Patriots vs Steelers: Inactives

The following Patriots will be inactive today against the Steelers:

WR Kelley Washington
RB LaMont Jordan
OT Wesley Britt
0G Billy Yates
TE Tyson DeVree
DE Ty Warren
OLB Adalius Thomas

Losing Warren hurts, but Mike Wright and Jarvis Green should be able to hold down the fort.

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Patriots vs Steelers: Injury Report

The Patriots released the following Injury Report on Friday:

Out
OLB Adalius Thomas (forearm)

Doubtful
WR Kelley Washington (thigh)

Questionable
LB Tedy Bruschi (knee)
CB Ellis Hobbs (shoulder)
RB LaMont Jordan (calf)
DL Richard Seymour (knee)
DE Ty Warren (groin)

Probable
C Dan Koppen (elbow)
DL Le Kevin Smith (shoulder)
CB Mike Richardson (concussion)

The questionable crew will decide the game for us on Sunday. They all saw limited reps in practice, so in theory, they are able to go if needed. For the Steelers, Brett Keisel is out, while Willie Parker is questionable.


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First Pick in 2009 NFL Draft

Who will get the first pick in the 2009 NFL Draft?

After running 10,000 simulations, Football Outsiders thinks they know the answer. Here are the odds of each team having the #1 pick and being in the top 3.

Updated after Week 13

DET 91.0% 99.7%
CIN 3.90% 64.7%
SEA 1.90% 43.3%
STL 1.50% 41.4%
KCC 1.80% 40.1%
OAK 0.00% 08.7%
CLE 0.00% 00.7%
SFR 0.00% 00.6%
JAC 0.00% 00.5%
SDG 0.00% 00.2%



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NFL Beatpaths: Week 12 Graph

The Week 12 Beatpath graph is out and it's no surprise that two teams from New York are at the top.

It's also no surprise that the AFC and NFC West are found way down at the bottom of the graph, with the lone exception beating the Arizona Cardinals.

The Patriots have a few beatwins, but they can really move up the chart with a win over the Steelers.  Neither team has a beatpath to the other, but the Steelers will be favored.

A newish wrinkle at Beatpaths.com is their pick confidence ratings, with some astounding results.  Make sure you check it out.

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NFL Power Rankings Week 13

The Week 13 NFL Power Rankings feature two New York teams at the top. If that isn't bad enough, the Colts have snuck back into the top tier -- weren't they dead in the water a few weeks ago? Redskins fan, please file your garbage down below.

1. New York Giants
2. New York Jets
3. Tennessee Titans
4. Pittsburgh Steelers
5. Tampa Bay Bucs
6. Indianapolis Colts
7. New England Patriots
8. Carolina Panthers

9. Washington Redskins
10. Atlanta Falcons
11. Arizona Cardinals
12. Baltimore Ravens
13. Dallas Cowboys
14. Chicago Bears
15. Miami Dolphins
16. New Orleans Saints

17. Buffalo Bills
18. Minnesota Vikings
19. Green Bay Packers
20. Denver Broncos
21. San Diego Chargers
22. Philadelphia Eagles
23. Jacksonville Jaguars
24. Houston Texans

25. Seattle Seahawks
26. Cleveland Browns
27. San Francisco 49ers
28. Oakland Raiders
29. St. Louis Rams
30. Cincinnati Bengals
31. Kansas City Chiefs
32. Detroit Lions

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Patriots vs Dolphins: Three Up, Three Down

Three Up
Randy Moss and Wes Welker - Season highs for these two as they tear up the Dolphins secondary.

Matt Cassel- He's really in the zone right now. Without a couple of bad TO's that weren't his fault, he could have put up 50+.

Matt Light- You shut up Joey Porter, and for that, I am eternally grateful.

Three Down
Matt Light- We like the aggression, but the Patriots need you against the Steelers.

Joey Porter's Mouth- Got you in a little bit of trouble this time didn't it?

Joey Porter's Play- Two Penalties and one tackle. That doesn't look good Joe Joe.

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Patriots vs Dolphins: Inactives

The following Patriots are inactive today against the Dolphins. It looks like Seymour, Bruschi, Koppen, and Ventrone will all go today. Vince Redd also looks to get his first regular season action.

