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PATRIOTS CLOSE THE PRESEASON AGAINST THE GIANTS

MEDIA SCHEDULE (2-1) at (1-2) MONDAY, AUGUST 30 Thurs., Sept. 2 2010 ¹ New Meadowlands Stadium (82,500) ¹ 7:00 p.m. EDT

12:15 p.m. Press Conference The New England Patriots will close out the preseason against the New York in the Red Level Press Box Giants for the sixth straight season when they travel to face the Giants in the New 12:40 p.m. Practice Meadowlands Stadium. The game will be the first of two September visits to the New Approx. 2:30 p.m. Player Media Availability Meadowlands Stadium. New England will play at the Jets on Sept. 19. TUESDAY, AUGUST 31 The Patriots closed out their history at (1976-2009) with a 17-10 12:15 p.m. Bill Belichick Press Conference overall record against the , a 2-1 record against the Giants in the in the Red Level Press Box regular-season and a 1-3 record against the Giants in preseason play. 12:40 p.m. Practice In last season’s preseason finale, QB helped the Patriots overcome a Approx.2:30 p.m. Player Media Availability 21-0 first quarter deficit by going 18-of-25 for 242 yards with a to rally 6:00 p.m. Patriots Charitable Foundation the Patriots to a 38-27 win over the Giants at . Kickoff Gala (Fidelity Investments East Clubhouse) BROADCAST INFORMATION

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 TELEVISION: This week’s game will be broadcast by the Patriots Preseason Team Walkthrough – No Media Availability Television Network and can be seen in every New England state as well as Eastern

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 Canada, Alaska and Hawaii. The network's flagship station is WBZ-TV Channel 4 in 7:00 p.m. Patriots at New York Giants . Veteran CBS broadcaster Don Criqui provides play-by-play and is joined by three-time NFL Pro Bowler and CBS analyst Randy Cross. Steve Burton will serve FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 as the sideline reporter, while former Patriots QB will serve as an on- 5:00 p.m. Conf. Call with Bill Belichick field analyst

2010 PATRIOTS SCHEDULE RADIO: 98.5 FM, The Sports Hub, is the flagship station for the Patriots Radio PRESEASON (2-1) Network. A complete listing of the network’s 36 stations can be found in this press Thurs., Aug. 12 W 27-24 release. Play-by-play broadcaster is in his 34th season as the voice of the Thurs., Aug 19 at Atlanta W 28-10 Patriots and will call the action along with Patriots Hall of Famer . Thurs., Aug. 26 St. Louis L 35-36 Santos and Cappelletti are celebrating their 27th season as a tandem. Thurs., Sept. 2 at N.Y. Giants 7:00 WBZ FIRST NFL GAME TO BE BROADCAST IN 3D REGULAR SEASON Verizon’s local FiOS TV customers will be able to watch the game between the Sun., Sept. 12 Cincinnati 1:00 CBS Patriots and Giants in 3D, provided that they have a 3D TV. It will be the first NFL Sun., Sept. 19 at N.Y. Jets 4:15 CBS game broadcast in 3D. “This is the next major step in our development of 3D Sun., Sept. 26 Buffalo 1:00 CBS experiences for our FiOS TV customers,” said Terry Denson, vice president of content Mon., Oct. 4 at 8:30 ESPN strategy and acquisition for Verizon. “Broadcasting the first 3D NFL game delivers on Sun., Oct. 10 BYE WEEK our promise to FiOS customers to provide superior TV offering, including 3D, HD and Sun., Oct. 17 1:00 CBS VOD programming, as well as interactivity that cable can’t match.” Since only a small Sun., Oct. 24 at San Diego 4:15 CBS number of customers own 3D TV sets, Verizon is setting up events for fans to watch Sun., Oct. 31 Minnesota 4:15 FOX the game on a 3D TV. Sun., Nov. 7 at 1:00 CBS GILLETTE STADIUM UNVEILS HIGH DEF VIDEO BOARDS Sun., Nov. 14 at 8:20 NBC The Patriots unveiled new high definition Daktronics LED video boards that were Sun., Nov. 21 Indianapolis 4:15 CBS* installed during the offseason to enhance the in-stadium game day experience. The Thurs., Nov. 25 at Detroit 12:30 CBS two screens--41.5-by-164-feet in the south end zone and 45-by-100-feet in the north Mon., Dec. 6 N.Y. Jets 8:30 ESPN end zone--total five times the size of the original screens. It would take 1,700 Sun., Dec. 12 at Chicago 1:00 CBS* televisions to fill those dimensions using a standard 37” HDTV. The new video boards Sun., Dec. 19 Green Bay 8:20 NBC* also provide much greater resolution, with the ability to display more instant replays Sun., Dec. 26 at Buffalo 1:00 CBS* and an array of graphics, including live statistical updates and out-of-town scores. Sun., Jan. 2 Miami 1:00 CBS* The video boards utilize more than 5 million individual LED pixels that offer superior PATRIOTS MEDIA WEBSITE brightness in direct sunlight, with the capability of showing up to 4.4 trillion shades The Patriots’ media-only website, located at of color. The image clarity also greatly enhances the wide-angle visibility of the http://media.patriots.com, will be updated for screens from inside the stadium. “This type of video board simply didn’t exist eight registered users throughout training camp with all years ago when the stadium was built,” said Patriots President Jonathan Kraft. “The the latest media information, schedules, rosters resolution is incredible. It is amazing to see how far the video technology has come and press releases. The media site will also serve in the past decade.” as the team’s primary credentialing system again MEDIA CONTACTS in 2010. PATRIOTS MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE: 508-384-4203 PATRIOTS 2010 MEDIA GUIDE Stacey James, Vice President of Media Relation,[email protected],508-384-9105 The Patriots 2010 Media Guide will be online and Aaron Salkin, Asst. Director of Media Relations, [email protected],508-326-6870 updated throughout the season. Media can access Christy Berkery, Media Relations Assistant, [email protected],508-549-0518 the media guide at www.patriots.com. Jeff Cournoyer, Director of Corporate Communications, [email protected],508-549-0492 PATRIOTS VS. GIANTS

