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61 days till Patriots season opener: Every player to wear No. 61 for New England

Here’s a list of every Patriots player to wear the No. 61 jersey number.

The New England Patriots are officially 61 days away, which is less than two months, from their season-opening game against the reigning NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles.

We’re celebrating the start of the 2023 season by listing every Patriots player that has worn the No. 61 jersey during their time in New England.

Offensive tackle Marcus Cannon, who is the most recent player on the list, wore the number for 11 years. Cannon has three Super Bowl wins with the Patriots and an All-Pro nod in 2016. So he clearly had an exceptional career with the team.

And so did offensive guard Stephen Neal, who wore the jersey number before Cannon. Neal also won three Super Bowls with the Patriots after going undrafted in 2001. Both offensive lineman join a total of 10 players that have worn the jersey number.

Here’s every player that has worn the No. 61 for the Patriots (via Pro Football Reference):

Data: Nick Chubb best since 2006 at making the most of his carries

Despite bad tackle play and Freddie Kitchens calling plays, Chubb’s 2019 season was impressive:

In many ways, the Cleveland Browns have tried to zig when the rest of the NFL has zagged. In particular, the emphasis on the rushing attack on offense goes heavily against the rest of the NFL where passing has been the key to making the Super Bowl.

The key for the Browns has been the play of RB Nick Chubb. While the offensive line has been improved over the last two seasons, as seen in this run, Chubb has overcome even the poor offensive lines prior to 2020.

Since his rookie year, when then-GM John Dorsey had to trade Carlos Hyde to force Hue Jackson to play Chubb, the Georgia product has been elite averaging over 5 yards per carry every season. His ability to break tackles, make something out of nothing and explode for long runs has made running the ball exciting in Cleveland.

A look at all individual seasons since 2006 shows Chubb also has dominated in Rushing Yards Over Expected (RYOE) better than legends like LaDainian Tomlinson, Adrian Peterson and Marshawn Lynch:

Remembering that the 2019 season included Greg Robinson and Chris Hubbard as the team’s tackles with Freddie Kitchens calling plays and Chubb’s season is even more impressive.

While most running back extensions tend to fail, Chubb’s signing seems likely to be the exception to the rule based on his ability to succeed in so many ways.

Broncos’ Super Bowl-winning DC Greg Robinson dies at 70

Greg Robinson helped the Broncos win back-to-back Super Bowls in the late 1990s.

Greg Robinson, who helped the Denver Broncos win back-to-back Super Bowls in the 1990s, has died at age 70 after a battle with Alzheimer’s disease, the team confirmed Wednesday.

“We’re saddened by the passing of former Broncos defensive coordinator Greg Robinson,” the team wrote on their Twitter page.

Robinson served as the Broncos’ defensive coordinator from 1995-2000, winning Super Bowl XXXII in 1997 and Super Bowl XXXIII in 1998. He went on to spend three seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs before coaching college football from 2004-2015, with a break in 2011.

Robinson served as Syracuse’s head coach from 2005-2008 before resuming assistant duties in the college ranks. He most recently coached at San Jose State as defensive coordinator/linebackers coach from 2014-2015. Robinson retired from coaching following Spartans’ bowl game in 2015.

While coaching in Denver, Robinson led a defense that allowed the fifth-fewest points in 1997 and the eighth-fewest points in 1998, helping the Broncos win back-to-back Super Bowls. Robinson later won the Rose Bowl as Texas’ co-defensive coordinator in 2004.

Former Chiefs defensive coordinator Greg Robinson dies at 70

Former #Chiefs DC Greg Robinson (2001-2003) has died at 70 years old.

A former member of the Kansas City Chiefs’ coaching staff from the early 2000s has passed away.

According to numerous reports, former Chiefs defensive coordinator Greg Robinson has died at the age of 70. Robinson coached in college and the NFL for nearly four decades. In the NFL he made stops in New York, Denver, and Kansas City. Robinson even won back-to-back Super Bowl titles (XXXII & XXXIII) with the Broncos before making a three-year stop in Kansas City (2001-2003) under then-head coach Dick Vermeil as the Chiefs’ defensive coordinator.

