Patriots sign Lynch

Yea Harrison and Lynch can't get any better then that. I love the pats

"Look Both Ways Before Crossing" takes on a whole new meaning now with Rodney and Lynch back there now. Great signing.

siiiiiiiick

Too bad eh Jets Fans ...

Ya missed the boat again .... can not wait for the beatdown the Jets are going to get in Week #2 .. I hope Brady and Moss light it up again in that sad excuse of a stadium

I hope this does not slow down the development of James Sanders and Brandon Meriweather though.

I hope this turns out to be true. I've always liked John Lynch. He'd be a good fit for the Pats.

Excellent depth at safety. If we get Law then we are well established in our secondary. Defense is looking good this year.

John Lynch is a key addition to the Patriots. I think he will pick up right where Asante Samuel left off.

Another great move by the Patriots. Mr. Lynch will not be asked to chase receivers around, he will be crushing them. The younger defenders will do the running on this team. Another quality guy both on and off the field.

He wants to WIN! He is a smart football player who graduated from Stanford. He knows what it takes to win a Super Bowl. He also will be great for the locker room and the community. He may have lost a step but so did Junior and look at the contribution he gave this team. Let's not forget one of Pioli's and BB favorite attributes in a player-CHARACTER. Oh one more thing Ty Law will go to the highest bidder!

OMG! John, Rod is in full effect! This secondary will PUNISH pass catchers this season! ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL BOSTON! Meriweather has the two best SS over the last 15yrs to learn from! He's gonna be a BEAST some day soon!! Come on Ty, lose some weight and get in on this secondary!!!

Tyler: they don't play the same position. Samuel is a cornerback, Lynch a safety.

Uhh, Samuel plays corner, Lynch is a safety, and only had one INT last year. He's not a replacement for "Get Paid", he is going to be a backup and provide depth.

how does he pick up where samuel left off? he plays a different position

Excellent choice for signed Lynch....
LOVE IT.... GO PATS

Lynch will not pick up where Asante left off. For one thing, Asante is ten years younger and MUCH faster. And he is a corner where Lynch is a safety.

Lynch will help the Pats as a situational replacement or in sub packages that might have him closer to the line of scrimmage. There is NO WAY he and Rodney will be on the field at the same time. If that happens, it will be bombs away because neither can cover the deep ball anymore.

Goodbye Assante !! ha ha ha ha ha With John Lynch addedto our defense
we definetly are a better defense than we were last year....We don't need Law now!!! Now we can start Wheatley in your spot and cover him with Rodney and Lynch ...30 yearsof experience !!!

GO PATSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

HAHA I don't even care that it's going to help the team... the fact that the Jets were "interested" and he passed on them just tickles the bejeezus out of me!

hey 'Blair from Canada',
WOW, a bunch of Regular Season Ironmen ya got there in them, again...
Not sure if a Patsies athletic supporter such as yourself should have the word 'beatdown' anywhere in one's vocabulary, but you do sound M I G H T Y sure and OBLIVIOUS, just like 6 1/2 to 7 months back....

Since Pats signed Lynch, probably means that Pats have concerns about Rodney staying healthy. Tank Williams is being made out to be a major contributor in the D-fense, and guess what, he was going to play maybe 6-8plays a game. Merriweather is the only safety that will see every down. Lynch will play that hyprid role a few plays a game and will get plenty of time on top of that .

Great add. NFC EAST still rules so it really doesn't matter. GO SKINS!!

This is an awful signing... for the rest of the NFL
The NE secondary will not be a fun place to be this year cause Harrison and Lynch will be waiting to light any trespassers up

Hell yea, pats to the super bowl

Lots of rube sightings in here. Good to see all the bandwagon fans didn't jump off after the Super Bowl.

Tank Williams is out for the year.
Samuels was a corner.
Lynch is a safety.

Signing John Lynch is a nice addition to a young/journeyman secondary. In my opinion, he will not be playing at the same level as 2002 when he was with the Bucs, but with his experience and solid athleticism he should be able to help the Patriots win the Super Bowl. The question is: How fast can he get up to speed in a complicated defense?

Great signing. Personifies what it means to be a Patriot. Can't wait to see JL blitzing Favre and Manning...

