Archive for August, 2011

Big East: Top 2012 Draft Prospects

Thursday, August 11th, 2011
Mohammed Sanu NFL Draft Patriots

Say hello to one of the best WR's in the 2012 NFL Draft class that you haven't heard of.

The Big East is the fourth conference that we’ve previewed so far for the upcoming 2011 NCAA Football season. We’re giving you the best 2012 NFL Draft prospect on each team.

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Patriots vs Jaguars: Christmas in August

Thursday, August 11th, 2011
Patriots Cheerleader

The Patriots take on the Jacksonville Jaguars on Thursday Night.

After days of lockout-induced waiting and more Albert Breer reporting than any New Englander should have to take, the Patriots are actually going to play some real(ish) football in their pre-season opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Here are five things that we’ll be looking for in the game Thursday Night.

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Logan Mankins: Patriot for Life

Wednesday, August 10th, 2011

According to Adam Schefter of ESPN.com, the Patriots and guard Logan Mankins have come to terms on a six-year contract.

After the terse back and forth during the 2010 season with the Patriots front office and Mankins’ agent Frank Bauer, this comes as great news for Patriots fans and the Patriots offense alike.

Terms of the deal have yet to be disclosed, but one would assume that Mankins’ 2011 cap figure will be significantly lower than the $10m he was slated to earn under the franchise tag.


ACC Atlantic: Top 2012 Draft Prospects

Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
Luke Kuechly Patriots NFL Draft

Luke Kuechly likes to hit people.

The 2011 NCAA season is rapidly approaching – we’re here to get you ready for the 2012 NFL Draft by telling you which players to key in on for each team in a BCS conference. Up today is the ACC Atlantic division.

Check the related posts at the bottom of the page if you want to check out other conferences.

Check out BuffaloBillsDraft.com to see the sleepers for each of the conferences as well.

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2011 Pre-Season NFL Power Rankings

Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
2011 NFL Power Rankings

How long will Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers hold on to the "championship belt" in our NFL Power Rankings?

This year, instead of coming up with the NFL Power Rankings ourselves, we’ve decided to take advantage of the wisdom of groups.

Each week, we’ll tabulate the Power Rankings from BuffaloBillsDraft.com, MiamiDolphinsDraft.com, NYJetsDraft.com, and from Doug Kyed here at NEPD.

Here are the results for the pre-season, with high and low numbers in parentheses. Comments and notes appear below.

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2011 Patriots Roster Prediction 3.0

Monday, August 8th, 2011
Tom Brady Patriots

I'm relatively certain this guy makes the roster, but that hair has already been cut.

This is our third of at least five annual predictions (we hit 50/53 in last year’s final prediction) for who makes the New England Patriots opening-day roster.

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