SERIES HISTORY MEMORABLE PATRIOTS-GIANTS MATCHUPS The Patriots and Giants will meet for Aug. 15, 1971— The Patriots defeated the Giants 20-14 in the the 20th time in the preseason and for opening preseason game at the old . the sixth straight year in the Dec. 21, 1996— The Patriots rallied from a 22-3 fourth-quarter preseason-finale. deficit to clinch a first-round playoff bye with a 23-22 win at This week’s game will be the Giants Stadium. Patriots first-ever visit to the New Meadowlands Stadium, which made its Aug. 10, 2001— New England began its first debut on Aug. 16 when the Giants championship season with a 14-0 preseason shutout of the defending NFC champion Giants. played the Jets in a Jets home game. The Patriots will make their regular- Dec. 29, 2007— The Patriots defeat the Giants by a thrilling season debut at New Meadowlands 38-35 score to cap off the first 16-0 regular season in NFL Stadium on Sept. 19 when they travel to face the Jets. history. Overall, the Giants hold a 11- February 3, 2008— The Patriots faced the Giants in Super 8 advantage in the preseason Bowl XLII in Glendale, Ariz. The Giants 17-14 win snapped the series. The Patriots claim a 5-3 Patriots perfect season. edge in the regular season play and have won four straight regular- CONNECTIONS season games against the Giants ¾ Patriots Bill Belichick was a member of the since 1996. The clubs have been Giants’ coaching staff for 12 seasons, filling such roles as frequent preseason opponents special teams and coach as well as defensive recently, squaring off in the coordinator. He also won two Super Bowl Championships in preseason openers for three 1986 and 1990, respectively. straight years from 2001-03 and resuming the series in 2005 ¾ Belichick and Giants Head Coach coached when they started to meet in the preseason-finale. together with the Giants from 1988-1990. Coughlin was the Preseason – New York 11, New England 8 team’s wide receivers coach during his tenure. ¾ Patriots C and Giants G and DE Date Result Score H/A Stadium 08/15/71 W 20-14 H Schaefer Stadium were teammates at Boston College for 08/27/72 L 10-31 H Schaefer Stadium the 2001-02 seasons. 08/12/73 L 7-13 H Schaefer Stadium ¾ Kiwanuka was also a defensive teammate at Boston 08/11/74 L 6-21 H Schaefer Stadium College with Patriots DT from 2004-05. 08/10/75 L 14-28 H Schaefer Stadium ¾ Giants LB Zack DeOssie’s father, Steve DeOssie, was a 08/01/76 W ot 13-7 H Schaefer Stadium member of the Patriots defensive corps from 1994-95. 08/06/77 W 19-3 A Giants Stadium ¾ Patriots CB and Giants T William Beatty 08/03/84 L 20-48 H Sullivan Stadium were four-year teammates at the University of Connecticut 08/16/87 L 17-19 H Sullivan Stadium from 2005-08. 08/12/89 L 17-20 H Sullivan Stadium ¾ Patriots G Ryan Wendell and S James Sanders and 08/24/91 W 24-6 H Foxboro Stadium Giants TE were teammates at Fresno State 08/10/01 W 14-0 H Foxboro Stadium during the 2004 season. 08/10/02 L 19-22 A Giants Stadium ¾ Patriots LB Eric Alexander and Giants CB 08/07/03 W 26-6 H Gillette Stadium were defensive teammates at Louisiana State University from 09/01/05 L 3-27 H Gillette Stadium 2001-03. 08/31/06 L 23-31 A Giants Stadium 08/30/07 W 27-20 H Gillette Stadium ¾ Patriots NT and S 08/28/08 L 14-19 A Giants Stadium and Giants S were Hurricanes teammates 09/03/09 W 38-27 H Gillette Stadium from 2002-03. ¾ Furthermore, Meriweather and Patriots WR Darnell Regular Season – New England 5, New York 3 Jenkins and Giants WR , DT Dwayne Date Result Score H/A Stadium Hendricks, CB Bruce Johnson and S 10/18/70 L 0-16 H spent time together on the Miami sidelines for the 2005 09/22/74 W 28-20 A Yale Bowl season. 11/08/87 L 10-17 A Giants Stadium ¾ Patriots LB Pierre Woods and P Zoltan Mesko and Giants 12/30/90 L 10-13 H Foxboro Stadium WR played together for the University 12/21/96 W 23-22 A Giants Stadium of during the 2005 season. 09/26/99 W 16-14 H Foxboro Stadium 10/12/03 W 17-6 H Gillette Stadium ¾ Patriots LB Derrick Burgess and Giants QB 12/29/07 W 38-35 A Giants Stadium were teammates at Mississippi during the 2000 season. ¾ Patriots WR Sam Aiken and Giants FB Madison Playoffs – New York 1, New England 0 Hedgecock were members of the same offensive unit at Date Result Score H/A Stadium North Carolina from 2001-02. 02/03/08 L 14-17 N U. of Phoenix Stadium ¾ Additionally, Patriots WR and Giants WR lined up together on offense from 2006-08. NEW ENGLAND TIES ¾ Patriots TE , Aiken and Nicks all served as a In the decades leading up to the founding of the American co-captain for the Tar Heels while attending the university. Football League in 1960, many football fans in New England ¾ Patriots G and Giants G Dennis Landolt followed the Giants, a franchise founded in 1925. New England- and DT all suited up for Penn State from 2005-06. based NFL outfits such as the Providence Steam Roller (1925- ¾ Patriots DL and Giants DT Rocky Bernard 31), the Boston Redskins (1932-36) and the Boston Yanks lined up together on the Texas A&M defensive line from (1944-48) folded or moved away, leaving the Giants as the 1999-2001. closest NFL team to New England until the Patriots franchise inaugurated play in the 1960 season.

