Burkhead doesn't have a household name, but his fit with the Patriots couldn't be more obvious.
When I was a little kid, I used to be fascinated with dinosaurs.
I was obsessed with the movie Jurassic Park, and I wanted badly to be a paleontologist when I grew up. My parents can attest: I would take flatware spoons into the backyard and dig holes for hours to see if our Milwaukee home had any fossils hidden just out of sight.
The New England Patriots went digging themselves in free agency and might have found a perfect specimen, preserved and waiting for them: running back Rex Burkhead.