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February 2009 Archives
9:03 PM Sat, Feb 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young  Email
Veteran cornerback Shawn Springs, released by the Redskins in a salary-cap move yesterday, will visit the New England Patriots tomorrow. The number three overall pick in 1997 out of Ohio State, Springs spent the last five seasons in Washington, and......
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3:23 PM Sat, Feb 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
In their announcement of today's trade that sent QB Matt Cassel and LB Mike Vrabel to the Kansas City Chiefs for a second-round draft pick (34th overall), the Patriots included quotes from head coach Bill Belichick on both players: Belichick......
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2:33 PM Sat, Feb 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Kansas City Chiefs have acquired quarterback Matt Cassel and linebacker Mike Vrabel from the New England Patriots in a trade for their second-round draft pick. Cassel had been the backup in New England when......
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8:46 PM Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
Given a choice between a 33-year-old linebacker who's probably past his prime, and a 33-year-old running back who's definitely past his prime, I'll opt for the linebacker every time. Especially when it's Mike Vrabel, who's played an important role......
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7:55 PM Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
As provided by the Patriots' PR department: Q: Were there other teams that were interested that you didn't meet with? And can you sum up how difficult this decision was, or maybe it was pretty easy? FT: The Patriots and......
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5:35 PM Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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The Patriots have just made an announcement on the signing of RB Fred Taylor. In the release, Bill Belichick said of Taylor, "I have tremendous respect for Fred Taylor, both as a person and as a player whose production is......
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2:47 PM Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Adam Schefter of NFL.com is reporting that veteran outside linebacker Mike Vrabel is in Kansas City getting a physical, and that Vrabel will be traded to the Chiefs if he passes. The Patriots would receive an undisclosed draft pick in......
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2:37 PM Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Former New England Patriots long snapper Lonie Paxton has signed a free-agent deal with the Denver Broncos, according to The Boston Globe.......
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1:59 PM Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The state may issue special license plates to benefit the New England Patriots Charitable Foundation. The Rhode Island General Assembly's House Committee on Constituent Services will review a proposal that would authorize the special plates at a meeting on Tuesday.......
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10:05 AM Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
According to nfl.com, the Patriots have signed TE Chris Baker, who was released by the Jets last week. Baker had 41 catches in 2007, but just 21 last year, when he was competing for receptions with rookie Dustin Keller.......
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9:21 AM Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
The Boston Globe reports this morning that CB Leigh Bodden, late of the Lions, is visiting with the Patriots today. Bodden spent last year with the Lions but was with Cleveland for the first five seasons of his career, where......
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7:23 AM Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
US Magazine.com is reporting that Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady were married Thursday at the St. Monica Catholic Church in Santa Monica, Calif.: The magazine reports that Gisele wore a "form-fitting ivory lace strapless gown with a trumpet skirt, scalloped......
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12:27 AM Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
According to the Boston Globe, the Patriots have tendered restricted free agent LB Pierre Woods at the second-round level. The fourth-year former undrafted player will receive a one-year, $1.45 million deal; if Woods were to accept an offer sheet from......
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11:07 PM Thu, Feb 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
After visiting both the Patriots and Bills over the past few days, it is believed that free agent running back Fred Taylor will sign with New England. Both teams made contract offers to the 11-year veteran, but the Patriots' recent......
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6:39 PM Thu, Feb 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers certainly can afford Matt Cassel. Whether they want him is another matter. The Bucs, already close to $50 million under the projected 2009 salary cap of $123 million, this week cleared another $10 million worth......
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6:52 PM Wed, Feb 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
The Patriots have announced two more hires: Chad O'Shea as receivers coach and Jason Licht as director of pro personnel. O'Shea arrives in New England from Minnesota, where he spent the last three years as offensive assistant/receivers coach for the......
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6:36 PM Wed, Feb 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
Now that Matt Cassel has signed the one-year, $14.65 million contract he was guaranteed when the Patriots designated him as their franchise player, trade talks will take on a slightly different tone. Cassel no longer is a free agent,......
