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Tuesday Oct 27 | Nashua Telegraph

Thomas says no doubting Belichick

There was an ironic scene on late Wednesday morning in the New England Patriots locker room.

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Related Topix: Sports, New England Patriots, NFL Football, Adalius Thomas, NFL Players

Sun Oct 25, 2009

SouthCoastToday.com

Personnel questions will be game within the game

Last Sunday's game in Foxboro was littered with messages from Bill Belichick. They were neither hidden nor subtle.

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Related Topix: Sports, New England Patriots, NFL Football, Adalius Thomas, NFL Players, Derrick Burgess, Pierre Woods, Tully Banta-Cain

Sat Oct 24, 2009

Boston Globe

A plane, but not simple

The checklist seemed to grow longer by the minute. With less than an hour before a team meeting yesterday afternoon, Patriots players loaded their duffel bags with all the necessities for game day.

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Related Topix: Sports, New England Patriots, NFL Football, NFL Players

Thu Oct 22, 2009

EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA

Patriots linebacker gets full dose of Humble Pie

Sure, 59-0 is embarrassing. Beyond belief. So is the fact that the Tennessee Titans apparently didn't have the right cleats, quarterback or intestinal fortitude to contend with the elements or the New England Patriots.

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Related Topix: Sports, New England Patriots, NFL Football, Adalius Thomas, Pierre Woods, Junior Seau, NFL Players, Gary Guyton

Boston Herald

Bill Belichick serves notice

And if that wasn't bad enough for the veteran linebacker, Bill Belichick piled on following the 59-0 blowout victory against Tennessee.

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Related Topix: Sports, New England Patriots, NFL Football, Adalius Thomas, Derrick Burgess, Pierre Woods, Tully Banta-Cain, NFL Players

Tue Oct 20, 2009

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Patriots in the market?

Patriots coach Bill Belichick has always been a wheeler-dealer around draft time, eagerly seeking out trade partners willing to barter the commodities of picks and players.

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Related Topix: Sports, New England Patriots, NFL Football, Adalius Thomas, Joey Galloway, Pierre Woods, Tully Banta-Cain, NFL Players

Mon Oct 19, 2009

Boston Herald

Bill Belichick cites confidence in Adalius Thomas

We'll evaluate it this coming week against Tampa like we always do. "I said many times he's a good football player, he's versatile, and he's made some big plays for us and done a lot of different jobs," Belichick said.

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Related Topix: Sports, New England Patriots, NFL Football, Adalius Thomas, NFL Players

Sun Oct 18, 2009

Times Leader

Brady takes Titans' misery to new level

This was the Tom Brady everyone expects to see. New England Patriots linebacker Rob Ninkovich hauls down Tennessee Titans quarterback Vince Young during the fourth quarter of New England's 59-0 win in a NFL game at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., Sunday.

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Related Topix: Sports, Vince Young, NFL Players, New England Patriots, NFL Football, Tom Brady, Tennessee Titans

Thu Oct 15, 2009

Daily Herald

COD giving MacDougall his own field

For two decades it was very much his football field. Now it'll be made official.

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Related Topix: Sports, NFL Players, Kelvin Hayden

Tue Oct 13, 2009

Patriots Blog - Reiss Pieces

Ups and downs

The Patriots suffered a downer of a defeat to Josh McDaniels and the Denver Broncos, blowing a 17-7 halftime lead to lose 20-17 in overtime.

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Related Topix: Sports, New England Patriots, NFL Football, Denver Broncos, Jerod Mayo, Wes Welker, Tully Banta-Cain, NFL Players

Sat Sep 19, 2009

EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA

Pats Grinder: Hold the Mayo

Taking Jerod Mayo out of Bill Belichick's newly designed 4-3 defense is like pulling the pin on a football hand grenade.

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Related Topix: Sports, New England Patriots, NFL Football, Jerod Mayo, NFL Players, Adalius Thomas, Gary Guyton, Pierre Woods

Thu Sep 17, 2009

UnionLeader.com

Brian MacPherson's Patiots Notebook: It's now a doughnut defense

Bill Belichick's Patriots aren't necessarily thin at linebacker. Adalius Thomas is the only linebacker on the roster with a Pro Bowl to his credit, but Gary Guyton, Pierre Woods, Derrick Burgess, Eric Alexander and Tully Banta-Cain all have varying levels of experience playing the position.

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Related Topix: Sports, New England Patriots, NFL Football, Gary Guyton, Adalius Thomas, Jerod Mayo, Tully Banta-Cain, NFL Players

Wed Sep 16, 2009

Providence Journal

Mayo will be back, but Patriots wona t say when

Jerod Mayo 's season is not over. The reigning NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year suffered a right knee injury in the first quarter of the Pats season-opening 25-24 victory the Bills, but will be back this season.

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Related Topix: Sports, New England Patriots, NFL Football, Gary Guyton, Adalius Thomas, Jerod Mayo, Tully Banta-Cain, NFL Players

Mon Sep 14, 2009

Nashua Telegraph

New era starts now

Let's take a journey through the 2009 New England Patriots locker room, and show you a couple of key spots before tonight's season kickoff against the Buffalo Bills at Gillette Stadium.

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Related Topix: Sports, New England Patriots, NFL Football, Richard Seymour, Tedy Bruschi, NFL Players, Tom Brady, Rodney Harrison, Opinion

Sat Sep 05, 2009

Patriots Blog - Reiss Pieces

Final roster projection

With Friday's release of QB Andrew Walter, an updated projection of what the Patriots' initial 53-man roster might look like : Quarterback : Brady, Hoyer Quick hit: Hard to imagine they'll keep just two for the long-term, but for now, this allows more flexibility to keep a player elsewhere.

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Related Topix: Sports, Andrew Walter, NFL Players, New England Patriots, NFL Football, Matthew Slater, Alex Smith (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), Terrence Nunn

Tue Sep 01, 2009

Pats Pulpit

New England Patriots PreSeason Watch - Special Teams

Continuing the position battles: . Ok, to be fair, these battles have already been won for the most part.

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Related Topix: Sports, New England Patriots, NFL Football, Joey Galloway, Russ Hochstein, NFL Players, Randy Moss

Wed Aug 12, 2009

The Boston Globe

Today's Belichick Q&A

Patriots coach Bill Belichick held a Q&A with the media Wednesday afternoon at Gillette Stadium.

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Related Topix: Sports, New England Patriots, NFL Football, NFL Players, Randy Moss, Terrence Nunn

Mon Aug 10, 2009

The Boston Globe

In a rush for some help, Patriots acquire Burgess

Around noon yesterday, Patriots director of player personnel Nick Caserio reiterated the confidence he had in the team's candidates to replace Mike Vrabel at outside linebacker.

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Related Topix: Sports, New England Patriots, NFL Football, Pierre Woods, NFL Players, Shawn Crable, Adalius Thomas, Alex Smith (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

Sat Aug 08, 2009

Patriots Blog - Reiss Pieces

Day 8, second Patriots practice

The Patriots were in full pads for their season-ticket-holder practice inside Gillette Stadium tonight .

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Related Topix: Sports, New England Patriots, NFL Football, Tom Brady, NFL Players, Jonathan Wilhite, Terrence Wheatley, Brandon Meriweather

Thu Aug 06, 2009

New Orleans Times-Picayune

Continue reading "New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma had minor surgery in abdomen area"

New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma had minor surgery in his abdomen area last month.

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Related Topix: Sports, NFL Football, New Orleans Saints, Jonathan Vilma, NFL Players, Lance Moore, Adrian Arrington

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