I said there'd be more, so here it is.
Joey Galloway played the last 5 years in Tampa Bay. In 2004 he missed 6 games, he also missed significant time last year playing in only 9 games, thus his stats were lower. From '05-'07 he played in 15-16 games and had over 1000+ yds receiving and averaged 16 yds per catch. He will definitely take some pressure off Randy Moss and give Tom Brady another target, yeah like he needs more, but sometimes more is better.
Andrew Walters, okay, I'm not even going to give stats on this guy, he played for Oakland for 4 years and didn't fair well, but who does, he only played in 15 games in 4 years, but in his defense Oakland was a horrible team. You can't throw a football when you're on your back. His most productive year was '06, where he played in 12 games and was sacked 46 times. He's in a new system now, but I hope he doesn't play except in blow out games. .
Ron Brace is a rookie defensive tackle, second round pick out of Boston College. I don't know much about him, so most of this info is from the scouting report. He is a big man at 334lbs. Does a terrific job against the run and can collapse the pocket. A powerful tackler and show ability to shoot the gap. He does have some weaknesses, but I won't get into those as I want to stay positive and hope he can overcome those in time. Oh yeah, he's from my hometown of Springfield, Mass.
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I've always thought that Bill Belichick was the best evaluator of talent and that hasn't changed. What has changed is the look of the Patriots roster,with the return of Tom Brady, this team is just itching to get back in action. Some new faces may not seem like the ones to take this team to the Super Bowl, but I never second guess Mr. Belichick. New cornerback Leigh Bodden is not a household name, I hadn't even heard of him. He played for Cleveland until he was traded to Detroit in '08, but hold that against him, he can also play special teams. He had 73 tackles, 3 FF, and 1 interception for Detroit.
Fred Taylor is another new player, though better known for his play with the Jacksonville Jaguars, where he has spent his entire career until coming to N.E. From '02-'08 he has had only 2 years that he didn't rush for over 1,000 yrds+. He is excited to come to play for the best team in the NFL and the most classy organization, okay that last part was all me, but he will give relief to Laurence Maroney and Kevin Faulk.
There's more to come so state tuned.
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