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The New England Patriots’ offensive line has played some talented fronts this year http://www.patriotslockerroom.com/authentic-josh-gordon-jersey , and the Cincinnati Bengals’ — despite the team entering Week 15 with the worst record in the NFL at 1-12 — certainly deserves to be mentioned among them as well. But while Carlos Dunlap, Carl Lawson and Sam Hubbard have all contributed especially in the passing game, one player stands out among them: veteran defensive tackle Geno Atkins.At 6-foot-1, 300 pounds, Atkins may not be the most physically imposing player on his team but his success speaks for itself: a seven-time Pro Bowler, the 31-year-old leads the team with 45 quarterback pressures this season and ranks third with 4.5 sacks. He has been a disruptive presence from the interior defensive line, and is a player the Patriots will need to be able to contain. Whether or not they can is a different question, though.“There’s been a few guys like him at that position. They’re very hard to handle in there; their quickness. He has very good playing strength and leverage,” said Patriots head coach Bill Belichick when talking about interior pass rushers like Atkins during a media conference call earlier this week. “He’s more of a compact guy, but he has great leverage. Good quickness, good motor, and like a lot of those guys, he’s very smart and instinctive.”“He just can anticipate who’s going to block him or what the combination is going to be up front, and then he anticipates, and uses his quickness, and his power and his length Antonio Garcia Jersey , or I’d say leverage, to gain an advantage. And once he gains an advantage, it’s very hard for those blockers — the guards, the centers, sometimes the tackles on those doubles — just to regain it,” Belichick continued about the former fourth-round draft selection.Needless to say that the Patriots’ O-line has its work cut out for it, especially because the unit has struggled this season both in run blocking and pass protection. While the return of starting left tackle Isaiah Wynn should have helped settle things down a bit, the line as a whole has not yet reached a level anywhere near where it was entering last year’s playoffs. And with Atkins and company coming up on the schedule, Belichick knows the group must play a disciplined game.“He’s just too quick and too explosive to... once he has that gap or he has that little bit of a position advantage, then he capitalizes on it and gains it, and a lot of times he gets held,” the future Hall of Famer said. “He causes a lot of penalties there on that, and that’s another way he’s disruptive is some first-and-20’s, and second-and-20’s off penalties on those plays. I’d say it’s a combination of those things, but his initial quickness, his short-space quickness Womens Julian Edelman Jersey , his awareness, his instinctiveness — can anticipate — and he plays strong.”“He just doesn’t get walked out of there. He can certainly hold his ground, and if you try to play too soft on him, and just mirror him and try to take away his quickness, then he can use his power,” Belichick continued before shifting his attention to his teammates up front. “He’s got two good outside rushers with him, with Hubbard and Dunlap, that helps. So, there’s a lot of times somebody has to step up, or you’re in trouble with the ends or he forces them back and that puts you in trouble with the edge guys.”Luckily for the Patriots, there is at least a realistic chance that they get their starting center back this week: after missing last week’s game because of a knee injury, Ted Karras returned to practice on Wednesday in limited fashion. Having him in the middle of the formation instead of James Ferentz — who had his moments against Kansas City but ultimately proved to be a downgrade, as expected — should help against Cincinnati’s talented front.As Belichick put it when talking about Atkins alongside players such as Dunlap and Hubbard, “it all causes a problem.” If New England’s offense wants to get back on track on Sunday, it needs to find a solution for it and make sure the veteran defender does not wreck the game with his prolific interior pass rush. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Police seized almost $200 http://www.patriotslockerroom.com/authentic-sony-michel-jersey ,000 in connection with a Florida massage parlor where New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft was accused of paying for sexual acts, court records released Tuesday show.Search warrants show Jupiter police found $183,000 in bank safety deposit boxes belonging to two women who authorities say owned the spa and an employee. Officers also froze numerous bank accounts belonging to Orchids of Asia Spa owners Hua Zhang and Lei Wang, but the amounts in those accounts were not released. They say they also seized the business’s surveillance equipment. The women are charged with numerous felonies involving a prostitution business, while Kraft is charged with misdemeanor solicitation. All have denied wrongdoing.A multi-jurisdiction investigation closed 10 spas between Palm Beach and Orlando and saw 300 men arrested. While no one has been charged with human trafficking, authorities have said they believe the employees were brought to the U.S. from China.The search warrants show officers began investigating the spa in late October after receiving a tip from a neighboring county’s sheriff’s office. Surveillance began Nov. 6. Officers say they observed only men entering the spa and that they would leave after 30 or 60 minutes. Some customers were pulled over for traffic violations after they left and admitted to paying for sex acts, the warrants show.On Nov. 14, a female health inspector was sent into the spa. She told officers there was evidence that the three female workers were living in the store.Officers then searched trash bins behind the spa. They say they found evidence of sexual activity.On Jan. 17, after obtaining a warrant, officers used an undescribed “tactical ruse” to get the employees outside and secretly install surveillance cameras. As officers chatted with the employees, Zhang arrived and told officers she could see their arrival on her cellphone, tipping them off that she had her own camera system installed, the documents show. Officers were able to find those cameras and their recorders, which were later seized.Police say Kraft, 77, first visited two days after the cameras were installed and again the next morning Joe Thuney Jersey , shortly before he flew to Kansas City, where he saw his team defeat the Chiefs in the AFC Championship game.Investigators say they videotaped him engaging in sex acts during both visits and then handing over cash. Kraft, who is worth $6 billion, handed over a $100 bill and another bill after one visit, records show, and an undetermined amount during the other. Two weeks later, the Patriots won the Super Bowl, their sixth under his ownership.Kraft was charged in late February and has pleaded not guilty. Most men charged for the first time with soliciting are eligible for a diversion program where they pay a $5,000 fine, perform 100 hours of community service and attend a class where they learn about the dangers of prostitution and how it is often tied to human trafficking.Zhang’s attorney, Tama Kudman, told the South Florida Sun Sentinel that the videos will be challenged and that her client is a victim of stereotyping.“They are saying every Asian massage parlor is part of a sex trafficking ring and that’s outrageous,” Kudman told the newspaper. “They are making assumptions based on a particular story line and not taking the time to look at the particular facts about the individual defendants.”