Tom Curran of the Providence Journal has a great interview (via cellphone in the car, geez Tom, if you get Coach in an accident, I swear...) about how the Patriots approach the draft. It's been said from a lot of quarters that the Pats really spend the time and money on good scouting, and it seems to have paid off in recent years. Curran writes:

"Great. Not more than 90 seconds into explaining the process and already we had to ask for clarification on some of the terms he was using. But Belichick's a pretty patient guy when it comes to explanations. So we opted to ask the question and run the risk of looking like a moron instead of writing a poorly reported story that would remove all doubt."

Funny -- a couple of Super Bowl Championships takes the edge off -- can't imagine anyone calling Belichick "a pretty patient" guy a few years back.