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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 06:57 AM
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15. Undersized Patiotss offensive line grows beards, like ZZ Top !
Edited on Thu Jan-31-08 06:59 AM by SpiralHawk


http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/31/sports/football/31patriots.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin

"The Patriots’ offensive line has been the bedrock of its record-setting season, giving Brady so much time in the pocket (it allowed just 21 sacks) that he could have delivered more flowers to his girlfriend, Gisele Bündchen, before delivering another pass to Randy Moss.

"But when the wide-open attack stopped working late in the season, the offensive line — described by Scarnecchia, lovingly, as “not terribly big” and “not terribly talented” — morphed into the powerful, if undersized, blockers who made the running game go in the last two months. Three offensive linemen — Matt Light, Logan Mankins and Dan Koppen — were voted into the Pro Bowl, their biggest star turn since they stole the show in a credit card commercial featuring Brady a few years ago.

"Offensive linemen are regarded as the most cerebral of players, charged with quickly sizing up a defense while also understanding the complex offensive playbook. But the Patriots’ linemen seem bent on a more colorful reputation. They have grown hockey-style playoff beards, giving them the look of overgrown members of ZZ Top. Light, the left tackle, wears his long hair in an unruly ponytail. Guard Stephen Neal sports a bushy Fu Manchu mustache. During the playoffs, they wore T-shirts that read: “The Bearded brothers: as hairy as they wanna be.”

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