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By Cormac Eklof   A great man once said, ‘it is what it is’, and that has never applied to the New England Patriots as much as it will this coming NFL season. For all the questions around defense, the running game and Tom Brady’s bizarre mullet, the answers are sitting there, staring at…

  Cornerback The Patriots thought they were set at cornerback coming into 2011 with Devin McCourty, Ras-I Dowling, Leigh Bodden, and Kyle Arrington. Well McCourty regressed, Dowling got hurt again, and Bodden never recovered from his injury and was cut. Arrington ended up being the #1 cornerback, while guys like…

Free Agency Priorities Wide Receiver They really need a deep threat so their offense isn’t so one dimensional. They could just hope Brandon Tate breaks out in his 3rd year or they could sign or trade for one of many available established deep threats like Vincent Jackson or Sidney Rice. …

() FA Rank RB BenJarvus Green Ellis OT Matt Light (#36) He’s not quite the player he was in his prime, but he was a big part of the reason behind the Patriots success this year as the line as a whole protected Tom Brady very well. He struggled with…

  DT Armond Armstead (USC) CB Josh Bellamy (Louisville) S Jordan Bernstine (Iowa) CB Omar Bolden (Arizona State) DT Michael Brockers (LSU) CB Ron Brooks (LSU) OLB Zach Brown (North Carolina) WR Derek Carrier (Beloit) DE Claude Davis (South Florida) OLB Ryan Davis (Bethune-Cookman) S Tony Dye (UCLA) CB Casey…

  17. OT Nate Solder C In BB we trust? No, not this time. I don’t like this pick. Solder isn’t strong enough to be an elite tackle. 6-8 308 is very skinny for his height and his short arms and the fact that he’s already put on 25 pounds…

By Cormac Eklof  Seemingly every year the Chargers start off slow, but right now every single NFL pundit is tripping over themselves to pick them as a ‘come-back’ team to watch for in the second half of the season. The problem is, have you seen how soft the Chargers early schedule…

By Cormac Eklof Will Bill Belichick post news snippets and images from the famous Superbowl blow-out of old to rally his troops before this one? Do Bears fans have a warm, cosy feeling about the Patriots? Personally, as, at the time, a young Patriots fan, I will never forget that horrible, traumatic beating. Neither will Tony Eason,…

  2010 Record: 14-2 Draft Position: 28 2010 Season Recap: Click Here Offseason Needs: Click Here Free Agents/Team Transactions: Click Here Draft Grades: Click Here Key Offseason Moves: Signed Marcus Stroud Patriots Blogger: Cormac Eklof   2010 Posts  Patriots @ Bears, Jets @ Patriots, Patriots @ Steelers, Tom Brady: NFL MVP at the half way point?, Minnesota Vikings vs. New…