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12:11 PM Wed, Feb 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
With the signing period set to open Friday, ProFootballweekly.com has its list of top 100 NFL free agents. Matt Cassel is 5th and Rodney Harrison is 93th. See the list here.......
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11:09 AM Wed, Feb 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
NEW YORK (AP) -- NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has taken a 20 percent pay cut and the league staff has been trimmed by 15 percent because of a reeling economy. The league said Wednesday it has dropped 169 jobs as......
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5:48 PM Mon, Feb 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
Adam Schefter of the NFL Network reports that Matt Cassel has signed his one-year, $14.65 million tender, and it has been submitted to the league office. Read about it here And Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com, says trading Cassel won't be......
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1:57 PM Mon, Feb 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Former Patriots star Lawyer Milloy will apparently be looking for a new team next season, as the Atlanta Falcons have decided not to re-sign the veteran safety, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Milloy has played the last three seasons in......
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1:16 PM Sat, Feb 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
The Jacksonville Jaguars released all-time leading rusher Fred Taylor earlier this week in a salary-cap move, and it looks right now as if the veteran could be headed for the AFC East. Both the New England Patriots and the Buffalo......
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10:59 AM Fri, Feb 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com has posted a pre-combine mock draft. He has the Patriots taking Peria Jerry, a defensive tackle from Mississippi. Read it here. It goes without saying, of course, that past results are no indication of future performance.......
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1:20 PM Thu, Feb 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Linebacker Tedy Bruschi will come to Bryant University's main gym on Monday night at 7:30 to speak about overcoming obstacles. Tickets are $5. Bruschi will not be taking questions or signing autographs at the event. Click here for more information.......
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5:33 PM Wed, Feb 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Apparently you can go home again -- at least if you're Tully Banta-Cain. The Patriots have just announced the signing of the team's former 2003 seventh-round draft pick, as well as the signing of TE Brad Listorti. Banta-Cain, 28, signed......
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1:27 PM Wed, Feb 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Patriots QB Tom Brady just wrapped up an appearance at an Allston, Mass. Boys & Girls Club as part of the One Laptop Per Child program he supports, and was surprisingly candid -- though still a bit guarded -- when......
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11:07 PM Tue, Feb 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Teams around the NFL have been cutting players -- some of them high-profile -- to save space under the salary cap, and today the Patriots joined that list, letting go of Kelley Washington and Billy Yates. Washington was signed as......
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11:02 AM Tue, Feb 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Even if you're a big Patriots fan, you probably have to think hard to remember Brock Williams. A third-round draft choice out of Notre Dame in 2001, Williams tore a knee ligament in training camp and never saw action during......
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9:11 AM Tue, Feb 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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Commenting on the news that Larry Izzo of the New England Patriots may testify at the Barry Bonds trial, Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com sees a double standard in coverage of baseball players who use steroids and football players who use......
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2:19 PM Mon, Feb 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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Charles Robinson of Yahoo!Sports looks at AFC offseason story lines. Regarding the Patriots, Robinson says: "If the Patriots deal Cassel, it's an indication Brady will be ready for the start of the regular season. Forget what the Patriots and Brady......
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11:44 AM Mon, Feb 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
According to this article on the San Francisco Chronicle's website, Patriots' linebacker Larry Izzo is expected to testify in the trial of baseball star Barry Bonds, who is accused of lying to a federal grand jury about steroid use. Izzo......
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8:38 AM Fri, Feb 13, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
TV ratings for the Pro Bowl were down from a year ago, but were still higher than for the Kobe vs. LeBron matchup on the same day. Read about it here. This proves once again that NFL football -- even......
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2:25 PM Thu, Feb 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
From the team release: The New England Patriots have named Shane Waldron as tight ends coach, Jon Robinson as director of college scouting and Monti Ossenfort as a national scout. Tight Ends Coach Shane Waldron will enter his second season......
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1:44 PM Thu, Feb 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
It appears that Bill Parcells was serious about leaving the Dolphins once the sale of the team was complete. Read about that and a brief discourse on the death spiral of the newspaper business here.......
