Monthly Archives: May 2009

Mixed feelings on Tom Brady's SI writeup

Posted on May 27, 2009 by jamie

The big news for the Patriots this week was Tom Brady’s return to the team. ESPN cameras caught him throwing a football on the field at Gillette Stadium. A Boston.com blog that embedded the video reported, “Brady showed no lingering effects from surgery for the torn left ACL that sidelined him for nearly the entire 2008 season.”

Then, in a Peter King article that will appear in this week’s Sports Illustrated, Brady said unequivocally that he has no lingering effects from the injury. “There’s nothing I can’t do.” Wes Welker was also quoted swearing up and down he’s the same.

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Tom Brady takes the field as Patriots start OTAs

Posted on May 26, 2009 by jamie

As the media takes note of the return of Tom Brady throwing the football during the Patriots OTAs, there are many of us from Patriot Nation that are relieved to know he can now prepare to start the 2009 NFL season.

The best news, though has to come from Randy Moss and Wes Welker as they have expressed their happiness in the return of Brady and how comfortable they both feel in the Patriots system.

Welker was interviewed by SI’s Peter King on MMQB and Moss was interviewed by ESPN’s Tim Graham.

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Upcoming charity events hosted by Patriots and players

Posted on May 25, 2009 by jamie

The New England Patriots have been known as a charitable organization over the years and continue that trend in 2009.

Not only do the Patriots host a number of events during the season and off season, but more then a few players also have their own charities near and dear to their own hearts.

Vince Wilfork is hosting a raffle for his own charity the Vince Wilfork Foundation which supports the Joslin Diabetes Center and Diabetes Research Institute. Winners will receive prizes raningn from a BBQ with Wilfork and his family to tickets to see the Patriots play.

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What to do after Patriots lose out on Taylor

Posted on May 14, 2009 by jamie

With the way the Patriots ran their draft, most writers in the media and more then a few fans in Patriot nation (myself included) figured the Patriots had the inside track on DE/OLB jason Taylor.

After playing in Nick Saban’s 3-4 defense, one could say he was Taylor made to join the Patriots and replace fan favorite Mike Vrabel who was traded to Kansas City.

After no word from Taylor or the Patriots, Miami has since announced it has signed Taylor to a one-year deal worth about $1.5 million.

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Its all about the Patriots

Posted on May 12, 2009 by jamie

As I travel around Europe for work, the more people I meet the more people understand I am all about the Patriots and trying to keep up on the news as much as possible and at least try to write here in between hotel stays and conferences.

Having said that, I do wear my Pat Patriot cap in Switzerland, the Flying Elvis in London and Ireland (mostly in Dublin…) and a ‘normal’ Patriots cap in other places.

My Super Bowl Champions t-shirt from 2004 is getting old, but I did wear it to the USA v Russia Ice Hockey World Championship Semi-Finals in Bern, Switzerland last week. One of the few Americans in the crowd, but a lot of Russian beauties to see!

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Pats' rookies get a taste of the NFL

Posted on May 8, 2009 by jamie

This past weekend the New England Patriots’ draft picks and rookie free agent tryouts were on the practice field at Gillette Stadium for their first taste of the NFL. The purpose of rookie mini-camp is to try and get the draft picks as caught up as possible and introduce them to the new terminology and techniques they will need to learn as members of the New England Patriots. There is no contact at these mini-camps as players are dressed only in shorts, jerseys, and helmets. The pads remained in the locker room, so we didn’t get an introduction to second-round pick Patrick Chung’s much-hyped hitting abilities. Just because there was no hitting does not mean that there was no contact.

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One player missing from Patriots draft

Posted on May 5, 2009 by jamie

Despite a crop of 12 new players selected by the Patriots during the 2009 NFL draft, the talk among Patriots fans so far has centered around the one player they didn’t pick up – an outside linebacker to replace Mike Vrabel.

Following Vrabel’s departure in exchange for a second round pick, trade talk involving the Carolina Panthers’ veteran Julius Peppers flourished, and then fizzled. Without a move made on Peppers, fans expected the Patriots to use their first round pick or the second round pick acquired for Vrabel and former quarterback Matt Cassell to restock at this position.

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