Robinson helped turn things around after the Gunther Cunningham era Chiefs. He saw a 6-10 team turn into a 13-3 team during his time in Kansas City, coaching Chiefs greats like Donnie Edwards, Greg Wesley, Eric Warfield, Jerome Woods, Shawn Barber and Mike Maslowski during that span. While he did help develop some great players in Kansas City, his defenses were very boom-or-bust and reliant on turnovers. They often ranked in the bottom half of the league in yards allowed on the ground and through the air.

After his time in Kansas City, Robinson became the head coach at Syracuse for four seasons, recording a 10-37 record as a head coach. After leaving Syracuse, Robinson made stops in Michigan and Texas en route to his last coaching gig as the DC/LBs coach with San Jose State from 2015-2016.

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Former Michigan football assistant passes away

Sad to hear this.

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While he wasn’t a Michigan football assistant for long, he donned the maize and blue for a time. And unfortunately, he’s gone too soon.

Greg Robinson was Rich Rodriguez’s second defensive coordinator, after Scott Shafer departed after his first year overseeing the defense. Robinson was maligned as the leader of the defense, but he had a storied history of being a defensive coordinator, from coaching the Super Bowl-winning Denver Broncos, to being a two-time DC with the Texas Longhorns, to being the head coach at Syracuse.

Unfortunately, per Adam Schefter via Pat Kirwan, Robinson passed away on Wednesday morning at the age of 70.

Robinson has long been out of coaching, with his last job being the defensive coordinator at San Jose State in 2014-15, a position he took after his two years in Ann Arbor and his return to Texas for one year.

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All-Auburn Offensive Team during Gus Malzahn era

Taking a look at the elite of the elite for Auburn on offense during the eight years of the Gus Malzahn era on the Plains.

The Gus Malzahn era at Auburn started out with a bang on the offensive side of the ball has Nick Marshall, Tre Mason and company lit the scoreboard on fire on their way to a SEC title and spot in the BCS National Championship Game.

While the Tigers’ offense would never reach those heights again under Malzahn during his eight years in charge, there were still plenty of great offensive players to come to the Plains during that time.

But who is the top of the top and the elite of the elite? We name our All-Auburn Offensive Team from the Malzahn era along with who would serve as second string.

(Note: When it comes to offensive linemen, we did not choose someone for each position but the top five guys that made the biggest impact.)

Browns flashback: Storylines from 1 year ago reveal a very different team

From Greg Robinson being cut to a college football preview, so much has changed in a year

With the calendar turning to September and the Browns idle yesterday, I decided to take a look back at where we were with the team one year ago. My how the times have changed!

There were the top five most-read stories on Browns Wire one year ago today, on Sept. 1st, 2019:

Browns release starting left tackle Greg Robinson

This was one of those, “huh?” moments. Yes, the Browns did indeed cut their starting left tackle after the final roster cutdowns. It was a designed maneuver to allow rookie Drew Forbes to sneak through to I.R. rather than expose him to waivers. Robinson quickly re-signed with the team. Now Forbes is on the opt-out list and Robinson is facing up to 20 years in prison.

Taywan Taylor: What the Browns are getting in their new WR

Oh the excitement there was over acquiring Taywan Taylor! Here was a recent third-round pick set free by a numbers game in Tennessee. John Dorsey (remember him?) pounced on Taylor, picked up via trade for just a 7th-round pick. Another Dorsey masterstroke!

Welp. Taylor, who caught 37 passes in 2018 for the Titans, did not catch a single pass in his first year in Cleveland. He seems unlikely to get a second season to redeem himself.

Cleveland Browns roster cuts: Here’s who has been released

Roster cutdown day was Aug. 31st, so the first day of September was full of getting caught up on who was still in the brown and orange and who got sent packing.