CB Jason Webster
OT Wesley Britt
OL Billy Yates
TE Tyson DeVree
RB LaMont Jordan
CB Mike Richardson
LB Adalius Thomas

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Patrios vs Dolphins: Injury Report

IR
LB Eric Alexander (hamstring)

Out
LB Adalius Thomas (forearm)
RB LaMont Jordan (calf)
CB Mike Richardson (concussion)

Questionable
LB Tedy Bruschi (knee)
C Dan Koppen (elbow)

DE Richard Seymour (toe)
S Ray Ventrone (concussion)

It looks like Koppen and Ventrone will be able to go, with them not missing practice time on Friday, while Bruschi and Seymour did miss some time yesterday.

Vincent Redd, of Liberty fame, will be on the 53-man roster for the game. He was activated off of the practice squad to fill the opening made by placing Eric Alexander on IR.

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Patriots Compensatory Draft Picks

Following some really good discussion at PatsFans.com and Adam's NFL Site, we feel confident in projecting that the Patriots will receive the following compensatory draft picks in 2009.

3rd Round Compensatory Pick - From Asante Samuel
Samuel's $9 million average salary easily qualifies for a 3rd Rounder.

4th Round Compensatory Pick - From Donte Stallworth
Stallworth's $5 million average salary is on the border of a 4th or 5th Rounder.

6th Round Compensatory Pick - From Randall Gay
Gay's $3 million average salary puts him on the border of a 5th or 6th Rounder.

Adding these picks to our current stock of 3 first day picks (including San Diego's 2nd Rounder) should allow us to get younger at certain positions while giving us ammunition to move around. These compensatory picks can't be traded, but they would allow us to trade other picks to move up or to stockpile picks for next year.

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NFL Beatpaths: Week 11

Beatpaths.com is back at it again with another great graph detailing their Alternative NFL Power Rankings.

The Jets, Titans, and Panthers are easily the highest ranked teams according to the graph, as they have beatpaths to nearly all the other NFL teams at this point in the season. Things should change after the Jets and Titans face off.

Look for the Patriots to move up in the rankings with a win over the Dolphins, and the Broncos could move up quite a bit if they tie up the season series with the lowly Kansas City chiefs.

As always, more alternative NFL Power Rankigns and Beatpath information, go to our friends at Beatpaths.com

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NFL Power Rankings Week 12

Here are your Week 12 NFL Power Rankings, with a huge logjam in the middle. The top two teams have really distinguished themselves, along with the bottom eight, but anyone else could either beat the Titans or get beat the Chiefs any given Sunday. On to the Power Rankings.

1. Tennessee Titans
2. New York Giants
3. New York Jets
4. Carolina Panthers
5. Pittsburgh Steelers
6. Arizona Cardinals
7. Tampa Bay Bucs
8. Washington Redskins

9. Indianapolis Colts
10. Atlanta Falcons
11. Miami Dolphins
12. New England Patriots
13. Baltimore Ravens
14. Dallas Cowboys
15. Denver Broncos
16. Green Bay Packers

17. Buffalo Bills
18. Chicago Bears
19. San Diego Chargers
20. Philadelphia Eagles
21. Minnesota Vikings
22. New Orleans Saints
23. Jacksonville Jaguars
24. Cleveland Browns

25. Seattle Seahawks
26. Houston Texans
27. San Francisco 49ers
28. Oakland Raiders
29. St. Louis Rams
30. Cincinnati Bengals
31. Kansas City Chiefs
32. Detroit Lions


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NRA Protesting Treatment of Favre by Jets

Never Again?

The treatment of Brett Favre by Coach Eric Mangini and the New York Jets organization has gone over the line, according to NRA President John C. Sigler. "We have had the right to bear arms for over 200 years, and I'll be damned if we're going to sit idly by and watch this classless organization walk all over the 2nd Amendment," stated Sigler at a Friday morning press conference, following the Jets 34-31 overtime victory over the New England Patriots.

In public, Mangini has only commented on Favre's poor blackjack play, briefly commenting "You talk through it. You just stress, don’t hit on 20, like, sometimes, it’s OK to stay and see what the dealer has." Behind closed doors however, The NRA contends that Mangini has used his authority to deny Favre the right to own and use firearms.

