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Article: LINNE FINISHES HIS SEASON WITH A BANG
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- October 19, 1987
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HOUSTON - He has been living on borrowed time in Irving
Fryar's jersey. When the striking Patriot regulars come back today,
Larry Linne's name gets scratched from the starting lineup forever.
He has no illusions about that, even after he made the catch of the
season to score New England's first touchdown against the Oilers
yesterday.
"They've got five really good receivers," Linne said. "I don't
see any chance of being here at all. I've talked to the coaches
about it and they say that even if they add extra people, they'll
add at other positions. So this was probably my last hurrah, but it
was a big bang going out."
Linne played three games as a Patriot and caught 11 balls for
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