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Gronkowski earned some additional JumboTron time later in the game when someone with a sense of humor put him on the video board while an LMFAO song blared. Gronkowski has been in the headlines for dancing shirtless following the Patriots’ Super Bowl loss last weekend in Indianapolis while LMFAO performed. Gronkowski just flashed his familiar smile when he realized he was on camera and limited his moves to a little head bob from his seat next to the TNT broadcast position at midcourt.

Kobe recruiting Gronk for Eagles? – New England Patriots Blog – ESPN Boston

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The feeling here is that McCourty’s move was a result of a safety shortage in the eyes of the coaching staff, not that the position was his best fit. Outside of Patrick Chung and James Ihedigbo, the staff didn’t seem to have confidence in any of their other options at safety at the end of the year, which sparked the McCourty move. Assuming McCourty is back at cornerback full-time in 2012, the depth chart would start with him, and a question of whether he can return to 2010 form. McCourty would be followed by Kyle Arrington, Ras-I Dowling and Sterling Moore on the depth chart. Antwaun Molden, a free agent-to-be who performed well on special teams, could return to compete for a roster spot along with any other additions in the draft or free agency. In the end, the Patriots’ picture at cornerback is tied mostly to McCourty and Dowling, the 2011 second-round pick who the staff was clearly high on before he sustained a hip injury that ended his rookie season after just two games.

Mike Reiss

New England Patriots Blog – ESPN Boston

A lot of people are projecting McCourty to safety as a permanent move but I’m with Reiss. I think he’ll be back at corner for mini-camps and training camp. Not to say he’d never go back to safety, but I still think long term he’s a corner.

Dowling is an interesting one. If you’ll remember he missed a lot of camp and was then suddenly starting in the season opener. I think this shows the staff sees a lot of potential in him. Clearly he has some size that the Patriots lack in the secondary, and it’s likely that the Patriots saw he had some ability to play man. His return to health could be a big factor in 2012.

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Your grades are in … – New England Patriots Blog – ESPN Boston

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Your grades are in … – New England Patriots Blog – ESPN Boston

I think the results of this poll on ESPN Boston shows that those who voted know what they’re talking about. I find it hard to argue with any of the grades, save how Caserio gets a B-.

A+

Wes Welker, WR; Rob Gronkowski, TE; Aaron Hernandez, TE; Brian Waters, G; Vince Wilfork, DT; Robert Kraft, Owner 

A

Tom Brady, QB; Andre Carter, DE; Bill Belichick, Coach/GM 

A-

Matt Light, OT; Logan Mankins, G; Mark Anderson, DE; Jerod Mayo, LB; Stephen Gostkowski, K;Zoltan Mesko, P; Matthew Slater, ST 

Cosell’s Watching the Super Bowl: Patriots Offense was Easy to Defend : NFL Films Blog

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Cosell’s Watching the Super Bowl: Patriots Offense was Easy to Defend : NFL Films Blog

Fascinating bullet point observations from Greg Cosell, one of our most respected analysts. You can be sure that there’s no bias in his analysis, and he’s seen as much football as anyone.

When you take all this in I can’t help but feel even more reinforced that this offense needs to add some new dynamics. The book on this current version is out and if you can execute (which good defenses can) it’s fairly straight forward to defend.

I think that the addition of Josh McDaniels is looming even larger now. He will bring in some new elements that will open things up for Gronkowski and Hernandez and Welker.

Patriots a very condensed and restricted passing game, Very little intermediate and downfield passing – They were easy to defend