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Inside the NFL asks if the Patriots are invincible?

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I don’t know what’s more annoying, those who were declaring the Patriots dead after 2009, or those now debating if anyone can beat the Patriots as the Inside the NFL guys do in this clip.

But I think most of the responses here are pretty reasonable and for once in my life I have to say I agree with Cris Cross Collinsworth. There are more than a couple key Patriots that have never experienced playoff football. I expect them to perform just like they have in the big, national games all year long. However you can never rule out jitters when dealing with so many young guys.

Even crazier for me to admit is that I agreed with what Michael Felger had to say last night on CSN’s Patriots roundtable with regards to the Ravens. He said the biggest threat to the Pats are teams that can throw and in case you haven’t noticed the Ravens can’t throw. 

Now is it possible that the same Patriots run defense that showed up in Cleveland shows up against the Baltimore and gets abused? Of course. Hopefully not likely, but really that’s the only way Baltimore has a chance. To get the same Patriots that took the field against the Browns. Not too likely.

The Patriots aren’t invincible, but if they continue to play like they did down after the Browns loss they’ll be pretty close to it.

Let’s check out Thomas Dimitroff’s “counter-culture appearance”

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Today Mike Reiss posted a quote from Michael Silver of Yahoo Sports says of Thomas Dimitroff:

“Dimitroff was once one of these behind-the-scenes standouts, a former area scout who’d at first been marginalized because of his counter-culture appearance and vegetarian diet but had risen through the Patriots’ front-office ranks because he turned out to be damn good at what he did. 

So it got me to thinking, what exactly does "counter culture appearance’ mean? I remember Dimitroff from his time from the Pats. The only thing I remember about his was that he looked kinda Russian-y.

So I searched the Google and found some pics to find out what kind of look Dimitroff was rocking that was so far out there.

This is how I remember Dimitroff. A little scruffy and messy haired, but the guy was a scout so I’m sure he was living at Gillette Stadium at the time.  Nothing too crazy.

Look who got promoted! Nice suit. Hair styled. Still nothing out of the ordinary.

Again, average football dude.

Oh boss, you are sooo funny!!

Wait a minute. Hair going full spike everywhere. A half assed mustache coming in. Maybe this is a little counter culture.

Nope. Well spoken, smart dude wearing a polo and khaki shorts. I guess I’m left to believe counter culture is having spiky hair and occasional scruff? And being a vegetarian? I don’t get it.