PATRIOTS VS. GIANTS

CONNECTIONS (continued) MOST FREQUENT PRESEASON OPPONENTS ¾ Patriots LB Thomas Williams and Giants WR Steve The Patriots and Giants will meet for the 20th time this week, Smith and CB were teammates at the tying the Giants with Washington as the Patriots' most common University of Southern California 2004-06. preseason opponent. The only team the Patriots have played ¾ Patriots CB Devin McCourty and Giants WR Tim Brown more often in the preseason is the Redskins (20 times). matched up against one another at Rutgers’ practices for PATRIOTS MOST FREQUENT PRESEASON OPPONENTS four years, from 2006-09. Team Games W L Last ¾ Patriots LB Gary Guyton and DT and Washington Redskins 20 13 7 2009 Giants LB helped bolster Georgia Tech’s 19 10 9 2009 defensive unit together from 2004-05. New York Giants 19 8 11 2009 TALE OF THE TAPE ANNUAL ACHIEVEMENTS 2009 Regular Season New England N.Y. Giants The Patriots won more than half of their games in 2009 for the Record 10-6 8-8 ninth straight year after finishing with a 10-6 record. They are Divisional Standings 1st 3rd the first team to win more than half of their games in nine Total Yards Gained 6,357 5,856 Total Offense (Rank) 397.3 (3) 366.0 (8) straight seasons since free agency began in 1993. The Patriots Rush Offense 120.1 (12) 114.8 (17) are the fifth team to win more than half of their games in nine Pass Offense 277.3 (3) 251.2 (11) straight seasons since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger, joining the Points Per Game 26.7 (6) 25.1 49ers (16 straight from 1983-1998), the Cowboys (16 straight Total Yards Allowed 5,123 5,198 from 1970-85), the Raiders (11 straight from 1970-80) and the Total Defense (Rank) 320.2 (11) 324.9 (13t) Rush Defense 110.5 (13) 110.8 (14) Steelers (9 straight from 1972-80). The Patriots have now won Pass Defense 209.7(12) 214.1 (15) nine or more games in 13 of the 16 seasons has Points Allowed/Game 17.8 (5) 26.7 owned the team. Possession Avg. 32:55 31:34 Sacks Allowed/Yards Lost 18/104 32/227 PATRIOTS HAVE MOST 9-PLUS WIN SEASONS Sacks Made/Yards 31/229 32/237 SINCE 2001 Total Scored 50 46 The Patriots are the only team in the NFL to have recorded nine Penalties Against/Yards 81/743 95/802 or more wins in each of the last nine seasons. Punts/Avg. 57/39.0 64/40.7 Turnover Differential +6 -7 MOST SEASONS OF 9+ WINS SINCE 2001 LAST REGULAR SEASON MEETING: New England ...... 9 Indianapolis ...... 8 PATRIOTS 38, GIANTS 35 Philadelphia ...... 7 December 29, 2007 ¹ Giants Stadium (Att: 79,110) Pittsburgh ...... 7 1 2 3 4 Final New England Patriots 3 13 7 15 — 38 WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN 2010 New York Giants 7 14 7 7 — 35 ¾ Moss enters 2010 in sixth place on the NFL’s all-time receiving The Patriots improved to 16-0 with a 38-35 win over the New yards list with 14,465 yards and needs 744 receiving yards in York Giants and in doing so became the fourth team in the 88- year history of the NFL to finish the regular season undefeated 2010 to move into second place all-time, behind Jerry Rice and untied. threw two touchdown passes and totaled (22,895). Ne needs 535 receiving yards to become the third 356 yards to lead New England to a come from behind win at player in NFL history with 15,000 receiving yards. Jerry Rice Giants Stadium. With the win, the Patriots set a new NFL record (22,895) and Isaac Bruce (15,208) are the only two other for consecutive regular season wins. players to accomplish the feat. LAST REGULAR PRESEASON MEETING: ¾ Moss enters the 2010 season in tenth place on the NFL’s all- PATRIOTS 38, GIANTS 27 time list for receptions with 926. He needs 74 receptions in September 3, 2009 ¹ Gillette Stadium (Att:68,756) 2010 to become just the seventh player in NFL history with 1 2 3 4 Final 1,000 career receptions. New York Giants 21 3 0 3 — 27 New England Patriots 0 14 10 14 — 38 ¾ Moss enters 2010 with in fourth place in NFL history with 149

Rookie QB Brian Hoyer earned a roster spot with an impressive overall touchdowns. He needs one more touchdown to outing against the New York Giants in the 2009 preseason-finale. become the fourth player in NFL history with at least 150 Hoyer started and played the entire game against the Giants, touchdowns. He needs two to join Jerry Rice as the only helping to lead the Patriots to a 38-27 win while completing 18- players to top 150 TD catches. of-25 passes (72 percent) for 242 yards and a touchdown and ¾ Moss has recorded 1,000 receiving yards in a season 10 times compiling a 115.8 . Hoyer helped to rally the in his 12-year career. Moss can join Jerry Rice (14) as the only Patriots from a 21-0 first-quarter deficit and a 27-24 fourth- players in NFL history with 11 seasons with 1,000 receiving quarter deficit, directing touchdown drives of 80 yards and 64 yards in the final stanza. Hoyer connected on two long passes to yards. set up Patriots scores. Hoyer and WR Greg Lewis connected on a TOM BRADY th 32-yard completion in the second quarter, giving the Patriots a ¾ Tom Brady enters 2010 30 on the NFL’S all-time passing first-and-goal at the 1-yard line and setting up BenJarvus Green- yard list with 30,844 yards. He needs 2,618 yards to move Ellis's 1-yard touchdown to cut the Giants' lead to 24-14. Sam into the top 20. Aiken and Hoyer connected on a 48-yard pass play in the fourth ¾ Brady and 100 regular-season wins. 97 and needs three wins quarter to help set up a 1-yard touchdown run by Green-Ellis in to become the 11th NFL QB to reach 100 wins. the fourth quarter to give the Patriots a 31-27 lead. Green-Ellis secured a roster spot after gaining 125 yards rushing on 29 carries with three touchdown runs, including a 32-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.

