We'll all look at the Patriots roster to evaluate how good of the season the team will have. If you look at who the team released and see what they're doing now, you can see how the Patriots stack up in 2011. Teams want players not good enough for New England. Nine former players, released by Bill Belichick, have signed with other teams. Brandon Meriweather signed a one-year deal with Chicago and Brandon Tate joined Cincinnati. Lee Smith, Thomas Austin, Will Yeatman, Landon Cohen, Jonathan Wilhite, Ricky Brown, and James Sanders all also joined new NFL teams.
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The Patriots preseason game last week is probably one they want to forget about. We bet Bill Belichick kept bringing it up all week, though. Tonight's game will go on, despite Hurricane Irene's impact, and while it's normally the final game that provides a brief appearance by key players, the bad taste left from Detroit last week may keep starters in longer.
For the second straight night, the Red Sox messed up the Texas Rangers pitching staff with a thoroughly one-sided 13-2 romp on Wednesday. The Sox outscored Texas 24-7 in the last two games with 30 hits. Boston's assault featured 16 hits, three home runs, and at least one run in seven innings. Carl Crawford was the Sox biggest bat with a 2-3 effort, five RBI and a home run.
Pitchers Andrew Miller and Alfredo Aceves held Kansas City to just four hits in a 7-1 victory, Boston's second straight in Kansas City. Miller pitched 5.1 innings and allowed three hits and one run. Alfredo Aceves allowed just one hit in 3.2 innings of work. Jarrod Saltalamacchia homered in the fifth to give Boston a 5-1 lead.
In less than 90 minutes, we'll all be getting some football, even if we're not ready for it. Bostonist is ready, however, and we are wondering if the Patriots are ready for the Jacksonville Jaguars. The lockout-ravaged off-season might leave some doubt about how prepared teams are. Just look at the injury report. Bill Belichick doesn't give a crap about such concerns.
David Ortiz drove in the winning run with perha ps the shortest hit of his Red Sox (72-43) career, an infield single, in the seventh inning of a 4-3 win in Minnesota. The Sox have won four straight games and havea 2.5 game lead over New York in the A.L. East. Erik Bedard had no decision after five innings in which he allowed three hits and two runs. Bedard recorded six strikeouts. Darnell McDonald's two-run home run in the fifth that tied the score at 2-2.
David Ortiz finished 4-5 with three RBI as the Red Sox rallied for an 8-6 win over Minnesota, Big Papi's former team, on Monday. Ortiz and Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit back-to-back home runs in the sixth inning as Boston tied the game at 5-5. In the ninth inning Ortiz and Saltalamacchia delivered consecutive RBI on a single and a double, respectively, for the 8-6 margin.
Erik Bedard didn't get a victory in his first start with the Red Sox as Cleveland won, 7-3, with a 14-hit attack last night. He might have pitched well enough to get a win as he allowed three runs in his five innings of work. Bedard allowed seven hits and struck out five. Former Sox pitcher Justin Masterson (9-7) got the win for the Tribe with three runs on five hits in six innings. He had nine strikeouts.
How do Patriots fans know Bill Belichick did something stupendous by trading for two players, Albert Haynesworth and Chad Ochocinco, who could make the New England Patriots much better? Well, the Ochocinco aspect got Aaron Hernandez mentioned on TMZ.com. Yes, the current owner of # 85 for the NEP, Hernandez, can expect to get paid to relinquish that jersey to Ochocinco, according to the new source for football news.
Bill Belichick has struck again. With Patriots fans still dealing with the trade for Albert Haynesworth earlier today, Belichick tried to bolster his receiving corps by acquiring Chad Ochocinco from Cincinnati for two draft picks, one each in 2012 and 2013.
If the signing of a fifth-round draft pick named Lee Smith wasn't interesting enough, how does trading a fifth-round draft pick to the Washington Redskins for the problematic Albert Haynesworth sound? It's either going to be another stroke of genius by Bill Belichick or a disaster for his New England Patriots.
We know Bill Belichick didn't take this picture. Doesn't it sound like something he'd say, though?
On Thursday, Patriots coach Bill Belichick visited the Franciscan Hospital for Children. Cambridge-based Zipcar's first quarterly earnings report shows significant growth and growing losses. Zipcar recently held an IPO. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
As impressive as Satuday's 7-3 win over the Flyers was, please don't think ill of Bostonist if we don't get too excited just one game into the Eastern Conference semifinals. You know why.
The Patriots are focused on offense in the 2011 NFL Draft after three rounds as only one of five players Bill Belichick has picked so far is a defensive player. The Patriots picked Ras-I Dowling, a defensive back from Virginia, in the second round of the NFL draft Friday. Belichick selected two running backs in the second and third round with Shane Vereen of California and Stevan Ridley of LSU, respectively. In the third round, Arkansas quarterback Ryan Mallett was picked. Belichick likes all of his day two picks, of course.