Against the Patriots, Favre didn't sling a single gun all night, leading some to believe that Favre has agreed to the situation. Sigler however, won't be buying in to Mangini's plan anytime soon. "We will still sling guns from our cold, dead, hands -- in Green Bay anyway."

Brett Favre was unavailable for comment.

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Patriots vs Jets: Three Up, Three Down

After watching that entertaining, but heart-wrenching game, I can really see the Patriots in the Super Bowl or watching the playoffs from home.

Three Up
Randy Moss- Even before his amazing last-second catch, Moss was working his butt off blocking and trying to get open.

Matt Cassel- An amazing game for Cassel, I only wish we could have seen him touch the ball in OT.

Jerod Mayo- One word: BEAST.

Three Down
Injuries- Not an excuse, but really, this is getting ridiculous.

Ben Watson- Hold on to the football Benjamin.

Dan Koppen- What happened to the pro-bowl center from the first 18 games last year? A 23-yard loss and numerous missed blocks on Kris Jenkins didn't look good.

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Patriots Inactives: Week 11

The following Patriots are inactive tonight:

DE Ty Warren
LB Eric Alexander
OL Wesley Britt
RB LaMont Jordan
CB Lewis Sanders
OLB Adalius Thomas
CB Terrence Wheatley

Ty Warren is a bit of a shock as he was listed as questionable as of yesterday. To offset that bad news, it looks like Sammy Morris will get the call tonight alongside BJGE.

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Patriots Injury Report: Week 11

The following Injury Report was released by the New England Patriots for their game Thursday Night versus the New York Jets.

Questionable
LB Eric Alexander (hamstring)
RB Sammy Morris (knee)
G Stephen Neal (knee)
DE Ty Warren (groin)

Doubtful
RB LaMont Jordan (calf)
CB Lewis Sanders (hamstring)

Out
LB Adalius Thomas (forearm)
CB Terrence Wheatley (wrist)

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NFL Beatpaths: Week 10

Once again, we have a very vertical graph coming to us from beatpaths.com, which shows how crazy this season has been.

You have the Jets looking down at almost everyone, even though they still aren't considered a top-tier team, while the rest of the AFC East is chilling out down near the bottom the graph.

Many of the Patriots beatwins have been beatlooped away, although a win over the Jets on Thursday would add some new ones for the boys from Foxboro.

As always, for more information about beawins, beatlosses, beatloops, and beatflukes, make your way over to beatpaths.com!

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Patriots Week 10: Three Up, Three Down

Three Up
Offensive Line- Another great game for the o-line. Stephen Neal really has seemed to bring everything together.

Ellis Hobbs- Another big pick for Ellis and he did a great job on Lee Evans.

Jerod Mayo- Looks like he is comfortable with his responsibilities now, and is starting to make plays.

Three Down
Stephen Gostkowski- A rare miss gets Ghost on the list, although he is having a pro-bowl year.

Pierre Woods- Asked to step in for Adalius Thomas, Woods failed to finish a few tackles.

Quiet Fans- Hello? Is anybody out there?

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NFL Power Rankings Week 11

Here are your Week 11 NFL Power Rankings to dissect and argue over. If you have a problem with the Patriots being in the Top 8, tell it to my Law Firm.

32. Detroit Lions
31. Cincinnati Bengals
30. Oakland Raiders
29. Kansas City Chiefs
28. St. Louis Rams
27. Seattle Seahawks
26. San Francisco 49ers
25. Houston Texans

24. Cleveland Browns
23. San Diego Chargers
22. Jacksonville Jaguars
21. Green Bay Packers
20. New Orleans Saints
19. Denver Broncos
18. Dallas Cowboys
17. Minnesota Vikings

16. Miami Dolphins
15. Baltimore Ravens
14. Chicago Bears
13. Buffalo Bills
12. Philadelphia Eagles
11. Indianapolis Colts
10. Tampa Bay Bucs
9. New York Jets

8. New England Patriots
7. Arizona Cardinals
6. Atlanta Falcons
5. Washington Redskins
4. Pittsburgh Steelers
3. Carolina Panthers
2. New York Giants
1. Tennessee Titans

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NFL Draft Stock Report: 9.0

Stock Rising - Trevard Lindley, CB, Kentucky
This guy is having a great season for a mediocre team. He seems to be able to shut down about any WR at this point.

