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some pats quick hits procured online:
- In the same Globe column, a defensive assistant who coached against the Pats this year but requested anonymity (so he's either from Carolina or Oakland) says that Tom Brady is running the Patriots offense at the line of scrimmage. "They give him a bag full of plays and then they let him handle it," said the assistant who later added, "[Bill] Belichick doesn't even have a headset on, so how's he calling the plays? Smoke signals? If you think a 28-year-old kid [quarterback coach Josh McDaniels] is doing it, you don't understand much about Belichick." Right. Wonder if the assistant knows that Tom Brady also happens to be 28.

- Michael Kay on the ESPN Sports Reporters "reminds" us this morning stated that the reason the Patriots always get to the Super Bowl is because they get to play home playoff games in the snow at Gillette Stadium. Yeah...guess those two AFC championship games IN Pittsburgh don't count, huh?

-Later on, Kay pushed A-Rod for MVP saying that David Ortiz ducked Randy Johnson a few weekends ago with a supposed back injury.

-Nice smackdown by Bill Belichick of Steve Burton during his press conference. Burton asked about the pass interference call. Belichick replies "Steve, you know where I'm standing. I mean, could I be any further away from the play?" Even better was Bob Lobel attempting to save Burton face by saying Belichick "rudely dismissed" Burton's "legitimate question".