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Brady: ‘Lack of trust’ hurt Patriots

GameSetMatch — Wed, 12 May 2010 17:32:29 +0000

Quarterback Tom Brady reiterated Wednesday that he thought last year’s New England Patriots team was not mentally tough and, looking back, indicated there was a “lack of trust, lack of confidence” within the team.

The Patriots’ struggles in the second half of games in 2009 were well chronicled. Of their six losses, they were leading at the half in four of them and tied in another. The Patriots were outscored 94-38 in the second half of their six losses. In addition to their second-half struggles, the Patriots were just 2-6 on the road.

“When it comes down to it, games that we lose in the fourth quarter, games that we lose in the second half, or losing on the road like we did, that can be lack of trust, lack of confidence,” Brady said in an interview on Boston sports radio station WEEI on Wednesday morning. “There are a lot of issues you have when that repeats itself time and time again over the course of the season.”

The Patriots’ up-and-down 2009 season was punctuated by a 33-14 blowout loss to the Ravens in the divisional playoffs. Brady threw four interceptions in the game and the Patriots fell behind 24-0 in the first quarter.

Click here to read the full article – By Mike Reiss of ESPNBoston.com

Porter’s mouth helped fuel Patriots

GameSetMatch — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:30:01 +0000

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady said Monday that the team used Joey Porter’s trash talk as a spark leading up to Sunday’s 27-17 victory over the Miami Dolphins.

“It’s really motivating for our team throughout the course of the week and into the game when you hear that kind of stuff,” Brady said on his weekly appearance on the “Dennis & Callahan” show on Boston radio station WEEI. “I think the guys take it to heart and the coaches take it to heart.”

Last week, Porter said there was “no question” that Brady is getting favorable calls from officials this season. Brady missed most of the 2008 season with a knee injury suffered when he was hit by a player on the ground. In March, the NFL clarified a rule, making it a personal foul for a player on the ground to lunge and hit a quarterback below the knee unless he’s blocked or fouled. Some have referred to it as the “Brady Rule.”

Click here to read the full article – By of ESPN.com

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In the receiving line?

GameSetMatch — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:43:46 +0000

Patriots wide receiver Brandon Tate has spent most of his rookie season working out and taking notes. This week he finally got the chance to practice.

Tate was on the non-football injury list as he recovered from surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament and medial collateral ligament in his knee suffered during his senior season at North Carolina. The designation meant Tate could not practice until after the sixth game of the season. Now the Patriots have 21 days to determine whether they want to activate Tate, release him, or place him on the season-ending reserve list.

Tackle Mark LeVoir (shoulder) is in the same boat, as he was on the physically unable to perform list.

Tate has been itching for a chance, and he is joining the mix at the right time. The Patriots released veteran receiver Joey Galloway Tuesday, and receiver Julian Edelman has a forearm injury that kept him out of practice yesterday.

Click here to read the full article – By Monique Walker of boston.com

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Time for Adalius Thomas to do some thinking

GameSetMatch — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:48:55 +0000

The view from 3,000 miles from Foxboro isn’t much different from the view at the lockers of Leigh Bodden, Adalius Thomas and Joey Galloway. It’s a little foggy, gray and inclement in both places.

Thomas, in particular, sits bewitched, bothered and bewildered after being a healthy inactive last Sunday during a 59-0 blowout of the Tennessee Titans. Unfortunately, being inactive is nothing new for the most expensive free agent signee of the Bill Belichick era, which is a large part of the reason he was sitting at home while less well compensated players were playing football in the snow.

It was a reminder to Thomas from a master psychologist just how quickly this can all end, and it was done in the safest of environments – on the day of a home game against one of the worst teams in pro football (just turn on the projector). Whether Thomas, Bodden or most anyone else not named Tom Brady was playing Sunday the Patriots were going to win.

Click here to read the full article – By Ron Borges of Boston Herald

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Patriots’ Brady Answers Skeptics

GameSetMatch — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:28:50 +0000

Tom Brady threw for an NFL record five touchdowns in the second quarter as the Patriots humiliated the Titans 59-0 in snowy Foxborough, Mass.

Brady had six touchdown passes overall, matching his team record, and threw for 380 yards before leaving the game in the third quarter. The Patriots set team records for points and yards (619). We can move past wondering whether Brady will ever look like his pre-injury self.

A week after a shaky showing in a loss at Denver, it was 2007 all over again against the hapless and helpless Titans. … Quite a turnaround for the Jets, who started 3-0 but fell to 3-3 with an overtime loss to the Bills. Rex Ryan will probably be roasted this week on WFAN by the same callers who were calling him a genius and talking Super Bowl three weeks ago.

Click here to read the full article – By MIKE ANTHONY of The Hartford Courant

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