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Tom Brady Will Never Forget 9/11, U2's Super Bowl Halftime Show

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:05:29 -0500

Brady reminisces about 2002: "Your first chance to play in a Super Bowl and winning the Super Bowl, and of course the circumstances of that year with 9-11 happening and U2 performing at halftime — that was pretty unbelievable." [CBSSports.com]

Defiant nose tackle Vince Wilfork: “If we sit and mope about this one, we’ll probably lose the rest of our games.”

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:45:59 -0500

When Vince Wilfork talks, you got to listen. One of the loudest voices in the Patriots’ locker room, the nose tackle commands respect any time he opens his mouth. When he did so late last night, in the aftermath of the 38-17 beatdown at the hands of the Saints, it was to rally his troops. The [...]

Wilhite takes a seat

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:24:44 -0500

Patriots second-year CB Jonathan Wilhite had a rough few weeks as it was. The final straw went like this -- Marques Colston beat Wilhite up the sideline, Drew Brees hit him on what looked like a fade-stop, then Colston...

Sammy Morris: “We just didn’t do anything right”

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:36:39 -0500

Patriots running back Sammy Morris appeared on WEEI’s “Dale and Holley” show a short time ago and reflected on the Pats’ 38-17 loss to the Saints last night. Morris offered a blunt assessment of what went wrong for the Pats. “I guess you could say we just didn’t do anything right,” Morris said. “I think in every [...]

PD Game Ball – RB Laurence Maroney

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:00:04 -0500

by Chris Warner, Patriots Daily Staff You know what? We have gotten sick and tired of giving the lofty PD Game Ball to opposing quarterbacks after losses (Peyton Manning, for example). After his 371-yard, five-touchdown performance, Drew Brees deserves a mention, but we’re taking our Game Ball and going home, so to speak. Laurence Maroney has been [...]

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PD Game Ball – RB Laurence Maroney
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More from Tom Brady on last night’s loss

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:32:32 -0500

I’m not sure Pats’ fans are dying to relive last night’s 38-17 loss, but here are a few extra thoughts from Tom Brady after the disappointing performance, in addition to this story by Karen Guregian. Last night’s prime time game prevented Brady from making his regular appearance on WEEI’s “Dennis and Callahan” this morning (he’ll appear [...]

Patriots-Saints one-liners

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:34:05 -0500

QB Tom Brady said that there's "obviously a big gap" between the Patriots and the Saints after Monday night's 38-17 loss. Monday night was the first time that a Patriots team coached by Bill Belichick allowed five touchdown passes in...

In the aftermath of Saints 38, Patriots 17: “We go back to the drawing board” … and links!

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:34:41 -0500

One of the lingering questions after the Patriots’ 38-17 loss loss to the Saints has to do with how it will affect the team’s psyche. How will the Patriots go on? “Just got to go back to the drawing board,” linebacker Tully Banta-Cain said. “We got to go back to the drawing board, really clean things [...]

Brady: We made too many mistakes

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:00:28 -0500

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady says his team did not play well enough to beat a talented team like New Orleans.

Randy Moss: ”I don’t think Bill (Belichick) is going to let us down.”

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:34:19 -0500

Randy Moss said he was disappointed at getting “beat up” by the New Orleans Saints 38-17 tonight. The Pats receiver (left, from AP), however, was confident the team would rebound. ”When you have expectations set high like we do . . . we see each week, what teams are made of. I think we’ve shown we’re [...]

Light: "It was nice being back out there."

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:56:54 -0500

NEW ORLEANS -- Patriots offensive tackle Matt Light returned to the lineup tonight, playing for the first time since injuring his knee against Denver. Light was back at left tackle, a position that had been filled by rookie Sebastian Vollmer,...

Did the Patriots wave the white flag?

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:04 -0500

The talk on ESPN's postgame show concerns the decision to pull Tom Brady, Randy Moss and Wes Welker with more than five minutes remaining in the game, and the Patriots trailing, 38-17. Former quarterback Steve Young opined that, barring some...

Brady now the Patriots' all-time passing leader

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:39:37 -0500

It's certainly not making him feel any better about the way the game is going, but Tom Brady has passed Drew Bledsoe tonight as the Patriots' all-time leading passer. Brady took the record on a 47-yard pass to Randy Moss...

Maroney closes in on Patriots record

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:35:26 -0500

Laurence Maroney, who has scored two times tonight so far, now has touchdowns in six consecutive games. That ties him with Robert Edwards (in 1998) for the second-longest such streak in team history. Curtis Martin holds the franchise record with...

Patriots release inactives: Matt Light, Sammy Morris are in; Junior Seau, Sebastian Vollmer out

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:37:16 -0500

The Patriots are getting healthier. By a lot. The team just released their inactive list, and some interesting names are not on it. Left tackle Matt Light is playing, so is running back Sammy Morris, and so is defensive end Jarvis Green. All had been nursing injuries. Interestingly, tackle Sebastian Vollmer (head) is out, so is linebacker [...]

How amped do Patriots players get for Monday Night Football?

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:09:51 -0500

For fans — and those of us who love football — there is some serious anticipation for tonight’s Patriots-Saints game. The fact that we gotta wait until 8:30 p.m. only builds that. As for the players…. Do they get psyched to play on such a stage with the nation watching? They do. QB Tom Brady said [...]

Suzy Kolber Will Hunt You Down Tom Brady

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:46:00 -0500

It seems like just yesterday that Tom Brady completely shunned MNF sideline reporter Suzy Kolber, but it actually took place all the way back in Week One. The Patriots haven't back since then, but Suzy remembers the dis and plans on hunting the QB down following tonight's game against the Saints. Via The Huddle.... Brady hastily tried to dodge an on-field interview with Kolber after a Week 1 win against the Bills. A persistent Kolber ran with Brady off the field and finally cajoled h...

Having landed in New Orleans, who did the Patriots rule “out” for the Saints game?

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:36:31 -0500

If we’re on the road, and the Patriots are on the road, you can bank on getting a little late-night, pre-game news. Like what we got in Indianapolis. Anyway, given the Patriots’ lengthy injury report, some inactives were expected… in addition to Fred Taylor being out, that is. There were, as you know, a whopping 17 [...]

Patriots rule RB Fred Taylor out… 17 questionable for Saints game

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:55:28 -0500

If there’s one thing we know about the Patriots heading into the Saints game Monday night, it’s that there are a lot of question marks. As in, 17 of them. That’s how many players were limited or held out of practice today. That’s not counting running back Fred Taylor, who has been declared out because [...]

Former Patriots DC Romeo Crennel: “I think (the Patriots) will be in it for the end.”

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:11:57 -0500

Just got off the phone with former Patriots defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel, who was ousted as Browns coach in December of 2008. Crennel and I talked about Pats cornerback Leigh Bodden, a former Browns star who thrived under Crennel’s tutelage. That’s a spoiler alert, by the way. I’ll have Crennel’s thoughts in my article on Bodden [...]