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August 3, 2008 - August 9, 2008 Archives
4:14 PM Sat, Aug 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
The Patriots have announced that S Tank Williams has been placed on season-ending injured reserve with a knee injury. He was hurt during Thursday night's preseason opener against Baltimore, on a first-half kickoff return by the Ravens' Yamon Figurs. Williams,......
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5:06 PM Fri, Aug 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
Patriots coach Bill Belichick just had a conference call with the media today. Among the topics he talked about were getting ready for their next preseason game against Tampa Bay, the impressive performance of place-kicker Stephen Gostkowski, the NFL new......
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8:58 PM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
It has been announced that Tank Williams has a knee injury. He will not return. Williams was hurt during Yamon Figurs' kickoff return at the start of Baltimore's last drive.......
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8:12 PM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
It has been announced that WR/ST Sam Aiken has a knee injury and will not return to the game. During New England's punt after its first possession, Aiken lay face down on the turf, his right knee bent. He was......
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7:10 PM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Tom Brady is in uniform for the Patriots; whether he plays more than one offensive series or not certainly remains to be seen... The Patriots are not dressing: CB Mike Richardson FB Kyle Eckel G Stephen Neal T Matt Light......
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5:32 PM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Hey all -- Welcome to Gillette Stadium, where the Patriots and Ravens will kick off the first preseason game for both in about two hours. It isn't raining right now, but there could be thunderstorms later, according to weather reports.......
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5:26 PM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
ESPN has sent out a release on the upcoming episode of their newsmagazine E:60, and among the stories there will be a "behind the scenes look" at Randy Moss' foray into NASCAR. The program will air Tuesday, Aug. 12 at......
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2:01 PM Wed, Aug 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
The Patriots sent out a release today asking fans attending Thursday night's exhibition game against the Ravens to anticipate heavy traffic in the area surrounding Gillette Stadium. The team says it has experienced additional traffic delays on weeknights when event......
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12:42 PM Wed, Aug 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
BOSTON (AP) -- Tom Brady found some lessons in a book that may have helped him deal with the New England Patriots' loss in the Super Bowl that ruined their chances for a 19-0 season. The quarterback tells Esquire magazine......
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2:39 PM Tue, Aug 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
BB: We are kind of working our way into real game preparations. This is a transitional day for us where we go from true training camp days, where we have one practice, followed by a meeting, then another practice and......
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2:29 PM Tue, Aug 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Shalise Manza Young is on the practice field at Gillette Stadium and reports that linebacker Mike Vrabel is, too, meaning he has been taken off the physically unable to perform list. More from practice later this afternoon.......
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8:39 PM Mon, Aug 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Tonight's session, also in full pads, was held inside Gillette Stadium as a special event for season ticket holders. Some notes from the practice: * James Sanders, Rodney Harrison, Jason Webster, Matt Light, Ryan O'Callaghan and Kyle Eckel missed both......
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5:09 PM Mon, Aug 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
The Patriots have announced the signing of veteran offensive lineman John Welbourn. To make room for Welbourn, the team released undrafted rookie DL Chris Norwell. A bit on Welbourn from the press release: Welbourn, 32, is a veteran of nine......
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3:20 PM Mon, Aug 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Click the play button below to hear Shalise Manza Young's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: Andre Tippett's role in the organization and his enshrinement over the weekend; which current Patriots are Canton-bound; and the state of the offensive line,......
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3:13 PM Mon, Aug 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Click the extended entry field to see the full text of the coach's remarks this morning at Gillette.......
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12:04 PM Mon, Aug 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
This morning apparently was a time of rest for many of the Patriots' veteran, as players like Tom Brady, Randy Moss, Tedy Bruschi and Richard Seymour were not on the field for practice. New England will have another session tonight......
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11:21 AM Mon, Aug 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Patriots have not yet released their training camp schedule for most of this week, but they did reveal today that there will be a single session with public access at Gillette Stadium tomorrow, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. We'll......
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5:30 PM Sun, Aug 03, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Today is Tom Brady's birthday, which meant there were a couple of serenades of "Happy Birthday" rained down on the quarterback. The first, and best effort, earned a wave from Brady. After yesterday appearing to tweak his lower left leg,......
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11:58 AM Sun, Aug 03, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Bill Belichick just wrapped his press conference in front of a sparse crowd -- apparently there weren't a lot of us willing to roll out of bed this Sunday morning -- and touched on a few topics of interest. **......
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