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Zach Moore came back really bulked up and there’s talk of him playing more of a defensive tackle role at least in sub packages. So I’m really curious to see what they do with him since coming out of a small school we couldn’t really expect much out of him last year.

Assuming you mean Flowers not Roberts at the defensive end spot. Yeah there’s a bunch of them there now, and I think to some extent it’s aimed at insurance for next season when Chandler might walk and with Ninkovich into his 30s they really need protection should he get injured.

How does it play out this year? Hard to say, but the early reports are that they’re getting Nink/Chandler/Sheard all on the field at the same time. The best answer is that they’ll mix and match like they usually do. We can’t really put it into a box like you could in the past where it was “okay, they’re mostly a 34 front, how does everyone fit onto the depth chart”.

Grissom might even be headed to linebacker, we haven’t heard where he’s starting out yet, but he has a lot of athleticism. 

So it’s good, versatile depth that they’ll be able to do a number of things with, but most importantly they should have fresh pass rushers ready to go for four quarters, something the definitely didn’t have last year.

I actually discovered that I’m not obligated by law to follow/listen to/pay any attention to any one I don’t want to so I’ve cut all those people off, but here are some of them:

Felger & Mazz – There are full twitter accounts dedicated to railing against them, but having a HOT TAKE is what they do. People can’t not listen to them for some reason even though they know exactly what their schtick is. I don’t find it entertaining so I don’t listen.

Ben Volin – You can not follow him and literally miss zero interesting Patriots information. I’m pretty convinced the Patriots feed him misinformation to make him look bad like the Vollmer to guard thing he reported last year. The other doozy was him saying Gronk was “bursting, cutting, exploding” in camp and every other beat reporter refuting that claim. He’s blocked Jeff Howe if that tells you anything.

ESPN – Seriously, just don’t even turn it on unless the Pats are playing MNF. And certainly don’t even touch Stephen A. Smith or Skip Bayless with a ten-foot anything.

Hubbuch is a master and easily swings whichever way is going to cause the most buzz. He’ll go after the Jets just as easy as he’ll go after the Patriots too. It’s just what he does. Today’s comment on the Pats not wearing numbers being a shot at fans was classic him. As if he gives two shits about Patriots fans.

Honestly, I think the only local beat guys you need are Mike Reiss, Chris Price, Tom E. Curran and Jeff Howe. You’ll get a perfect array of solid info, history and fun reads and none will try to put out a piece just to get clicks.

Also Mark Daniels of the ProJo really does a nice job with long, informative pieces on players. He really filled a needed niche last season.

And JERRY THORNTON! What’s wrong with me, he’s like one of the most important ones along with Nick “Fitzy” Stevens. Those two guys are probably the best Pats entertainers out there.

Also, just had to add that those are the mainstream big outlet people. There are a bunch of really good bloggers out there who know their stuff and work really hard. To name a few – old pal Erik Frenz, Mike Loyko, James Christensen and his staff at NEPatriotsDraft.com, Steve Balestrieri, Derek Havens and the rest of the guys at Ian Logue’s PatsFans.com. I’m sure I’m forgetting some people but we’re spoiled to have so many dedicated guys following our team. These are just the ones I’ve known the longest.