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Aaron Hernandez is Patriots’ universal adapter

Hernandez is more than a tight end; he’s lined up in the slot, out wide, even in the backfield in the Patriots’ offensive scheme

By John Powers

 |  Globe Staff  

  January 31, 2012

INDIANAPOLIS - The calendar says it has been less than six years but Aaron Hernandez feels that his trip from There to Here seems much longer. “Sometimes I still sit back and think how crazy it really is,’’ says the Patriots’ eclectic and electric tight end, who has made it from high school to the Super Bowl at fast-forward speed.

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