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With Vereen and Bolden both already having established themselves as RBs who can catch, the Pats have added another "receiving RB" for 2014 in James White, and perhaps even two, including Finch. Also, the biggest part of FB James Develin's "practicing as a TE" this off-season has been that he's...

Because someone had to start one. Kickoff 7:30pm --------- First note: Zuri Berry (Boston.com) is awful. Here's his game preview, including starting lineups: http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/extra_points/2014/08/preseason_game_2_preview_eagles_at_patriots.html

I'm presenting what I've come up with as "guidelines" rather than "standards" for a few reasons. For one thing, it appears to me that some of the preferred measurables have evolved over the course of the BB Era with the Pats (and may still be evolving), which is no real surprise since it's...

While I'm at it ..... at the suggestion of DS, here's what I posted in the Draft Talk thread: With mock draft season beginning to accelerate, I figured it was time to calculate the initial mathematical trade scenarios based on which teams actually have what for picks. I did this last year, but...

At the suggestion of chevss, making this a separate thread for ongoing reference. Taking off from this list: http://www.nepatriotsdraft.com/2014-patriots-draft-contacts I've added a couple categories at the bottom. Also, when I can, I'll include the source of the report (folks should also...

First, a look at 2013 production vs. cap hit for the most highly-paid guys in the league in order to get a context for projecting price ranges vis-a-vis the Pats' cap (rather than projecting in a total vacuum). NOTES: - These are the Top-25 cap hits (not salaries) for TEs in 2013 (Spotrac)...

DEFENSE Players' Cap numbers for [2014][2015][2016] in $Millions (*) = player was on IR in 2013 Defensive End Ninkovich -- [2.250][3.450][2.850] Chandler --- [2.229][2.600][UFA] Bequette --- [0.710][0.800][UFA] -- saves [0.440] if cut Buchanan -- [0.508][0.598][0.688] Carter ------ UFA -...

AFC CIN, 3-0 (1-0 road, 1-0 v. NFC field) - won at SDG, at home vs. IND and NE SDG, 4-2 (2-2 home, 2-0 road, 1-0 v. NFC field) - has played 4 of the other five AFC teams - won at DEN and KCY, won home v. IND and KCY - lost at home to DEN and CIN DEN, 3-3 (1-1 home, 2-2 road, 1-0 v. NFC field)...

2013 DROPS, according to: http://www.sportingcharts.com/nfl/stats/drops/2013/ [DISCLAIMER: I'm not vouching for this site's accuracy and have not checked their numbers against those on other sites, but they do present their data in a clear/concise format.] Boyce: 19 tgts/9 rec = 47.4%; 2 drops...

Top five, statistically, at each position (current media favorite in BOLD). Player (TEAM, draft position): stats OFFENSIVE WR - most recent: Percy Harvin (MIN, #22), 2009: 60/790 (13.2), 6 TD -- rush 15/135 (9.0), 0 TD **** 42 KR/1156 (27.5), 2 TDs ---------------- Keenan Allen (SDG, #76)...

Though I haven't run the numbers, I'm pretty sure that this season is close to setting a record for percentage of games started by backup QBs or the number of different backup QBs deployed as starters, at least in recent NFL history. In any case, there's what I have: * Through WEEK-12 (+...

Didn't see one, so . . . Buffalo, with Jeff Tuel at QB, looking VERY fired up against KCY, leading 10-7. Tuel throws a pretty nice deep pass and hit Goodwin for a long TD as Goodwin just ran away from everybody to get open. My "Prankings" thing kinda urged me to take the Bills and the points...

THRU WEEK-3: Player (draft spot) TEAM - stats (ordered by receiving yards) Hopkins (27) HOU ------ 26 tgt - 18/243 (13.5) - 49 YAC (20%) - 30L, 1 TD - 4x20+ - 14 FD - 69% CR (20th overall in yardage) THOMPKINS (UD) NE -- 28 tgt - 9/130 (14.4) -...

Ranking the "power" of teams in #1, #2, #3 order all the way down to #32 seems to me like a silly exercise that involves a whole lot of pre-emptive excuse-making in order to justify why a particular team is ranked a whole spot above another. So, for Schlitz and goggles, I thought I'd try to...

As of the start of pre-season game #3 vs. the Lions, the Pats have 84 players on the roster (including Gronk, Armstead and Harrison on Active/PUP or NFI). They need to get down to 75 by Tuesday, Aug. 27th, and so, need to release at least 9 players. They also need to retain enough JAGs and...

Since we've already begun to engage in speculation about "bubble players", I figured I might as well do the whole (very) preliminary roster projection thing. I've broken down the roster into positional units and each unit into two groups: (A) guys who seem highly unlikely to be displaced (in...

First, WRT "drill numbers", for OL they're probably slightly less important than intelligence and attitude and, like official rookie weight measurements, after a year or two, those youthful demonstrations of power, agility, etc. probably matter even less. However, some of them may provide a...

Compensatory Pick information was released a couple weeks ago and is now included in the Wikipedia complete draft order for 2013 (all 7 rounds) here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_NFL_Draft One of the purposes of this post is to give folks a handy reference for calculating...

Since Mock Draft Season is upon us and many folks here are postulating BB trading the #29 for more picks, I thought I'd list - for future reference - the most likely trade partners - those who have sufficient "ammo" to actually make such a deal. Below are the mathematically realistic trade...

INTERIOR MANKINS - G ......(7000) (10000) (10500) (11000) (7000) (UFA) CONNOLLY - G/C .(2333) ..(3333) .(4083) (UFA) WENDELL - C/G ....(950) ..(1015) ...(UFA) WATERS - G ...................(2250) McDONALD - G/C ..(540) ...(UFA) THOMAS - G ........(750) ...(UFA) RICHARD-IR .........(700)...