Galloway stable with Pats
New Patriots wide receiver Joey Galloway said that after being released by Tampa Bay on Feb. 25 he wanted to find a new team that could offer a chance at a Super Bowl ring and stability at the quarterback position.
Galloway, a 14-year veteran, believes he found that team in the Patriots.
Galloway's insistence that stability at the QB spot was a huge factor in his decision is yet another sign that Tom Brady should be fine in '09.
"I've been a fan of his for a long time," Galloway said of Brady. "I've been a fan of the team, of the organization, Mr. Kraft, from top to bottom. I've always looked forward to an opportunity to get into a situation with like I said stability at quarterback, which has always been something I've hoped for and going into this opportunity I looked for in my decision-making. Once the opportunity came to have a chance to play with Tom Brady, I don't think you can do any better than that."
In a conference call with the New England media, Galloway said he's never really had the opportunity to work with the same QB.
"Really looking back through my entire career, in my 14 seasons I think my count is at 23 quarterbacks have thrown me passes at this point, so I haven't had real quarterback stability in many places that I've been. So, with Tom Brady being the guy here, absolutely I am looking forward to that. That's just been the case my entire career."
The 37-year-old, who played in just nine games last season, said he's fully recovered from the foot injury that caused him to miss a signficant amount of time.
"Yes, the injury was a bone situation. It happened early in the season. It was a six-game injury. It's completely done, and yeah, the foot is fine."
The speedy Galloway has played in 185 career games with 169 starts and has 682 receptions for 10,710 yards (15.7 avg.) and 77 touchdowns. His 15.7 yards per catch career average is the highest of any active NFL player with 300 or more receptions (Randy Moss is second at 15.66).
But Galloway, owner of six 1,000-yard seasons, will likely be a third receiver for the Patriots behind Moss and Welker, and he'll have to compete with Greg Lewis for playing time.
He's fine with that.
"My goal going into every season -- with this being my 15th season, and it has not changed -- is to be prepared to do whatever the team might ask me or need me to do to win football games," Galloway said.
"I never go into a situation looking at it like where am I slotted as far the receivers on a particular team. In this case, this is a very talented offense. There are a lot of playmakers on this offense. My focus is to when I get there to be prepared and to be ready to the best of my ability to do whatever they ask me to do. If that is being third, fourth, fifth [receiver] it does not matter to me. My goal again is just to be ready for whatever and help the team win games."
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Galloway sounds like he will fit in nicely with New England!! Hes a team player and thats what the Patriots are about!! Welcome to the Team Galloway!!
I only wish Ron Borges could post something here to make us all fell lousy! The sweetness and light is blinding me!!
man I hope thisguy pans out. That would be great. Robert Carl Parisien Natick MA
If he's healthy, you have to like it. All that experience, all those catches. Even at age 37, he has to be one of the fastest, if not the fastest guy on the team. I hated to see Jabar Gaffney leave, but that's the NFL, and Galloway certainly has the resume to fill the spot.
He won't stay healthy for very long if he has to break off patterns to come over the middle because Randy is running all the deep routes.
the Pats are gunna love Joey, he is still a great receiver and was a class act here in Tampa . we will miss him here in Tampa ,but the Pats are my original home team so Im glad he went there if he cant be a buc.
ANOTHER PRODUCTION RECEIVER...SWEET!!
I'm sure they will also engage in a lot of Michigan-Ohio State trash talk.
Brady will have a record setting year. The Pats just keep making incredible moves low cost moves. I can't wait for the season to start.
Brady will have a record setting year. The Pats just keep making incredible moves low cost moves. I can't wait for the season to start.
he's a good guy and had a good career and i watch the bucs as my #2 team so i've seen alot of him but he's 37...he's coming off an injury and is going to slow down eventually but if he comes back to 2007 form look out...
Imagine Joey and Moss leaving the line together and crossing sometimes...sometimes not.....how do you stop that?
mhsslo.....Don't forget Welker up the middle or Taylor from the backfeild!
Nice to have a nother professional mature leader on the team
Perfect opportunity for Galloway... look, he's a class act, a hard worker. Rice could play at this age because he worked so hard, but had to be declining motivationally in addition to the physical side. Galloway might not be Rice, but being on the Patriots, must feel like he's finally playing for what he's dreamed of all along. Same story as Dillon. Gas left in the tank, as long as the motivation is there... and I bet there's as much as ever! This is why I'm so excited about this aquisition (and Fred Taylor). For a paltry few million in cap space, these great veterans of the game really make me look forward to this next season.
Very exciting move, and even assuming that he lost a step, he's not being asked to be a No. 1 or No. 2, which means he'll see a lot of time off the field as well to keep healthy hopefully.
Galloway is 38 years old. Exactly how is he going to help the Patriots?
This must be a great move -- even the PATHOLOGICAL PESSEMIST -- GICK did not have anything bad to say!
I refuse to believe a 37 year old receiver can run a 4.3 forty yard dash, as claimed by Galloway. All these names (Springs, Taylor, Baker, Galloway) all seem nice on paper, but mark my words: 75% of them will be on IR or on the PUP list before September is over.
The Patriots won titles because the young guys they drafted (Branch, Givens, Wilson, Samuel, Seymour, Wilfork, Warren, Graham) all stepped up at different times from 2001-2004. The Patriots have not closed the deal lately because they depended on old guys (mostly on defense) .
i think it's a great move for a number 3 reciever. he has never been a problem anyplace he has played. still very fast and will certainly keep the defence honest.
classless is obviously clueless - stick to bowling & knitting dude - you're embarassingyourself on this blog
patriots tha best road two perfection once again only difference is we gonna achieve it this year
I just want the Patriots and my favorite player Randy Moss to win the Super Bowl. It sounds like Galloway would like that too.Let's hope next year is great , especially now that we have Tom back and he can throw the deep ball and between defenders , too.
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