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Are the Patriots rebuilding or reloading?

February 25, 2010

After missing the playoffs in 2008 with an 11-5 record, despite a season ending injury to Tom Brady, the Patriots managed to make it to the post season even with a large void of veteran leadership before getting blown out by the Ravens.
The retirements of Rodney Harrison and Tedy Bruschi, along with the trade of [...]

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2009 Playoff Teams and the Draft

January 10, 2010

As part of our continuing analysis of the impact of the draft on NFL rosters we have taken a look at the 2009 playoff teams. The graphic above shows the relation between the different teams, the average of their overall draft picks and the number of team drafted players on the current active roster [...]

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OTC: New England (#10 from New Orleans)

April 27, 2008

New England Patriots
2007 Record: 16-0
2008 1st Round Selection:
Jared Mayo, LB, Tennessee
Last Five 1st Round Picks:
2007 – Brandon Meriweather (DB / #24)
2006 – Laurence Maroney (RB / #21)
2005 – Logan Mankins (G / #32)
2004 – Benjamin Watson (TE / #32)
2004 – Vince Wilfork (NT / #21)
Other LB 1st Round Selections (Last 20 Years):
1999 – Andy Katzenmoyer [...]

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Day #18: Robert Edwards

April 8, 2008

Robert Edwards – RB – Georgia
1998 Draft / 1st Round / New England Patriots
Robert Edwards played only two full seasons in the NFL, but it wasn’t for lack of talent. Drafted by the Patriots who were looking to replace the departed Curtis Martin, New England thought it had struck gold with the back from Georgia. [...]

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Day #43: Corey Dillon

March 14, 2008

Corey Dillon – RB – Washington
1997 Draft / 2nd Round / Cincinnati Bengals
Considered a malcontent by many in the media, Corey Dillon still managed to turn his talent for toting the rock into a ten year NFL career. Dillon was known for expressing his disdain of the media and many attributed it to the six [...]

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Day #46: Kevin Faulk

March 11, 2008

Kevin Faulk – RB – LSU
1999 Draft / 2nd Round / New England Patriots
Reeling from the free agency loss of Curtis Martin the New England Patriots thought they had found their answer in 1998 first round draft pick Robert Edwards. However, when Edwards went down with a devastating knee injury during a rookie flag football [...]

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Free Agency Nugget: Randy Moss

March 4, 2008

When the 2008 free agent season began many assumed that Patriots wide receiver Randy Moss had a verbal agreement in place with the team to remain since New England chose to not use the franchise tag on him. Complicating the situation the Patriots could not resign Moss prior to free agency due to league rules [...]

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Day #65: Deion Branch

February 21, 2008

Deion Branch – WR – Louisville
2002 Draft / 2nd Round / New England Patriots
How does a second round draft pick turn into a first round draft pick? When that second round pick is former Super Bowl MVP Deion Branch. Mired in a bitter contract holdout as a restricted free agent with New England, Branch found [...]

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New England Standing Pat?

February 8, 2008

In a stark contrast to the Giants, the 2007 draft class was not as impactful for the New England Patriots. Armed with twelve total draft selections, the Patriots made nine draft selections and traded three picks in two different transactions.
Only three 2007 draft selections made the team and had virtually no impact on the 2007 [...]

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Super Bowl XLII: Who Picked Better

February 4, 2008

Big Game Draft Notes: Who Picked Better?
Now that the Big Game is officially in the record books and the ticker tapes have fallen in the Canyon of Heroes we wanted to take a quick look back at the roster composition of the respective teams.
We started our analysis by taking a look at how both the [...]

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