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WEEI/Bean: How Watt can fall to Patriots

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WEEI/Bean: How Watt can fall to Patriots

DJ Bean lays out a scenario where the Pats could get JJ Watt, but at this point, with all the buzz that is surrounding him post-combine, I’m feeling less and less optimistic that he’d be there at 17. The other factor is that while Watt seems like a great 3-4 fit I could even see him being a good fit for a 4-3 team. He’s that athletic and versatile.

So do yourself a favor and don’t get too attached, plus there’s not even a guarantee BB would take him even if he was there.

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New features in Madden ‘12: Lockout Edition

Franchise Mode

  • Prevent players from entering facility.
  • Keep your fan fury meter below 75%.
  • Prevent the restaurants around the stadium from going bankrupt.
  • Persuade music tours to make winter outdoor concert appearances.
  • Try to convince the public that the players are the ones at fault.
  • Choose which yacht/mansion/jet to sell.
  • Scout the UFL for replacement players.
  • Generate growth, any way possible.

Create-a-Player

  • Find the Cobra health insurance plan that’s best for you.
  • Rehab injuries with unqualified physical therapists who know nothing about football.
  • Go into credit card debt.
  • Find alternative outlets for pent up aggression like bar brawls and spousal abuse.
  • See if that one year of college eligibility is still good.
  • Pursue second career in manual labor.
  • Work out with a bowflex.

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BSMW: New Michael Holley/Patriots Book Coming!

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BSMW: New Michael Holley/Patriots Book Coming!

I have a dream that someday, long after BB retires, he’ll write a tell all opus that goes into great detail about his time with the Patriots. Because he is such a collector of football books, and has such an appreciation for the history of the game, I really want to believe that he’ll want to leave behind an inside look at his first ballot Hall of Fame coaching career.

Until that time we’ll have to do with other insider accounts, and after giving us Patriot Reign, it looks like Michael Holley has a new book coming out October 4th, 2011, entitled “War Room”.

Here are some details that Bruce Allen at BSMW tracked down:

Sports commentator and bestselling author Michael Holley will follow three NFL teams from training camp 2010, through the Super Bowl, and into the April draft, providing a new look at Belichick’s influence, which has now spread from the Patriots to other teams, particularly the KC Chiefs and the Atlanta Falcons.

A little further down, it expands on the description:

This is a football book with three central characters: Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli, and Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff.

Michael Holley will follow Belichick, Pioli, and Dimitroff through the entire 2010 season—from training camp 2010, through the Super Bowl, and into the April draft—exploring the personal connections of the three men and the increasing influence of the Patriot way. Belichick and Pioli have been friends since the 1980s, when Belichick was a young coordinator for the New York Giants. They worked together in Cleveland, New York (Jets) and New England. In 2008, Pioli left for Kansas City to build a Midwestern Patriots model. A year before Pioli left, Dimitroff was the surprising top GM choice of the Falcons, who dreamed of building Patriots South in Atlanta.

The culmination of the narrative will be all three men preparing their teams for the lifeblood of the NFL, which is the draft, as all three franchises seek to improve themselves through similar philosophies but perhaps different strategies.

We know that Holley got some great access for Patriot Reign, so this is an exciting development and should make for a great read. Things I’m most interested to read about:

  • The playoff loss to the Jets. How it influenced the 2011 offseason.
  • BB being the defacto defensive coordinator and how he worked with all the young players on the roster.
  • What Scott Pioli sees in Todd Haley.
  • Any insight into the Logan Mankins ordeal.

Should be a great read. Can’t wait to get my paws on it…

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I hope to be back. If you’re fortunate to play somewhere for 10 years, and you’re going and looking for another contract, you’d like to finish it somewhere that you have familiarity and you know the people. I’ve been a big fan of this organization and what they’ve done, but it is a business. I’m very cognizant of that fact and understand that. They have decisions they have to make and I have decisions I have to make. If we can find a common ground, I’d love to be back.

Matt Light

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Frenz: Ranking Defensive Front 7 Prospects by Explosion & Production

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Frenz: Ranking Defensive Front 7 Prospects by Explosion & Production

Great stuff here by our co-host Erik as he uses Pat Kirwan’s formulas for Explosion Number and Production Ratio. You’ll have to follow the link to find out who ranks where, but let’s just say some of the top guys we’ve been talking about are the top guys.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk2kOAf1zP8

Nice little BB video find this morning. While attending a Belichick press conference is on my bucket list, I think I would get more enjoyment out of watching the press try to crack him than any information BB might actually divulge. Personally I wish they’d just ask him more X and O questions and watch him go to town. Always love it when someone asks some random football history question and BB starts spouting off, showing how affable he really is.

They touch on it briefly in this video, but BB and Patriots are ALWAYS competing. Whether it’s not divulging any information at the press conference, or demanding the prospects they talk to at the scouting combine keep quiet about it, they will always be looking to gain an edge.

One thing that wasn’t mentioned in this piece was how BB also is careful of how his words will effect his own team. Overt praise for one player might come at another’s expense. By showing a complete focus on the upcoming opponent even in his press conference Belichick is always sending that message to his team. Don’t worry about anything other than preparing yourself to play your best this Sunday. No matter how much you did or didn’t play last weekend. No matter what off the field distractions are going on. Focus on the here and now, and get yourself ready to go.

(Source: http://www.youtube.com/)

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