LAST WEEK: PATRIOTS-RAMS

RAMS 36, PATRIOTS 35 BRANDON TATE SCORES ON A 97-YD KICKOFF August 26, 2010 ¹ Gillette Stadium RETURN 1 2 3 4 Final WR Brandon Tate opened the game with a 97-yard kickoff return St. Louis Rams 7 13 7 9 — 36 for a touchdown. The last time the Patriots returned the opening New England Patriots 7 7 7 14 — 35 kickoff for a touchdown in a regular-season game was on Dec.

St. Louis kicked a at the buzzer to give the Rams 5, 2004, when WR had a 93-yard kickoff return a 36-35 victory over the Patriots at Gillette Stadium. at Cleveland. The last time the Patriots returned a kickoff for a The Patriots had rallied from a 27-14 deficit to a 35-27 touchdown in the regular-season was when CB had a lead on QB Tom Brady's touchdown passes of 65 yards to WR 95-yard kickoff return at Oakland on Dec. 14, 2008. Tate holds Randy Moss and QB Brian Hoyer’s 5-yarder to WR Sam Aiken the NCAA career record in combined kick and . with 11:14 left in regulation. Hoyer’s go-ahead touchdown pass He also holds the ACC career records for career kickoff returns was set up by an from S Brandon McGowan that and kickoff return yards. was returned 38 yards to the St. Louis 10-yard line. PRESEASON RETURNS The Rams fought back with a touchdown and a field goal Tate’s 97-yard kickoff return is the third return of 50 yards or in the final five minutes to claim the win. more for New England in the 2010 preseason. Rookie CB Devin Other than Brady, who completed 18 of 22 passes for 273 McCourty had a 52 yard return and a 50 yard return in the first yards, and rookie , who caught two of preseason game vs. New Orleans (8/12). Brady's three touchdown passes, the Patriots struggled for most GRONKOWSKI SCORES TWICE of the night. Rookie TE Rob Gronkowski finished the game with two St. Louis led in time of possession, 43:46 to 16:14, and in touchdown receptions and leads the team with three offensive yards, 462-288. The Patriots' offense didn't get a first touchdowns in the 2010 preseason. He caught a touchdown down until 3:10 remained in the first half and finished with 12. pass for the second straight week when he caught a short pass Their defense gave up 30. from Tom Brady in the second quarter and dragged a defender The Patriots grabbed the lead when WR Brandon Tate the final five yards to the end zone for a 14-yard touchdown. He took the opening kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown. also had a 20-yard touchdown catch from Brady in the fourth With the starting units playing until the fourth quarter, the quarter. At Atlanta, Gronkowski caught a 24-yard pass from Patriots appeared to re-group from the rough start when they backup QB Brian Hoyer in the fourth quarter. scored on four consecutive series, from the last possession in MCGOWAN INTERCEPTION SETS UP A SCORE the first half through the first in the second half. S Brandon McGowan intercepted a pass by Rams QB Thaddeus St. Louis QB , the first pick in the 2010 NFL, Lewis in the fourth quarter and returned it 38 yards to give the draft was 15-of-22 for 189 yards with two touchdown passes to Patriots possession at the Rams’ 10-yard line, setting up a short rookie TE Michael Hoomanawanui to help the Rams take a 17-7 New England touchdown drive. McGowan has two career lead in the second quarter. in regular season play, both while playing for WR made his first start of the preseason and Chicago in 2007. finished with two receptions for 41 yards. A BACKUP PLAN Gronkowski made the highlight reel when he caught a Backup QB Brian Hoyer entered the game in the fourth quarter pass from Brady and dragged a defender the final five yards and completed one of three passes for five yards and a before reaching over the goal line for a touchdown that closed touchdown. Hoyer hit WR Sam Aiken for a 5-yard touchdown in the gap to 20-14 at halftime. the fourth quarter to give the Patriots a 35-27 lead. St. Louis was 11-of 17 on third downs and converted a PATRIOTS SCORE ON FOUR STRIGHT DRIVES fourth-down attempt in the fourth quarter to set up a The Patriots scored touchdowns on four consecutive drives, touchdown. reaching the end zone on their final full offensive possession of BRADY PLAYS WELL the first half and scoring touchdowns on their first three drives QB Tom Brady started the game and played through the first of the second half. series of the fourth quarter. He finished 18-of-22 (81.8 percent) MCCOURTY AND SPIKES START AGAIN for 273 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions for a For the third straight week first-round pick CB Devin McCourty passer rating of 158.0. In his regular season career, Brady has and second-round pick LB started on defense. only had a better passer rating once – on Oct. 21, 2007 at

Miami, when he posted the only perfect rating of his career WELKER RETURNS TO (158.3). WR Wes Welker returned to the starting lineup against the Rams and caught two passes, including a 39-yarder. Welker made his BRADY TO MOSS 2010 preseason debut in Week 2 at Atlanta. Brady completed a 65-yard touchdown pass to WR Randy Moss BOODEN AND GUYTON RETURN TO ACTION in the third quarter. Last season, Brady had three touchdown CB Leigh Bodden and LB Gary Guyton made their 2010 passes of 60 or more yards, including a season-long of 81 yards preseason debuts after missing the first two preseason games. to WR Sam Aiken at Miami (12/6/09).

MOSS GOES LONG Moss caught three passes for a team-high 74 yards, including a 65-yard touchdown pass. In 186 career regular season games, Moss has 16 touchdown catches of 60 or more yards and 22 receptions of 60 or more yards. Last season Moss had a 71-yard touchdown vs. Miami (11/8/09) and a 63-yard touchdown at Indianapolis (11/15/09).

