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Oh, I knew he was going to be good,” Hutchinson said. “He was always one of the tough guys, then. I remember we played Ohio State and they got up on us, I think it was my junior year, his senior year. They blocked a couple punts and got up on us quick. And we were playing catch-up throwing the ball. They were blitzing every play, hitting him in the mouth. He was coming back to the huddle, blood running down his face and didn’t even faze him. You know he was going to be tough.

Veteran guard Steve Hutchinson recalls a bloody Tom Brady… – NFL.com

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[The Titans] need to stay away from the middle of the line, because the Patriots have an advantage there with Vince Wilfork and Brandon Spikes up the middle. I think they’ll try to test the edges of the Patriots’ defense. When you have an athletic quarterback like Locker, he can bootleg out the other way, and get on the edge with his athletic ability. He can hold that defender back because he’s checking for that bootleg or quarterback run. That can open up some running lanes. So Locker is another aspect in the running game that the Patriots will have to account for.

Bruschi’s Breakdown – New England Patriots opener will be won or lost on edges – ESPN Boston

Bruschi reinforcing a point I made earlier this week:

A big part of their game plan should be to get the ball to Chris Johnson in space rather than sending him up the middle into the teeth of the Pats defense where Wilfork and Brandon Spikes will be waiting.

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New England is historically the leading and prototypical “bend but don’t break defense” even in the down defensive years, and 2011 was no exception. The Patriots forced opponents to march 19.23 yards for every point scored. To put it in perspective, opponents needed to churn out a daunting 134.6 yards to score the equivalent of a TD and extra point. Only San Francisco was better.

Defensive upgrades will power Patriots to Super Bowl

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Asked around the league after the Patriots made the Michael Hoomanawanui signing official on Wednesday, and while he’s a good receiver (20 catches for 229 yards and three touchdowns in two seasons with the Rams), the one thing that came up on each occasion was the fact that he is a better-than-average blocker. Our pals over at Pro Football Focus have Hoomanawanui rated as a 2.7 pass blocker (ninth-best among all tight ends last season) and a 2.2 run blocker in 2011, putting up those numbers in 401 snaps last season with the Rams.

It Is What It Is » Some thoughts on Michael Hoomanawanui, the Patriots’ no-huddle and the first injury report of the season

It’s easy for everyone to make fun of the Pats for signing so many tight ends but it’s clear that they needed a big blocker like Uh Oh, especially with their lack of depth at tackle.

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