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From Mike Freeman of CBS Sportsline.com…
Eric Mangini will never get another head coaching job in the NFL.
At least that’s what a variety of NFL team officials recently stated, citing the belief that Mangini is viewed by a significant number of people within the sport as traitorous for outing Bill Belichick [...]
They have lost Tom Brady. Rodney Harrision is done for the year. They have had other significant injuries and issues. Yet the New England Patriots sit at 5-2, tied atop the AFC East. How can that be? Perhaps because of one Bill Belichick.
Dan Shaughnessy of the Boston Globe wonders that very thing and wrote a [...]
If I were a betting man…
Bye usually has meant hello to victories for the Patriots in Bill Belichick’s coaching tenure. As players return from their bye weekend and get back to work today at Gillette Stadium - with back-to-back tests at San Francisco and San Diego looming - the question is: Will that continue?
The Patriots [...]
From the Sporting News…
You figured the Patriots would have trouble scoring 38 points in games without Tom Brady, but you also did not think New England’s defense would give up 38 points in any game, especially at home.
The Patriots’ conservative game plan with Cassel works only if the defense is doing its part, tackling well [...]