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11:14 AM Thu, Feb 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
Had enough of Brett Favre? On the outside chance that you haven't, here's the latest: Dennis Dillon of The Sporting News wonders whether Favre might be, God help us, setting the stage for a comeback with the Vikings. Read it......
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5:48 PM Wed, Feb 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
The Patriots head honcho stopped in to see Howard Stern yesterday. Read about it here.......
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11:29 AM Wed, Feb 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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Remember when wide receiver Freddie Mitchell of the Philadelphia Eagles dissed the New England Patriots secondary before Super Bowl XXXIX and then followed it up with a no-show performance in the big game? Mitchell's out of the NFL, but he's......
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10:40 AM Wed, Feb 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
Former New England Patriot linebacker Tully Banta-Cain, who will always be remembered here for losing his Super Bowl ring in a men's room at Providence Place, has been cut by the San Francisco 49ers, according to the San Jose Mercury......
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8:02 AM Tue, Feb 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Patrick Graham, just hired last month to be defensive line coach at the University of Toledo, has quit that job before the start of the season to take an unnamed position with the New England Patriots, according to a report......
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8:01 AM Tue, Feb 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Denver Broncos on Monday hired Roman Phifer as assistant coach- linebackers. Phifer, a 15-year NFL veteran and three-time Super Bowl champion, is starting his first coaching assignment after retiring from the NFL in 2005. He will assist Don Martindale......
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10:18 AM Mon, Feb 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
Sunday's Pro Bowl isn't worth talking about, and the NFL draft is still months away. So, for any NFL fans with a few hours to kill, today might be a good day to try to parse the free agency rules.......
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2:15 PM Fri, Feb 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
Michael Lombardi of The National Football Post runs down the list of the teams that might have a need for a 26-year-old quarterback who made 15 starts, completed 63.4 percent of his passes and threw for 3,693 yards and 21......
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5:03 PM Thu, Feb 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
From New England Patriots . . . The New England Patriots announced today that they have utilized their 2009 franchise designation on quarterback Matt Cassel. He becomes the first offensive player and just the fourth Patriot to be franchised by......
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3:30 PM Thu, Feb 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The New England Patriots, joining a growing list of sports franchises, will not increase ticket prices for next season. Prices will remain frozen at last season's levels, which range from $49 for standing room to $169 for lower-level sideline. Mike......
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1:54 PM Thu, Feb 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
Terry Glenn, who has played in only one NFL game in the past two seasons because of knee injuries, reportedly was arrested in Texas on charges of public intoxication and possession of marijuana. Glenn, 34, also had four outstanding traffic......
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10:49 AM Thu, Feb 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
New England Patriots running back Sammy Morris is visiting U.S. troops in Iraq with a small contingent of NFL players and cheerleaders and writing about it on NFL.com. Read his latest dispatch here.......
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9:18 AM Thu, Feb 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
From today through Feb. 19, NFL teams can designate one franchise player. The New England Patriots are expected to slap that tag on quarterback Matt Cassel at some point and then look to trade him. Mike Lombardi of The National......
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11:25 AM Wed, Feb 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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Espn.com's Tim Graham has crunched the numbers and concluded that the New England Patriots will play the league's third most difficult schedule in 2009. The Miami Dolphins will play the toughest schedule, followed by the Carolina Panthers. Read about it......
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11:55 AM Tue, Feb 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
The New England Patriots have announced one new hire and two coaching changes to their staff: Scott O'Brien has been hired as special teams coach, Bill O'Brien moves from receivers coach to quarterbacks coach, and Josh Boyer is promoted from......
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11:13 AM Tue, Feb 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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To hear Marla Ridenour of the Akron Beacon Journal tell it, Eric Mangini is a lovable, misunderstood guy who fought his way up from the mean streets of Hartford. Read it here.......
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10:07 AM Tue, Feb 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
Rodney Harrison has often been called the dirtiest player in the NFL. Based on his performance on the Super Bowl pregame show, Harrison may be the most bitter player, too. Harrison's prediction: "Unlike last year's Super Bowl, this year's Super......
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