Pete Prisco of CBSSportsline.com has come out with his annual list of the Top 50 NFL players, and the Pats have three players on the list, including the number two overall – QB Tom Brady. Here’s the Pats on the list:
2. Tom Brady, QB, Patriots: He’s right there with Manning, but missing last season [...]
It looks as if offseason pickup Joey Galloway is on his way to being the Pats #3 WR for the 09 season. Profootballweekly.com reports:
It’s appearing that Joey Galloway has created some separation from Greg Lewis in the derby to be the Patriots’ No. 3 wide receiver. Despite his advanced age (37), Galloway still brandished [...]
Plenty of talk continues about the future of former Falcons QB Michael Vick. Peter King of SI reported on NFL Radio that the three teams in the mix for Vick are the Raiders, Saints and Pats.
Today the National Football Post reports that the Pats are a team that evidently has no interest [...]
From: Fox Sports
The question of who will replace former Patriot Mike Vrabel at outside linebacker began heating up in minicamp as a number of players continued their strong offseasons. Among them are Shawn Crable, Gary Guyton and Pierre Woods. Crable and Woods are the logical choices since they are outside linebackers and head coach Bill [...]
Patriots head coach Bill Belichick is a for sure Hall of Famer, but for now, he’s getting honored with another award, as he was selected recently as ESPN.com’s coach of the decade. Belichick has led the Patriots to three Super Bowls, and is the current active leader in head coaches with 153 victories.
“All of [...]
From: Pro Football Weekly
Bill Belichick has long favored size, strength and toughness in his safeties, and that preference could prove particularly advantageous in 2009. Despite the retirement of Rodney Harrison, considered one of the hardest-hitting blue-collar safeties in league history, the club is high on the collection of brawn in its safety corps, with rookie [...]
Looks as if Robert Kraft turned down a shot to buy Liverpool back in 2005, that according to today’s London Times:
Robert Kraft, one of the most influential and successful men in North American professional sport, said yesterday that he had drawn back from buying Liverpool in 2005 because of the unregulated finances of [...]
LB Teddy Bruschi is now 36, and is back and forth about if he’s going to come back to the Pats for the 2009 season. Today’s Boston Globe reports that right now Bruschi is leaving his options open:
Entering his 14th NFL season, Patriots LB Teddy Bruschi said yesterday this could be [...]
Rookie wide receiver Brandon Tate is likely to start the 2009 campaign on the PUP list as he is recovering from October knee surgery on his ACL and MCL, according to the Boston Globe. If healthy, Tate would not see much action in the Patriots’ aerial attack while fighting for playing time behind Randy Moss, [...]
The Boston Globe reports that the Pats have released rookie inside linebacker Antonio Appleby:
The Patriots announced that rookie inside linebacker Antonio Appleby has been released today. Appleby was originally signed by New England as a rookie free agent out of Virginia on April 30, 2009. Because he played in a 3-4 defense at Virginia [...]
