If you were to travel back in time to March, when free agency was set to open in the NFL, absolutely nobody in New England was talking about Efton Chism.

Even if you moved forward to the NFL Draft in late April, nobody in New England was talking about Efton Chism. Through the spring? A polite smattering of chatter , perhaps, but nothing major.

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But now? After a preseason performance that was even better than his impressive introduction a week ago? Now you can bet everybody in New England will be talking about Efton Chism -- to the point where it's hard to envision a way that the undrafted rookie does not make the final 53-man roster.

"We talked about his play strength last week," Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel

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