Baltimore's two-game winning streak turned out to be no match for Jon Lester's career-long winning streak against the Orioles last night. Lester improved to 14-0 in 17 career starts against the Orioles with eight strong innings in a 6-2 win. Lester (3-1) yielded two runs on four hits, walked three and struck out five.
Perhaps Hub sportsfans needed a day off after a glorious few days from the locals. The Celtics, Bruins, and Red Sox all reasserted themselves. It's draft week in the NFL and we're certain Bill Belichick is in his bunker hatching his latest scheme to mine the college game for future Patriots. There is lots of speculation about what the Patriots will do with six high picks.
The Celtics continue to stumble towards the playoffs with a 5-5 record in their last 10 games after losing to Memphis Grizzlies 90-87 on Wednesday. Boston led 70-67 after three quarters but fell behind 84-77 late in the game after failing to convert all but one possession in the last 3:04. The Celtics (50-20) failed to move into a first-place tie with Chicago in the Eastern Conference.
Members of the Red Sox are reporting to Fort Myers in advance of Tuesday's opening workout for pitchers and catchers and the full-squad workout four days later. Notably, the laser show is in town in the person of Dustin Pedroia. He's healthy again and ready to go again after his injury-shortened 2010 season. "Oh, my foot is repaired...I feel great. There's not going to be any setbacks or anything like that," Pedroia said.
Last night's Bruins-Stars hockey game, won by Boston, 6-4, was an affair made for long-suffering fans of the Black and Gold. Bostonist, like Mike Milbury, can't remember seeing a Bruins game start like that ever: three fights in four seconds followed by two quick goals in the first 2:00 for the good guys.
Theo found more of John Henry's money to spend and gave raises to Jonathan Papelbon and Jacoby Ellsbury. Papelbon gets $12 million for 2011. Only Mariano Rivera gets paid more as a relief pitcher at $15 million. Ellsbury jumps from $496,000 to $2.4 million after playing in only 18 games in 2010. If you're scoring at home, the Red Sox payroll will be about $163 million for 2011.
Boston is suffering through a second blizzard in less than a month. We're getting a blizzard of comments from New Jersey's New York Jets. Rex Ryan checked in on Tom Brady and Bill Belichick. Now, thanks to a classy New York Daily News cover, we hear from Antonio Cromartie and his unique take on #12. Cromartie said Brady is "An ass----." He also said about Brady, "---- him." Lovely.
Two days after the Jets beat the Colts to earn another trip to Foxboro for a divisional playoff contest with the Patriots, the hype is in overdrive. We've got an entire week of this. As Bill Belichick might say, "it is what it is."
The Celtics dispensed with the Toronto Raptors early, taking a 67-45 lead at the half and finishing with a 122-102 win, the 3,000th franchise victory. Luke Harangody had his best game as a pro, finishing with 17 points and 11 rebounds. Paul Pierce led the Celtics with 20 points in just three quarters of action. Ray Allen added 17 points and three three-pointers.
The Patriots don't even play this weekend and the chatter about the team hasn't slowed one bit.
The Patriots put the wraps on the regular season by beating the crap out the Miami Dolphins. For a game that meant nothing, a lot was accomplished by the top-seeded, 14-2 squad. Even Dan Shaughnessy was happy. Dude usually hates everything.
There's a game to be played involving the Patriots today. All the Patriots will be playing, too, in a meaningless game. Some fans, and a few bloggers, question Bill Belichick's choice to use the varsity today against Miami as a risky move that backfired a year ago as Wes Welker ripped his knee apart in the regular season finale. WBZ just reported Welker and Deion Branch are inactive today.
Bill Belichick is focused on football. Even during Christmas week. In Buffalo, against a hapless Bills team that usually loses to the Patriots. Bill said the following about beating Buffalo:
Tom Brady was in the top 10 Yahoo! Trends on Monday night. Brady told WEEI that Sunday's win over Green Bay wasn't the Patriots best and that they'd "hear about it" from Bill Belichick. Well, we were surprised that Green Bay stayed with the Patriots for the entire game. However, another turnover-free performance by #12 would seem to be beyond criticsm from the coach. The other Brady buzz involves the league's MVP award, something Bostonist was already aware of. Now, the nation's football media has lumped Brady in with Michael Vick as MVP co-favorites. It probably comes down to where you are from, honestly. Both are better than ever. Vick's a dynamic athlete. Brady's mistake-free efforts are at historic levels.