Archive for June, 2011

Faulk Says He Won’t Retire

Free agent Patriots running back Kevin Faulk is coming off a torn ACL, is unsigned for next season, and turned 35 years old last week. Faulk not only has no plans to retire, but he hopes to return for a 13th season in Foxborough. “That word (retirement) is not in my vocabulary right now,” Faulk [...]

Gostkowski Says His Rehab Is Going Well

Patriots kicker Stephen Gostkowski on Thursday gave a positive report on his rehab from a torn right quad that sidelined him for half of the 2010 season according to Mike Reiss of ESPNBoston. “Each week is better and better and better,” Gostkowski, who kicks with his right leg, said at the team’s “Community MVP” event [...]

Kraft Happy With Direction of Talks Between Players and Owners

National Football Post reports that Pats owner Robert Kraft seems to be encouraged by the talks that have been going on between the NFL players and the Owners. New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft came away encouraged about the possibility of having a full season following two rounds of recent talks with the NFL Players [...]

Kardashian Threatens Lockett with Lawsuit Over Claims of Cheating

Kim Kardashian is not happy over Patriots safety Bret Lockett’s claims of a relationship with her and if he doesn’t admit he lied, she’s hauling him into court according to TMZ.com. Lockett went on TMZ Live Wednesday and insisted he did indeed have an online and physical relationship with Kim this year, at the same [...]

WR Price Hoping for an Increased Role in the Offense in 2011

According to ESPN.com, WR Taylor Price hopes to make an impact this season. The report says the 2010 third-round draft choice runs well, has solid hands, and good size (6-foot, 205 pounds). Last year, Price was active for just the regular-season finale (three catches, 41 yards). The hope this year is that he breaks through [...]

NFL Files Motion to Dismiss Brady v NFL

The National Football League has filed a motion to dismiss Tom Brady v NFL, the antitrust lawsuit the players filed against the league on March 11, Daniel Kaplan of SportsBusiness Journal reports. According to the Associated Press, U.S. District Judge Susan Nelson scheduled a hearing on the motion to dismiss for September 12. The 2011 [...]

Rice, Holmes, Steve Smith Three WR’s Possible on the Pats List

Pro Football Weekly talked this past week about New England adding a veteran WR through free agency, and one name that was on their short list was Vikings possible free agent to be Sidney Rice. On the condition of anonymity, scouts are often capable of filling a notebook, which was the case recently when one [...]

Faulk Shows Up at Patriots Practice Despite Cloudy Future

Kevin Fishbain at Pro Football Weekly reports that despite not knowing exactly what is going to happen to him in 2011 in terms of coming back to the Pats, Kevin Faulk when ahead anyway and was at the teams recent In some ways, Kevin Faulk was a bit of a surprise member at the Patriots’ [...]