Sep 10
AndrewSports Football, NFL, Pats
The New England Patriots have signed Matt Gutierrez to the practice squad after cutting the 2nd year quarterback just before the beginning of the regular season. Gutierrez could possibly to join the team on the depth chart before the Jets game on Sunday. He would join starting quarterback Matt Cassel (try saying that five times fast) and rookie QB Kevin O’Connell.
All of this made possible by the season-ending knee injury to Tom Brady that was suffered 8 minutes into the first game of the season against the Kansas City Chiefs.
Gutierrez has 5 game appearances for the Patriots in 2007, but only 1 passing attempt (it was a completion for 15 yards if you care) giving him, get this, a career quarterback rating of 118.8. Tom Brady’s career QB rating? 92.9. (Okay, that was cheap. In fact, Brady’s QB rating last season was 117.2.) His strength, though, may be in knowing the Patriot’s playbook and being familiar with the terminology used by the team. The Pats declined to work out veteran quarterbacks on Monday to add to the roster in Brady’s absence. But adding Gutierrez to the practice squad gives them at least the possibility of having a third-string quarterback on the field Sunday.
Jan 17
AndrewSports COlts, NFL, Pats
Indianapolis quarterback Peyton Manning plead in an interview to ask the Indianapolis community to not resell their tickets to Patriots fans. Manning and the Indianapolis Colts face quarterback Tom Brady and the New England Patriots on Sunday evening in the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, IN.
Manning said that there was "way too many" Kansas City Chiefs fans in the stands at the RCA Dome last weekend for a divisional playoff game. Home field advantage is considered a huge benefit, but only if your own fans show up. “We need that stadium packed in blue,” Manning told a reporter in Indianapolis. “No Patriots.”
To that end, the Colts organization kept ticket sales strictly at the box office, avoiding any sales by phone or over the internet. 1,000 tickets went on sale to the general public on Monday at regional Ticketmaster outlets and at the RCA Dome box office, where fans lined up for a numbered wristband. Tickets sold out in minutes.
The San Diego Chargers tried the same ploy, but lost to the New England Patriots last Sunday anyway. Indianapolis has already faced Brady and the Pats in an AFC title game in 2003. They lost to the Pats in the postseason then, and also the following year in the divisional round.
Nov 12
AndrewSports Jets, NFL, Pats
The New England Patriots lost to the New York Jets today, marking the first time the team lost back-to-back games since they lost to the Jets on Dec 12, 2002. The Patriots fell to the Indianapolis Colts last week.
The Patriots brought the game score to within three in the fourth quarter but used all of their second half time-outs in an attempt to halt the Jets for a punt. Their last drive ended with a quarterback fumble as expired time.
Jets 17, Patriots 14 (Final)
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