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As I watch the the talking heads on ESPN dissect the Pats/Rams preseason tune-up, I waited and waited for the glaring story from the game.

We got roughly 74 hours worth of Tom Brady to Randy Moss analysis sprinkled with a healthy dose of Rob Gronkowski. Clearly the Pats put on a scoring display.

I guess I was the only one who noticed that every time NE scored they were still losing.

This is the 3rd preseason game where the starters and seconds play well into the second half. The Ram starters, minus Donnie Avery and with rookie Bradford, went into the half up 20-14 and went up 27-14 in the third before winning 36-35. Hell, the Pats even got a special teams TD and never went on top.

I've seen nothing that leads me to believe that NE is any different than last years frauds. Will the offense be good? Sure, except it won't have a running game and Brady is going to take a lotta hits. As we saw last year, you can't just outscore everyone playing in Foxboro, Buffalo and New York all year. You need a stout D and at least a little ability to play ball control. Right now they can't do either and the Rams spanked em.

NFL Preview: St. Louis Rams

QB: C- Crystalline signal caller Marc Bulger returns yet again to embark on a quest to play a full season. Playing for the greatest show on turf, Bulger is fine. Playing for the worst team last year not named Detroit. Too bad Kyle Boller is the backup

RB: B+ Stephen Jackson should be healthy again and could be in for a big year. Assuming the offense can do anything throwing or blocking. Hmm. FANTASY TIP: Jackson might be a second round pick but just barley.

WR: D Torry Holt left and all that remains is Donnie Avery, Ronald Curry and Keenan Burton. Ouch. Gonna be a long season.

TE: B Former Dolphins TE Randy McMichael is above average and should do fine. As a fantasy note, he will probably get all the "panic" throws, of which there will be many.

OL: B It's not a great sign when No. @ pick Jason Smith is penciled in at RT but LT Alex Barron is pretty good. Rest of the line is one big ? FAKEST NAME IN THE NFL: Ritchie Ingonito.

DL: B If Leonard Little can manage to not kill anybody, he should team up with Chris Long, Adam Carriker and Clifton Ryan to make a pretty formidable line. Sleeper for fantasy.

LB: B Hmmm. Chris Draft, James Laurinitis and Will Witherspoon. Seems ok here too. Why do these guys suck so bad?

DB: D Here we go. 4 guys I've never heard of. That explains it. I was worried for a while.

P/K: B+ Josh Brown is pretty good, especially in the Dome. Can the O get him close enough though?

COACHING: Inc. Steve Spagnuolo, new coach, who knows. Not Josh McDaniels though, so off to a good start.

BEST CASE SCENARIO: 7-9, Third in the WEST. They just suck

WORST CASE SCENARIO: 2-14, Last in the WEST.