AllBig Ten CB Bradley Roby is out indefinitely for the same reason. Barnett. Opens: Aug.Led by unflappable quarterback Tom Brady, nononsense coach Bill Belichick and Cyborglike components such as Tedy Bruschi, the Patriots have resilience as perhaps their most admirable trait. They don't panic. The margin in each of their Super Bowl wins was three points.

Why the plunge?: While the offense has its hitormiss moments, the blame for the most disappointing Bills season in recent memory falls squarely on the defense. A former NFL general manager told me that new coordinator Dave Wannstedt shouldn shoulder all the criticism because he trying to run a 43 defense with what is still predominantly 34 personnel. That includes the rocky transition for secondyear defensive tackle Marcell Dareus from onegap to twogap responsibilities.I just happy that last week didn cost the team the division. Now we got the bye and a lot of good things. It just going to be up to management and what the