Kevin Faulk

The second installment of the Patriots Free Agency Hindsight Report is ready for release after a significant week of movement! Enough intro, let's get right into it here: -TE Ben Watson is officially a member of the Cleveland Browns. No surprise that they lost him - they didn't have a lot of incentive to bring back a player that only had one season with at least 40 catches and 500 yards (2006 his third season: 49 catches, 643 yards, 3 TDs). In fact, the Patriots faced almost the same situation in 2007 when they let 2002 first round pick TE Daniel Graham go after five seasons (none with at least 40 catches and 500 yards). More on this later. -CB Leigh Bodden re-signed with the Patriots. His new contract is for 4 years, $22 million, with $10 million guaranteed. Starter's [...] Continue reading →

Welcome ladies and gents to the 2010 New England Patriots offseason. I'm happy to be back at it again, as money is getting exchanged in this uncapped free agency period. It's been another minute since the last time you all have heard from me, and my plan is to not give you all 2,000 words. That said, this is the time of the year where plans start getting adjusted by external factors! I'll call these reports the Hindsight Reports because all we are going to do is look back on them and judge. Let me catch you all up on what's been up the last couple of weeks (besides the Combine, more on that jazz later): -WR Randy Moss conceded that 2010 will most likely be his last season in New England: I think what is interesting about this is that Moss' cited the fact that New England [...] Continue reading →

1999 A.D., New England Patriots B.B.

December 26, 2009 by Law Murray | Andy Katzenmoyer, Bill Belichick, Drew Bledsoe, Kevin Faulk, New England Patriots, Pete Carroll, Spygate, Team of the Decade, Tedy Bruschi, Terry Glenn, Tom Brady, Willie McGinest, Y2K Decade

With a week left in the Y2K decade, there have been many who wish to ponder which team should stand as the representative of the NFL team of the 2000s. I honestly don't feel like writing that article right now, at least not until this season ends. What I will say now is that unless the Pittsburgh Steelers win this year's Super Bowl (and call me crazy, but I think they will if they get that Wild Card), no team will have as many Super Bowl wins in this decade as the Patriots' three (2001, 2003-2004). Even since then, the Patriots have defined this decade as the team to beat. QB Tom Brady (6th round draft pick by New England in 2000) and head coach Bill Belichick (hired from New York Jets in 2000) didn't lose a playoff game until 2005. The Indianapolis Colts finally won a playoff [...] Continue reading →

This is getting crazy. The New England Patriots will play their seventh undefeated opponent of the season when they visit the 10-0 New Orleans Saints on Monday Night Football. The Patriots started the season playing the 0-0 Buffalo Bills, 1-0 New York Jets, 2-0 Atlanta Falcons, 3-0 Baltimore Ravens, and 4-0 Denver Broncos. Of course, they played the 8-0 Indianapolis Colts in Week 10 on Sunday Night Football. The 1SKILLZ Gameplan will be released later in the week, but for now I wanted to focus on comparing the Saints' #1 scoring offense this season with that of the 2007 New England Patriots. That Patriots team scored an NFL record 589 points while going 16-0 in the regular season before losing Super Bowl XLII to the New York Giants 17-14. This year's Saints are averaging 36.9 [...] Continue reading →