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The New England Patriots have had 8 deserving players named to the roster for the 2008 version of the Pro Bowl.  Those players are, Tom Brady, Randy Moss, Assante Samuel, Mike Vrabel, Vince Wilfork, Dan Koppen, Logan Mankins and Matt Light.  While all of those players are deserving there is one name in particular that should be there and isn't. Why isn't Wes Welker on the Pro Bowl team?  He has 96 catches and is probably the best slot receiver in the game of football.  The reason, the Pro Bowl is a numbers game.  That works on a couple levels.  First people are elected to the team based on their stats.  Second, there are only so many spots available on the team and there just wasn't enough room to fit Welker.  This is unfortunate yes, but let's look deeper into the reason why that is the case.

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In case you haven't noticed, the truth has come out.  Roger Clemens used steroids.  The image of the pitcher who arguably is the greatest to ever play the game of baseball has forever been tarnished.  The man who won seven Cy Young awards, and twice struck out 20 batters in a game, the man who has over 300 wins and over 4,500 strikeouts took steroids.  He denies this of course, unlike many of his other counterparts who were named in the Mitchel Report.  Brian Roberts who was only alluded to, admitted to his steroid use.  How does this make Roger Clemens look, the man who was named second most, for his connections to performance enhancing drugs, in the Mitchell Report to Barry Bonds look?  Guilty.  One of the other players named in the report was Roger's buddy Andy Petite who was named by the trainer he shared with Roger Clemens.  Petite admitted his use and although he claimed it was only briefly in hopes of recovery from elbow problems more quickly, it was more than Roger Clemens did. 

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The outcome was expected.  The means was a little unconventional.  The New England Patriots won another game yesterday by beating the New York Jets 20-10 in Foxboro.  With the win the Patriots moved to 14-0 and clinches the number 1 seed in the AFC.  Punts were the reason for three scores in the game accounting for or leading to 21 of the 30 points scored by both teams combined.  In the first quarter Chris Hanson punted a ball that was down at the Jets own three yard line.  Two plays later Kellen Clemens threw an interception to Ellis Hobbs who returned it for a touchdown.  Seven points, a direct result of a good punt, with a little help from a strong pass rush from Richard Seymor (who happened to injury Clemens on the play)

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