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Priest Holmes was almost a Patriot

Posted in Patriots on Nov 21st, 2007 Comments

With Kansas City Chiefs running back Priest Holmes announcing his retirement today, I have a little story about how he almost became a Patriot rather than a Chief when the Baltimore Ravens let him go after the 2000 season.
The Patriots front office had decided that Holmes would be their No. 1 choice at running back [...]

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Running up the score or too good?

Posted in Patriots on Nov 21st, 2007 Comments

I have a column in today’s newspaper about this very subject: Are the Patriots running up the score?
With the inference being, are they piling it on when the dogs should be called off?
No.
Let me explain. If the Patriots had one or two blowouts, and kept Tom Brady in the game, throwing until the final three [...]

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