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The myth about Super Bowl contenders

By Bill Barnwell
Football Outsiders

Thursday, November 5, 2009

This article appears in the November 16 issue of ESPN The Magazine. Despite a spate of recent blowouts, not everything is going according to plan in New England. Left tackle Matt Light is nursing a bum knee, and the Patriots running backs have been playing starter roulette. Veteran breakaway threat Fred Taylor began the year at the top of the roster, but yielded to fourth-year back Laurence Maroney in Week 2. The two traded carries, then Taylor gave a 105-yard performance worthy of the ...

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