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Terrance "Pot Roast" Knighton is eating better – and playing faster

Defensive tackle Terrance Knighton has switched up his diet since he signed with the Patriots and started working with the team’s nutrition experts.

The Patriots have to be hoping that Terrance Knighton turns out to be the guy that made Tom Brady’s life miserable in the 2013 AFC Championship game, and not the ghost of Pot Roast that played for Washington in 2015. Last year, Knighton bet on himself with a one-year, "put up or shut up" deal, and the dice came up snake eyes.

OK, maybe "snake eyes" is a bit dramatic, but Pot Roast averaged 25 snaps a game and Washington’s run defense gave up an average of 4.