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April 19, 2009 - April 25, 2009 Archives
11:46 PM Sat, Apr 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young  Email
Transcript of tonight's conference call with DL Ron Brace (selected 40th overall): Q: Congratulations, Ron. Can you tell us, being a guy from Springfield, Mass., what's it like not only to be selected to play in the NFL, but to......
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10:53 PM Sat, Apr 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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A transcript of this evening's conference call with S Patrick Chung, the Patriots' first draft pick today (34th overall) as provided by the team's PR department: Q: Are you surprised at all? PC: Yeah. I'm just happy for the opportunity......
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9:46 PM Sat, Apr 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
The Patriots chose two New Englanders in the second round, the first time the team has done that since 1999 when they picked Damien Woody of Boston College and Sean Morey of Brown. This time, it was defensive tackle......
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9:33 PM Sat, Apr 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
The first offensive player taken by the Patriots was Sabastian Vollmer, a huge (6-7, 315) offensive tackle from Houston. He is very much a sleeper, a surprise pick in the Patriots' mold, so much so that he was not......
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9:21 PM Sat, Apr 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
The Patriots have made their final pick of the day (as far as we know) and it is in the person of Houston OL Sebastian Vollmer. Vollmer, a native of Germany, is 6-foot-7 1/2 and 312 pounds. He could barely......
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8:11 PM Sat, Apr 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
The Patriots selected Massachusetts native and former Boston College standout Ron Brace with the 40th pick, and UConn cornerback Darius Butler at the 41st.......
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8:06 PM Sat, Apr 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
New England made a trade with Oakland and will now pick at numbers 40 and 41. M More to come.........
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7:38 PM Sat, Apr 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Patrick Chung, listed at 5-foot-11, 212 pounds, was the Patriots' choice with the second pick of the second round, number 34 overall. Chung was born in Kingston, Jamaica and move to California with his family when he was a child.......
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7:34 PM Sat, Apr 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
It has just been announced that the Patriots have chosen Oregon S Patrick Chung with the 34th overall pick in the draft. More to come.........
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7:05 PM Sat, Apr 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Bill Belichick has a history of bouncing around the board on draft weekend, but today may take the cake. With two trades, New England currently does not have any picks in the first round, but has a whopping four picks......
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6:42 PM Sat, Apr 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
One of the certainties of the NFL draft is that the Patriots will make a trade. Or two. Or more. It's still early. The Pats picked up Baltimore's fifth-round choice in exchange for swapping first-round picks with the Ravens......
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6:38 PM Sat, Apr 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
The Patriots are trading again, this time to Green Bay. The Packers' next pick was at 41, in the second round.......
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6:33 PM Sat, Apr 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
The Patriots have traded the 23rd pick in the draft, according to their twitter entry...more to come.........
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6:26 PM Sat, Apr 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Whomever it is that is tweeting today for the Patriots just posted that the "Patriots draft room is abuzz, fielding multiple calls for trades. Stay tuned." (I cannot believe I just blogged a twitter entry...)......
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6:20 PM Sat, Apr 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
And how funny would it be if Josh Freeman turned out to be better than either Stafford or Sanchez? The Bucs traded up two spots (with that ex-Jets coach, turned wheeler-dealer in Cleveland) to get the big (6-6, 248)......
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5:52 PM Sat, Apr 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Those who believed Northern Illinois' Larry English was a good fit to play OLB in a 3-4 defense were correct -- one of my favorites to end up here in New England, English was instead drafted at #16 by the......
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5:15 PM Sat, Apr 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
Seeking a quarterback for the future, the Jets paid a hefty price to move up from 17th in the first round to Cleveland's pick at No. 5 and select Mark Sanchez of Southern Cal. Sanchez had better be good,......
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4:49 PM Sat, Apr 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
There will be a new QB on the block in the AFC East, as the New York Jets traded up from number 17 to number 5 to acquire former USC quarterback Mark Sanchez. Old friend Eric Mangini, now with the......
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4:13 PM Sat, Apr 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Hey all -- After being slowed by kites -- kites!!! -- on the way here (if you really want to know I'll share the full story), I've settled into the press box at Gillette Stadium with Jim Donaldson and Paul......
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6:29 PM Fri, Apr 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
NEW YORK (AP) -- The NFL will look into teams revealing their draft picks on their Web sites and through Twitter even before commissioner Roger Goodell might have announced the selections. The San Diego Chargers plan to post their picks......
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2:10 PM Thu, Apr 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Here's a video to accompany Shalise Manza Young's draft profile of the Tennessee star:......
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1:14 PM Thu, Apr 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
New England announced today that it has re-signed DL Kenny Smith. The 31-year old is a seven-year veteran who spent all of last season on the Pats' injured reserve. Listed at 6-foot-4, 303 pounds, Smith is a former third-round pick......
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7:15 PM Tue, Apr 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
BB: Pretty big day for Boston sports yesterday. It was a 11-run win by the Red Sox, the Celtics, the Bruins and [the Boston] Marathon. Congratulations [to Sporting News reporter Albert Breer, who ran the Marathon]. I know how hard......
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2:08 PM Tue, Apr 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
New England has just announced the three men fans will select from for entry into the Patriots Hall of Fame this year. The finalists for the 2009 one-man induction class are: defensive tackle Houston Antwine, center Jon Morris and running......
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1:29 PM Tue, Apr 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
One other bit of news Bill Belichick slipped in at the end of his press conference: Pierre Woods has signed his contract tender. Belichick dubbed Woods, who broke his jaw against Pittsburgh last year, ending his season, "ready to go."......
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1:21 PM Tue, Apr 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Bill Belichick closed his press conference by letting us know that Tom Brady is "doing well." "He's doing his offseason work without limitation," the coach said of his quarterback. It was a short sentence, but it likely helps calm the......
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12:42 PM Tue, Apr 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Bill Belichick has just wrapped his annual pre-draft press conference, and toed the line of being revealing about the Patriots desires for this weekend's draft. Belichick said most the work on player evaluation is done -- a process that began......
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5:01 PM Sun, Apr 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Here's a video to accompany Shalise Manza Young's draft profile of Liberty's Rashad Jennings.......
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4:50 PM Sun, Apr 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Here's a video to accompany Shalise Manza Young's profile of Draft prospect Rulon Davis, from California.......
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