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“Rodney Harrison is one of the greatest players to ever play for the New England Patriots, and one of the greatest players to play his position in the National Football League,“ Belichick said. "That’s a pretty high comparison. I’m not saying [Wilson] is or isn’t, but you’re talking about a great player.”
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The youngest and oldest NFL teams in 2012
Pats have 9th-youngest defense and 6th-oldest offense, though that offense number is sure to go down with departure of Branch, Welker and Lloyd.
[T]he Patriots have about $3-7 million to toy with.
Patriots cap space update – Extra Points – Boston.com
Not bad, enough to make another couple significant moves.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/the-patriots-have-about-3-7-million-to-toy/
Ranking Patriots’ Best Remaining Free-Agent Options
New stuff up at B/R, taking a look at some other potential fits. I think they’ll have to add at least another wide receiver in free agency, of course that could be Emmanuel Sanders, but I’ve laid out another option as well. And as many of you could probably guess, I’d be all for bringing in a defensive tackle as well.
AFC East winners and losers in free agency – Going Deep – Boston.com
Have you “gone deep” with Frenz yet? Good stuff…
Not much Patriots news today, unless you want to hear Mr. Kraft’s take on the Welker sitch. I’m not really too keen on all the back and forth about any of that now. It’s about 2013 and the guys who are on the roster…
https://www.patspropaganda.com/not-much-patriots-news-today-unless-you-want-to/
The general sense I get is that the Patriots’ big-money movement in free agency is over. The next significant domino to fall is right tackle Sebastian Vollmer, and until that situation is resolved, my feeling is that the Patriots wouldn’t want to commit significant salary cap space elsewhere if it meant closing the door on Vollmer. So if this read is correct, we’re in a little bit of a holding pattern right now.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/the-general-sense-i-get-is-that-the-patriots/
Each year the Patriots defensive schemes slowly evolve over the course of the year and each year is unique. I always pray that people can get past the simplistic 3-4 vs. 4-3 debate which is archaic and meaningless now. The Patriots trend of heavily using sub defense continued this season, as did their evolution to incorporating […]
