Tom Brady expects to play in preseason
FOXBOROUGH -- Quarterback Tom Brady's injured left knee is progressing to the point that he should be on the field for preseason games.
In a wide-ranging group interview, Brady was asked if he thinks he'll play in the preseason, and if he'll push to play.
"Yeah, I think I'll play," he said. "Last year, it wasn't like I wasn't supposed to play. I would have loved to have played, but some circumstances came up where I couldn't. I think it's really important for a quarterback to be out there playing. If you're the leader of the offense, you have to be out there leading in the preseason and the practices. I'm excited for those games, because I think we can make improvements in those games."
Brady has been wearing a black knee brace that extends below his jersey pants. He said he has a comfort level with the brace, as he is able to forget that he is wearing it when on the field.
“It’s the last thing I’m thinking about out here,” he said, while standing on the sideline of one of the team’s practice fields.
Asked if the brace has restricted him in any way, he joked: “Like I’ve gone from slow to slower? That’s possible. But that doesn’t matter much for me.”
Brady said that he is not thinking about the knee when he practices.
“I’ve kind of made a concerted effort to move on. That was last season. This is this season. I don’t think about it. I think it’s been a great learning experience for me. I’m using it as a positive. Hopefully I can go out this year and be a great quarterback for this team.”
In terms of his receiving corps, Brady touched on the timing he’s working to develop, starting with Randy Moss.
“It’s easy to have great chemistry with Randy, he’s the best receiver probably to ever play the game,” he said. “You just have to throw it where he’s running, because he’s usually open. We spent a lot of great time this offseason, also with Wes [Welker], Joey [Galloway] was here a lot, Greg [Lewis] was here a lot. I feel like we’ve got off to a really good start. But this is really when it all begins.
"Randy, when he's out here, he's one of the hardest working guys we have. He's so fun to have on the team. He's a great teammate. We have a great relationship. There has been a lot of trust that has been built up over the last few years. I look forward to being back on the field with him."
Brady noted that head coach Bill Belichick has emphasized a crisper preseason than 2008.
“We were 0-4 and didn’t play particularly well in any phase of the game, and this year he wants to put a lot of emphasis on us getting out and being prepared, so that when those [regular-season] games come, we can build on those [preseason] games,” he said.
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well we have a great qb, 4 amazing receivers, 4 good rb's, a faithful running back (Kevin Faulk), defense is looking pretty good thus far, let see if we can sweep the NFL and take the record too 19-0 this year to shut-up the Giant fans. What do you SAY!!! New England Patriots ALL THE WAY!!!!!
Red Sox who?? I LOVE FOOTBALL AND EVERYTHING ABOUT THE GAME!! 19-0... I LIKE IT!!!!
Michael Vick arrived in Logan this morning - must be for a reason ;)
Ry, I Hear You, I Hear You!! Go Patriots. I Love You Tom Brady Smack!! :)
We also have a brand new defensive backfield, questionable depth at linebacker, tons of rookies, and an unhappy Wilfork and probably Seymour. Plus guys on the O-Line working in either the last year of their contract or second to last year of their contract. I love the Patriots, but for all their strengths, there's still question marks. When there's active discussion about 37-38 year old Willie McGinest, and last year you employed Rosie Colvin and Junior Seau, and you traded Mike Vrabel, you have to know that everything isn't set in stone. There's question marks.
IT WILL NEVER SHUT UP US GIANT FANS!! WE TOOK IT FROM YOU AND YOU CAN NEVER TAKE IT BACK!! HAHA!! G-I-A-N-T-S GIANTS!!!!!!!!!!!
Hear hear!!
Like anything could ever shut up Giants fans before or after they got lucky. Go back to NY effin' knucklehead!
for you information, i'm not from NY. So who is the effin' knucklehead now dumb a$$. luck has nothing to do with beating a sorry a$$ team like the patriots. what was lucky was them going 18-0 before being beat by the best team in the nfl.
Well, you should be from NY. The place is loaded with a-holes. You'd fit right in!
@ Giants R #1
Congrats on a great Superbowl win. Having celebrated three as a fan myself this decade, I know how sweet they are. The hating is just sad, though dude. I expect it from Jets fans, but I didn't think Giants fans were that desperate for attention.
at least my team doesn't need to cheat to win. enough said. put an asterick next to any patriot win since bellacheat has been a head coach.
Today is a sad day in Boston, buit if there is one thing that does unite Boston fans it's that NEW YORK S@#KS. That will never change and you can't get that stink off of you.....
The Giants won fair and square. The name of the game is scoring more points than your opponent, so... that discussion is a moot point.
However... as a Pats fan, understand that the Giant's victory was roughly equivalent to losing the NBA title on a last second 60 footer. The 42 yard pass to Tyree couldn't be duplicated again if you ran it 1000 times, not to mention Manning's insane sudden ability to evade a crushing pass rush... and all of that happened on third down.
Now I ain't crying about it, but facts are facts. Brady shredded the Giants defense when it mattered most. That is an indisputable fact. Asante Samuel should have had a gimme INT on the final winning drive... 9 out of 10 people would agree, instantly turning Manning from hero to goat (threw it right to him!)
