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Patriots All-Access For Friday September 11th

Patriots All Access returns tomorrow night to WBZ-TV. Channel four sports anchor Steve Burton is the host, while Dan Roche and former Patriots QB Scott Zolak are the feature reporters for the show. Looking over the features below, I’m a little sad to see they made the decision...
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First Impressions – the Buffalo Bills

by Greg Doyle, Patriots Daily Staff September 10, 2009 The Buffalo Bills came into training camp with high hopes. But their preseason has been a tumultuous one. The revival of the old Buffalo hurry up offense and pressure defense has been overshadowed by questions and changes. The...
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Loyal To The End?

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by Dan Snapp, Patriots Daily Staff September 10, 2009 I sometimes wonder if I’m watching a different game than everybody else. When did football become about making sure everybody’s happy? Since when did approval ratings trump winning? Yes, it sucks for Richard Seymour...
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50th Anniversary Minute – the 1963 Patriots

by Brendon Rosenau, Patriots Daily Staff September 9, 2009 It was just their fourth year in existence, but in 1963 the Boston Patriots showed they were not a typical expansion team. Led by five future Patriot Hall of Famers – Nick Buoniconti, Gino Cappelletti, Bob Dee, Jim...
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Roster Reactions, Part 4 – PS, You’re Full

by Chris Warner, Patriots Daily Staff September 9, 2009 With the recent signing of tight end Robbie Agnone to the practice squad, the Patriots have the maximum eight players in that group. The 6-foot-6, 258-pound Agnone played at Delaware, though he initially attended Pittsburgh...
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On recalcitrant Seymour, Fourth Estate stuck in first

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by Scott Benson, Patriots Daily Staff September 8, 2009 I don’t know about you, but I was hoping to learn something today about why Richard Seymour is dragging his feet on joining the Raiders. I mean besides the obvious. It’s about sixty hours since he was traded by the Patriots...
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Roster Reactions, Part 3 – Talking About Practice (Squad)

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by Chris Warner, Patriots Daily Staff September 8, 2009 Discussing a new tight end in light of the Richard Seymour trade to Oakland feels like telling Humpty Dumpty he’s got a nice hat. There are larger issues in play here. All we can do is comment on what’s happened thus...
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“There are some issues between him and the Patriots”

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by Scott Benson, Patriots Daily Staff September 7, 2009 First of all, I guess it doesn’t surprise me much that the NFL media’s reigning drama queen, Peter King, found someone to tell him that Richard Seymour was “angry” over yesterday’s shocking trade to the Oakland Raiders...
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Roster Reactions, Part 2 – The Media on The Trade

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by Scott Benson, Patriots Daily Staff September 7, 2009 Here’s a sampling of local and national opinion on yesterday’s blockbuster trade that sent mainstay Richard Seymour to Oakland just eight days before the beginning of the Pats’ 2009 season. That Mike Reiss would have...
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Seymour, No More

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By Bruce Allen, Patriots Daily Staff In what can only be described as a bombshell, the Patriots this morning traded five time Pro Bowl defensive lineman Richard Seymour to the Oakland Raiders for a first round pick in 2011. Wow. My initial thought upon hearing this move what that...
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This Week on PD, August 30-September 5

by the Patriots Daily Staff September 6, 2009 Here’s a rundown of the top five most-read posts on Patriots Daily for the week of August 30 through September 5, 2009. NY Times Blog – The Belichick Way: Still the Best – PD readers appreciated Bruce Allen’s Monday link to...
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Roster Reactions, Part 1

by Scott Benson, Patriots Daily Staff September 5, 2009 The Patriots have cut down to 53 players tonight, and here’s the knee-jerk reaction; Totals by my count go like this: two QB, five RB, six WR., three TE, nine OL for 25 offensive players; seven DL, eight LB, and ten DB...
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Bruschi Bears the Burden of Expectations

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by Chris Warner, Patriots Daily Staff September 4, 2009 When Tedy Bruschi retired from the Patriots last week after a 13-year career, blogs and messageboards began buzzing. Among the expected accolades came a few self-proclaimed voices of reason, people who felt the need to remind...
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College Scout, September 5, 2009

by Greg Doyle, Patriots Daily Staff September 5, 2009 Welcome to another year of College Scout. As usual, we’ll be spotlighting mostly senior top players in two nationally televised games, one in the afternoon and one in the evening. We’ll see who projects as particular fit for...
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Take a Lap – S Pat Chung

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by Scott Benson, Patriots Daily Staff September 4, 2009 Aside from a gruesome arm injury suffered by special teams sprinter Matthew Slater, it was a feel-good ending to the Patriots pre-season last night as New England rallied from a three-touchdown deficit to blow past the Giants...
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PD Game Ball – RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis

by Scott Benson, Patriots Daily Staff September 4, 2009 For a game that started as badly as this one did (by halftime the Giants had outgained the Patriots 325 to 83), there ended up being no shortage of New England candidates for this week’s PD Game Ball. Rookie quarterback Brian...
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Gut Check – Preseason Game 4 vs. Giants

by Chris Warner, Patriots Daily Staff September 4, 2009 After a first quarter that was about as much fun to watch as a dentist appointment, New England’s backups outpaced the Giants’ in the final three quarters, pulling off a 38-27 win in the preseason finale. New York opened...
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Final Thoughts, September 3, 2009 vs. Giants

by Scott Benson, Patriots Daily Staff September 3, 2009 Ah, yes, the fourth and final pre-season game. The regular season’s ugliest cousin. I probably got a half dozen e-mails over the last two days that all ended the same way – “let’s hope they get through Thursday night...
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Patriots/Giants Replay Schedule

If you live outside of the New England area, or just miss tonight’s Patriots/Giants game you’ll get three chances to catch a replay of the game. Friday, September 4 4:00 PM – NFL Preseason Game: New York Giants vs. New England Patriots (HD) Sunday, September 6 7:00...
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Trading Places – Well, Not Really

The idea of this space each week is to trade posts or questions and answers with a blogger covering this week’s Patriots opponents. So this week, I did my due diligence in seeking out New York Giants Blogs that I thought were interesting and well written, and contacting them...
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Worry Wart – Preseason Game 4 vs. Giants

by Chris Warner, Patriots Daily Staff September 2, 2009 New England’s final warm-up against the New York Giants Thursday night should be as ugly and desperate as the promos the networks run during football broadcasts. When a play-by-play guy says in his pseudo-excited voice, ...
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NY Times Blog – The Belichick Way: Still the Best

There is a very interesting blog post on The Fifth Down, the New York Times Football blog, by KC Joyner. The entry is titled The Belichick Way: Still the Best. Joyner starts out by telling us, “After reviewing the game notes from the 2008 season, I am convinced that Bill Belichick...
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Bruschi Takes a Bow Today

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by Scott Benson, Patriots Daily Staff August 31, 2009 Tedy Bruschi, a Patriot from beginning to end, will complete his storied 13-year NFL career by announcing his retirement later this morning. His rise to prominence mirrored that of the only professional football team he would...
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This Week on PD, August 23-29

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by the Patriots Daily Staff August 30, 2009 Here’s a rundown of the top five most-read posts on Patriots Daily for the week of August 23 through August 29, 2009. Brady Comments Spark Media Overreaction – on Wednesday, Bruce Allen grew frustrated with the local media’s attempts...
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Brady okay but sidelined until opener?

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by Scott Benson, Patriots Daily Staff August 29, 2009 Competing blog posts tonight say Tom Brady is not seriously hurt but will be held from this Thursday’s final preseason game with the Giants. Chris Gasper, Mike Reiss and Ian Rapoport went at all angles of the injury today,...
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