Stock Rising - Sam Bradford, QB, Oklahoma
This Sooner has great arm strength, great accuracy, and most of all, great awareness.

Stock Rising - Brandon Pettigrew, TE, Oklahoma St.
You already knew about the Texas Tech guys, but this Cowboy had a good day as well, showcasing the full set of TE skills.

Stock Falling - Mark Sanchez, QB, USC
Meh. After an amazing start, Sanchez and the USC offense has sputtered as of late.

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Adalius Thomas Injury Update

According to team sources, confirmed by FOX 25 in Boston, Adalius Thomas has a broken arm that will require surgery. This injury will end the 2008 season for the Patriots outside linebacker, as he will be placed on IR.

Pierre Woods, who filled in for Thomas after the second quarter, should see extended action in the coming weeks. Woods has shown promise at times during his career, but has a tendency to miss tackles.

Vincent Redd, an UDFA from Liberty, seems to be the logical choice to get called up from the practice squad. Roosevelt Colvin and Junior Seau could also be on the short list to get calls from the Patriots this week.

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Patriots Inactives: Week 10

The following Patriots are inactive for the Week 10 game against the Buffalo Bills:

RB LaMont Jordan
RB Sammy Morris
LB Eric Alexander
OL Wesley Britt
OL Billy Yates
CB Lewis Sanders
CB Terrence Wheatley

Looks like "The Firm", aka BenJarvus Green-Ellis, will continue to get carries along with Kevin Faulk, as Jordan and Morris are still on the shelf.

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Patriots Injury Report: Week 10

The Patriots released the following Injury Report on Friday afternoon:

Out
CB Terrence Wheatley (left wrist)

Doubtful
RB Sammy Morris (knee)
CB Lewis Sanders (hamstring)

Questionable
LB Eric Alexander (hamstring)
CB Ellis Hobbs (shoulder)
RB LaMont Jordan (right calf)
KR Matthew Slater (ankle)
NT Vince Wilfork (toe)

The Bills secondary will be a bit light as S Donte Whitner and CB Ashton Youboty have been ruled out of Sunday's game.

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Should the Pats Sign DeAngelo Hall?

UPDATE: DeAngelo Hall will sign with the Redskins.

According to NFL.com, DeAngelo Hall is expected to sign a deal within the next 48 hours with either the New York Giants, the Washington Redskins, the New England Patriots, or the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Hall, the former top-ten pick of the Atlanta Falcons, has had an awful year in Oakland where he has struggled to cover man-to-man opposite of Nnamdi Asomugha. Raiders officials, after giving up a 2nd round draft pick to the Falcons, finally let DeAngelo go after eight games.

Perhaps New England's zone scheme can mask some of Hall's deficiencies, while providing him opportunities to jump routes and make big plays. Our deep safeties can provide over the top help that the Raiders didn't. Another risk-taker excelled doing just that for the Patriots the last few years, before moving on to Philadelphia.

Even though that at only 25 years of age, Hall has time to be groomed in Belichick's system and to regain the groove he was once in during his two pro-bowl seasons, our guess is that the Patriots will pass on Hall.

In releated news, the Patriots signed CB Jason Webster to replace the roster spot when Shawn Crable went to IR.

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NFL Beatpaths: Week 9

The graph is extremely vertical this week, seeming to indicate that there is a more clear cut hierarchy forming in the NFL

That would be contrary to my view, as I feel like the difference between team 16 and team 1 isn't very great.

Both western divisions are very sad, with only the Cardinals ranking high in the system. However, their win over the Cowboys keeps getting weaker and weaker as they Cowboys keep losing.

As always, for more info on the beatpath system, visit beatpaths.com

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Mock Draft: 2008 Election

We here at NE Patriots Draft are Patriots of our country first, and we encourage everyone to vote in the election today. Along with most big events, we have to predict what is going to happen--we really can't help ourselves. Please do not misconstrue our projection as endorsement of either candidate, this is merely our thoughts on how the citizens of each state will vote. Here is a state-by-state look at how we think things will turn out in the 2008 Presidential Election:

Check out more projections at 3BlueDudes.com

<p><strong>><a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/interactives/campaign08/electoral-college/'>Electoral College Prediction Map</a></strong> - Predict the winner of the general election. Use the map to experiment with winning combinations of states. Save your prediction and send it to friends.</p>


We see Obama carrying the majority of the swing states east of the Rockies, and overall an Obama landslide victory. McCain will really have to carry Florida and Ohio to have a chance tonight.

