Asante Samuel

Gametime: Dolphins At Patriots

The Teams: Miami Dolphins (0-2) At New England Patriots (2-0)
The Terms: Regular Season Week 3
The Place: Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, Mass
The Time: 1:00pm
The Channel: CBS
3 Burning Questions:

Will Randy Moss be involved more often? Let’s sure hope so. Moss was pretty much a non-factor in last week’s win over the Jets and it’s evident the quarterback/wide receiver [...]

2008 Training Camp Preview: Secondary

Here’s the schedule for the training camp previews:
Thursday: Secondary
Friday: Linebackers
Saturday: D-Line
Sunday: O-Line
Monday: Tight Ends and Wide Receivers
Tuesday: Quarterbacks and Runningbacks
Wednesday: Special Teams and Coaching
Cornerbacks
Key Departures: Asante Samuel, Randall Gay
Key Arrivals: Fernando Bryant, Jason Webster, Terrence Wheatley
Breakdown
The major storyline for the 2008 Patriots defense will be the cornerback position. Gone are Asante Samuel and Randall [...]

BREAKING: Asante Samuel Signs with Eagles

An inside source with the Eagles has confirmed with Sports of Boston that former Patriots CB Asante Samuel has agreed to sign with the Eagles.
According to the Boston Globe the contract is for $60 million dollars over 6 years.
This would give the Eagles three high quality CB’s and could open up a possibility for a [...]

Eight Patriots Named to Pro Bowl Roster

The Patriots tied a franchise record this season with eight Pro Bowl selections, including seven starters.
The complete list of Patriots headed to Honolulu
Starters:

QB Tom Brady
WR Randy Moss
T Matt Light
G Logan Mankins
DT Vince Wilfork
OLB Mike Vrabel
CB Asante Samuel

Reserves:

C Dan Koppen

Patriots 31, Eagles 28 - What We Learned

Jabar Gaffney made this fine TD catch to put the Patriots ahead 24-21 at halftime. (Courtesy of NFL.com)

Here’s what we learned when the Patriots eeked out a win against the Eagles Sunday night

Asante Samuel is a true play maker: Samuel is earning his money and then some. The Patriots secondary would be lost with Samuel [...]

El Clásico Preview: Secondaries

In the second edition of a week long preview of the Colts vs. Pats (deemed El Clásico after a world famous European football rivalry between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid), I’ll take a look at the secondaries of each team.
Cornerbacks
Asante Samuel/Ellis Hobbs/Randall Gay: In analyzing all aspects of the Patriots roster, it’s obvious that the [...]

Patriots-Jets Preview

Week 1 is finally here. More than seven months have passed since the Patriots fell to the Colts in the AFC Championship game. Lots has changed for the Patriots and they now - on paper - will be fielding the most talented team in the Bill Belichick era.
Today’s opener against the Jets will not come [...]

Asante Samuel is Ready for Game Day

According to ESPN.com, Asante Samuel has been added to the 53-man roster for today’s game.
To make room on the roster for Samuel, who was on the NFL’s exempt list and did not count against the Patriots’ player limit, New England released 11-year veteran cornerback Tory James, who in April signed a one-year contract as an [...]

Was it worth it?

There’s a lot of behind the scenes talks we don’t know about, but was Asante Samuel’s hold out worth it?

He has been absent for all of training camp and three pre-season games and now elects to return but what does he have to show for it? He doesn’t have the lucrative long-term deal his sitting [...]

Samuel Return Analysis

Asante will be working on conditioning for the time being.(Courtesy of mell-oonthemic.blogspot.com)

The return of Asante Samuel - what ever his feelings are off the field - puts the Patriots secondary in another league. Samuel intercepted 10 passes in the 2006 regular season and while most don’t expect a similar gaudy total, Samuel needs to step [...]

Samuel Back in the Fold

Updating a previous report, cornerback Asante Samuel has arrived at Gillette Stadium and will most likely practice with the team today.
Coach Bill Belichick will be holding his usual press conference at 11:15 am and will probably be asked about Samuel’s return.

Report: Samuel to Return to Pats

The Providence Journal is reporting that cornerback Asante Samuel will attend his first practice of the season today. Samuel is likely to sign his $7.79 million, one-year tender offer and try to get up to speed ahead of the season opener on Sept. 9.
Samuel was franchised tagged by the Patriots and after initially saying he [...]

Asante back with the Pats?

Adam Schefter of NFL.com is reporting that Asante Samuel is close to signing his tender offer and re-joining the Patriots.
Samuel - who has held out of all workouts this pre-season because of a contract dispute - is expected to be at practice this coming week. His agent would not confirm nor deny the report of [...]

Ty Warren’s new contract update

As reported by the Boston Globe’s Mike Reiss in his Reiss’s Pieces blog last night, defensive end Ty Warren’s contract extension is actually a seven year extension thru the year 2013, not the five year deal previously reported.
The overall contract is worth $18 million in guarentees, which could have been much less than what Warren [...]