Breaking Down The AFC East

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Published: September 6, 2009

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... thing you can say about the Patriots is they are stockpiling talents on their roster unlike any other team in the league right now. The phrase "the rich get richer" certainly applies to them.

Tom Brady returns after a major knee injury early in 2008. It is an injury that usually takes 18 months to get close to all the way back from, but New England is gambling Brady will continue to exceed all others and their expectations. In fact, they are so confident in Brady they traded Matt Cassel away. Cassel started for the injured Brady last year and performed better than expected. New England has only rookie Bobby Hoyer as the backup, which could be a disastrous decision if Brady goes down with an injury again.

The running game is a group of backs who figure to share the ball over the course of the year. Fred Taylor, Sammy Morris, Laurence Maloney, BenJarvus Green-Ellis, and Kevin Faulk all do different things when they have the ball, and New England will try to us...

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