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Banta-Cain gets chance as Pats adjust to loss of Seau

By Len Pasquarelli
ESPN.com

Saturday, December 2, 2006

Already forced to juggle their secondary almost weekly because of injuries, the New England Patriots now must deal with a wholesale shuffle at linebacker because of the season-ending broken right arm suffered by starter Junior Seau last week. The upshot of Seau's injury: In New England's "base" 3-4 front, none of the four starting linebackers will be in his normal spot when the Patriots host the Detroit Lions on Sunday afternoon. "It looks like a lot of moving around, but we've done it befo ...

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