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2009 Offensive Line Rankings

Posted: Jul 29th 2009 2:00PM by Ryan Dembinsky (author feed)
Filed under: NFL Position Rankings, Draft Advice

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While the offensive line might not represent a direct draft day decision for your roster, few areas of knowledge can offer a competitive advantage in fantasy football like having a good grasp of the various units of trench soldiers around the league. So with that in mind, each year at FanHouse we break down every NFL team's offensive lines into five tiers: the crème de la crème, the highly competent, the serviceable, the grim, and the bunk.
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Kevin Faulk Will Only Play 15 Games This Season; Suspended for Opener

Posted: Aug 30th 2008 12:45PM by Ryan Wilson (author feed)
Filed under: Patriots, AFC East, NFL Police Blotter

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All Kevin Faulk wanted to do was see Lil' Wayne at the Cajundome. During a random security check, four marijuana cigarettes were found on his person, and he was subsequently slapped with a misdemeanor possession charge. And worse, he missed Lil' Wayne.

It's even less of a big deal than it sounds, but the incident was just one more dark (ganja) cloud hanging over the Patriots organization, following the whole Spygate mess, not to mention Nick Kaczur's pill-popping habit.

Well, the NFL has decreed, justice has been meted, and Faulk will be an observer when the Pats open the season against the Chiefs on Sunday.
Kevin Faulk ... has been suspended without pay for the team's first regular-season game and fined one additional game check for violating the NFL Substance Abuse Policy.

Faulk's suspension for the Patriots' first regular-season game will begin on Saturday, August 30. He is eligible to return to the Patriots' active roster on Monday, September 8 following the team's September 7 opener against the Kansas City Chiefs.
Shouldn't be a problem, though; Tom Brady, fresh off an extended vacation that included not taking one snap this preseason because of a bum foot, should be raring to go come Sunday.

Kaczur Got Busted With 202 Pills of OxyContin

Posted: Jul 20th 2008 1:35AM by Sportz Assassin (author feed)
Filed under: Patriots, AFC East, NFL Police Blotter

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Word out is that New England Patriots' offensive lineman Nick Kaczur was caught with 202 pills of OxyContin when he was arrested in April for illegally possessing painkillers. Kaczur then was used in a sting operation against the man who sold him the drugs.

Kaczur got the pills from Canada ... where he grew up ... and was pulled over near Utica, NY. According to the Boston Globe, the pills were marked CDN on one side to keep border drug smuggling. Even though Kaczur helped the Feds arrest the dealer, he's not out of the woods yet.
Next week, Kaczur is scheduled to be arraigned in Whitestown, N.Y., town court on a charge of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, a misdemeanor. OxyContin, a powerful and potentially addictive prescription painkiller, is also sold as a street drug as its effects mirror those of heroin.

Because of all of this, he could face the wrath of NFL Commish Roger Goodell. There is an arrest and a drug charge. That doesn't even consider if the Patriots will release him.

If Kaczur is suspended by the NFL (or cut by the Patriots), he could play for the CFL's Toronto Argonauts. The Argos made him the 9th overall pick in the 2005 CFL draft and they still own his rights.

Patriots Could Sign Barry Sims as Insurance Against Nick Kaczur

Posted: Jun 17th 2008 12:33PM by Ryan Wilson (author feed)
Filed under: Patriots, Raiders, NFL Rumors

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Suddenly, nine-year Raiders offensive lineman Barry Sims is very, very popular. Sims has started 119 games in his career, but after Oakland released him in February, he's taking his time plotting his next move. According to the Press Democrat's Matt Maiocco, there are a number of factors that will decide where Sims lands:

1) Chance to earn a starting job; 2) chance to make the postseason; 3) overall organization; 4) offensive line coach; 5) offensive coordinator; and, of course, 6) money.

In random order, of course. The loosely defined list of demands has Hashmarks' Mike Sando speculatin' on which team might have the best shot of signing Sims:
[No. 6, money,] sometimes trumps all others, but let's assume for the sake of discussion that any offers would be comparable. The Patriots would offer the best shot at the postseason, the best organization and arguably the best coaches. Sims' chances at starting could depend upon Nick Kaczur's future with the team, and where Oliver Ross fits. But it's tough to say right now how those situations might shake out.
Ah, yes, good ol' Nick Kaczur. The Patriots haven't hinted one way or the other what the future holds for Kaczur, but given the lack of depth on the right side of the line, there's no reason to think they'll make any moves, at least not until they have a backup plan in place (hi, Barry Sims!).

There is the chance the NFL suspends Kaczur for violating the league's substance-abuse policy, which could give Sims leverage with No. 6 on his wish list.

Virtual high-fives for capitalism.

Patriots Mum on Nick Kaczur's Fondness for 'Rush Limbaugh's Drug of Choice'

Posted: Jun 7th 2008 7:33AM by Ryan Wilson (author feed)
Filed under: Patriots, AFC East, NFL Police Blotter

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Shocking news out of New England: a Patriot official says that Nick Kaczur's arrest for illegally possessing OxyContin and taking part in a DEA sting operation to bust his supplier, is a team matter. Weird. I expected head coach Billy Belichick to fully address the matter following the first day of mandatory minicamp on Friday.

