FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Quick-hit thoughts and notes around the New England Patriots and NFL:
1. The original plan was to skim through parts of Michael Lombardi’s soon-to-be-released book “Gridiron Genius,” and pass along a nugget or two with a Patriots and Bill Belichick twist. Then something unexpected happened: I didn’t want to stop reading.
So three days and almost 300 pages later, here were some of the things that most piqued my interest:
Belichick wrote the foreword. He touted the scouting system Lombardi helped create when the two were together in Cleveland (1991-95), noting that the roots of the system are still found across the NFL today.