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New PatsPicker App is Up! Our Pre-Camp 53-man Roster

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New PatsPicker App is Up! Our Pre-Camp 53-man Roster

The new PatsPicker is up via the great site PatsFans.com. Here’s my first whack at it.

QB (2) Brady, Mallett -> Teb-no.

RB (4) Ridley, Vereen, Bolden, Washington

WR (6) Amendola, Edelman, Dobson, Boyce, Harrison, Slater -> Three rookie WRs, crazy right?

TE (3) Ballard, Fells, Sudfeld -> Gronk PUP

C (1) Wendell

G (4) Mankins, Connolly, McDonald, Cannon

T (3) Solder, Vollmer, Svitek

DE (6) Jones, Ninkovich, Cunningham, Francis, Bequette, Buchanan

DT (4) Wilfork, Kelly, Forston, Armstead -> Forston has a lot to prove, could get replaced by vet.

ILB(3) Spikes, Fletcher, Beauharnais

OLB(4) Collins, Mayo, Hightower, Koutouvides

CB (5) Talib, Dennard, Arrington, Dowling, Ryan

SS (3) Wilson, Wilson, Harmon

FS (2) McCourty, Ebner

ST (3) Gostkowski, Aiken, Mesko

PUP (1): Gronkowski

Total players: 53 Created with Pats Picker: http://patspicker.patsfans.com

My notable cuts: Blount, Gregory, Tebow, Donald Jones. 

What do you guys think?

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Have you visited The Prop Shop yet?

Fast shipping, free stickers/magnets with every order, just $15. What’s not to love?

https://www.patspropaganda.com/have-you-visited-the-prop-shop-yet-fast/

Are the Patriots more vulnerable than ever? – CBSSports.com

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Are the Patriots more vulnerable than ever? – CBSSports.com

Nothing tears up the internet faster than an article like this one, and I know it grinds the gears of a lot of Pats fans, but in truth it is now or never (at least until BB/TFB are gone) for the rest of the AFC East.

If the Pats offense still is dominant with an almost-entirely new roster of young weapons, they’re going to be dominant for at least a few more seasons, until Brady starts to fade. So the AFC East better pray every single new receiver the Pats brought in doesn’t work out.

What does bother me about these articles is the lack of mention of the defense. Probably shouldn’t be too surprising given they’ve been average at best the last few years. But it’s important to note that all starters outside Kyle Love return, and the additions of Adrian Wilson and Tommy Kelly should help two big weak spots. The defense’s trajectory should continue upward, especially if Chandler Jones and Dont’a Hightower take significant steps as well.

Unfortunately for the Dolphins they don’t see the Pats until late-October and mid-December. By then they should likely have Gronk back and be finding a stride with their new receivers. It’s all on the Bills and Jets to  take advantage of New England’s inexperience with their receiver corps early in the season to set up a real race for the AFC East down the stretch. 

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There is a fundamental misunderstanding of what the “Patriot Way” is here. It doesn’t mean WE ONLY START UNDRAFTED HUSTLE PLAYERS NO GLORY BOYS, it means, “we will be the most bloodlessly unsentimental team in football and that will be how we win.”

Dear Columnists: Enough With This “Patriot Way” Bullshit

I touched on this Friday with my column, but this is it in the simplest no-BS terms.

https://www.patspropaganda.com/there-is-a-fundamental-misunderstanding-of-what/

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As training camp nears, whispers of New England’s demise will serve as a juicy narrative for analysts to chew on. Don’t believe the hype. The Patriots adjust to change better than any team in the NFL. Last season alone, their offensive scheme morphed weekly and that versatility is a hallmark of every Belichick team. While the rest of the AFC East finds itself in transition, struggling to build (or buy) a winning roster, the Patriots have carried on. After taking one on the chin, this old prizefighter still stands.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000215480/article/who-will-win-the-afc-east?campaign=Twitter_atl_sessler

https://www.patspropaganda.com/as-training-camp-nears-whispers-of-new-englands/

NFL – 2007 Pats still wonder what might have been – ESPN

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NFL – 2007 Pats still wonder what might have been – ESPN

Good read, although we all know the ending. Not sure how NFL Films hasn’t made a Missing Rings episode about this team yet, but I guess with every year that goes by the more likely they are to get former players and coaches to talk about it, like they do in this piece.

As I’ve said before, you can’t come within under two minutes of being the undisputed greatest team of all time and then simply fade into an also-ran just because the Giants got a miracle to beat them.

The 2007 Patriots was one of the most exciting and insane seasons a fan could ever experience, and really it was a huge part in starting all this Pats blogging stuff I do.