Shots Heard 'Round The Web - Patriots Links 1/28/09

by Marima on Jan 28, 2009 7:58 AM EST in New England Patriots News

TEAM SHOTS

LOCAL SHOTS

Chris Gasper & Shira Springer report Tom Brady is throwing and on track for 2009 opener.
Shalise Manza Young offers her take on the Floyd Reese hire and official promotion of Nick Caserio to head of personnel.
Mike Reiss reports Patriots hired Floyd Reese as senior football advisor, offers some details from Reese's career, and presents his analysis of the hire. Here are some soundbites from Reese's Tuesday press conference.
Karen Guregian finds the addition of Floyd Reese is not a knock on Nick Caserio.
Mike Reiss notes Victor Hobson chose Bengals over Patriots when asked to return in December and Fernando Bryant never understood why he was cut after Training Camp (maybe he should look at the film?)
Mike Reiss reports Matt Cassel will be in Tampa this week assisting Gatorade in its marketing efforts, and answers a full mailbag of questions about the Patriots.
Karen Guregian notes Matt Leinart admires job Matt Cassel did with Patriots.
Ron Borges says the NFL needs to stop the head games and deal with devastating concussion issue.
Karen Guregian says Ryan Clark offers no apologies for the way he plays football or for the number of players he's knocked senseless this season.
Dan Shaughnessy has been flipping through People and watching too much TMZ; thinks pictures of Tom & Gisele prove Brady has gone soft.
Chris Price notes Patriots fullback Heath Evans breaks down the Super Bowl.

LONG SHOTS

Matt Sohn (Pro Football Weekly) Just as Parcells is doing for protégé Jeff Ireland — the Dolphins’ young general manager — Reese will do for 33-year-old director of player personnel Nick Caserio.
Don Banks (SI) Matt Leinart, more running thoughts on Super Bowl XLIII Media Day.
Robert Boland (National Football Post) Best Organization vs. Worst Organization.
Associated Press: Tickets to London's Patriots-Buccaneers NFL game go fast. 20,000 sold within the first seven minutes.
Adam Schefter (NFL.com) Reese happy to be back where he belongs. Patriots put front-office pieces together.
Tim Graham (ESPN) Patriots land (formerly) chatty Floyd Reese.
NFL Network Harrison has thoughts about Tomlinson situation.
Ryan Wilson (NFL Fanhouse) Steelers could (should?) surpass Patriots as NFL's best team.
Mike Florio (Pro Football Talk) Warner remembers Super Bowl loss more than win.

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I regret

ever clicking on the “Tom’s gone soft” link. I will now pretend I have never seen it or read it. What a waste of time.

The parallels or not parallels of Matt Leinart and Matt Cassel’s stories are really interesting…success sure changes at the drop of a hat, especially, it seems, in the NFL.

by Squeaky on Jan 28, 2009 12:44 PM EST reply actions

Michael Holley is convinced that Dan Shaughnessy wrote that with tongue firmly in cheek

but I didn’t see the humor and was just annoyed with the whole thing. I mean, come on. Who cares? I don’t think many of us would stand up to the scrutiny of having our lives unfold snapshot by shapshot, without any of it being completely unobjectionable to at least someone. The guy is on vacation, just leave him alone.

Keep the faith!

by Marima on Jan 28, 2009 1:13 PM EST up reply actions

Remind me

to never click on Dan Shaughnessy’s articles ever again.

by NESilver on Jan 28, 2009 1:21 PM EST reply actions

What makes a man to Dan Shaughnessy?

Does he have to torture dogs, like Michael Vick?

Does he have to beat his wife or girlfriend, like about a hundred professional athletes any of us could name?

Does he have to get suspended for using illegal drugs, like Ricky Williams?

Does he have to shoot himself in the ass, like Plaxico Burress?

Seriously, how the hell does Shaughnessy have a job and what on earth is the Globe thinking publishing that crap?

by RSNexile on Jan 28, 2009 5:09 PM EST reply actions

Shaughnessy

A perennial negative boy, Danny likes to rip on his local teams in a silly attempt to appear “smarter then the rest of them”. Most times, he comes off as an idiot.

Blogger at SBNation's New England Patriots blog, Pats Pulpit

by MaPatsFan on Jan 28, 2009 5:31 PM EST reply actions