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Boston Sports Then & Now: Grogan & Bledsoe Caught in Retired Numbers Game

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Great piece by Joe Gill and he brings up some great points. I think the Patriots really need to look into unretiring the numbers that have been retired by establishing something like the Ring of Honor mentioned in the article. 

Though I’m not sure I would call it the Ring of Honor, that’s what everyone calls it. We need a Pats-centric term. Musket of Destiny? No that doesn’t really work. But that could make a good Patriots video, kinda like Three Games To Glory. Or a bad Harry Potter movie.

Why The New England Patriots Need Jonathan Wilhite Healthy

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Jonathan Wilhite is in his third season with the Pats and after a somewhat promising rookie year, where most of his mistakes were forgiven because he was a rookie, he became Whipping Boy of the Secondary in 2009.

You’ll probably notice Wilhite standing there, looking around confused, in any number of 2009 Patriots lowlights after the opposing team just burned him for a touchdown. The most famous one being the winning touchdown pass to Reggie Wayne against the Colts.

In 2010 Wilhite has been decent playing only the inside nickel cornerback position, but he’s missed the last three games with a hip injury. It might not seem like a big deal to not have him, but the trickle down effect has hurt the Patriots because Patrick Chung has been forced to take over Wilhite’s coverage duties.

Chung was having a breakout season until he himself dealt with a knee injury sustained against the San Diego Chargers, then upon his return he’s had to play nickel. Chung is best utilized as a versatile safety, who can cover or rush the quarterback and using him at nickel has limited his effectiveness. 

If Wilhite can return against the Jets we should seem some more impact plays out of Chung.

Some Afternoon Patriots Linkage…

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Some good stuff popping up around the internets this afternoon as the frenzy of buildup to MNF continues.

First is this article from the New York Post that pretty much sums up what we already know… that the Pats have been bending and pretty close to breaking all year long and need to depend on Brady. It’s nothing we haven’t been talking about all season long but they do have some good stats that are informative and give some context to where this Pats D ranks. I think just because it’s from a New York paper it might fire people up a little bit, but they’re just stating facts.

To counter the negativity in that one we have this little gem on BB from Mike Freeman, who has written some pretty scathing anti-Pats articles in the past. We know about the Pats defensive struggles but everyone seems to leave out that this defense has been nearly completely turned over and rebuilt in the last two seasons. This 2010 draft class has really cemented the foundation and it looks like no matter how this season ends up the Patriots will be a solid team for the next 4-6 years at least. Put it this way, when Brady’s ready to hang them up this defense will be a veteran group that should help ease the transition to whoever is the next QB. Yes folks, I think about long term domination.

Finally we wrap it up with this Belichick Breakdown from the Lions game. BB’s breakdowns are always my favorite part of Patriots All Access, if only I could embed them…

Measuring the Patriots “Bend-Don’t-Break” Defense

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If you’ve seen many Jets fans previewing the upcoming clash you know two things:

  1. They have access to an NFL statistics website.
  2. They look at said statistics sites and are thus confident New England’s poorly ranked defense will be unable to stop the unstoppable Holmes-Crotchery-Edwards-Keller-Tomlinson receiving threats.

But it seems pretty apparent none of the have really watched the Patriots’ games, because if they did they’d know that yes, teams can move the ball on the Pats, especially through the air. However the Patriots are actually ranked 12th in Cold Hard Football Facts’ Bendability Index and have had a knack for coming up with timely interceptions.