"Bruschi's Breakdown" is a must-read feature on ESPNBoston.com.
You might think I'm shilling for the company, but do yourself a favor and check it out. You'll see.
ESPN analyst and former New England Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschi visits with ESPNBoston.com blogger Mike Reiss to talk inside football. Even if you aren't a Patriots fan, the dialogue is educational.
In this week's edition, Bruschi previews Sunday's game against the Miami Dolphins in Gillette Stadium, hashing out matchups on both sides of the ball.
Reiss also gets Bruschi going on his memories of former Patriots coach Bill Parcells and how he compares to Bill Belichick.
A quick excerpt from Bruschi:
"People that I've spoken to have given me a hard time for saying the Miami Dolphins are such a viable threat to the Patriots. But being a former player, and knowing how the players feel in the locker room, they respect that team and how they play. The Dolphins are now 3-0 in the AFC East, which is a big stat when it comes to tiebreakers later in the year. Since Belichick came to New England, he is 40-12 against the AFC East, and eight of those losses have come against Miami.
"That's why I always view the game against the Dolphins as one of the toughest of the year. They play smashmouth football offensively. They're looking to run the ball. Defensively, they always give the Patriots problems, and they do it by getting pressure on Tom Brady."
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Tim Graham
Graham joined ESPN.com in 2008 after covering the Miami Dolphins for the Palm Beach Post. He previously spent eight years at the Buffalo News, where he was an award-winning NHL and boxing writer. The Baldwin-Wallace College grad also has worked for the Las Vegas Sun and Boston Herald.