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

STREAKING 2009 ACCOMPLISHMENTS (continued) 3 15 The number of consecutive seasons Randy Moss has recorded The number of times Tom Brady has earned AFC Offensive 10 or more touchdown catches to become the first Patriots Player of the Week honors, after earning the award for his 378- player with three seasons of 10-plus TD catches. He had 23 in yard passing effort in the Patriots’ come-from-behind 25-24 win 2007, 11 in 2008 and an NFL-leading 13 in 2009. His nine on opening week vs. Buffalo, a six-TD effort vs. Tennessee and seasons of 10 or more touchdowns tie Jerry Rice for the NFL vs. Jacksonville after setting a record for best completion record. percentage (.885). 3 30 Wes Welker and Randy Moss became the first Patriots to have The number of regular season 300-yard passing games by Tom back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons in 2008 and stretched that to Brady, a new team record. Brady’s seven 300-yard games in three straight 1,000-yard seasons after both went over 1,000 2009 moved him past (26) for the team record. yards in 2009. 31 3 Tom Brady became the 31st player to eclipse 30,000 yards The number of seasons that Wes Welker has reached 100 passing plateau in his career. Brady reached the milestone at receptions and 1,000 receiving yards to join Marvin Harrison (4), Miami (12/06/09) and now has 30,844 career passing yards. Jerry Rice (3), Herman Moore (3) and (3) as 64 the only players to catch 100 passes and have 1,000 receiving The number of 100-yard receiving games by WR Randy Moss, yards in three consecutive seasons. which ranks second in NFL history to WR Jerry Rice’s 76 100- 3 yard receiving games.

The number of consecutive seasons that the Patriots’ offense THE KRAFT ERA has finished in the top five after finishing third in 2009, fifth in 3 2008 and first in 2007. The number of Super Bowl championships the Patriots have won 6 since Robert Kraft purchased the team in 1994. That mark is the The number of times in NFL history that a team has had two highest total in the NFL over that span. Only Denver (2; 1997 players go three straight seasons with 1,000 yards receiving and 1998) and Pittsburgh (2; 2005 and 2008) have won multiple after Randy Moss and Wes Welker completed their third straight Super Bowl titles since 1994. season with over 1,000 yards receiving in 2009. 5 7 The number of conference championships the Patriots have won The number of NFL receivers who have reached 14,000 receiving since Robert Kraft purchased the team in 1994. That mark is the yards. Randy Moss became the seventh player to reach the highest total in the NFL over that span. Pittsburgh is second with milestone in 2009 and now has 14,465 receiving yards. three conference titles since 1994. 7 17 The number of seasons that Tom Brady has passed for more The number of playoff games the Patriots have won since Robert than 3,000 yards to tie the team record with Drew Bledsoe. Kraft purchased the team in 1994. That mark is the highest total 9 in the NFL over that span. Pittsburgh ranks second with 15 The number of consecutive seasons in which the Patriots have playoff wins over that span. won nine or more regular-season games. They are the only team 25 in the NFL to have won at least nine games in each of the last The number of playoff games the Patriots have appeared in nine seasons entering 2010. since 1994. The mark is the highest in the NFL, ahead of the 23 172 games played by Pittsburgh. The number of consecutive home games the Patriots have sold THE BELICHICK ERA out. The streak includes every preseason, regular-season and 4 playoff game since the 1994 regular-season opener. Bill Belichick is one of just four coaches to win three 2009 SEASON ACCOMPLISHMENTS championships since the Super Bowl era began. Belichick joins 3 three members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in the exclusive The number of times Tom Brady has passed for 4,000 or more club (Chuck Knoll 4, Joe Gibbs 3 and Bill Walsh 3). Belichick is yards in a season after his team-record third 4,000 yard season the only coach to win three Super Bowls in the post-1993 salary in 2009. His 4,398 passing yards last season are second to the cap era and the only one to ever win three in four years. team-record 4,806 yards passing he had in 2007. 107-37 5 The Patriots’ regular-season record since 2001 under Head The number of times that Brady has finished a season with 25 or Coach Bill Belichick. Under Belichick, the Patriots have won 74.3 more touchdowns after closing out the 2009 season with 28 percent of their regular-season games, recording the highest touchdown passes. He is tied with Drew Brees for the fifth most winning percentage of any major American professional sports seasons with 25 or more touchdowns. team over that span. 10 The number of seasons that Randy Moss has reached 1,000 PATRIOTS HALL OF FAME yards receiving. He joins Jerry Rice (14 seasons) as the only 4 players in NFL history to record 10 seasons with at least 1,000 The number of Patriots Hall of Famers that are also in the Pro receiving yards. Football Hall of Fame (John Hannah, , 11 and ). The number of NFL receivers who have reached 900 career 15 receptions. Moss became the 11th player to reach the milestone The number of players in the Patriots Hall of Fame following the and now has 926 career receptions. induction of former RB Sam “Bam” Cunningham. 5,453 The number of rushing yards Cunningham accumulated during his career to become the Patriots’ all-time leading rusher.

