Questions for Ben Volin

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Ben Volin, the national NFL reporter for the Boston Globe, will be carrying out a Q&A session with football fans and Football Central staff members.

Submit your questions to Ben by filling out the form below. Submissions will be accepted until Monday September 22nd at 12PM EDT. Feel free to submit as many Patriot or general NFL questions that you want.

The Q&A session will be posted on Football Central on Tuesday, September 23rd.
 
 

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We're very excited to have Ben doing a Q&A with us at Football Central. Please pop in and ask him some questions, guys. There isn't a more knowledgeable source out there for Patriot news.
 
Just go to the link above and fill out the form to ask him a question.
 

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veritas said:
Hi Ben,
 
How do you balance reporting fairly and honestly with keeping good relationships with your sources, many of whom are also the subject of your reporting?
Just to clarify, there is a form on the page that the opening post links to, though that may not be clear from the quotation. Click on it and all will become clear! ;)

Or not. Who am I to say?
 

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There is no Rev said:
Just to clarify, there is a form on the page that the opening post links to, though that may not be clear from the quotation. Click on it and all will become clear! ;)

Or not. Who am I to say?
 
Right, my fault on this.
 
We decided to do it this way for a few reasons. One of them is that anonymity can be a useful tool. While we've already gotten a few "Hey! Ben! Fuck you!" messages, we've also gotten some really good questions that may not have surfaced in this forum. There are a lot of big football brains on this site, and you guys can be fairly intimidating. We want people to feel comfortable submitting questions of varying expertise levels. 
 
Thanks for the questions folks have already submitted, and I'm really looking forward to combing through them over the next few days.
 
Keep in mind that there will be some time between the Patriots/Raiders game and the time we stop accepting questions. Directing those specific questions towards Ben could yield some timely and useful answers.
 

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My question is about Bob Kraft ...

What, other than the Patriots' success on the field, do you perceive differentiates him as an owner? What are his strengths and weaknesses?
 

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Van Everyman said:
My question is about Bob Kraft ...

What, other than the Patriots' success on the field, do you perceive differentiates him as an owner? What are his strengths and weaknesses?
 
Please head to the link in the first post and ask your question on that page, VE.
 
Thanks!
 

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Final call to ask Ben questions. Go to the link above and ask some Pats/Raiders questions!
 

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Ben, is it me or are you really taking over the Albert Breer role as the chief agitator in Patriots media coverage?
 
We often talk about Brady's (perceived) frustrations with the receivers not named Edelman. How about the receivers' frustrations with Brady? Is this a case where the non-Edelman receivers feel they have not gotten their fair share of looks but just cannot speak out in public? 
 
Also, when does Dante come out of retirement? What % would you give Tony Gonzalez 1) coming out of retire and and 2) signing with the Patriots?
 
One more -- how nice is the new facilities that they built over the summer? 
 

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I was curious if this Q&A has been posted yet... can't seem to find it on either BBtL or Football Central...
 
Nope, you haven't missed it. Ben has been busy and will hopefully get back to us soon.
 

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Specifically, he had something come up--he still loves us.