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Friday injury/participation report

Patriots fans, breathe easy -- though Tom Brady is once again listed as having "limited participation" in practice today, he is probable to play in Sunday's game.

And Kyle Brady and Randy Moss, both listed on yesterday's report, are not on today's.

Under the NFL's new injury/participation reporting, on Fridays teams must designate whether players are probable/questionable/doubtful/out, as the old reports did.

Probable means there's a virtual certainty the player will play; questionable means there's a 50/50 chance he will play; doubtful means there's a 75 percent chance he won't play.

PATRIOTS

Limited participation
QB Tom Brady (right shoulder) - probable
DL Mike Wright (knee) - questionable

Full participation
S Rashad Baker (hand) - questionable
TE David Thomas (foot) - questionable

JETS

Limited participation
CB Andre Dyson (foot) - questionable
RB Thomas Jones (calf) - questionable
CB Justin Miller (thigh) - questionable
OL Brandon Moore (shoulder) - questionable
S Eric Smith (thigh) - questionable

Full participation
QB Chad Pennington (pelvis) - probable
TE Joe Kowalewski (finger) - probable
DL Dewayne Robertson (knee) - probable
WR Chansi Stuckey (knee) - probable
FB Stacy Tutt (foot) - probable

Posted by Shalise Manza Young  at 6:19 PM | Permalink | Comments 0

Questions and answers with cornerback Asante Samuel

The New England Patriots have until tomorrow at 4 p.m. to activate cornerback Asante Samuel for Sunday's game versus the Jets.

Samuel answered a few questons today at his locker. Here are some of them.

Will you play Sunday?
"I guess we'll have to wait and see until Sunday. I don't know if I'm going to play, how much I'm going to play. I'm just going out practicing and working hard."

How do you feel physically? Do you feel behind?
"I feel all right. I'm in late, I have a lot of catching up to do. But I feel pretty good."

Do you feel you could contribute in some way if you play?
"I'm not going to get into that. If they put me out there, I'm going to do my job."

How much of a load have you taken on in practice?
"I go out there and prepare like I always normally prepare. I'm trying to do a little catching up being that I came in a little late. I'm just going out there working hard, trying to help my team."

Do you have good memories of facing the Jets?
"The past is the past. It's a new year, a new situation. You never know what's going to happen."

Do you feel different now physically than you did at this time last year?
"No, I feel good. It isn't different. When I'm home, I work out hard and I give it my all."

Do you notice a difference between being in good shape and being in football shape?
"It's always a difference. I actually won't know until I get a chance to play in a game. There is a difference between working out, just running and conditioning and doing all those things, instead of being on the field and going against another another team and doing the two-minute offense or something like that. It's a little different"

Any picks in practice?
"I'm not going to get into that. When I'm out there, I do my thing."

Does it feel good to be back?
"Yeah, like I said before, I'm happy to be back. It feels good to be back, playing football, doing what I love to do."

Was it tough for you not being here?
"It was tough in a sense. But business is business. Certain things had to be handled and everyone is happy."

Can you talk about the Jets receivers and how tough they might be?
"They're all explosive guys. They can make the long catch, or make the short catch and turn it into a long catch. They're great competitors and they are great receivers."

Posted by Rob Lee  at 2:05 PM | Permalink | Comments 0

Perfect attendance. again

Hey all -

Three days of practice for the Jets, three days of all hands on deck for the Patriots.

Once again, players were in shells and shorts and it is quite the warm day here in Foxboro.

Posted by Shalise Manza Young  at 12:16 PM | Permalink | Comments 0