http://www.realfootball365.com New England Patriots Football News, scores, analysis and discussion. NFL Football News. en-us info@realfootball365.com Copyright (C) 2005-2008 www.realfootball365.com http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/patriots/12755 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/patriots/12755 It’s not quite the end of an era, but it feels like acknowledgment that things are changing in New England. Troy Brown, often dubbed “Mr. Patriot” by the Boston media, retired Thursday amid much fanfare – a nice show for a good guy and fantastic player. Brown was key to those miracle Patriots of 2001 in his Pro Bowl year that includes 101 catches for 1,199 yards, and is perhaps the most ... os_davis@yahoo.com (Os Davis) New England Patriots 2008-09-26T04:22:21-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/patriots/12733 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/patriots/12733 Mike Reiss, the Boston Globe’s man on all things New England Patriots, reported yesterday that the team had signed wide receiver Maurice Price, recently released by the Kansas City Chiefs. Commentary: Price first entered the Chiefs organization as an undrafted free agent out of Charleston Southern University, a Division I-AA school. After his third year with CSU in which he hauled in 103 ... os_davis@yahoo.com (Os Davis) New England Patriots 2008-09-24T15:03:18-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/patriots/12726 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/patriots/12726 It was a matter of time before someone from our instant history age applied superlative status to an off-Sunday. ESPN's Chris Berman proclaimed Monday that this coming weekend marks the most important bye week ever for the New England Patriots. A bit more down to earth on the subject after the 38-13 Sunday shellacking doled out to the Pats by Ronnie Brown – sorry, the Miami Dolphins – was ... os_davis@yahoo.com (Os Davis) New England Patriots 2008-09-24T04:03:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/patriots/12673 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/patriots/12673 After Matt Cassel passed his trial by fire on Sunday, pundits and fans alike praised the New England Patriots as having won in different fashion. However, the methods employed against the Jets in everything from the passing game to the other side of the ball were nothing new at all. The most compelling stats of last Sunday’s AFC East clash came with the comparison of Cassel’s game-day ... os_davis@yahoo.com (Os Davis) New England Patriots 2008-09-18T04:06:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/patriots/12653 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/patriots/12653 The continuing story that claims the throat-grabbing attention of every Patriot Nation citizen and many an NFL fan gets a new chapter today, as the New England Patriots announced the re-signing of fullback Kyle Eckel and the release of tight end Stephen Spach. Commentary: Eckel appeared likely to make the regular-season roster early in 2008, but was cut on Aug. 26. Heath Evans remained the sole ... os_davis@yahoo.com (Os Davis) New England Patriots 2008-09-16T11:35:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/patriots/12620 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/patriots/12620 “The only imperfection in the otherwise flawless game of football, according to [Vince Lombardi], was the excessive importance of the quarterback.” – Bart Starr: When Leadership Mattered</i>">– Bart Starr: When Leadership Mattered. “I still like our chances.” – Tom Brady, on Tuesday Vince – wherever he is – has to be loving the Matt Cassel story. Indeed, the 2008 New England ... os_davis@yahoo.com (Os Davis) New England Patriots 2008-09-12T04:03:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/patriots/12606 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/patriots/12606 Tom Brady is out, and all the football world has just one question: How low will the New England Patriots fall in 2008? Commentary: Not very. Here’s why. The division. Though this writer is still stunned both by the wholesale acceptance of Jets as playoff team with the addition of Brett Favre and the massive amount of space still free on the Buffalo Bills bandwagon (this stingy, underrated ... os_davis@yahoo.com (Os Davis) New England Patriots 2008-09-11T04:17:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/patriots/12582 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/patriots/12582 Sure, the Tom Brady injury has shaken up the entire NFL (as my friend Steve says, “The miracle of the NFL in this decade has been the seven injury-free years of both Brady and Peyton Manning”), but let’s talk about something really important: Namely, your fantasy team. Commentary: The only folks out there with potentially more reason to cry into their Sam Adams (that’s the late ... os_davis@yahoo.com (Os Davis) New England Patriots 2008-09-09T04:22:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/patriots/12565 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/patriots/12565 On behalf of the suspended Kevin Faulk, national marijuana policy reform organization SAFER will today appeal to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell by means of online petition and official letter for changes to the league's marijuana policy. Commentary: Faulk will be sitting out the New England Patriots’ opener against the Kansas City Chiefs and docked two games’ pay (estimated at about ... os_davis@yahoo.com (Os Davis) New England Patriots 2008-09-05T04:04:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/patriots/12529 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/patriots/12529 The New England Patriots shuffled 21 players – waiving 18 – Sunday in trimming the roster down to its final* 53. (*Please see below entry on Lynch, John.) Though these moves are something of a definitive, if not final, answer, plenty of questions still remain regarding a number of at least minor surprises among the casualties. A few such questions follow, dutifully answered by a source close ... os_davis@yahoo.com (Os Davis) New England Patriots 2008-09-02T04:12:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/patriots/12504 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/patriots/12504 Extreme loathing of hyperbole in today’s sportswriting notwithstanding, the 2008 New England Patriots may just have undergone the most-watched preseason in NFL history: Every reported injury was speculated on, every step Tom Brady made scrutinized for a limp, every draft pick picked apart as this team prepares to enter uncharted waters for the nth time this decade. A brief summary of this ... os_davis@yahoo.com (Os Davis) New England Patriots 2008-08-29T04:15:01-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/patriots/12479 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/patriots/12479 To trim down the roster, the New England Patriots took five players off active duty Tuesday, including a recognizable name or two that’ll shake things up for the on-the-bubble/off-the-bubble Thursday night game against the Philadelphia Eagles. A look at these last tweaks to the 75-man roster reveals a bit about what’s going on in the development of the Pats for 2008. Gone is Jason Webster, a ... os_davis@yahoo.com (Os Davis) New England Patriots 2008-08-27T04:12:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/patriots/12435 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/patriots/12435 The positives in the New England Patriots preseason thus far? That’s easy. The list looks something like this: • Randy Moss. • Ah, it’s the preseason. These games don’t count in the final record. And that’s about it, unless you want to statistically legitimize the ultimate in sangfroid with regard to the chaotic mess of preseason Weeks 1 and 2: • Hey, don’t forget the Pats ... os_davis@yahoo.com (Os Davis) New England Patriots 2008-08-22T04:13:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/patriots/12415 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/patriots/12415 A classic sportsworld cliché of our time: The only team that can beat [here, the New England Patriots] is themselves. While the snarky may snickeringly retort that a second team can beat these Patriots -- i.e., the New York Giants -- more realistic still is that a third bugaboo remains most likely to stop the prospective AFC champions on their most quixotic of all runs in this memorable decade. os_davis@yahoo.com (Os Davis) New England Patriots 2008-08-21T04:23:00-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/patriots/12406 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/patriots/12406 The most disturbing thing this vacationer saw on his recent sojourn to the East Coast? Brother-in-law Marco’s television set. No, it had nothing to do with the technology itself: The guy had one of those great 50-inch LCD high-definition jobbies on which you could count the ladybugs per blade of glass from 20 feet; it was just that the hometown New England Patriots and the pigskin-chucking Matt ... os_davis@yahoo.com (Os Davis) New England Patriots 2008-08-20T04:32:00-05:00