Yardbarker: Chris Baker

Sunday Fish Fry Part 2: Man the Longboats! Patriots offense v. Dolphin D

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:36:34 -0500

More photos » by Matt Dunham - AP New England Patriots tight end Benjamin Watson (84), left, crosses to score a touchdown game at Wembley. Pats' tight ends could play a key offense role against the Dolphins this week. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) Browse more photos » The Dolphins will let you score. Well, they won't let you, but teams do seem to rack up the points on Miami. Even teams with ro...

Double duty

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

In the season opener, Patriots tight end Benjamin Watson caught two touchdowns in the final two minutes of a comeback win against Buffalo. Two weeks later, tight end Chris Baker improvised on a route and caught a 36-yard touchdown pass from Tom Brady against the Falcons, Brady’s longest completion at the time.

Patriots Bye Week Performance Review: Offense

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:35:00 -0500

During the Patriot's bye week, we'd like to take a moment to check out the performance grades of the Patriots players. The rankings are courtesy of Pro Football Focus, where they do an amazing job tracking the performance of all the NFL players and teams. You really need to check out their site and read up more on how these grades are earned.Quarterback NFL Best- Ben Roethlisberger 26.5NFL Worst- Jamarcus Russel -9.5Tom Brady 12.5 (14th)Brady has had an up and down season, so his ...

Patriots starting offense

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:54:55 -0500

LONDON -- The Patriots came out in "12" personnel offensively ... one back, two tights: SE Randy Moss H-back Chris Baker LT Sebastian Vollmer LG Logan Mankins C Dan Koppen RG Stephen Neal RT Nick Kaczur FL Wes Welker TE...

Baker cooks up a TD

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:53:46 -0500

The Patriots' offense went more than seven quarters between passing touchdowns before Tom Brady hit tight end Chris Baker on a 36-yard scoring strike.

Week 3 -- Thursday participation report

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:04:05 -0500

For the Patriots LB Jerod Mayo -- DNP, knee TE Chris Baker -- LP, ankle C Dan Connolly -- LP, back WR Julian Edelman -- LP, ankle S Brandon Meriweather -- LP, ankle DL Myron Pryor -- LP, calf S...

Patriots put out injury report…

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:51:50 -0500

Want a little injury report action? We already know that Wes Welker was at work, but this is the latest for both teams: New England Patriots Player–Pos.–Injury–Participation Jerod Mayo–LB–Knee–Did Not Practice Chris Baker–TE–Ankle –Limited Participation Dan Connolly–C–Back–Limited Participation Julian Edelman–WR–Ankle–Limited Participation Brandon Meriweather–S–Ankle–Limited Participat...

Week 3 -- Wednesday participation report

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:33:15 -0500

For the Patriots LB Jerod Mayo -- DNP, knee WR Wes Welker -- DNP, knee TE Chris Baker -- LP, ankle C Dan Connolly -- LP, back WR Julian Edelman -- LP, ankle S Brandon Meriweather -- LP, ankle DL...

Chris Baker jumps into Pats-Jets fray

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:05:35 -0500

Though the pipeline between New England and New York typically involves former Patriots players and employees sliding through to the Jets, there's one member of the Pats who swam against the current in 2009.Tight end Chris Baker.And Baker has jumped...

TE Chris Baker on his final year with the Jets: “I had already divorced myself from them” … and links!

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 11:16:49 -0500

Patriots tight end Chris Baker played seven seasons for the Jets, a dream for a Queens native to play for his hometown team. It didn’t stay that way forever. Nope, in his last season, it was kind of a nightmare. In preparation for tomorrow’s game against the Jets, I talked to Baker about his former squad. [...]

Chris Baker not looking back to New York

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:15:42 -0500

Patriots tight end Chris Baker said he left any nostalgic feelings for the Jets back in New York when he signed with New England in March. But there is a little bit of excitement that goes with playing against his...

Baker starts fast in TE race

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:00:00 -0500

Tight end Chris Baker said his transition to the Patriots is a work in progress. He made strides last Thursday in the first exhibition game, catching both of Tom Brady’s touchdown passes (a 4-yarder and a 9-yarder) in a 27-25 win over the Philadelphia Eagles.

Opinion: Revisiting Chris Baker

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:00:00 -0500

I’ve been watching the comments for a few days about Chris Baker and his game with the Patriots and seeing if we’re worried about Baker and what he’ll do as a Patriot. I’m of the opinion that Baker’s a good enough player that in playing with the Pats, he’ll get more attention and such. Unsure QBs often throw to their Tight Ends or RB checkdowns. Why? Because it’s an easy read, generally players are mismatched or in space and they’re in their lin...

Patriots Impressed With TE Chris Baker

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 09:49:54 -0500

Michael Lombardi of the National Football Post has been hearing that former Jets tight end Chris Baker was having a good camp with the Patriots, and...

Add Baker to the Patriots' tight end mix

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:55:41 -0500

It was shop talk, but as he walked off the practice field after the morning half of yesterday’s two-a-day talking technique with the centerpiece of the Patriots offense, it was probably one of the most important conversations Chris Baker would have all day.