Posts Tagged ‘New England Patriots’

Browns Trade for Wallace

The Cleveland Browns have acquired QB Seneca Wallace from the Seahawks in exchange for undisclosed compensation. The move, likely involving a late-round pick, reunites Wallace with Browns president and ex-Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren. It also paves the way for Derek Anderson’s release.

Dwight Freeney has a Torn Ligament

ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that Colts RE Dwight Freeney has a torn ligament in his injured right ankle. The injury “will make it difficult for him to play” in Super Bowl XLIV, according to Schefter. This confirms a Profootballtalk report that Freeney’s injury is more serious than the team has let on. Missing Freeney, even [...]

Marvin Harrison being Investigated by the FBI

The FBI has reportedly joined the Philadelphia police department’s investigation into Marvin Harrison’s role in the shooting death of a convicted drug dealer last summer. Before he lapsed into a coma, the victim told police on the scene that he believed the shooting was related to an April, 2008 assault by Harrison in the same [...]

Cable to be fired this Week

Raiders owner Al Davis will meet with coach Tom Cable “sometime this week” to discuss “all the reasons he’ll get fired,” according to the San Francisco Chronicle. It is not know at this point if Davis will fire Cable for “cause” and attempt to withhold the remainder of his salary. Cable likely knew this was [...]

Pete Carroll Headed to Seattle

The L.A. Times reports that the Seahawks are closing in on a five-year, $35 million agreement with USC head coach Pete Carroll that will make him both the team’s head coach and club president, similar to the deal that Mike Shanahan signed earlier in the week. . No deal has been signed and Seahawks beat [...]

Week 16 Studs and Duds

Studs: Tom Brady and Wes Welker: Brady completed 23 of 26 passes for 267 yards and four touchdowns to lead New England Patriots to a 35-7 victory over the Jaguars. Once again, Brady’s main target was Welker, who caught 13 passes for 138 yards. Welker has now caught at least 10 passes in seven games [...]

Week 13 Duds

Tom Brady: Yes, Brady is on the Dud list and not on top of the Stud list…who would have ever thought this would happen? Brady, who did throw for 352 yards, might have cost his team the win when he tried to extend New England Patriots 21-19 lead late in the fourth quarter, Brady was [...]

Monday Night Preview: Patriots at Saints

Patriots (7-3): Offense: Points Per Game: 29 (3rd) Total Yards/GM: 416.1 (2nd) Rush Yards/GM: 113.8 (16th) Pass Yards/GM: 302.3 (2nd) Defense: Points Per Game: 16.4 (2nd) Total Yards/GM: 296.7 (7th) Rush Yards/GM: 109.4 (14th) Pass Yards/GM: 187.3 (6tht) Saints (10-0): Offense: Points Per Game: 36.9 (1st) Total Yards/GM: 420.5 (1st) Rush Yards/GM: 154.3 (5th) Pass [...]

Week 11 Studs

Bruce Gradkowski: Gradkowski completed 17 of 34 passes for 183 yards and two touchdowns on Sunday. Most importantly, Gradkowski lead the Oakland Raiders to a fourth-quarter comeback victory filling in for the benched JaMarcus Russell. Eli Manning: Manning, who has been hobbled by injuries this season, had throwing for a career-high 384 yards and three [...]

Week 11 Power Rankings

1. Colts (9-0): Simply the best. 2. Saints (9-0): They slide to No. 2 due to their performance against the St. Louis Rams 3. Vikings (8-1): Farve is still hanging in…for now. 4. Bengals (7-2): How can you not root for this team? 5. Steelers (6-3): Steady as usual, they will be dangerous in the [...]

Chris Chambers Claimed by Kansas City

The veteran Chambers, released Monday by the San Diego Chargers, was claimed on waivers by the Kansas City Chiefs on Tuesday, a source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter. Chargers coach Norv Turner said Monday the Chargers released Chambers because of the emergence of Malcom Floyd and the need to sign a linebacker because of [...]

Lofa Tatupu: Out for the Year

Seahawks MLB Lofa Tatupu is undergoing surgery on his torn pectorals muscle Thursday and will miss the rest of the season. The Seahawks hoped that Tatupu could rehab the muscle in time to play late in the season, but Dr. James Andrews advised the surgery. David Hawthorne will continue to start at MLB while Tatupu [...]

Laurence Maroney Continues Inconsistent Play

New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick came to the defense of RB Laurence Maroney when asked if he got frustrated at times by the talented back. “I really don’t have a lot of problems with Laurence,” said Belichick. “What I’d like to see is for us to open bigger holes to create some space for [...]

Week 7 Predictions

To date, I hold an average, but respectable 7-5 record on predicting NFL matchups. Indianapolis Colts @ St. Louis Rams Prediction: Colts 31, Rams 10. The Indianapolis Colts continue to roll and will win easy. Minnesota Vikings @ Pittsburg Steelers Prediction: Steelers 28, Vikings 21. The Vikings will not go unbeaten in 2009. The Steelers [...]

Game of the Week Preview

The featured game for week five is New England (3-1) at Denver (4-0). In what seems to be a Hollywood-like plot, Josh McDaniels will lead his undefeated team against his former mentor Bill Belichick. McDaniels, 33, spend the last eight seasons working under Belichick in New England, which included the last three years as the [...]

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