Look, coach, no inside linebackers!
The New England Patriots have released ol’ warrior Roman Phifer (whom I first caught on TV when I was an army conscript and watched Pac-10 games on satellite TV in one of our rec rooms - he looked very good. Strange that I would end up in Boston watching him play for the Patriots. Of course, nothing is stranger than the Patriots winning one, no, two, no, three Super Bowls) .
Assuming Tedy Bruschi’s career as a football player is over, and assuming that Ted Johnson is about to leave town, the Patriots no longer have an inside linebacker corps (yeah, I know, Larry Izzo and Don Davis are listed as inside linebackers on the depth chart, but seriously). On the other hand, it could just be an honorable move to re-sign Phifer at a lower salary.
We shall see.