ROBERT KRAFT NEWS & NOTES

Since Robert Kraft purchased the SINCE ROBERT KRAFT PURCHASED THE TEAM IN 1994… team in 1994, the Patriots have TOTAL VICTORIES SINCE 1994 (Incl. Postseason) experienced one of the most New England Patriots ...... 183 dramatic turnarounds in the history ...... 175 of sports. In 16 seasons of ...... 171 ownership, Kraft has transformed ...... 171 one of the league’s least successful ...... 161 Philadelphia Eagles ...... 155 clubs into what many observers view as a model NFL franchise. In WINNING PERCENTAGE SINCE 1994 (Incl. Postseason) the five seasons immediately Team W L T Pct. preceding his purchase (1989-93), New England Patriots 183 98 0 .651 the Patriots were a moribund team, winning just 19 of 80 games Pittsburgh Steelers 175 103 1 .629 (.311 pct.) and recording the worst record in the NFL over that Green Bay Packers 171 106 0 .617 Indianapolis Colts 171 107 0 .615 span. When he bought the franchise on Jan. 21, 1994, Kraft Denver Broncos 161 108 0 .599 announced his intention to bring a championship to New Philadelphia Eagles 155 120 2 .563 England, a tall order considering the team’s previous success 151 120 0 .557 rate. But under Kraft’s leadership, the Patriots have won nine division titles, five conference crowns and three Super Bowl SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONSHIPS SINCE 1994 New England Patriots ...... 3 championships. The Patriots have made five Super Bowl Pittsburgh Steelers……………………………………...... 2 appearances since Kraft purchased the team, a period during Denver Broncos ...... 2 which no other NFL franchise has earned more than three 9 Teams ...... 1 berths. Pre-Kraft Kraft Era CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS SINCE 1994 1960-93 1989-93 1994-09 New England Patriots ...... 5 Overall Record 225-276-9 19-61 183-98 Pittsburgh Steelers ...... 3 Winning Pct. .450 .311 .651 Denver Broncos ...... 2 Super Bowl Titles 0 0 3 Green Bay Packers ...... 2 Conference Titles 1 0 5 St. Louis Rams ...... 2 Division Titles 3 0 9 Indianapolis Colts ...... 2 Playoff Seasons 6 0 11 New York Giants ...... 2 Playoff Record 4-6 -- 17-8 14 Teams ...... 1

Home Playoff Games 1 0 12 PLAYOFF VICTORIES SINCE 1994 Home Playoff Record 0-1 -- 11-1 New England Patriots ...... 17 A CHAMPIONSHIP TRADITION Pittsburgh Steelers ...... 15 The Patriots, the Lakers and the San Antonio Spurs Green Bay Packers ...... 11 are the only teams from the four major professional sports Philadelphia Eagles…………………………………………………… 11 leagues to have won at least three titles since 2001. Indianapolis Colts ...... 11

MULTIPLE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS SINCE 2001 PLAYOFF GAMES PLAYED SINCE 1994 Team League Titles New England Patriots ...... 25 Los Angeles Lakers…………………………..NBA……………………………. ... 4 Pittsburgh Steelers ...... 23 New England Patriots ...... NFL ...... 3 Indianapolis Colts...... 22 San Antonio Spurs ...... NBA ...... 3 Green Bay Packers ...... 21

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME/SERIES APPEARANCES SINCE 1994 Philadelphia Eagles ...... 21 Team League Appearances Denver Broncos ...... 13 ...... 13 New York Yankees ...... MLB ...... 7 Los Angeles Lakers ...... NBA ...... 7 PLAYOFF SEASONS SINCE 1994 Detroit Red Wings ...... NHL ...... 6 Indianapolis Colts ...... 12 New England Patriots ...... NFL ...... 5 New England Patriots ...... 11 San Antonio Spurs ...... NBA ...... 4 Green Bay Packers ...... 11 New Jersey Devils ...... NHL ...... 4 Philadelphia Eagles ...... 10 SELLOUT STREAK Pittsburgh Steelers ...... 9 In the early 1990s, the Patriots seemed destined for relocation ...... 9 until Robert Kraft’s purchase of the team rejuvenated local PLAYOFF WINNING PERCENTAGE SINCE 1994 interest. In 1991, the season ticket base was just 17,635, barely Team W L Pct. enough to support the club. Now, the season-ticket base stands ...... 5 ...... 2 ...... 714 at a capped total of 61,759 and more than 50,000 fans are on a New England Patriots ...... 17 ...... 8 ...... 680 waiting list. The Patriots have sold out 171 consecutive home Pittsburgh Steelers ...... 15 ...... 8 ...... 652 games (dating back to the 1994 regular-season opener). ...... 5 ...... 3 ...... 625 SUCCESS STORY ...... 8 ...... 5 ...... 615 Denver Broncos ...... 8 ...... 5 ...... 615 Since Robert Kraft purchased the team in 1994, the Patriots ...... 6 ...... 4 ...... 600 have been one of the NFL’s elite franchises. Over the first 16 ANNUAL ACHIEVEMENTS seasons of Kraft’s ownership, the Patriots own the NFL’s highest The Patriots have won more than half of their games for the winning percentage and have won more Super Bowl titles, more ninth straight year after finishing the season with a 10-6 record. conference championships and more playoff games than any They are the first team to win more than half of their games in other NFL team. The Patriots have now won 9 or more games in nine straight seasons since free agency began in 1993. The 13 of the 16 seasons that Robert Kraft has owned the team. Patriots are the fifth team to win more than half of their games

in nine straight seasons since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger, joining

the 49ers (16 straight from 1983-1998), the Cowboys (16

straight from 1970-85), the Raiders (11 straight from 1970-

80) and the Steelers (9 straight from 1972-80).

