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






