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November 2, 2008 - November 8, 2008 Archives
3:32 PM Fri, Nov 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott  Email
Albert Breer of the Sporting News is reporting that cornerback DeAngelo Hall, released earlier this week by the Oakland Raiders, is signing with the Washington Redskins. There had been various reports that the Patriots might have been interested in acquiring......
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1:05 PM Fri, Nov 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
The Patriots are on the upper fields behind Gillette Stadium today for practice; they are once again in shells (light pads) and shorts/sweatpants. Not spotted during the media access portion: CB Terrence Wheatley CB Lewis Sanders RB LaMont Jordan RB......
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1:00 PM Fri, Nov 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) - The Bills will be without four starters when they travel to New England to play the Patriots in a key AFC East game on Sunday. Starting right guard Brad Butler (left knee sprain), starting defensive......
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12:00 PM Fri, Nov 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
MAKES SENSE TO US: The Boston Globe is one of several media outlets reporting that the Patriots might be interested in acquiring DeAngelo Hall, the talented 24-year-old cornerback cut loose by the Oakland Raiders this week. Hall would certainly fill......
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4:06 PM Thu, Nov 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
For New England Did not participate RB LaMont Jordan -- calf RB Sammy Morris -- knee CB Lewis Sanders -- hamstring CB Terrence Wheatley -- wrist Limited participation LB Eric Alexander -- hamstring CB Ellis Hobbs -- shoulder WR Matthew......
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2:15 PM Thu, Nov 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
As a young quarterback yourself, have you appreciated from afar what Buffalo Bills quarterback Trent Edwards has done? He [Trent Edwards] has done a great job. He has won a lot of games out there and continues to progress.......
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1:09 PM Thu, Nov 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
The Patriots are practicing inside the Dana-Farber Fieldhouse today thanks to the wet, windy weather, and are once again in shells and sweatpants. One concern for New England is that RB LaMont Jordan, who has been working his way back......
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11:48 AM Thu, Nov 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
THE TEAM THAT WENT BEFORE THEM: As you all know by now, this weekend's matchup with the Buffalo Bills marks the Patriots' first of three consecutive games against division foes -- a stretch that could well make or break the......
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4:18 PM Wed, Nov 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
For New England Did not Participate RB Sammy Morris -- knee CB Lewis Sanders -- hamstring CB Terrence Wheatley -- wrist Limited Participation LB Eric Alexander -- hamstring CB Ellis Hobbs -- shoulder RB LaMont Jordan -- calf WR Randy......
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1:53 PM Wed, Nov 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Patriots' DE Jarvis Green will hold his second annual Wine Tasting Gala to benefit the Jarvis Green Foundation on Saturday, Nov. 15 at the Johnson & Wales Inn in Seekonk. Green's foundation helps victims of Hurricane Katrina in his home......
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1:46 PM Wed, Nov 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
We are onto Buffalo and in the division this week. As usual when you look at the Bills I think it starts with how good they are on special teams. Year in and year out they have been one of......
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1:31 PM Wed, Nov 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
The Patriots are on the upper practice fields behind Gillette Stadium on an unseasonably warm afternoon for their first session of the week as they prepare for Buffalo. The players were once again in shells and sweatpants/shorts, as the team......
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11:32 AM Wed, Nov 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
After the Patriots lost to the Colts on Sunday, many people seemed to be emphasizing the positives despite the final result on the scoreboard. Here's what Tony Massarotti wrote earlier this week on Boston.com: "The gains of this game far......
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10:16 AM Wed, Nov 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Boston Herald's Inside Track reports that Caitlin Davis, an 18-year-old Foxboro High School graduate who is now a student at Johnson & Wales University, has been removed from the Patriots' cheerleading team after pictures appeared on Facebook showing "the......
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10:05 AM Wed, Nov 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
FOXBORO -- The New England Patriots have put rookie linebacker Shawn Crable on injured reserve, meaning that Crable will miss the rest of the season with a shin injury. Crable, a third-round pick out of the University of Michigan, has......
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2:03 PM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
Well, we are back in the division here and getting ready for Buffalo. That [Buffalo] is a team that has a few new faces - guys like [defensive tackle Marcus] Stroud that we have to deal with on the defensive......
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11:42 AM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
LOOKING FOR A SILVER LINING: Rob Lee's story today about the Patriots' inability to stop teams in the red zone -- New England is 30th in the NFL in red-zone defense -- came as a surprise to me. An equally......
