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also from Mike Tanier's (Football Outsiders) previews in NYT The 2001-3 Patriots are back. You may remember that pre-hype, pre-“19 and whoops” team, the one that beat you and made you wonder how, getting small contributions from 40 different players. New England travels lighter now, like a...

Suh, obviously. He is a terror.

IIRC, Moss tweaked a hammy in training camp in 2007 so it makes sense they rested him. He's not exactly a young buck and everyone says he has a high football IQ and understands the game.

I agree, I'm just saying that if Maroney doesn't see a ton of carries next week he's a goner. I mean you have to give a guy some kind of opportunity to see game speed if you intend to play him, right?

It's obviously some kind of internal thing. He hasn't seen the ball all preseason, pretty much. I expect he'll probably carry the rock game 4 to get him some game action. If he doesn't he's cut. But I bet he does. Pats RBs didn't get a chance to get really warm today but BJGE just doesn't...

here's a thought regarding dvoa... it's 1st and ten on your own 50. you rush for 4 yards (failure according to dvoa). 2nd and 6 and you rush for 3 yards (failure according to dvoa). now it's 3rd and 3 from their 43, pretty good down and distance for a deep shot. you go play action, the...

I'm a big fan of FO as it is one of the few places on the internet that has good football discussion in the comment sections. DVOA is one of the only stats of theirs I've taken the time to understand cause they reference it so often. Here's the breakdown from the FO Almanac this year, edited a...

http://theeveningknife.com/dropbox/tebow_motion.jpg some screencaps i took of tebow's "new and improved" motion and the result.

Edelman is LEGIT. Not as much lateral quickness as Welker but he's got 1 more gear and more power. Obviously not as good as Wes right now but this kid has been playing receiver for what, 20 months? Loved the Tate toe tap at the sidelines. Loved the power running game in the red zone...

Well, even if it's like you say, I feel like age will come into play. Why keep Holt who has nowhere to go but down when Edelman has nowhere to go but up? Makes no sense.

Fair enough. I'll still take the rook over a guy who has never broken 700 yards on a team with no legitimate receivers.

Even if Welker came out of camp at 100% there's always the chance that he gets injured again, God forbid. For that reason alone Edelman won't get cut. The offense, at least the offense we've seen the last few years, needs someone filling that role. The other receivers just don't fill the...

This is crazy. Seriously? What more does the kid have to do in his rookie season to prove it to you (as a converted QB) and how much more does the coaching staff have to entrust to him for you to be convinced that they, at a minimum, are impressed with him? You are nuts. Edelman is in. No...

I agree that next year we should expect anywhere from 7-9 to 9-7 but I really do think that, as long as Kolb turns out OK, they will be in it to win it in the next few years. Reid loves drafting himself some O and D line. But anyway, I'm living in Brooklyn and all my friends are from Philly...

If not now than in the next few years. Samuel is a good corner, they just need another good safety across from Quintin Mikell (who is quite good) to help clean up the messes Samuel makes when he jumps routes. Letting Sheldon Brown go was a mistake IMO but Hobbs is a good nickleback. Obviously...

This is dumb, Hernandez is a much better TE to compare to Olsen than Gronk.

All that being said, I still say no effing way on Gholston. I mean... really?

Totally agree. Do not agree. How can this and your previous statement co-exist? I watch a ton of Eagles games and the Eagles and the Redskins are in two totally different places. The Eagles are built to contend NOW (they are a few pieces on defense away from a SB run and are ridiculously...

I don't think we *need* 6 WRs this year with the new TEs but it wouldn't kill me to keep Moss, Welker, Edelman, Tate, Price and Holt. Holt is an ok veteran pickup at this point who has a little to prove that he can still play but it's not like he's super familiar with the offense and is gonna...

That works sometimes and sometimes not so much. Look at the Eagles and McNabb. Nobody would argue that the Redskins are weaker with McNabb running Shanahan's offense than they would have been with Campbell. And not all the time you're giving up a player you straight up think is bad. You...