Archive for July, 2009

Mike Vick says he’s close to being a part of a team. Could that team be the Patriots? A question about Vick was asked today at camp to coach Bill Belichick, who won’t say if his team is interested in Vick.
After New England’s first practice of training camp Thursday, Belichick was asked his [...]

How long is it going to take Tom Brady to be back to 100 percent once the first snap of the season goes down? That’s a great question, and Tom Martinez, Brady’s longtime QB coach, says he wouldn’t be shocked to see him a little gun shy early on:
One of the people who knows [...]

Well, you knew that it was coming – Michel Vick to the Pats. Yes, to me, the longest of long-shots, but Bloomberg news reports today that BetUS reports that it is favored to happen. Whatever. Here’s the report:
Michael Vick’s second chance in the National Football League is most likely to come from [...]

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The Raiders dumped one of their own draft picks before training camp even started, as the team released Stryker Sulak, a DE from Missouri. Now though, it looks as if he will have a shot to sign with someone else, as he worked out for the Pats according to the Rock Hill Herald. [...]

The Pats appear to have their top pick inked, as the Boston Globe is reporting that the team has come to terms with safety Patrick Chung:
The Globe has learned that rookie safety Patrick Chung, the Patriots’ top overall selection in the 2009 draft, is with the team in Foxborough today on the team’s [...]

How much of a true concern do you have about the Pats secondary as training camp gets set to roll? The Providence Journal seems to think it’s the most pressing need and biggest concern on the club:
Both corners who started in Super Bowl XLII, Asante Samuel and Ellis Hobbs, are in Philadelphia. In camp [...]

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Pro Football Weekly is reporting that the Pats have officially announced the signing of six of their 12 draft picks:
When it rains, it pours. With training camp set to open next week, the Patriots announced that they signed six of their 12 rookie draftees on Thursday. Those six include NT Ron Brace (second round), OT [...]

So who is taking the spot of Mike Vrabel, who was traded to the Chiefs this offseason, in 2009? Looks like the first shot will go to Shawn Crable, a third-round draft pick out of Michigan in 2008. Today Patriot Ledger has a piece on the change, and possible other players that could [...]

WWEI.com’s Christopher Price reports that the Pats are closing in on deals with a couple more rookies, second-round pick Patrick Chung, and sixth-round pick Jake Ingram. Here’s part of what Price wrote today:
With less than a week before rookies are scheduled to report for training camp, the Patriots have nine of their 12 [...]