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2:57 PM Mon, Nov 03, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
Well, it was a short night here. We are scrambling around a little bit this morning. But a couple of things on the game - it is certainly disappointing to be that close, do a lot of things well in......
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11:55 AM Mon, Nov 03, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The focus today is on bad plays and questionable use of timeouts -- but I'll leave those issues to Jim Donaldson and crew and focus on something else that hurt the Patriots last night, and that was the inability of......
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11:50 AM Mon, Nov 03, 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. She gives general comments on New England's disappointing loss in Indianapolis, then talks about Bill Belichick's use of timeouts, the Patriots' decision not to throw more......
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12:15 AM Mon, Nov 03, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
Courtesy of the Patriots' P.R. department: WELKER TIES RECORD FOR MOST GAMES WITH SIX OR MORE CATCHES TO OPEN SEASON On a 10-yard reception in the fourth quarter - his sixth catch of the game - Wes Welker tied the......
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11:05 PM Sun, Nov 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
In a game with enough questionable strategy decisions to keep second-guessers busy for a month, the Patriots dropped an 18-15 decision to the Indianapolis Colts Sunday night and fell into a three-way tie for first place in the AFC East.......
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10:33 PM Sun, Nov 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
INDIANAPOLIS -- The Patriots again controlled the clock in the third quarter, maintaining possession for 11 minutes. They have had two scoring drives (one TD, one FG) of 15 plays apiece in the second half, after having had two 13-play......
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10:08 PM Sun, Nov 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
INDIANAPOLIS -- When Kevin Faulk was stopped just short of the goal line, that was the first time this season that the Patriots have attempted a 2-point conversion. They were 1-for-1 last season and 2-for-2 in 2006, after converting just......
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9:59 PM Sun, Nov 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
BY JIM DONALDSON Journal Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS -- With his two first-half field goals, from 29 and 35 yards out, Pats kicker Stephen Gostkowski now has made 25 of his last 26 regular-season kicks. He is the most accurate kicker......
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9:49 PM Sun, Nov 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
BY JIM DONALDSON Journal Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS -- For the first time this season, the Patriots have in the lineup all five members of the offensive line that paved the way to the Super Bowl last year -- Matt Light......
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9:45 PM Sun, Nov 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
INDIANAPOLIS -- Rookie cornerback Terrence Wheatley, the second-round draft choice out of Colorado who appeared to have injured his left hand/wrist in the second quarter, did not come out of the locker room for the second half.......
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9:41 PM Sun, Nov 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
BY JIM DONALDSON Journal Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS -- Helped by a 91-yard opening drive in which they ran 15 plays and consumed 9:02, the Colts had the ball for 10:33 in the first quarter, which ended with Indianapolis holding a......
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9:05 PM Sun, Nov 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
CB Terrence Wheatley has just headed back to the locker room with members of the Patriots' training staff. The rookie corner hurt his left hand/wrist breaking up a pass intended for Marvin Harrison. Wheatley earned his first career start tonight;......
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9:01 PM Sun, Nov 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Right guard Stephen Neal, who had been splitting snaps with Billy Yates the previous two games, started tonight's game. It is the first start of the season for the veteran, who began the year on the physically unable to perform......
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8:13 PM Sun, Nov 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
BY JIM DONALDSON Journal Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS -- The Lucas Oil Stadium has not, so far, been Home, Sweet Dome, for the Colts, who have lost two of their first three games here. They were beaten by the Bears in......
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7:29 PM Sun, Nov 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
For New England QB Matt Gutierrez -- third quarterback WR Matthew Slater CB Lewis Sanders RB LaMont Jordan RB Sammy Morris LB Eric Alexander T Wesley Britt LB Shawn Crable For Indianapolis DB Dante Hughes DB Kelvin Hayden RB Clifton......
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6:17 PM Sun, Nov 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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BY JIM DONALDSON Journal Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS -- Lucas Oil Stadium, which opened this summer, resembles on oversized -- on second thought, make that super-sized -- field house. Driving into the city from the west, where the airport is no......
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5:58 PM Sun, Nov 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
The roof has been opened, and it was remarkably quick, so at least taxpayers got an efficient facility for their money. As colleague Mark Farinella tells me, this will be the first time since 1983 that the Patriots will play......
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5:30 PM Sun, Nov 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Hey all -- Welcome to Lucas Oil Stadium, which is just a stone's throw from the RCA Dome in downtown Indianapolis. The Dome is slated to be demolished next month. The roof here is currently closed, which is surprising since......
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