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Week 12: Saturday injury report - Vollmer, Edelman among 17 questionables
For the Patriots Out RB Fred Taylor - DNP, ankle Questionable WR Sam Aiken - LP, hip LB Eric Alexander - LP, groin TE Chris Baker - LP, shoulder LB Tully Banta-Cain - LP, groin NT Ron Brace - LP,...
November 28, 2009 5:36 pm
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Week 12: Saturday practice peek
The Patriots are on the field for their final practice session of the week, and are once again inside the Dana-Farber Fieldhouse. In the briefer-than-usual amount of time media were able to get a look -- we were permitted only...
November 28, 2009 11:54 am
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Week 12: Friday (non-hypthetical) injury report
For the Patriots Did not practice WR Julian Edelman - forearm RB Fred Taylor - ankle T Sebastian Vollmer - head Limited participation WR Sam Aiken - hip LB Eric Alexander - groin TE Chris Baker - shoulder LB Tully...
November 27, 2009 3:57 pm
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Week 12: Friday practice peek
The Patriots were back inside the Dana-Farber Fieldhouse for this afternoon's practice session, where they can crank up the noise to simulate the atmosphere they'll face at the Superdome on Monday night. There were three players not spotted during the...
November 27, 2009 1:47 pm
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Friday locker room: Fred Taylor sighting
He didn't stop to talk to the media, but Fred Taylor was spotted in the locker room today for the first time since undergoing ankle surgery a few weeks ago. Wearing headphones, Taylor walked to his locker, stopped there for...
November 27, 2009 12:30 pm
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NFL Network apologizes for airing McDaniels' profanity
DENVER (AP) - The NFL Network accidentally aired a vulgarity yelled by Denver Broncos coach Josh McDaniels as he chastised his players on the sideline of their Thanksgiving night game against the New York Giants. Coming out of a commercial...
November 26, 2009 10:52 pm
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Week 12: Thursday (projected) practice report
Since the Patriots did not practice today, the team has submitted a report that gives the "anticipated" level of participation for players had the team practiced. Did not practice RB Fred Taylor - ankle Limited participation WR Sam Aiken -...
November 26, 2009 3:47 pm
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Favre Factor Trumps Pats and Dolphins
How else to explain why NBC exercised its right to bump the Patriots and Dolphins from prime time a week from Sunday in Miami and instead air the Vikings and Cardinals from Arizona? Pats-Dolphins figures to be a bigger...
November 25, 2009 3:31 pm
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Transcripts: Bill Belichick and Wes Welker conference calls with New Orleans media
Bill Belichick Q: The last time you guys played here it was a pretty big win for you in the Super Bowl. Now the Patriots are coming back known as the team of the decade. Will you pause for a...
November 25, 2009 3:28 pm
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Week 12: Wednesday practice peek
Since this week's game will be played in a dome, the Patriots are practicing inside the Dana-Farber Fieldhouse today, where they can control the noise and temperature. There were 10 players missing during the media access period: Julian Edelman, Fred...
November 25, 2009 1:31 pm
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Did Wes Welker put Kerry Rhodes on the bench?
Kerry Rhodes raised the ire of a lot of Patriots fans early in the season, when before the Week Two Patriots-Jets game at Giants Stadium he said that his team wanted to "embarrass" New England. The Jets did win that...
November 25, 2009 1:18 pm
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Bodden named AFC Defensive Player of the Week
The NFL has named cornerback Leigh Bodden, who had a career-high three interceptions in Sunday's victory over the Jets -- including one returned for a touchdown -- as the AFC Defensive Player of the Week. It is the first such...
November 25, 2009 10:10 am
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Patriots-Dolphins flexed out of prime time on Dec. 6
The NFL announced today that NBC has decided to change the Sunday Night Football game on Dec. 6. The game was to be the Patriots game in Miami against the Dolphins, but the network has decided to air the Vikings-Cardinals...
November 24, 2009 10:06 pm
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Jets' Ryan 'disrespected' by Pats' late deep throw
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) -- New York Jets coach Rex Ryan felt "disrespected" by the New England Patriots for throwing a deep pass with the game well in hand Sunday. The Patriots were ahead 31-14 with 30 seconds left in...
November 23, 2009 6:47 pm
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Congressman Kennedy and Bishop Tobin
Herewith, the first paragraph of a press release issued this afternoon by the Patriots: (PROVIDENCE, R.I.)-In the field house of LaSalle Academy this afternoon New England Patriots Charitable Foundation President Joshua Kraft, Governor Donald Carcieri, Senate President Teresa Paiva...
November 23, 2009 5:01 pm
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How's 11-5 Sound?
That's what the Patriots were last year, when they failed to make the playoffs. It's what they very well could finish this season, too, although it seems unlikely that record wouldn't be good enough to win the AFC East...
November 23, 2009 3:09 pm
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Jets Can Throw In Crying Towel
The 2009 season, which started so promisingly for the New York Jets, is effectively over. The Jets' lopsided loss Sunday at New England, 31-14, in which rookie QB Mark Sanchez had five turnovers -- four interceptions (three by Leigh...
November 23, 2009 2:45 pm
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Pats-Jets postgame: Ryan stays confident
You have to hand it to Rex Ryan -- despite the fact that his team has now dropped six of its last seven games after winning its first three and talking, tweeting and generally boasting to any and all about...
