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Patriots Links 7/23/09 - Jarvis Green Wants To Retire as a Patriot

Jarvis Green signs autographs at Training Camp last year.

Jarvis Green signs autographs at Training Camp last year.

Chris Gasper clarifies Jarvis Green's desire to extend his contract and retire as a New England Patriot.

If it’s up to Jarvis Green, it will not be his last with the Patriots, despite the fact the reserve defensive end was quoted by a Louisiana newspaper as saying 2009 would be his final season in Foxborough.

"Jarvis wants an extension with the New England Patriots. That’s what he wants,’’ said [Green's agent, Albert] Elias. "We called them about it. We want [him] to remain and retire a New England Patriot. Who wouldn’t? He’s involved in the community. He loves the city. He loves Coach Belichick. He loves [defensive line coach Pepper Johnson]. He’s won two Super Bowls. He’d be foolish to go anywhere else.’’

Shalise Manza Young notes Brady's pocket awareness and presence have always been among his biggest strengths, enabling him to slide away from pressure with that extra split-second to deliver a pass.

But while Brady's left knee may be 100 percent, there's no telling how he is mentally — and the between-the-ears recovery, other players say, is the toughest part about coming back from major knee injuries.

"We're so focused as quarterbacks down on the field, ignoring everything that's going on in very close proximity to you," [Former St. Louis Rams quarterback Trent] Green said. "When you're coming back from an injury, especially where someone hit him low, you need to feel that pocket presence, need to feel it closing. It will be good for him the first few times to get hit. He'll realize, ‘I can stand in the pocket, take the hit and everything will be OK. This is just work as usual.' "

Star-divide

LONG SHOTS

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I hope Green stays

he has been a great backup

by Z-money12 on Jul 23, 2009 1:26 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Cold Nebulous Football Speculations
Some dynasties, like Al Davis’s great Raiders teams, die in fiery Hindenburg-like disasters, with the whole world witnessing the ugly destruction. Other dynasties, like the 1970s Steelers, simply slip silenty under the sea like the Titanic, with outside observers oblivious to the disaster that befell the once mighty vessel until the bodies begin washing up on shore.

The Patriots, if it is over, would certainly fill the former category: the 16-0 Patriots of 2007 – the single most dominant NFL team since the wartime 1942 Bears – suffered a humiliating nut-kicker of a loss to the 10-6 Giants in Super Bowl XLII. Just minutes into their very next game, the 2008 season opener, future Hall of Fame quarterback Tom Brady was lying on the ground, his season ended by a devastating knee injury. The Brady-less Patriots failed to make the playoffs. In fact, in the everything-changes-in-an-instant NFL, the Patriots, who were 16-0 in 2007, lost the 2008 division title to a Miami team that was 1-15 in 2007.

Kerry J Byrne certainly has a flair for the dramatic, but unfortunately there’s not much place for imaginative fiction like this on a blog with such a declaration of FACTS in its title.

Keep the faith!

by Marima on Jul 23, 2009 4:10 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

CHFF

They’ve been slipping for a long time now, and it doesn’t look to be changing much any time soon. I remember the last time I commented on Pats Pulpit about that site, it was the same exact writer you had linked to. Too bad, he used to be pretty good.

On a sidenote – were the Raiders really considered a dynasty??

by NESilver on Jul 23, 2009 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh, you mean to anyone other than a Raiders fan?

No. A few years fairly dominant, nothing sustained. Like most NFL teams.

The more you know, the more you know that you don't know.

by SlotMachinePlayer on Jul 23, 2009 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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