Sterling Moore News

Recently on my weekly Thursday morning appearance with Ross Tucker on "The Morning Kickoff" on Sirius XM radio, Tucker raised an interesting point on Tom Brady, who is now heading into his 13th season in New England.

Christopher Price tells us Bill Belichick will head into the 2012 season with the most schematically diverse secondary of his coaching career.

The Patriots [ team stats ] secondary has plenty of it, but with potential comes question marks.

The New England Patriots went as far as they could go last year. Sure, a difference in the final score of the final game would have been nice, but the team couldn't have gone any further than the field of Lucas Oil Stadium, where they at least had a chance to earn that elusive Lombardi Trophy.

While there won't be any contact, there should at least be enough action to offer a glimpse of the team's progress this spring.

New England Patriots cornerback Devin McCourty has been the topic of many offseason discussions attempting to project his role in 2012.

McCourty suffered a separated right shoulder during the Patriots [ team stats ] ' Week 10 victory against the Jets, and he missed a pair of games as a result.