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Since my last mock draft, the New England Patriots have had many players in town for a chat, while others have been witnessed at workouts. Certainly, the same can be said for every team in the NFL with various other players. While some would say that the draft is beginning to take shape, I would contest that there's always the one head-scratcher pick that shakes up the rest of the draft ...

When Donovan McNabb was traded to the Redskins, I couldn't help but feel a sense of deja vu to last year's Brett Favre circus. Sure, the 40-year-old gunslinger wasn't traded to his division rival, but his arrival promised to be the catalyst for a successful year in Minneapolis. Could there be a similar scenario in Washington this year? Either way, several players have high hopes for a big season with McNabb ...

Tim Tebow has remained the center attention during his move from the NCAA to the NFL, for both supporters and doubters. Tebow's list of accomplishments has been repeated (ad nauseum) for over a year leading up to this day and will be repeated for another 20 days and four hours. Some have regarded him as the greatest college football player ever, at any position. That's a solid argument to ...

People always say that it's impossible to tell how a team performs in the offseason through trades, free agency, and the draft until the season's over. 2010 is no different, so there's no purpose in discussing that now. Instead, let's take a look back a year at the New England Patriots' offseason moves in 2009 and see how they did.   Trade: D The Patriots traded away Richard Seymour for the Raiders' first-round pick in ...

1. They've Struck Gold with Nearly Every First-Round Pick Since 2000 From Richard Seymour to Jerod Mayo, the Patriots have done remarkably well with talent evaluation in the first round this past decade. There really have only been a couple of questionable selections in Benjamin Watson and Laurence Maroney. When you consider, though, that Watson was the last pick of the first round, a new light is shed on his being dubbed ...

I have made some derogatory comments in the past about how the Patriots have signed a few too many aging running backs to their roster. I will, however, go on record as saying that I was relieved when the news broke last week that New England came to terms on a new deal with 33-year-old Kevin Faulk. The Pats are glad to have his 636 total yards and three touchdowns back ...

Dead at 30. That's what the careers of many great, elite, even historic running backs have become at that age. It's almost as if doomsday arrives the minute the clock tolls midnight of the 30th birthday. Despite how relaxing and enjoyable it may seem to retire at 30 years old, no position has had to face the cold, hard truth of the end of their career earlier than the running backs. Thus, we see ...

A new day, a new year. Even though most of the rest of the world celebrated New Year's on January 1, the NFL celebrated theirs with a bang on March 5. Many teams, such as the Chicago Bears, couldn't wait to get the festivities underway, and enjoyed a bit of "pre-gaming" before the party—it is suspected they illegally talked to Julius Peppers before the clock struck midnight. The first day of ...

To all the Chicken Littles who said the sky was falling on New England, it looks as if the Patriots won't stand idly by and await their dynasty's doomsday. No, they have different plans that involve the same players. Free agency has been a whirlwind for the many teams that are taking part in the spending spree heading into an uncapped season. New England has partaken in the festivities with a different ...

Question: What was the Patriots pass rushers nickname for opposing quarterbacks in 2008 and 2009? Answer: Quarter. They could never got to the back. Okay, terrible joke, I know. Regardless, the Julius Peppers to New England rumor mill began churning at an alarming rate back in 2009. Not surprisingly, the water from the mainstream media set the rumor mill churning once again this offseason. NFL.com Senior Writer Pat Kirwan provided news that the ...