"Adalius Thomas chuckled at the thought. What if his life, like that of Michael Oher, the rookie tackle he will face Sunday, was made into a movie?

"My story will sell, believe me,'' Thomas said, smiling. "I got a lot to say. 'If You Only Knew.' That's the name of my story.''

Someday, Thomas may share his uncut thoughts on his season and tenure with the Patriots. Not now. Not with his team preparing to start the playoffs Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens, the team with which he spent the first seven years of his career."