The Teams: Denver Broncos (4-2) At New England Patriots (3-2)
The Terms: Regular Season Week 7
The Place: Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, Mass
The Time: 8:30 pm
The Channel: ESPN
3 Burning Questions:
How does the team respond from last Sunday night’s beat down: The blowout loss to the Dolphins was shocking, but last weekends dismantling of the Patriots in all three [...]
The Teams: New England Patriots (2-1) At San Francisco 49ers (2-2)
The Terms: Regular Season Week 5
The Place: Candlestick Park, San Francisco, CA
The Time: 4:15pm
The Channel: CBS
3 Burning Questions:
How will the Patriots respond? It’s put up or shut up time for the Pats as they enter the most difficult part of their schedule. The loss [...]
Here’s the schedule for the training camp previews:
Saturday: D-Line
Sunday: O-Line
Monday: Tight Ends and Wide Receivers
Tuesday: Quarterbacks and Runningbacks
Wednesday: Special Teams and Coaching
Defensive Line
Key Departures: None
Key Arrivals: None
Breakdown
The defensive line is one group where there are very little question marks. In 2007, Vince Wilfork established himself as one of the top DTs in the NFL. [...]
Junior Seau was selected to be a captain for the first time in his NFL career. ESPN.com reports:
The players selected Seau, 38, in a vote this week, along with quarterback Tom Brady, running back Kevin Faulk, defensive end Ty Warren and linebackers Tedy Bruschi, Mike Vrabel and Larry Izzo, the Patriots said Thursday.
The Patriots cut two players before Wednesday’s practice, one being punter Tom Malone.
Malone, 23, had been in competition with Danny Baugher for the punting job after veteran Josh Miller was released last week. Malone did not punt in last Friday’s game against Tennessee, and Baugher seemingly locked up the job with a 70 yard punt [...]
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 [...]
It was a busy day at Gillette Stadium off-the-field, as hours after cutting punter Josh Miller the Patriots and defensive end Ty Warren agreed to a contract extension through 2011.
Ty Warren, left, signs a long term deal to stay with fellow all-pro lineman Richard Seymour. (Courtesty of Boston.com)
Reported first by Adam Schefter of the NFL [...]
The Patriots held two practices Wednesday, both of which did not include many first team starters. The morning workout featured players mostly on the third string or beyond.
Running Back Laurence Maroney at practice Wednesday. (Courtesy of Patriots.com)
The nightcap - marked as the final training camp opened to the public - had missing starters Tom Brady, [...]