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It’s been pretty annoying this year,” Mankins said. “This is just one of those years where it seems like everything gets right and then something else happens. You’ve just got to take it and try to do the best you can to stay out there, and hopefully I’ll be out there sooner or later.
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Probably not, he only returned 2 punts in college. He had 24 kicks returned, but all came his sophomore year.
Patriots Today – Inside the winning locker room
How about a little more enthusiasm for the Bruschi ‘awwww yeah’ cheer, Gostkowski?
Patriots running the ball down Miami’s throat called ‘disrespectful’ by Dolphins
Now I’ve seen everything.
“It really [ticked] me off,” McDaniel told Palm Beach Post reporter Brian Biggane. “It was disrespectful to us to run the same play over and over and be successful. Normally, when somebody’s driving down the field you just think, ‘Well, they just had a good run there,’ but you run the same play over and over, as a competitor that [ticks] me off.”
I think that game was also a little skewed because the Packers were on fire and the Texans were a little flat. And let’s not forget the Patriots aren’t exactly at full strength on offense either, if there’s a re-match New England will have an entirely different look with Gronk (hopefully) playing.
But despite all that I still think the Patriots should move the ball against the Texans, and exploit their secondary. What will matter most is finishing drives with touchdowns. They can’t bring a knife to this battle because it will be a gunfight.
No one reads coverage and match-ups better than Brady, so I think we’ll see a good chunk of Woodhead and the spread offense. The main guys will of course be Welker, Hernandez and Lloyd, with Lloyd being the real wild card. This is the week I think they really need something out of him, and I’d bet we see him moved around a lot more instead of simply keeping him outside.
