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September 9, 2007 2:40 pm
By Jim Donaldson

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Ellis Hobbs' 108-yard touchdown return of the second-half kickoff is the longest in Patriots' history.

That said, I've never understood why yardage out of the end zone counts. I mean, if a receiver catches a ball five yards deep in the end zone on a pass from the 30-yard line, then, using the same logic as on kickoffs, shouldn't that be a 35-yard TD catch?
The field is 100 yards long. No play ever should be listed as going for more than 100 yards.

-- JIM DONALDSON

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