In looking at this list, a few of the players here came back in one form or another: Stephen Carlson, Willie Harvey, J.T. Hassell, Robert Jackson, Donnie Lewis. All remain with the Browns today. Only punter Britton Colquitt went on to do anything notable anywhere else, and the Browns were right to take the risk and go with rookie Jamie Gillan over the reliable veteran.

Eric Kush named Browns starting RG “as we speak” by Freddie Kitchens

Insert GIF of Nancy Kerrigan screaming a tearful “why!?” here. The only upshot is the mention of newcomer Wyatt Teller getting a chance to usurp Kush, now struggling to make the Raiders as their final reserve OL. Teller is the starting right guard for 2020 — as we speak, anyway…

2020 NFL Draft Prospect preview: Oklahoma Sooners

Remember college football? Yeah, me too. Sigh. Props to Josh Keatley for trumpeting CeeDee Lamb, recently rated the best WR in Dallas Cowboys camp, as an attractive target for the Browns.

 

Browns offensive line ranked dead last in blocking for runs to the wide left

It’s an area where new LT Jedrick Wills can help right away

Nick Chubb finished second in the NFL in rushing yards in 2019. The Browns running back was incredible at consistently turning out big runs and grinding for extra yards.

Chubb’s feat is even more impressive when you consider an incredible analytical study from Football Outsiders. Their game charting and evaluation determined that no offensive line was worse at run blocking on runs wide of left tackle than the Browns.

Cleveland’s run blocking was generally quite good, but the combination of left tackle Greg Robinson and the tight end sometimes flanking him, primarily Demetrius Harris, was simply dreadful at run blocking on runs that went outside the tackle box to the left. The Browns created just 2.13 adjusted line yards on those runs, handily the worst in the league.

That’s a big reason why the Browns are excited to have first-round rookie Jedrick Wills as the new starting left tackle. Robinson was a league-average pass protector but has always struggled mightily as a run blocker. Wills should bring a much higher ceiling to both facets of playing left tackle.

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Offensive linemen and the curse of the No. 2 pick

Take a look at some offensive linemen who were selected second overall in the NFL draft but failed to live up to expectations.

The 2020 NFL draft will take place next week in a fully virtual format, meaning Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht will be conducting business from his home office (no word yet on if sweatpants will be part of his draft day attire).

The Bucs are already the big winners this offseason after signing quarterback Tom Brady, as well as retaining several key defensive players like Ndamukong Suh, Jason Pierre-Paul and Shaq Barrett.

But the draft will provide them the opportunity to further improve their team, and fixing their offensive line is one of the biggest priorities now that Brady is under center. While the draft has several seemingly can’t-miss offensive linemen available, recent history has shown us that there is no such thing as a sure thing in the draft, especially for offensive tackles.

In fact, since 2004, offensive tackles who have been selected with the second overall pick have seemingly all failed to meet expectations. With that, let’s take a look at those tackles and the strange curse of being the No. 2 overall pick.

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Report: Browns were not going to re-sign Greg Robinson even before his arrest

As the team’s primary left tackle the last two seasons, Robinson was a consistently underwhelming presence

Greg Robinson is no longer a member of the Cleveland Browns. His contract was set to expire at the end of the NFL league year, making the burly left tackle a pending free agent.

After his arrest this week on federal charges of marijuana possession with intent to distribute, Robinson almost certainly has no future with any NFL team. But according to a report from NFL.com’s Tom Pelissero, the Browns were not planning on even trying to bring Robinson back regardless of his arrest. Cleveland.com also reported that Robinson had already been told by the Browns that he was not in their plans for 2020.

Robinson and his Auburn teammate, NFL free agent Quan Bray, face up to 20 years in federal prison if convicted of all charges. Border patrol agents busted the duo with 156.9 pounds of marijuana at a Mexican border crossing near El Paso, Texas on Monday.

As the team’s primary left tackle the last two seasons, Robinson was a consistently underwhelming presence. He struggled with speed on the edge and proved a poor run blocker, issues that plagued him since he began his NFL career with the Rams as the No. 2 overall pick in the 2014 NFL Draft.

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