Archive for May, 2011

Is Ras-I Dowling a Threat to Take Time Away from Leigh Bodden?

Instead of taking it as a threat, Patriots cornerback Leigh Bodden, who missed all of last season with a torn rotator cuff, praised the team’s selection of similarly-sized cornerback Ras-I Dowling in the second round of the 2011 NFL Draft. “Bill Belichick is a genius. He knows what he’s doing,” Bodden told Karen Guregian of [...]

Leigh Bodden Says He is 100 Percent Healthy

Patriots cornerback Leigh Bodden suffered a torn rotator cuff injury in preseason which caused him to miss the entire 2010 season. Bodden says he is healthy and ready to go when the lockout ends. In a phone interview with Karen Guregian of the Boston Herald, Bodden said, “Yeah, physically, I’m firing on all cylinders. I [...]

Based on Right Now, Who Wins the AFC East in 2011?

Based on Right Now, Who Wins the AFC East in 2011?Market Research

Wilfork Doesn’t Think 18 Games is the Answer to the Leagues Issues

Pats Vince Wilfork is speaking his mind about the continued talk about an 18-game season, and says that he isn’t sure having two extra regular season games is the solution to the leagues issues. Wilfork read a post on Pro Football Talk that detailed NFL commissioner Roger Goodell’s remarks to Tennessee Titans season-ticket holders, in [...]

Free Admission to The Hall at Patriot Place For Vets and Active Service Men

The Hall at Patriot Place presented by Raytheon will offer free admission to all veterans and active service men and women through Memorial Day weekend (May 28-30, 2011). Since opening in September 2008, The Hall has offered free admission to military personnel each Veteran’s Day and Memorial Day. Military personnel were also offered free admission [...]

Faulk Could Come Back to the Pats in 2011

CBS Sports reports that running back Kevin Faulk could still make his return to the Pats in 2011. According to nesn.com, RB Kevin Faulk could still return to the Patriots. Faulk, who suffered a knee injury last year, is a free agent this offseason. The report says he’ll rehab the knee under the assumption that [...]

OG Logan Mankins Considering Signing His Tender Offer?

The Patriots put the franchise tag on All-Pro guard Logan Mankins before the lockout began. The NFLPA (since disbanded) protested teams’ ability to franchise a player into a league year that doesn’t exist because the CBA expired. But the use and legality of the franchise tag has been a peripheral issue during the legal wrangling [...]

Patriots Think QB Mallett Is A Thicker, Stronger Drew Bledsoe

According to Dan Pompei of the National Football Post, despite some reports from NFL scouts about Arkansas quarterback Ryan Mallett’s lack of athleticism, immaturity, and reported drug use, the Patriots’ reports on Mallett, whom they chose in the third round of the draft, paint a completely different picture. They see him as a player who [...]