In the meantime, Kaczur, an offensive lineman, practiced with the team, although he wasn't made available to the media. Probably a good thing, since it'll save us all the trouble of reading, "Yeah, I can't comment on my love for prescription painkillers, or the fact that I set up a drug dealer. You understand."

It sounds like this could drag on for some time, which might prompt the Patriots to cut ties with Kaczur just to put it behind them. Two reasons why that may not happen: first, Kaczur's a starter, and for all that's seemingly perfect with New England's offense, the line isn't good enough to jettison players just because they get arrested.

Second, at this point, the Pats are used to off-field distractions, so it's not like they can't deal with it. As long as John Tomase doesn't write about it, anyway.
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Patriots' Nick Kaczur Arrested for Loving OxyContin, Then Used in DEA Sting Operation

Posted: Jun 4th 2008 8:11AM by Ryan Wilson (author feed)
Filed under: Patriots, AFC East, NFL Police Blotter

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Maybe the most impressive thing about the New England Patriots monolith is not the on-field success, or the astute approach to roster-building, but the shroud of secrecy under which the organization operates. It's astounding, really.

Head coach Bill Belichick demands it, for competitive reasons, presumably, and his minions dutifully oblige. So it's with no great surprise that today we learn that Patriots offensive lineman Nick Kaczur was arrested ... in April. The charge: illegally possessing prescription painkillers.

Actually, the reason this was top secret had nothing to do with Belichikian paranoia and everything to do with Kaczur cooperating with the Feds.
[After his arrest, Kaczur] then secretly cooperated with the federal Drug Enforcement Administration in a sting operation that resulted in the indictment of his alleged drug supplier, according to a lawyer and two people briefed on the investigation.
When a Globe reporter tracked Kaczur down on his front porch yesterday, the Patriots guard was back in regular-season zip-lipped form:
"I don't know what you're talking about, bro," Kaczur said repeatedly, in response to questions about the investigation. "I don't know where this is coming from. I don't know what you are talking about."
Kaczur did admit that he still plays for the Pats, but that could change. Even if New England doesn't release him, he'll likely face sanctions for violating the league's substance-abuse policy. On the bright side: if the NFL thing doesn't work out, Kaczur could be an informant. It's good to have a fallback plan.

Nick Kaczur, Stephen Neal Out: Tom Brady Has Two Fewer Layers of Protection

Posted: Dec 29th 2007 2:11PM by Michael David Smith (author feed)
Filed under: NY Giants, Patriots, NFL Injuries, Boston, New York

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The New England Patriots will go for 16-0 tonight with a weakened offensive line taking on one of the league's best pass rushes.

Starting right tackle Nick Kaczur and starting right guard Stephen Neal will both miss tonight's game. Kaczur has a foot injury and Neal has a shoulder injury. Neal has missed half the season with injuries; Kaczur has played every game so far this season.

The absence of his right side is bad news for Tom Brady, who is taking on a Giants defense that leads the league with 52 sacks. Giants defensive end Michael Strahan will be particularly important to the Giants' ability to exploit the Patriots' weakened line.

The Patriots' depth chart lists Russ Hochstein as Neal's backup and Ryan O'Callaghan as Kaczur's backup.

Bengals vs. Patriots Pregame Thoughts

Posted: Oct 1st 2006 4:38AM by JD Arney (author feed)
Filed under: Bengals, AFC North

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Rudi JohnsonHonestly, think about this for a second. If the Bengals were playing the New England Patriots tomorrow, but they were called something else - same team, just a different name, different history - would this be looked at as a tough game?

I really don't think it would.

New England has serious holes. Their secondary is paper thin and Tom Brady has nobody to whom he can throw the ball. That's not even considering the injuries that New England has heading into this game. Let's run down the list of questionable New England players: safety Artrell Hawkins, corner Ellis Hobbs, wide receiver Chad Jackson, tackle Nick Kaczur, and corner Eugene Wilson.

That's two corners, a safety, and a wide receiver, all areas that New England has problems with even when healthy.

The Bengals strike me as a team that can take advantage of a weak secondary. I mean, call me crazy, but the Bengals pass offense is ok.

The run defense has been a problem for the Bengals, but they really should be able to stack the box since New England's passing game isn't terribly frightening. If they can do that successfully then New England won't be able to put too many more points on the board than the seven they managed last week against Denver.

But then again this is New England. A team that hasn't lost back to back games since 2002. And so I worry.

On paper this looks like a Bengals cakewalk, but in reality you can't expect the Patriots not to play up to the Bengals level. They've simply played well for too many years now to expect otherwise.

I wouldn't be at all surprised to see a Bengals let down (after the huge win last week) and a Patriots win, but here's my prediction: Bengals 28 - Patriots 24

WHO-DEY!

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