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How do you think the offense compares to last year given the addition of Scott Chandler and the new offensive line look?

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I hope that whoever the new guard(s) is/are that they short yardage running game might be improved this year, but otherwise on the whole I think it’s hard to predict. They have a ton of interesting pieces who could shift the dynamic of the offense, but no matter how they’re slightly different they’ll still be really good.

The biggest piece that will affect things will be the passing down back. What new wrinkles/abilities do James White or Travaris Cadet bring? How will they hold up in pass protection? That’s a big role in the offense.

Then I look at the second tier of weapons – Chandler and maybe Derby at TE, Amendola/Dobson/Tyms/Gibson. How do those guys do in rounding things out behind Gronk/LaFell/Edelman?

We’ll see plenty of Chandler in the red zone, but what will the overall balance be between him and Amendola’s snaps? 

Much of this can depend on injuries of course as well. The only thing to do is watch how the next month plays out. They’ll still be experimenting a bit in September (hopefully not along the line), but in early October we’ll see them lock in on what works and start to refine it for the stretch run.

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Checking the balls before the game and after the game would have been enough for me. The officials have approximately only six minutes in their locker room at halftime as it is. By the time they get off the field and then have to leave to notify the teams with a two-minute warning to get back on the field, that leaves them hardly enough time to catch their breaths.

Now they have to measure 24 footballs at random games. Now instead of officials discussing their performance in the first half and getting ready for the second half, they’ll be adjusting PSI’s.

Mike Pereira

Of course another hilarious overreaction from the NFL. I didn’t realize under or over inflated balls were magically better. The NFL allowed Deflategate to erupt and now they have to enact overbearing rules to prevent something that may have not even really happened from ever happening!

I think this week is going to be a big one and not just because camp opens.

https://www.patspropaganda.com/checking-the-balls-before-the-game-and-after-the/

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So turn back the clock to the 2013 season for a second. Brown is one of the best corners in the league, Fletcher and Cox are priority free agent signings, Ryan is a promising rookie known as Instant Offense, and McClain is providing quality snaps in the slot.

One year later and all five are in the dog house. One year later and no one wants any of these former rising stars. What are the odds that last season was just a down year for a couple of these players? What are the chances that one or two of these players rebounds after an average season in Oakland, or a bad year on a sieve of an Eagles defense?

Rich Hill

The Patriots Have a Starting Secondary – Pats Pulpit

Really good perspective from Rich.

https://www.patspropaganda.com/so-turn-back-the-clock-to-the-2013-season-for-a/

Has the NFL EVER suspended a player for the alleged actions of someone else? Seems like a very dangerous precedent.

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This entire Deflategate saga is setting a dangerous precedent. 

What happens now when a team is actually caught red handed cheating? With Deflategate they’ve established any player involved can be suspended multiple games and the $1 million fine and loss of two picks including a first rounder is the BASELINE and that was for a team being punished without any hard proof they did ANYTHING.

So even if Brady’s absolved in court, the precedent remains. The Patriots are maybe the only team that can overcome the totality of their punishment even if it all stayed in place. But a team that is caught with irrefutable proof? The NFL will have to choice but to effectively BURY them completely.