The Void is Almost Over!

Greetings Pats fans, I've been a bit of a slacker lately on the blog because well, frankly, there hasn't been a whole heck of a lot of NFL news to report on my beloved Patriots and to be honest, in March that's kind of how it should be. But April is here! The draft is just a few weeks away and thank Belichick for that because I was starting to get draft fatigue and we were still over a month away.

So what've we missed since I've been gone? A couple rookie visits (Darren McFadden is nothing but a smokescreen of faux interest to make those salivating over him think it's at least possible that the Pats would take him), the scintillating owners meetings where they're discussing topics ranging from mildly interesting (headsets in defensive players helmets) to snoozeriffic (elimination of the push out rule) and the occasional Arlen Specter Spygate outrage/book tour. The whole no-hair-hanging-over-the-nameplate discussion isn't really worth an entire blog but I'll weigh in with some brief thoughts since I played for a college coach who had a rule that you had to be clean shaven and hair no longer than your collar. He was a really fun-loving guy. I understand what they're going for but if Troy Polamalu doesn't mind getting ripped down by his coif who are the owners to tell him he's got to get a trim? There's a lack of personality in many of the NFL players these days (aside from those way-out-of-date thorn around the upper arm tattoos), if they want to grow long hair I say let them.

So of course the media got a chance to talk to the Hoodied One today and what do you think was the first thing they asked? If you guessed Spygate give yourself a not-so-well-deserved pat on the back. At least BB's got a good sense of humor about all the mediots these days - he opened up the Q&A with “Want to talk about the forceout?”. Hilarious and a classic example Belichick's never-credited sense of humor.

So of all the miniscule nuggets revealed today about the latest status of Spygate it basically boils down to a) the Patriots seem confident the Assistant Golf Pro doesn't have anything and b) the AGP is dragging his feet asking for provisions that no one else who's talked to the NFL about Spygate has gotten. Again, it's our view that he's nothing but the Heidi Montag of the NFL, seeking fame and attention any way possible. We've been saying that since the AGP's name was revealed by the press two days before the Super Bowl and nothing that we've heard since that time has in any way made us believe anything different. He never had a confidentiality agreement, he can talk without risk of being sued so what's the hold up? Oh, maybe he wants to write a book. Or do his own clothing line like HeidiWood? AGPants - clothing for d-bags who will say anything to get their name in print.

Well that about sums up the last week or so. Keep an eye out for my Mock Draft coming soon. I guarantee I get 100% of the picks correct.