Yea Harrison and Lynch can't get any better then that. I love the pats

i like what patriots doing. getting all the rough guys like.
tank ,and lynch get more players like that.

The NFC What Bil Crane?????

Juice... he went to Stanford. He has dished out a lot more than he has taken. My money says he will handle the defensive scheme ok.

The leadership part is critical back there...

I hope this turns out to be true. I've always liked John Lynch.

Yes now we have the tougvhest two guys in the nfl in our defensive secondery Harrison and Lynch. I love Bill Belichick

Listen with harrison n lynch its a betta but slightly slow defense but with tha pass rush we have n jarvis green comin back we should be fine with meriweather enterin his 2nd year he should be ok with movin over 2 corner in som nickel or maybe dime packages he may with lynch movin down 2 line backer in some 3-4 schemes we should be ok

Another great move by the Patriots. Mr. Lynch will not be asked to chase receivers around, he will be crushing them. The younger defenders will do the running on this team. Another quality guy both on and off the field.

It'll be good to have two older, hard-hitting safeties - maybe they can reduce each others' playing time and keep each other healthier this way.

It would have been even crazier in terms of versatility if they'd have gotten Lynch AND Tank Williams had stayed healthy (especially with Tank Williams having taken reps at LB... having said that, I'm not sure if Lynch would have signed here under the impression that he'd get that little of playing time)

He wants to WIN! He is a smart football player who graduated from Stanford. He knows what it takes to win a Super Bowl. He also will be great for the locker room and the community. He may have lost a step but so did Junior and look at the contribution he gave this team. Let's not forget one of Pioli's and BB favorite attributes in a player-CHARACTER. Oh one more thing Ty Law will go to the highest bidder!

Harrison and Lynch = Blood..... they're going to kill people.....Love it..love it...Love it....
Bruno from Atlanta!!!!! Patsfan 4 life

Glad to see another big hitter back there in the secondary. Never can have too many guys who lay the hammer down on each hit. Im guessing that our forced fumbles will increase this year by just a small margin. =p

What are we hearing about Ty Law anything ?

Goodbye Assante !! ha ha ha ha ha With John Lynch addedto our defense
we definetly are a better defense than we were last year....We don't need Law now!!! Now we can start Wheatley in your spot and cover him with Rodney and Lynch ...30 yearsof experience !!!

Gentlemen,

Take this as a sign that BB is preparing the boys for what can only be described as Vengeance Campaign '08.

Slogan "and you thought we were pissed off last year..."

following his firing from the Nebraska Cornhuskers, Bill Callahan was hired as Assistant Head Coach of the New York Jets. I think its awesome for us (Patriots fan). If you remember, he used to be coach for Oakland Raiders..

If more interested, search for "Nebraska Cornhuskers"

i think were gonna hear this a lot this year " the receiver dropped the ball because he heard footsteps"

lynch and harrison together in the same backfield...bill you are an evil geinus...

THE RICH JUST GOT RICHER YAHOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

I definitely wasn't expecting this signing, ok, i not a lynch fan as I think he has been overrated for a few years now.

However, if he is just to backup Harrison as a LB/SS imposing guy, it may work out for the pats. I really don't want to see them together as both safeties, covering is not their strengths.

Its great to have him on our side rather than play against him, he's a tremendous player!

yeeeeeeeeeeea booooooooooooy,pats r goin to smash all compition, so anybody whos not a pats fan u better start praying now

On January 18, 2008, following his firing from the Cornhuskers, Callahan was hired as Assistant Head Coach of the New York Jets. :-) hehehehehehe Good news for Patriots Fan.. for more info read about "Nebraska Cornhuskers".

Has there ever been a better time in Boston sports? People want to play here because they want to win. In the last year or so we've picked up Lynch, Moss, Welker, Thomas, Garnett, Allen, Drew, Dice K, and on and on. If only good players wanted to play for the Bruins.

Fantastic! The Pats have some unfinished business indeed.

Listen with harrison n lynch its a betta but slightly slow defense but with tha pass rush we have n jarvis green comin back we should be fine with meriweather enterin his 2nd year he should be ok with movin over 2 corner in som nickel or maybe dime packages he may with lynch movin down 2 line backer in some 3-4 schemes we should be ok

nice counter-move to Farve's signing...

