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  • Patriots Game Plan vs. The Buffalo Bills

NFL: 10 Players Who Must Be Franchised By Their Respective Teams

By John Sarianides The window to place the franchise tag on a player opens today. Teams will have the next two weeks to decide on whether or not they want to place the franchise tag on a player they want to keep. Here are ten players that must be tagged in my opinion. 1. Kirk Cousins, QB, Washington Redskins: The Redskins MUST franchise Cousins because if they don’t, he will end…

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Vallee’s View: 2016 Super Bowl Champion Leftovers

Has anyone seen my jersey?  By Michael Vallee -Evil Genius:  Looks like the verdict is in on Belichick’s controversial decision to trade Chandler Jones and Jamie Collins.  Jones started 16 games and registered 11 sacks while his replacement, Trey Flowers, started 11 games and finished with 9.5 sacks, including a monster 2.5 sack performance in the Super Bowl.  Not only did New England not miss a beat this year on…

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Patriots Pulse Blog: Brian Daboll to Alabama Makes a Whole Lot of Sense

By John Sarianides According to FOX Sports College Football Insider Bruce Feldman. Patriots tight end coach Brian Daboll is going to interview for the vacant Alabama offensive coordinator job. Daboll and Alabama coach Nick Saban have a lengthy history together. Daboll was a graduate assistant for Saban at Michigan State before Saban recommended Daboll to Bill Belichick for a quality control job with the Patriots.  Daboll has been a member…

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First & Ten: Ten Thoughts About What’s Going On in the World of Football

By John Sarianides 1. Is it a surprise the Giants cut Victor Cruz? He was due to make $10 million next season. It was only a matter of time. 2. The Giants are also releasing starting running back Rashad Jennings. The move will save them about $2.5 million. Jennings is not a loss. He’s been wildly inconsistent throughout his time with the Giants.  3. Dan Quinn shaking up his staff…

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Patriots Pulse Blog: Five Takeaways from the Patriots 5 Super Bowl Wins

By John Sarianides In honor of the NFL Network re-airing the five Patriots Super Bowl wins, we are going to give you five thoughts on each game. Super Bowl 36: Patriots 20 Rams 17 1. Tom Brady was truly a game manager in this game. He completed 16-27 for 145 yards and a touchdown pass. The Patriots rushed for 133 yards in the game. Antwan Smith had 18 of those…

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3-Step Slant: Three Reasons Why the Cleveland Browns Should Not Draft Myles Garrett

By John Sarianides Texas A&M defensive end prospect Myles Garrett released a video in which he asked Cowboys owner Jerry Jones to trade up and draft him. In the video, Garrett claims he is a Cowboys fan and that he doesn’t want to play in a cold weather city. Here are three reasons why the Browns shouldn’t draft Garrett first overall.  1. Garrett Doesn’t Want to Play in Cleveland: Garrett…

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Opinion: I Really Don’t Care If the Patriots Go to the White House or Not

By John Sarianides Much has been this week about several Patriots players announcing that they will not attend the White House ceremony honoring the team later this year.  Earlier this week, Devin McCourty, Dont’a Hightower, LeGarrette Blount, Alan Branch and Chris Long all announced that would be skipping the ceremony. While I don’t agree with what they are doing, they have every right to do it. Tom Brady skipped the…

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Patriots Pulse Blog: Here Is Who Is Staying and Who Is Going Among the Patriots Free Agents

By John Sarianides The Patriots have 14 unrestricted free agents they have to make decisions on this off-season. With $71 million dollars worth of cap space available, conventional wisdom would suggest the Patriots are going to re-sign most if not all of these pending free agents. Luckily, there is nothing conventional about Bill Belichick’s approach to free agency.  I don’t think the Patriots will retain all of their unrestricted free…

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3 Step Slant: Three Reasons Why Kyle Shanahan Will Succeed in San Francisco

Photo courtesy of Jed York’s twitter account.  By John Sarianides The San Francisco 49ers are set to introduce former Falcons offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan as their new head coach today.  The 37 year old Shanahan along with his hand picked general manager John Lynch will be tasked with turning around an organization that has fallen on hard times after appearing in the Super Bowl just four years ago.  It won’t…

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Vallee’s View: Super Bowl LI: One for the Ages

By Michael Vallee Two and a half quarters into Super bowl LI and the nightmare scenario was unfolding. For Patriots loyalists scattered across New England it was the nuclear option. Maybe a handful of skeptical Pats fans had kicked around the possibility during their many Super Bowl discussions over the last two weeks, pointing out what Atlanta had done to both the Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay Packers, but quickly…

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