BILL BELICHICK NEWS & NOTES

THE HEAD COACH AMONG THE GREATS Overall Record: 163-97 (.627) Coach Belichick has recorded 163 career wins and is one of 15 Regular Season: 148-92 (.617) coaches in NFL history to win 160 or more games. Belichick Postseason: 15-5 (.750) owns a career winning percentage of .627, which is fifth all-time, With Patriots overall: 126-52 (.708) behind (.682), Don Shula (.666), Curly Lambeau Overall since 2001: 121-41 (.747) (.630) and Joe Gibbs (.629). Super Bowl Titles: 5 (86, 90, 01, 03, 04) Conf. Titles: 7 (86, 90, 96, 01, 03, 04, 07) TOP WINNING PERCENTAGE AMONG HEAD COACHES Division Titles: 14 (75, 78, 86, 89, 90, WITH AT LEAST 150 WINS (INCL. POSTSEASON) 96, 98, 01, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 09) Head Coach Team(s) Years W L T Pct. George Halas CHI 1920-29,33-41,46-55,58-67 324 151 31 .682 Bill Belichick is the only head coach in NFL history to win three Don Shula BAL/MIA 1963-95 347 173 6 .666 Super Bowl titles in a four-year span. He spent 20 years as an Curly Lambeau GB/CHC/WAS 1921-53 229 134 22 .630 assistant coach in the NFL and this is his 16th season as a head Joe Gibbs WAS 1981-92,04-07 171 101 0 .629 coach. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, he is the only man Bill Belichick CLV/NE 1991-95,00-09 163 97 0 .627 NOTE: Winning percentage calculated using current NFL rules, counting a tie as a half-win, half-loss. in NFL history to serve 20 or more seasons as an assistant coach SUPER SUCCESS and at least 15 seasons as a head coach. Over a 100-game span Bill Belichick is one of just four head coaches to win three Super from 2003-08, Belichick directed the team to an 82-18 record, Bowl championships. Belichick is the only coach to win three marking the best 100-game span for any team in NFL history. In Super Bowls in the post-1993 salary cap era. the 2007 season, Belichick led the Patriots to the fourth MOST SUPER BOWL VICTORIES undefeated and untied regular season in the NFL’s 90-year Head Coach Team Titles Seasons history and the first since the NFL established a 16-game Chuck Noll PIT 4 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979 schedule in 1978. He has led the Patriots to the Super Bowl four times and has produced seven division championships, including Bill Belichick NE 3 2001, 2003, 2004 five straight from 2003-07. Belichick’s Patriots teams own the all- Joe Gibbs WAS 3 1982, 1987, 1991 time NFL records for consecutive total victories (21 from 2003- Bill Walsh SF 3 1981, 1984, 1988 04), and established the record for consecutive regular-season NOTE: Sorted by most recent championship. Super Bowls have determined NFL champion since 1966. victories (21 from 2006-08) and consecutive playoff victories (10 PLAYOFF SUCCESS from 2001-05). Belichick owns the second-best postseason Coach Belichick has won 15 career playoff games, a total that is record in NFL history (15-5) and is the winningest NFL head the fifth-highest by a head coach in NFL history. coach since 2001 (121-41). From 2003-04, he directed the MOST PLAYOFF WINS BY AN NFL HEAD COACH Patriots to back-to-back Super Bowl titles while posting Coach Team(s) Wins consecutive 17-win campaigns. Belichick has spent more seasons Tom Landry ...... Dallas Cowboys ...... 20 in the league than any other current NFL head coach, and in that Don Shula ...... Baltimore Colts, ...... 19 time has been a part of five Super Bowl championship teams. Joe Gibbs ...... Washington Redskins ...... 17 His overall record of 126-52 with the Patriots gives him the most Chuck Noll ...... Pittsburgh Steelers ...... 16 victories and the best winning percentage of any head coach in Bill Belichick ...... , New England Patriots .... 15 franchise history. POSTSEASON PROWESS ELITE COMPANY Bill Belichick is the second winningest head coach in NFL playoff Bill Belichick is one of nine NFL head coaches to win three or history, trailing only the legendary , whose name more championships since the league began postseason play in is emblazoned on the Super Bowl trophy. 1933. With the Patriots’ victory in Super Bowl XXXIX, Belichick BEST POSTSEASON RECORDS IN NFL HISTORY joined an exclusive club in which each of the eight other Head Coach Team(s) W L Pct. members has been enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Vince Lombardi GB/WAS 9 1 .900 HEAD COACHES WITH THREE OR MORE NFL TITLES Bill Belichick CLE/NE 15 5 .750 (Listed alphabetically) TOPS IN TEAM HISTORY Head Coach Championship Team(s) Bill Belichick is the most successful head coach in Patriots Bill Belichick New England Patriots history. He has recorded more wins (126) and a higher winning Paul Brown Cleveland Browns percentage (.708) than any of the 13 previous head coaches. Baltimore Colts, New York Jets WINNINGEST HEAD COACHES IN PATRIOTS HISTORY Joe Gibbs Washington Redskins Career Overall Playoff George Halas Coach Years Winning Pct. W-L-T W-L Curly Lambeau Green Bay Packers Bill Belichick 2000-09 .708 126-52-0 14-4 Vince Lombardi Green Bay Packers 1984-89 .554 51-41-0 3-2 Chuck Noll Pittsburgh Steelers 1997-99 .549 28-23-0 1-2 Bill Walsh San Francisco 49ers 1982-84 .529 18-16-0 0-1 BELICHICK’S PATRIOTS RENAISSANCE 1973-78 .529 46-41 0-2 Any successful project requires a sound plan and once head 1961-68 .528 53-47-9 1-1 coach Bill Belichick implemented his design on the Patriots, his 1993-96 .500 34-34 2-2 approach has given him the best record of any NFL head coach 1979-81 .438 21-27 0-0 who has coached at least 40 games since 2001. 1960-61 .368 7-12 0-0 1969-70 .238 5-16 0-0 NFL COACHES’ RECORDS SINCE 2001 Coach Team W L T Pct. BELICHICK WINS 100th REGULAR-SEASON GAME Bill Belichick NE 121 41 0 .747 WITH PATRIOTS Tony Dungy TB/IND 101 41 0 .711 The Patriots’ victory over Oakland on Dec. 14, 2008 was Phillips ATL/DAL 36 18 0 .667 Belichick’s 100th regular-season victory as Patriots head coach. PIT 70 35 1 .665 His 100th victory came in his 142nd regular-season game as head Mike Tomlin PIT 33 18 0 .647 coach. Only three NFL coaches have won their 100th game with a Andy Reid PHI 100 58 1 .632 team in fewer tries – Oakland’s John Madden (136 games), Mike Martz STL 46 29 0 .613 Miami’s Don Shula (137) and Cleveland’s Paul Brown (138).

