could have a big year while running routes with receiver Braylon Edwards and tight end Kellen Winslow Jr. And with the Browns re-signing QB Derek Anderson, the offense could be better than last year.

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y on to slow the pace of the game and see what their running attack can accomplish against an aging New England linebacking corps. Given the fact that I do not like either team at all, I would at least like to see a competitive contest. So I'm using the premise that the Giants win the toss and at least keep the game competitive in the early stages.

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