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          New England Patriots

          Patriots 'short board' follow-up

          • Mike Reiss, ESPN Staff WriterApr 11, 2010, 03:45 PM ET
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              Mike Reiss is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the New England Patriots. Reiss has covered the Patriots since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2009. In 2019, he was named Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. You can follow Reiss on Twitter at @MikeReiss.
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          The Patriots tweeted the following today in response to the "short board" piece in the Denver Post: "Don't believe everything you read. Reports of Patriots past draft boards w/only 25 players on it is fiction & merely a small fraction of #."