It'll be good to have two older, hard-hitting safeties - maybe they can reduce each others' playing time and keep each other healthier this way.

It would have been even crazier in terms of versatility if they'd have gotten Lynch AND Tank Williams had stayed healthy (especially with Tank Williams having taken reps at LB... having said that, I'm not sure if Lynch would have signed here under the impression that he'd get that little of playing time)

First off, I really like the signing. That said, I have my doubts. I see shades of 2002. This time it's just the secondary that's either old or unproven. Harrison & Lynch might – emphasis on might – be out of gas (I've thought this about Rodney for the past few years—happy he's proving me wrong...I seem to remember the same thing about Lynch last year, the few times I'd seen the Broncos play). If these guys are not as good as they've been, I'm not at all confident in the rest of backfield. Here's hoping the front seven are the strength they now appear to be, and that the backfield is not called upon that often, because I wouldn't want to rely on them to be the strength of the defense.

Championship!

You can say what you want about their age...if I were a receiver going across the middle Harrison and Lynch would be in MY head...

...and he has a chip on his shoulder

The rich just got richer!!!!!!!1

Super Bowl XLIII, here we come. Can't wait for #4 this year.

Oh my! This defense is getting extremely scary!! 6 ft 6 linebackers, and now the punishing experienced safety corp? Oh YA!! I agree, you thought we were mad last year! Punk us in the Bowl and we'll show you mad!!

I Love You Bill - GO PAT NATION!!!!!! DOMINATE!!!!!

Can't wait to see what kind of wrinkle BB cooks up with both Lynch and Harrison capable of handling the Safety/LB hybrid role

Does Lynch cone with a cane...maybe two for harrison.

John Lynch is a slow past his prime safety who will be an ABSOLUTE liability in pass coverage. There is a reason the Denver Broncos reduced his role and had him on the bench, he has lost several steps and was frequently targeted last year. He might have some usefullness in situational zone defenses but that is about it. He will be lucky to see the field 10 times a game unless they bring him out as a special teams player, which is probably what he is best suited for at this point in his career.

there we go again another heck of a player to a already allstar team all haters out there get piss again we did it scary no? harrison and lynch on the same team it doesnt get any better then that go pats!from the#1 mexican fan of the patriots

And suddenly coaches of teams that have the misfortune of playing the Pats this year are saying "Uh oh.. forget sacking Brady, we gotta protect our own now". So much for everyone having 'figured out' New England's weakness. ha ha ha. There will be destruction on both coasts this year. And Lynch will return to Raymond James Stadium on Feb. 1!!! Go Pats.

You 18 and 1 Pats fans are so funny!! Didn't you learn something from getting beat by my Super Bowl Champions NY Giants!!! You got another Old on his Last leg Defensive player who can hit a little but can't run. Slow , slow and slower!! I thought you guys were trying to get younger? You can't win in the 4th Qtr with old Defensive players!!! The Super Bowl should have taught you that!! ...LOL

Hey the Jets with Farve are going to spank you guys anyway!!

Good luck I will be back to torment you and rub it in some more!!

From a NY Giants Fan!!...Home of the Reigning Super Bowl Champs!!!!

hey you jr giants fan you dont know about football which team has been the dinasty the las couple years thats what i taught! only the patriots let me tell you this you giants fan they re not even gonna make the playoffs this year dallas is now better and the eagles are getting better this year so does washington so watch and learn what an good team we are att #1 mexican fan

go pats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!am tell you guys whats gonna happen first we re going to win 15 games we may just may lose one and thats gonna be to get the monkey off our backs then we re gonna destroy teams in the afc and after that straight to tampa for another title against one of the poor teams the nfc has to offer just remember my words people !!!!!!!!!! from the #1 mexican fan of the [patriots go pats

go pats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!am tell you guys whats gonna happen first we re going to win 15 games we may just may lose one and thats gonna be to get the monkey off our backs then we re gonna destroy teams in the afc and after that straight to tampa for another title against one of the poor teams the nfc has to offer just remember my words people !!!!!!!!!! from the #1 mexican fan of the [patriots go pats

A couple years too late on Lynch. Back up at best, can't cover anyone...doesn't even tackle that well. Fine line between smart veteran and just old. Lynch is old.