The Patriots have worked out former Jacksonville defensive end Paul Spicer (95) and ex-Denver defensive tackle Matthias Askew. The 34-year-old Spicer is 6-foot-4 and 295 pounds, and has bounced around professional football for the better part of the decade, playing in the NFL, CFL and NFL Europe.

An undrafted free agent who started his professional career with the Seahawks in 1998, his best season came in 2005 with the Jaguars when he accumulated 37 tackles (30 solo), 7.5 sacks, and two pass deflections. In his NFL career, he has 252 tackles, 28 1/2 sacks and one interception in 10 years in the NFL. Spicer was cut by New Orleans on Sept. 5 during the final major roster cut down.

Askew is a 27-year-old defensive tackle who was taken in the fourth round of the 2004 Draft out of Michigan State. At 6-foot-5 and 302 pounds, he too has bounced around the league, going from Cincinnati to Washington to Denver, where the Broncos waived him as part of their final cuts before the start of the 2009 season.

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Well it didn't take long for the rest of the NFL to come calling on the intelligence that surrounds the New England Patriots. Belichick's disciples are always hot commodities and this time around it is the young and talented Josh McDaniels. McDaniels at just 32 years old is taking over a team that has had the same head coach for the last 14 years which in the NFL is about 4 lifetimes! Now, it is a good position for McDaniels as he has a young, strong armed QB and some talented wide outs. What remains to be seen is whether or not he can handle the entire job of being a head coach in the NFL. Moreover taking on the pressure of replacing the greatest head coach the Denver Broncos franchise has ever had . Best of luck to Josh McDaniels, he'd better hope he is better than the last three of Belichick's disciples.

Now onto the important stuff...who the hell is gonna replace him?! With McDaniels gone the Pats are forced to replace an offensive coordinator and a QB coach. It was well known that McDaniels and the Pats QB's all got along very well. The task of finding someone to fill that void will be up to the most trusted man in New England sports today. So we leave it to you Bill "pick us a winna dude"!

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