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Saved By Zero

Saved by Zero
This commercial has gone too far. Writing this sentence 45 minutes into Monday Night Football, this monstrosity has been played at least 4 times already. It might be more, but I blacked out for a moment after punching my ears. If I owned a Toyota, I would light it on fire.

Saved By Zero is so bad, that it already has its own facebook group bent on the commercial's destruction.



This is Our Country
Not only was this commercial annoying, but it went on for over two years, with many different variations mauling viewers from coast to coast. If I ever see John Cougar Mellencamp, I will pick him up and drop him.

What other commercial annoys the heck out of you? If you leave a comment, I will find it and add it here.

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Week 10 NFL Power Rankings

Check out the NFL Power Rankings Week 10 for 2009 as well.

Here are the rankings for Week 10. Please, feel free to piss and moan down below. Usually that is the job of all the Redskin fans, but I don't think that will be the case this week.

NFL Power Rankings for Week Ten

32. Detroit Lions
31. Kansas City Chiefs
30. Cincinnati Bengals
29. Oakland Raiders
28. San Francisco 49ers
27. Seattle Seahawks
26. St. Louis Rams
25. Houston Texans

24. Cleveland Browns
23. Jacksonville Jaguars
22. San Diego Chargers
21. Denver Broncos
20. New Orleans Saints
19. Minnesota Vikings
18. Miami Dolphins
17. New York Jets

16. Baltimore Ravens
15. Dallas Cowboys
14. Green Bay Packers
13. Chicago Bears
12. Indianapolis Colts
11. Buffalo Bills
10. New England Patriots
9. Tampa Bay Bucs

8. Philadelphia Eagles
7. Atlanta Falcons
6. Washington Redskins
5. Arizona Cardinals
4. Carolina Panthers
3. Pittsburgh Steelers
2. New York Giants
1. Tennessee Titans

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Patriots Week 9: Three Up, Three Down

The Patriots 18-15 loss to the Indiapolis Colts was a tough thing to stomach for Patriots fans. Here are some players that helped and some that hurt our cause.

Three Up
Offensive Line- The gameplan got the ball out quick, but no sacks and good holes for BJGE and Kevin Faulk show that the O-Line stepped up big.

Brandon Meriweather- Meriweather was just a split-second off from breaking up multiple passes, and really layed the wood while tackling.

Defensive Rookies- Mayo, Guyton, Wilhite, and Wheatley all played well when called upon.

Three Down
Coaching- The first game that I can remember Belichick making multiple errors, although hindsight is 20/20.

David Thomas- I hate to criticize him for finishing a block, but you have to be smarter than that.

Jabar Gaffney- Next time, try holding on to the ball before attempting to kick the extra-point.


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Patriots Inactives: Week 9

The following Patriots will be inactive tonight:

LB Eric Alexander
OL Wesley Britt
RB LaMont Jordan
RB Sammy Morris
CB Lewis Sanders
OLB Shawn Crable
KR Matthew Slater

Freddy Keihao and Kelvin Hayden will be inactive for the Colts. Bob Sanders, Reggie Wayne, and Joe Addai will all play.

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NFL Draft Stock Report 8.0

Stock Rising- Graham Harrell, QB, Texas Tech
System or no system, Harrell is showing that he deserves to be drafted on day one of the NFL Draft.

Stock Rising- Tim Tebow, QB, Florida
Perhaps proved some doubters by leading efficient touchdown drives all day against the bulldogs. Showed a pro-arm for the first time this year against a top-notch opponent.

Stock Rising- Connor Barwin, DE, Cincinatti
Leading his team in sacks with 7, Barwin also did the whole Mike Vrabel thing, catching a short-yardage TD from the TE position against USF.

Stock Falling- Matt Stafford, QB, Georgia
Terrible game against the Gators, where Stafford showed some trouble handling pressure.

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One More Reason To Hate the Colts

I would personally like to see the look on the face of the guy who made this steaming pile after the Patriots win by 20 tomorrow night. You must watch it to the bitter end, even though you will want to turn it off. Believe me.

I just threw up a little in my mouth.

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