INDIANAPOLIS - The influence of Bill Belichick and the Patriots is obvious at the NFL Combine. When former Patriots vice president of player personnel Scott Pioli, now the pigskin pooh-bah of the Kansas City Chiefs, was asked yesterday what kind of players he's looking for, it was as if the words came directly from the Patriot handbook. (Full article: 753 words)

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