When you look at the Patriots offense, we’ll have to be looking at what’s happening at QB first. They’re clearly aiming to put Brady back in during the fall, but if not, then there will some real experience for the two backup QBs. There are some receivers out there on the team that will be pushing hard to get the team back into the playoffs. 2009 will be a new year for the team and hopefully it will be easier for them to do so. Defensively, the team has changed a lot too, but we wont get into that, except that a lot of the holes have been filled and the team will be able to compete better on that side of the ball too. When the slightly retooled offense takes the field in the fall, it will hopefully be able to readjust to the returning QB and push us to where we were.

So, the two Patriots QBs have been in the news again. Number 1, lets just get this out of the way, Matt Cassel has moved on. He will be playing with the Kansas City Chiefs next year and everyone seems to be fine with it. This suggests that there are no expectations of difficulties with Brady’s knee or anything like that. News number 2: Brady himself has “a new knee and a new wife”. He married his long-time girlfriend, Gisele Bundchen, last week while he was recuperating from his surgery. We wish them well and hope that the recuperation goes very well too!

It seems that someone has been bitten by the love bug! Tom Brady, talented quarterback for the New England Patriots, has dropped hints that he might be tying the knot with his sweetheart Gisele Bundchen. The 30 year old strapping young quarterback revealed to Bridget Moynahan, his ex-beau, that he will soon be going down on one knee and proposing to the Brazilian supermodel. Sources said that Moynahan has expressed her joy and wished Brady all the best. Brady also further said that he wants to introduce Bundchen to his eight month old toddler, and wishes for her to develop a close relationship with his only son.

The New England Patriots released their veteran player Tight End Kyle Brady but, re –signed three of its players. The re-signed players include the long snapper of the team, Lonie Paxton, Tedy Bruschi, the linebacker and Kelley Washington, the wide receiver. The patriots have not disclosed the details regarding the terms and conditions of the contract. Tedy was taken in the 1996 draft from Arizona and this will be his 13th season with the Patriots and was leading the team as captain from the year 2002. Bruschi is one of the best tackles Patriots ever had and he played very well in the year 2007. He has played 176 games and he will be the 10th player of the Patriots to spend more than 13 seasons with the team.

The last season game in which Bruschi was a co –captain allowed only 288.3 yards per game was the least for the Patriots in the past 28 years. Bruschi has a good career record with participation in many contests even in 5 super bowls. For Lonie Paxton this will be his 9th season with the Patriots and has played more than 125 games in his career. The field goal unit rate of Patriots has increased because of Lonie’s consistency in the game.

Tom Brady took part in a full team practice at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona, for the first time since before the AFC Championship. He took part in all team drills, including jogging however his angle was taped and there was a noticeable limp. A report suggested that the passing game had been a little on the rough side.

The New York Giants had a game with New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII pits two big-market teams against each other. Some sports books thought the Indianapolis Colts vs. Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI would crack $100 million last year. Caesars and the Hilton installed the Patriots as 14-point favorites as soon as Giants kicker Lawrence Tynes drilled his game-winning field goal.

The Patriots are in fact the first team to go 16-0. This was one of their best seasons. They really made the most and best off-season moves. The reason of their great success is connected with a series of important acquisitions that the team made during the season. They acquired Randy Moss, Wes Welker and Adalius Thomas, plus worked out a deal with Asante Samuel. Of course, they also had Tom Brady. Very soon this football team gained a well-deserved fame of a Super Bowl favorite.

It was a perfect regular season for the Patriots but the team are not going to rest. In fact, New England still has much to play for. The Patriots have won 17 consecutive regular-season games last year, one shy of their NFL record of 18 in a row set in 2003-04. As for the players, quarterback Tom Brady needs four touchdown passes to reach the league record of 49 set by Manning in 2004. Or, say, Randy Moss is three scoring receptions away from Jerry Rice who marked of 22 set in 1987. So, the team as a whole and its separate members has much to strive for. Let’s hope that the new season will bring much joy to the Patriots and its fans.