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We call Danny the sheriff. And Julian, he’s working on becoming the deputy. But Danny, he’s the man at Ping-Pong,” Slater said. “I wouldn’t really call them Ping-Pong battles because Julian hardly ever wins. I think Danny is far superior in Ping-Pong.”
Edelman doesn’t dispute that. “It’s always nice to hang out and get whupped in Ping-Pong,” he said. “He’s the champ right now. He’s the sheriff. But I am the deputy.

Forget the stats: Amendola is the sheriff, and Edelman is the deputy | Sports – Patriots | providencejournal.com | The Providence Journa

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There have been times when you think you come in early or think you stayed long enough, but there’s always that one car outside,” linebacker Dont’a Hightower said. “It’s never really just one, but I mean, there are probably 10 cars outside, and it’s all coaches. You see it all the time. They’re just as excited about the game plan as we are because they put so much time and effort into it.

Patriots salute Bill Belichick’s long hours | Boston Herald

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Since 2001, New England has lost one home game after leading in the fourth quarter. Every other team has lost at least six. I looked at every fourth-quarter comeback (4QC) opportunity since 2001, including the playoffs. These are defined as games where the offense had possession in the fourth quarter, trailing by 1 to 8 points. Overtime is also included now with the new rules.

Opponents are 1-46 (.021) at 4QC opportunities in New England since 2001. That is absolutely absurd. Including Super Bowls on neutral fields, the record is 3-49 (.058), and Eli Manning has led all three wins.

Football Outsiders: 2015 AFC Championship Preview — Scott Kacsmar. Just another reason to despise Elisha. (via wordsspokenofwise)

And I was there for the 1 4QC they lost. Eli sigh…

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[I]n talking to Revis, his teammates and the people closest to him, the feeling is Revis Island will be making a more permanent landing in New England. Revis likes playing for Bill Belichick. He likes the Patriots’ no-nonsense approach and professional environment. He likes the guys in the locker room. He likes competing for Super Bowls. “It’s been everything he thought it would be,” a source close to Revis said, “and more.”

For Darrelle Revis, it’s all about the winning – Sports – The Boston Globe

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So the run game really has not been a strength of ours this season; which the Ravens game showed. We’ve generally been able to get away with it because the passing game is really good and the defense is strong as well. Here are my questions: 1) Why do you think it hasn’t been great? More on the backs or the line? 2) What do you think we can do to make it better for the Colts game and (hopefully) the Super Bowl? 3) What can we do to make it better next season?

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It’s accurate, as you can see below. Certainly the injury to Ridley did’t help and then all the rotation along the offensive line was bothersome. This are really issues to examine closer this offseason because I don’t know the simple answer. 

I mean, they’re still in the top half of the league, so it’s not like they were awful. Really, on the defensive side of the ball, we’d have taken 14th in DVOA in any ranking, but the bar has been set so high, Top-10 the last eight seasons, it was hard not to notice a dip.

My initial feeling is that it comes back to the interior offensive line and just needing to upgrade one or both of those spots. I like Stork long-term, but I think they can do better than Wendell/Connolly and wished they had taken more substantive steps last offseason.

Then it comes back to just finding a better early-down back, and I’d guess that might include Ridley on a prove-it deal and a significant draft pick to compete with Blount.

In spite of all this, if Ridley had stayed healthy, they’d probably be a few spots higher and we wouldn’t be quite so concerned, but it is something to look at this offseason.