Position would be that it could have been better spent with retired players, Eller said. Think we have players that could benefit from that more specifically. Dr.While the defense deserves the heat they're taking, the offense isn't blameless. For the second? third? year running, this team is terrible in the red zone. What was Ronnie Brown thinking? Even worse, it appears to have been a designed play.

That's a subject I covered in my wideranging piece in the Globe this morning. It's something to keep in mind if Texas' Sergio Kindle or Earl Thomas, or Florida's Maurkice Pouncey, or Fresno State's Ryan Mathews, or even Alabama's Kareem Jackson are available to the Patriots. And the dynamic is especially strong with players who played for a coach like Saban, whose scheme is so similar to Belichick's..Of the lockout, the Ravens say they had no choice but to print season tickets minus dates and times. And, to boot, the games are numbered in order of the team 10 games (including