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He came back in training camp and understood the defense already,” said McCourty, a fellow Rutgers product. “That’s hard as a rookie when you didn’t get any reps or do a lot, for him to just step in and as soon as he got in he was making calls. I think that shows him being able to get mental reps while not even practicing.
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FOOTBALL OUTSIDERS: AFC Divisional Round Preview
Nice long preview here with all the DVOA goodness…
While other teams keep on shaking up their coaching staffs and organizations, the Patriots are shaking their heads. Since the day they hired Bill Belichick as their head coach in 2000, other NFL teams have hired 138 – 138! – head coaches.
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Please, spare me the comments about “Spygate.” Belichick’s regular-season winning percentage after the “Spygate” game on Sept. 9, 2007, is better (.790) than it was before (.670). And don’t talk about the Patriots’ recent playoff record (5-5 stretching back to 2007). In that same time span, New England has played in two more Super Bowls – an amazing feat in a league filled with parity and rife with potential pitfalls.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/please-spare-me-the-comments-about-spygate/
Might not be a bigger X-factor this post-season than Amendola. Edelman’s sure to draw plenty of attention, then it will be up to Amendola, Vereen, Thompkins and Collie to get open.
