January 9th, 2010 
Matt Loede 
Posted in Patriots defensive back James Sanders was fined $7,500 by the NFL on Friday for unnecessary roughness. Sanders hit defenseless receiver David Anderson in last week’s loss at Houston. Also, Arizona Cardinals linebacker Chike Okeafor was fined $7,500 for a facemask penalty on Green Bay Packers quarterback Matt Flynn last Sunday.
Archive for January, 2010
Final Injury Report for Sunday’s Ravens-Patriots Game
Ravens Probable: QB Joe Flacco (hip), LB Tavares Gooden (groin), TE Todd Heap (neck), LB Jarret Johnson (back), LS Matt Katula (elbow), WR Derrick Mason (knee), DT Haloti Ngata (ankle), CB Marcus Paschal (back), DE Trevor Pryce (head), S Ed Reed (groin), G Marshal Yanda (knee), S Tom Zbikowski (neck) Patriots Questionable: G Dan Connolly [...]
Moss Doesn’t Practice But Expected To Play
Randy Moss has been limping around the locker room the past two days and did not practice on Friday, according to the Boston Herald’s Ian Rapoport. At this point, the injury does not seem like it’d be anything that would keep him out on Sunday, especially given the importance of the game and the fact [...]
Pats Defense Gets Starters NT Vince Wilfork, DE Ty Warren Back
Patriots NT Vince Wilfork and DE Ty Warren are ready to return to the New England Patriots defense. It sure could use them. Both participated fully in practice for the second straight day Thursday in preparation for Sunday’s wild-card playoff game against the Baltimore Ravens. Wilfork, selected to his second Pro Bowl at nose tackle, [...]
Welker Placed on IR After Knee Injury Sunday in Houston
The injury to wide receiver Wes Welker was a huge blow on Sunday in the loss to the Texans, and now becuase of it the wide out has been placed on injured reserve. The Patriots made the move today, three days after Welker suffered a serious left knee injury in the first quarter of their [...]
Brady Wins Comeback Player of the Year Award
As expected, Tom Brady on Wednesday was named the NFL’s Comeback Player of the Year. The Pats QB received 19 votes from a nationwide panel of 50 sports writers and broadcasters who cover the NFL, beating Tampa Bay running back Carnell “Cadillac” Williams, who got 14. The three-time Super Bowl winner and a finalist for [...]
Reverse the Curse
Why do they hate us? The Football Gods (TFGs), I mean. They seem to have a malign and perverse interest in knees and in yesterday’s TexMess smote yet another brilliant player with their evil touch. Oh, Wes, say it ain’t so! Last week I mentioned significant injury as worst-case scenario, and that nearly happened. Welker, [...]
