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ON FOOTBALL | Midweek Report

Ivan Fears key in surge of Patriots running backs

Over the course of an NFL season, a lot of things get talked about. Some factors are overblown, some aren’t addressed enough.

Sunday’s 41-28 win over the Texans by the Patriots in the divisional round of the playoffs gave us ample reason to get back to something that had been apparent several times this season but fell through the cracks: Patriots running backs mentor Ivan Fears is one heck of a coach.

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Greg, was that Chris Gaspar last year that told us Bill was not up to speed with his defensive game plans and that he should have kept Don Capers here to teach him a thing or two about defense. Ya know, the Don Capers that came up with the genius game plan against the 49ers that left Kapernick alone on the edges with no dicernable contain. Was that Gasper or what?