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Football Outsiders overlord Aaron Schatz busted out some research to illustrate the NFL's best tacklers against the pass. MayoAnd once again, New England Patriots inside linebacker Jerod Mayo looked strong. Mayo led the NFL with 72 pass tackles...

This was a futile endeavor. The latest edition of ESPN.com's positional Power Rankings took a look at linebackers. Sam, will, mike, jack, bandit, outside, 3-4, 4-3, Tampa 2, whatever ... All were thrown into a hopper to be sorted out. Much to m...

I doubt Danny Woodhead will pout about it. He's not the type. Woodhead's quest to be on the cover of "Madden NFL 12" is over. The New England Patriots running back had fun with the campaign but received only 44 percent of the votes in his head-...

Jake Long is no VCU. Steve Johnson couldn't pull a Butler. There were no AFC East upsets in the "Madden NFL 12" cover tournament. First-round voting closed Sunday, with New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez and New England Patriots running bac...

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was a unanimous selection for The Associated Press 2010 Most Valuable Player Award and for the All-Pro squad. He also won the AP's 2010 Offensive Player of the Year. Fans, players and coaches voted him th...

Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu won the Associated Press 2010 defensive player of the year award by two votes over Green Bay Packers linebacker Clay Matthews. Nothing untoward there. But a Dolfans faction was riled up outside linebacke...

ESPNNewYork.com's Rich Cimini broaches an intriguing and ominous topic on his blog. In light of the San Francisco 49ers giving linebacker Patrick Willis a gargantuan five-year, $50 million contract, Cimini wondered how the New York Jets will addre...

Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Graham What type of player can the Buffalo Bills expect with the No. 11 selection? I thought it would be insightful to review the level of talent each AFC East team's first-round draft slot has yielded over the past d...

Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Graham Don in Rye, N.H., writes: After the pre-season games .The fan and sports casters would have cut Cassel and made O'connell the Brady back up. .However BB went with Cassel when Brady went down. Why not trade Cass...

Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Graham Next up in our daydream enterprise are the New York Jets. Once again, here is the question we're posing to all four AFC East clubs: If money, contracts and salary-cap restraints were no object, and you could ch...

Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Graham The AFC East has been huddled around the hot stove for a few weeks now. It's that bleak time of year when games exist so far in the distance. Fans speak not in terms of what's happening on the field but wha...

Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Graham New England Patriots The Boston Globe's Christopher L. Gasper plots the Patriots' upcoming 10-day West Coast road trip. Thankfully, they're not heading out in the Family Truckster.Want Bill Belichick to open up a littl...