New England Patriots safety Rodney Harrison will be suspended for the first four games of the NFL season because of violating the league’s performance enhancing substances rules. Harrison revealed the news Friday night just a little over a week before the Patriots travel to New Jersey on September 9, to open the campaign against division rivals [...]
If I was a Patriots season ticket holder Thursday night, I probably would have had mixed emotions. New England coach Bill Belichick did the right thing, he did not allow any starters to play.Not wanting to tempt fate even the slightest he held out all his bread and butter players from risking injury. It was [...]
Wide Receiver Troy Brown will miss at least the first six weeks of the New England Patriots 2007-2008 season. Brown, who is 36 years old, was placed on the “reserve-physically unable to perform” list Tuesday. Both wide receiver Chad Jackson and Eddie Jackson, a cornerback with the team, were placed on the list as well. [...]
The Patriots site says the club has finally agreed to a deal with cornerback Asante Samuel. Terms of the pact were not disclosed. Samuel was designated as the team’s franchise player in February, but the 26-year-old out of Central Florida refused to show up to camp. Samuel and Denver’s Champ Bailey tied for the NFL lead [...]
How much concern do the Pats have about the hamstring injury that has sidelined wide receiver Randy Moss? Let’s just say that the team is worried about the long-term effects of the injury, to the point where they have treated their new WR with kid gloves much of the preseason and have not rushed him [...]
The Patriots held their annual kick off gala last night in Foxboro as the team prepares for the season opener in about two weeks. The Patriots will play their final pre-season home game Thursday night against the Giants. Their regular season begins a week from Sunday when the face off against the New York Jets. Meanwhile, [...]
Cornerback Asante Samuel is in. The cornerback reported to Gillette Stadium this morning, ending his long, tiring holdout. Samuel arrived to the team’s 8 a.m. meeting, and signed the one-year, $7.79-million franchise tender and prepare for his fifth NFL season. The 26-year-old left his Florida home last night to fly to Boston. He has missed [...]
The third game of the NFL pre-season is considered the dress rehearsal for the regular season. Games one and two are for experimentation, game four is for just getting though it without any injuries to key players. But game three is the contest when your starters are expected to jell, a preview of week one, [...]
The Patriots continue their exhibition season tonight against Carolina. The game is a rematch of Superbowl 38 when New England beat the Panthers 32-29 at Reliant Stadium in Houston. Running back Laurence Maroney is expected to make his preseason debut for the Pats, though quarterback Tom Brady may be a no-show after his son’s birth [...]
Quarterback Tom Brady was not in Foxboro yesterday. The Patriot was excused for the birth of his first child. Brady and former girlfriend Bridget Moynihan welcomed a baby boy in California. According to Moynihan’s publicist, both mother and child are doing well. Unconfirmed reports say Brady flew by private jet to California. The new father [...]
