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Throwback Thursday: A Dark Horse (from April 25th, 2008)

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Throwback Thursday: A Dark Horse (from April 25th, 2008)

Was looking through my original Patriots blog today that started in December of 2007 and some of the posts are pretty entertaining. 

Some because of how wrong I was, others because I’m preaching the same stuff I preach now, but this one is just Don Banks nailing the Jerod Mayo pick.

Maybe I’ll make these throwbacks to the old blog a weekly thing in the offseason. 

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“When we’re preparing for games, he’s not only able to watch film and see things coming, but he’s able to go to the coaches and say, ‘Why don’t we tweak this defense this way, because it better fits what they do?’ ” said Devin McCourty, who started alongside Gregory at safety in nine of the Patriots’ 16 regular-season games this season. “When we’re in meetings we’ll have something in the defense and we’re watching [film] and Steve will say, ‘Why don’t we do this?’ We’ll all sit there and look at him and be like, ‘You’re right, that probably would be better.’ I think that’s what makes him so good. “Steve always has something each week we play that he sees and things we can do. That’s why we call him a future head coach.”

Steve Gregory of Patriots putting football smarts to good use – Sports – The Boston Globe

Funny how we never heard this stuff when everyone had Gregory getting cut last offseason. He’s really blossomed in his second year with the Pats. Has he been perfect? No. Has he missed some tackles? Yup. But overall, he’s been really solid playing primarily as a robber safety, similar to what Rodney Harrison did.

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