These are worth asking because tarring the Patriots as cheaters makes no sense when one comes to understand football and the nuances involved. If anything the Patriots should be praised for raising the scouting bar of the game, improving the sophistication of scouting to make the onfield play crisper and better directed. Football is a game where the onfield competition has gotten better as the sophistication of coaching has increased..The 49ers had been working on a trade with the Cowboys for the past week, because Dallas was drafting where they had slotted Reid. The trade was finalized Thursday morning, with the caveat that the 49ers would pull the trigger if their guy was still there. He was.

"And,'' Mayock said, "you throw a Chip Kelly in there at No. 4. He could be so different.Biddle, who played at Mississippi, was active for two games with Carolina in 2006 but has bounced around practice squads since then, making stops with Tampa Bay and the New York Giants