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Interesting nuggets from Jerry Thornton…

On the defensive side of the ball, it’s pretty much been Camp Stability. Unlike the last few years where they went through starters like “Game of Thrones” goes through side characters, the top 11 and the sub packages have been set for weeks. Chandler Jones put an arm bar on the right end spot in the first week. It took Dont’a Hightower about a half hour to lock up the Sam linebacker. Steve Gregory is the free safety, Ras-I Dowling the nickel. They ran a lot of situational stuff and on short yardage, Jones kicks inside and Hightower moves up to the line in that Jack spot he sometimes played for Nick Saban. It might just be due to the fact they haven’t had much chance to install the whole scheme and things will get more complicated as we go. But for now it’s nice to have 11-14 familiar faces instead of a cast of thousands.

The Patriots have injuries in the backfield, and New England has nothing to lose by acquiring Demps. He won’t break the bank, but he will give Belichick another project to work on – while Rex Ryan stares out of dark windows over New Jersey, wondering what could have been.