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New England Patriots

• Boston Globe reporter Christopher L. Gasper wonders how healthy running back Laurence Maroney's shoulder is.
• Boston Herald reporter Karen Guregian also pokes around the Maroney issue.
• The Patriots are wary of the Chargers' potent, high-profile offense, writes the Providence Journal's Shalise Manza Young.
• Glen Farley of the Quincy Patriot Ledger walks down memory lane to revisit the 1963 AFL title game between the Patriots and Chargers.

Buffalo Bills

• Buffalo News reporter Mark Gaughan checks in on receiver and return man Roscoe Parrish's rehab from thumb surgery.
• In Gaughan's weekly "Question Mark" mailbag, running back Fred Jackson claims he can run the Wildcat offense.
  

• Miami Herald reporter Jeff Darlington looks at quarterback Chad Pennington's approach to increasing arm strength.
• The Palm Beach Post's Edgar Thompson also examines what makes Pennington so quietly effective for Miami's offense.
• Omar Kelly of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel writes Ted Ginn is eager to get at least as involved as he used to be.
• Andy Kent and Alain Poupart team up for a meaty roundup on MiamiDolphins.com.
  

• Associated Press reporter Dennis Waszak Jr. monitors the progress of No. 6 overall draft pick Vernon Gholston.
• New York Times writer Greg Bishop surveys the Brett Favre Backup Club to see what can be learned.
• Rich Cimini of the New York Daily News focuses on all those points the Jets keep yielding.
• Newsday's Erik Boland previews the potentially exhilarating Darrelle Revis-Chad Johnson matchup.
• Journal News reporter Jane McManus writes it might be a bad time to open a new stadium.