November 22, 2009 10:59 pm
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Pats beat Jets, 31-14
Feasting on five turnovers committed by Jets rookie quarterback Mark Sanchez, the New England Patriots won, 31-14, this afternoon at Gillette Stadium. Click here for the box score. Leigh Bodden had three of the Patriots' four interceptions, one of which...
November 22, 2009 7:25 pm
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Not Exactly Joe Namath, Part II
FOXBORO -- Talk about rookie mistakes. Jets QB Mark Sanchez, having already thrown three interceptions, added another while throwing under pressure near his own goal line. This one was picked off by Brandon Meriweather, who returned it 4 yards...
November 22, 2009 6:57 pm
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Bodden Ties INT record
FOXBORO -- Patriots cornerback Leigh Bodden tied a club record when he came up with his third interception of the game early in the fourth quarter. Bodden, who got the Pats off to a fast start by picking off...
November 22, 2009 6:48 pm
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Pats-Jets: Career day for Welker already
The 3-yard catch by Wes Welker was the 10th of the game for Welker, and he now has 151 yards for the game, which is a career high. It is also the fourth game this season in which he has...
November 22, 2009 6:29 pm
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Back in the Ball Game
FOXBORO -- After blocking a punt and recovering it for a touchdown in the final minute of the first half, the Jets have driven 80 yards to another touchdown following the second half kickoff. Rookie QB Mark Sanchez, who...
November 22, 2009 6:19 pm
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Seymour injured in Raiders game
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Former Patriots defensive lineman Richard Seymour left Oakland's game against Cincinnati with a lower back injury and will not return. Seymour left in the opening quarter Sunday and the team announced at the start of the...
November 22, 2009 6:09 pm
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Pats Have Punt Blocked, Resulting in TD
FOXBORO -- Slow all season in getting his punts away, Chris Hanson finally paid for his deliberateness by having one blocked by the Jets deep in his own territory in the final minute of the first half. Eric Smith...
November 22, 2009 5:42 pm
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Jets Should Worry About Welker
FOXBORO -- Perhaps overly concerned about keeping Randy Moss in check, the Jets have been burned by Wes Welker, who had 8 catches for 139 yards in the first half, which ended with New England leading, 24-7. Welker was...
November 22, 2009 5:38 pm
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Hello, I'm Mark LeVoir
FOXBORO -- Mark LeVoir, taking over at left tackle after rookie Sebastian Vollmer -- who was in the lineup because Matt Light is injured -- was sidelined by a "head injury," announced himself to the Jets by levelling cornerback...
November 22, 2009 5:20 pm
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Not Exactly Joe Namath
FOXBORO -- Mark "San-chize" -- as in franchise -- Sanchez doesn't exactly look like the second coming of Joe Namath. Or Chad Pennington, for that matter. Or even Mike Taliaferro. He looks like the rookie he is, having thrown...
November 22, 2009 5:14 pm
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Maroney Scores!
FOXBORO -- After a 43-yard pass from Tom Brady to Wes Welker moved the ball to the N.Y. 3, Laurence Maroney took the ball into the end zone two plays later from the 2, giving New England a 21-0...
November 22, 2009 5:11 pm
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Pats-Jets: Vollmer on bench
Patriots rookie Sebastian Vollmer was not part of the Pats' last touchdown drive; he was on the bench, and it has now been announced that he has a head injury. In New England, that means he has a concussion. His...
November 22, 2009 5:08 pm
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Moss Catches TD Toss in Front of Revis
FOXBORO -- Just when Jets CB Darrelle Revis likely -- and justifiably -- thought he was doing a pretty good of covering Randy Moss 1-on-1, Moss caught a quick, 4-yard pass in front of him for a touchdown on...
November 22, 2009 4:53 pm
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First career pick-six for Bodden
Leigh Bodden has picked off Mark Sanchez and returned the ball 53 yards for a touchdown. It is the first touchdown on an interception return in Bodden's seven-year NFL career. It is also the second pick in as many weeks...
November 22, 2009 4:36 pm
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Enough Baloney By Maroney
FOXBORO -- After fumbling the ball away at the goal line last Sunday night in Indianapolis, underachieving former first-round pick (2006) Laurence Maroney has coughed up another, this time at the Jets' 36. Enough, already. It's tough to take...
November 22, 2009 4:35 pm
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Rene Rancourt Sings Anthem
Hopefully, that won't be an omen that, like the Bruins, the Patriots will struggle to score....
November 22, 2009 4:12 pm
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Watch The Right Side
FOXBORO -- Rookie Sebastian Vollmer once again will start at left tackle for the Patriots in place of injured veteran Matt Light. But, as anyone knows who watched Vollmer take on the Colts' fearsome speed rusher, Dwight Freeney, last...
November 22, 2009 3:21 pm
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Pats-Jets: Game inactives - no Light, Morris, Neal, Springs
For the Patriots: RB Fred Taylor CB Shawn Springs RB Sammy Morris LB Rob Ninkovich G Stephen Neal T Matt Light WR Sam Aiken DL Jarvis Green For the Jets: QB Kevin O'Connell (3QB) QB Erik Ainge CB/KR Justin Miller...
November 22, 2009 3:20 pm
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Pats-Jets (part deux): Welcome to Gillette
Hey all -- Team ProJo has settled in here at Gillette, and there are a few players going through early warmups on the field. The Jets are wearing black warmups, as a few players are stretching together and the three...
November 22, 2009 1:55 pm
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