The AFC Championship Game will be Bill Belichick¡¯s 343rd game
as the Patriots head
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gameday draws near. Belichick was asked at Friday¡¯s press conference if he gets
nervous before games and the coach said it happens ¡°every week.¡±¡°Nervous, yeah.
Sure. You want to go out there and do well,¡± Belichick said. ¡°There¡¯s an
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them well, not let your team down because everybody¡¯s counting on you to do your
job. You¡¯re counting on everybody else to do theirs. You don¡¯t worry about
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mantra in New England. Given the team¡¯s record of success, it would seem to be
an effective way of dealing with nerves that might cause others to slip up. When
the Chiefs signed free agent running back Carlos Hyde to a one-year, $2.8
million contract with $1.5 million
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preseason, Hyde was their starting running back. But with roster cuts coming in
a week, Hyde is no lock to make the Chiefs.The is projecting that Hyde will get
cut, and that three running backs will make the Chiefs¡¯ 53-man roster: Damien
Williams, Darrel Williams and Darwin Thompson (along with fullback Anthony
Sherman).Damien Williams is expected to be the
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the case. Thompson, a sixth-round rookie, has been particularly impressive and
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was traded from the Browns to the Jaguars in October and then cut by the Jaguars
in March. If the Chiefs cut
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