Nice choices by Howe with 5 Patriots to watch at camp. If I had to add one it would be Devin McCourty, although from OTAs it looks like he’ll be back at corner who knows if we’re getting ‘10 Devin or ’11 Devin until the real bullets start flying.
Cosell Talks: “He’s a Winner” : NFL Films Blog
Cosell Talks: “He’s a Winner” : NFL Films Blog
Interesting stuff from Greg Cosell, and it basically sums up why I avoid making superlative statements about any NFL players. It’s human nature to put everyone and every thing in a box. There must be a greatest of all time regardless of the teams that surrounded them or the circumstances they did or didn’t have to overcome.
Of course everyone can agree that Brady is one of the greatest QBs of all time, and there’s no fun when everyone agrees. So I get why we get an unending stream of Brady vs. Manning-type articles every day. But that doesn’t mean I have to link to them.
“He’s a winner.” What exactly does that mean? Is it simply an “access to the result” verdict, without much thought given to the process? Again, let’s relate it to Brady. Think back to his first Super Bowl victory against the St. Louis Rams. New England won that game with an Adam Vinatieri field goal on the final play. Two years later, Vinatieri essentially did the same thing against the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl XXXVIII. For the sake of discussion, let’s say Vinatieri missed both of those kicks (each was more than 40 yards). Then the Rams and the Panthers, respectively, won the toss in overtime and the Patriots never got the ball back. Would Brady’s performance have been any less impressive in those games? Obviously not. What would be different is our collective perception of his performance. He would not have been acclaimed a “winner.”
Troy Brown Antwan Harris Blocked Field Goal against Pittsburgh 2001 (by tlaham88)
Thanks @Advil!
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
https://www.patspropaganda.com/troy-brown-antwan-harris-blocked-field-goal/
Don’t Play Baseball With Bill Belichick » Skeptical Sports Analysis
Don’t Play Baseball With Bill Belichick » Skeptical Sports Analysis
Interesting analysis of BB’s draft strategy with the new salary restrictions on draft picks.
Of course, if you followed the draft, you know that the Patriots, entering the draft with far fewer picks than usual, still traded up in the 1st round, twice. Taken out of context, these moves seem extremely out of character for the Patriots. Yet the moves are perfectly consistent with an approach that understands and attacks my concerns: Making fewer, higher-quality picks is essentially the correct solution, and if the value-curve has indeed shifted up as I expect it has, the new epicenter of the Patriots’ draft activity may be directly on top of the new sweet spot.
2012 Award Recipients: Matt Light (by PopWarnerVideos)
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
https://www.patspropaganda.com/2012-award-recipients-matt-light-by/
Tom Brady would like another shot at Saturday Night Live – Extra Points – Boston.com
Tom Brady would like another shot at Saturday Night Live – Extra Points – Boston.com
Clearly Brady’s acting has dramatically improved since he last did SNL. But really TFB, if you want to host again you’ve got to win another Lombardi.
“I think that’s the fun part about starting the OTA process is you really start looking forward at that point, so for all of us you suffer a tough end to the season, and unless you win it all it’s a tough end to the season, but you’ve got those months in there where what you do is you think about the past and you think about what you can do better in your training, and once we start practicing it’s a different team. We’ve got a different group of guys, different mix of talents and we’ve got to see what we can put on the field. It’s been fun being back to work and seeing everybody together and getting on the field and running football plays because it really forces you to move forward. And I think everyone’s done that at this point.”
Ridley fumbled once as a sophomore in 2009 and twice as a junior in 2010. In all, those three fumbles came on 323 touches (306 carries, 17 receptions) in 39 collegiate games. That’s one fumble for every 108 touches. Ridley’s only extensive play as the clear-cut No. 1 back at LSU came as a junior when he fumbled twice on 260 touches (249 carries, 11 receptions), which is one fumble for every 130 touches. Let’s put that into some different perspective. The 15 NFL backs who surpassed 1,000 rushing yards in 2011 fumbled the ball a combined 51 times on 4,574 touches (4,033 carries, 541 catches). That’s an average of one fumble for every 90 touches.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/ridley-fumbled-once-as-a-sophomore-in-2009-and/