Also a fact: the Giants won, and hats off to them. But rational people on both sides of the aisle understand that in truth, it was by the very slimmest of margins. Still, a win is a win, and they deserved it.
jack, sorry but Ry at the top started it by his comments. we are all passionate about our teams and i don't need to see comments about shutting us up. i'm not really desperate for attention, just passionate.
yea cheatriots asterisks ive heard it all i dont care i hope we cheat more and more and rack up the ships baby bellacheat is the greatest coach ever regardless of wt some ignorant retard from ny thinks ur all the same no one likes u u all have no class is pretty pathetic go pats b!tch
joe, say hi to David Ortiz for me. Cheating, Steroid using new england teams. talk about stink. i can smell it from here.
Hey, at least I know how to spell ASTERISK.
#16 it is great that you want to be known as a cheat and everything. i'm glad you made your point. as i pointed out before i am not from NY, maybe the people there are ignorant retards but i will out wit you any day buddy. so go f your cousin you insestuous dill rod.
i'm sure you do know how to spell asterisk, you need it for every team that comes out of new england. b!tch.
sorry, i have to go now. it seems as though a single NY fan has now beaten a bunch of new england fans. pathetic!! a bunch of you can't even out wit one new york giants fan. by cheaters!!!!!!!!
Yeah, David Ortiz and only Red Sox players used roids in baseball the last 30 years. Get to college at all, kid? Wow.
I can smell the envy from here.
Hahhah.. Why are Giants fan in boston news? this is weird.
Talk about Steroids and New England teams?....LOOK AT YOUR STINKING $$S YANKEES!
Oh come on......yes, NY won the Super Bowl. Did they play well? Yes. Did the Pats play well? Yes. This is a game of gladiators, and often the team that has the ball last will win. The players do their best, and sometimes their tremendous athleticism allows for "miracle" plays. But in the end, they made theirs, and we didn't make ours. These facts have been typed about in the posts before mine. However, the Giants couldn't repeat, which the Pats did earlier in the decade. The Patriots are still one of the teams to beat in the AFC, and if they get to the Super Bowl, will have another great chance to win. Let's hope for a rematch!!!
Barstool Sports scooped all you Globe hacks. VICK IS IN FOXBORO AS WE SPEAK MEETING WITH THE PATS!!!!!!!!
Viva la Stool!
IT WILL NEVER SHUT UP US GIANT FANS!! WE TOOK IT FROM YOU AND YOU CAN NEVER TAKE IT BACK!! HAHA!! G-I-A-N-T-S GIANTS!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by GIANTS R #1 July 31, 09 01:19 PM
>> its called. and teh person who caught teh touchdown is fighting to stay out or prison.
I JUST STARTED TOGET ON THESE SITES DUE TO AMPUTATED LEG AND BOREDOM OF HEALING ON DRUGS THAT DUE MOREHARM THEN GOOD.I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT ALL SPORTS STARS CHEAT AT SOMETHING .A LITTLE OR ALOT TAKE STAROIDS BECAUSE THE GUY YOUR PLATING AGAINST IS AND YOU NO THEY WORK AND LIKE IN MICHEAL EVINGS 4TH AND LONG SOME OF THESE POOR BLACK GUYS HAVE ONE CHANCE ONLT AND I DONT BLAME THEM TO DO WHATEVER THEY HAVE TO ,TO BE EQUAL WHEN THEY KNOW KNOWING ELSE BUT GANGS DRUGS OR SPORTS.HOLD ON NOT ALL JUST SAY ALOT OF THESE TALENTED GUYS SO DONT HAVE THE RIGHT GROUP SUPPORT AROUND AND WANT TO GE OUT .YOU HAVE TO BE IN A SITUATION OF NOWAY OUT LIKE MY LEG WHEN U THEN DO WHATEVER U HAVE TO SURVIVE JUST PAIN.RICKY HENEDERSON IS GOING TO BE OUTED FOR STEROID USE TUESDAY ESPN.JUST FOR GET TESTING THERE R JUST AS MANY STEROID BLOCKERS AND WAYS TO SHEAT THE TEST THEN THERE R TEST SO NO MATTER WHAT PEOPLE WILL USE BECAUSE THEY HAVE A FINANTIAL ADVANTAGE FOR A SHORT 10 YRS TO CASH IN .THE GUYS JUSTBUSTED FOR STEROIDS DONT GO TO JAIL AND STILL R THE HIGHEST PAID SO WHAT THE HARM NOTHING HAPPENS TO THEM THEY STILL GET 10 TO 20 MILLION A YEAR WITH AN ASTERICK WHO CARES IF YU HAVE 200 MILLION IN THE BAK
I moved here from Dallas,and I wish the Patriot's the best this year.It's great that Brady is back. It would be nice to see the Pats win it all.They deserve it. They've got a great team with alot of class, and I think that they will continue to be so for a long time. I see New England as becoming a dynasty like teams of the past, Green Bay 60's, steelers 70's, 49ers 80's,Cowboy's 90's. The Patriots will be back! I haven't had a favorite pro team to root for a few years (sick of Jerry Jones and what the Cowboys have become,) So I'll just root for New England. As for all the NY fans all I can say is Go Cowboys!
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