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More Brady in the record books

Tom Brady's touchdown pass to Daniel Graham gives him a TD pass in 10 straight postseason games, tying him with his idol, Joe Montana, and Ken Stabler, for the third-longest such streak in NFL history.

Brett Favre holds the record, with 16

Posted by Shalise Manza Young  at 2:36 PM | Permalink | Comments 0

Interesting guests

"The Donald" himself, Donald Trump, and wife Melania, are in Bob Kraft's box today.

Trump is in town for a Learning Annex Wealth Real Estate Expo in Boston tomorrow and Tuesday.

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Home playoff success

New England is 8-1 all-time at home in the postseason, with the only loss coming in the first playoff game the team ever hosted. In 1978, the Patriots lost to Houston.

Since then, they have not lost.

shalise

Posted by Shalise Manza Young  at 1:14 PM | Permalink | Comments 0

Fearless predictions

Hey all --

Ok, here it is for the first time this season: predictions from the ProJo crew here at the stadium.

I say the Pats win 31-21, with the defense scoring a touchdown.

Joey says the Jets will win 27-24.

Jim Donaldson, who's a bit under the weather today, says 27-13 Pats.

And our fearless leader, Art Martone, said Pats by three, 17-14.

We'll see what happens...

shalise

Posted by Shalise Manza Young  at 12:43 PM | Permalink | Comments 0

Game inactives

For the Patriots:

WR Bam Childress
S Rashad Baker
S Rodney Harrison
G/C Gene Mruczkowski
T Wesley Britt
DL LeKevin Smith
DL Marquise Hill

*Vinny Testaverde is the third quarterback

For the Jets:
RB Derrick Blaylock
RB Kevan Barlow
FB Stacy Tutt
LB Anthony Schlegel
OL Na'Shan Goddard
T Ed Blanton
DE Dave Ball

*Kellen Clemens is the third quarterback

Posted by Shalise Manza Young  at 12:23 PM | Permalink | Comments 0

Warmups under way

Hey all --

More and more players are on the field here. A television crew is filming some of the Pats catching passes in the corner of the end zone; Asante Samuel, Laurence Maroney, Reche Caldwell and others are down there.

Troy Brown and Vinny Testaverde spent a couple of minutes chatting with Jets staffers, and Tedy Bruschi and Mike Wright are stretching on the goal line.

Former New England strength and conditioning coach (and onetime Syracuse standout) Markus Paul is also talking to some of his old charges.

shalise

Posted by Shalise Manza Young  at 11:25 AM | Permalink | Comments 0

Good morning from Gillette

Hey all --

We're here in the pressbox, where we suspect the air conditioning is actually on due to the unseasonable temperatures outside. Weather-wise, it certainly is quite different than the last time these two teams played, when a rainy day made the already treacherous field a muddy mess. Less than two months later, we're looking down at a pristine field with gorgeous sunshine overhead. If the weather impacts the game at all, it will be because of the wind; it's quite breezy here right now and the flags outside the stadium are rippling.

From what we here, the tailgaters were out mighty early this morning, around 8 a.m. by one report. We got stalled a bit as well, and we even left home earlier than usual, which, if you know us (well, me), is a miracle in and of itself.

There's not a whole lot going on inside the stadium. Lonie Paxton was out on the field practicing his snaps several minutes ago, and Vinny Testaverde is running laps around the field as we type.

We'll update you again as the game gets closer.

shalise

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