TOM BRADY NEWS & NOTES

RECORDING SUCCESS BRADY HAD SEVEN 300-YARD GAMES Tom Brady has quarterbacked the Patriots Brady had seven 300-yard games in 2009. He had a streak of to victories in 97 of his 127 career five consecutive 300-yard games snapped at New Orleans. Brady regular-season starts, compiling a .764 set a team record with eight 300-yard games in 2007. The NFL winning percentage and giving him the record for most 300-yard games in a single-season is 10 by Rich best record of any in the Gannon (2002) and Drew Brees (2008). Super Bowl Era (since 1966). Including his BRADY IS PATRIOTS ALL-TIME LEADING PASSER 14-4 record in the playoffs, he is 111-34 Tom Brady passed Drew Bledsoe on an 11-yard completion to (.766) as a starter. Sam Aiken in the third quarter of the New Orleans (11/30) game TOP WINNING PERCENTAGES IN SUPER BOWL ERA to become the Patriots all-time passing leader. (Since 1966, Minimum 50 Starts, Regular Season Only) PATRIOTS ALL-TIME LEADING PASSERS Player Team(s) Years W L T Pct. Player YEARS ATT COMP YARDS Tom Brady NE 2000-09 97 30 0 .764 Tom Brady 2000-09 4,218 2,672 30,844 Roger Staubach DAL 1969-79 85 29 0 .746 Drew Bledsoe 1993-01 4,518 2,544 29,657 SF/KC 1979-94 117 47 0 .713 1975-90 3,593 1,879 26,886 ACTIVE WINNING PERCENTAGE BRADY REACHES 30,000 YARD MILESTONE Minimum 32 Starts (two full seasons), Regular Season Only Brady became the 31st player in NFL history to reach 30,000 Quarterback Team(s) W L T Pct. passing yards with his performance at Miami on Dec. 6, 2009 Tom Brady NE 97 30 0 .764 BRADY HAS 3 TD PASSES OF 80 OR MORE YARDS SD 46 18 0 .719 Brady’s 81-yard TD pass to WR Sam Aiken at Miami on Dec. 6, PIT 60 26 0 .698 2009 was his third pass of 80 or more yards and the third Tony Romo DAL 38 17 0 .691 longest of his career, behind his 91-yard TD pass to WR David IND 131 61 0 .682 Patten at Indianapolis (10/21/01) and an 82-yard TD pass to WR BRADY: OVER 4,000 YARDS AND 25 TDS IN 2009 at Miami (10/19/03). Tom Brady posted his team-record third season with 4,000 200 TOUCHDOWNS yards after finishing with 4,398 passing yards in 2009, second Brady became the 27th player in NFL history to reach 200 only to the team-record 4,806 yards passing he had in 2007. touchdowns with his 36-yard touchdown pass to TE Chris Baker Brady was tied with Drew Bledsoe with two 4,000-yard seasons. in the fourth quarter of the Atlanta game (09/27/09). Brady Brady had 4,110 yards passing in 2005 and a team-record 4,806 reached the milestone in a short period of time. His 225 career yards in 2007. He became the ninth NFL player to have three NFL touchdowns are 20th on the NFL All-Time list. 4,000-yard seasons. NFL RECORD BOOK / FASTEST TO 200 TOUCHDOWN PASSES Brady finished the ‘09 season with 28 touchdown passes for Games Player Team(s) NFL Debut 200th TD his fifth season with 25 or more touchdowns. He is tied with 89 Dan Marino Miami 09/19/83 09/17/89 Drew Brees for the fifth most seasons with 25 or more 106 Peyton Manning Indianapolis 09/06/98 11/21/04 touchdowns. 107 Atlanta/Green Bay 10/27/91 11/15/98 MOST SEASONS WITH 25-PLUS TOUCHDOWN PASSES 116 Tom Brady New England 11/23/00 09/27/09 Peyton Manning 12 Joe Montana 6 121 Baltimore Colts 1956 1963 Brett Favre 11 Tom Brady 5 BRADY’S COMEBACKS Dan Marino 7 Drew Brees 5 Brady has engineered 29 career game-winning performances to TOM BRADY’S RECORD AS A STARTER lead his team to a victory from a fourth-quarter deficit or tie. He Reg. Season Playoffs Total has accomplished the feat 23 times in the regular season and six Overall: 97-30 14-4 111-34 times in the playoffs. Home: ...... 54-10 ...... 8-1 ...... 62-11 TOM BRADY’S GAME-WINNING PERFORMANCES (29) Road: ...... 43-20 ...... 6-3* ...... 49-23* Time RemainingPassing Statistics^ By Yardage Total Date Opp. Score in Reg. Att Cmp Yds TD Int Final 09/14/09 BUF 13-24 5:32 13 11 112 2 0 25-24 Less than 200: ...... 23-12 ...... 3-1 ...... 26-13 12/29/07 at NYG 23-28 15:00 12 8 130 1 0 38-35 200-299: ...... 48-14 ...... 9-2 ...... 57-16 12/03/07 at BAL 17-24 14:25 17 7 113 1 0 27-24 300 or more: ...... 26-4 ...... 2-1 ...... 28-5 11/25/07 PHI 24-28 15:00 16 11 109 0 0 31-28 Other Records 11/04/07 at IND 10-20 9:42 10 8 144 2 0 24-20 On Artificial Turf: ...... 46-4 ...... 4-2 ...... 50-6 01/14/07 at SD* 13-21 8:35 14 9 122 1 1 24-21 Temp. Below 40: ...... 21-3 ...... 8-1 ...... 29-4 12/03/06 DET 13-21 13:07 15 14 101 0 0 28-21 Thanksgiving or later:...... 37-9 ...... 14-4 ...... 51-13 11/26/06 CHI 10-10 14:46 7 6 98 1 0 17-13 11/13/05 at MIA 15-16 2:53 2 2 76 1 0 23-16 Leading at Halftime: ...... 76-7 ...... 10-2 ...... 86-9 10/30/05 BUF 7-16 10:07 4 4 69 0 0 21-16 Leading after 3 Qtrs: ...... 80-5 ...... 9-2 ...... 89-7 10/09/05 at ATL 28-28 3:52 2 2 17 0 0 31-28 Overtime: ...... 6-1 ...... 1-0 ...... 7-1 09/25/05 at PIT 10-13 14:19 12 12 167 0 0 23-20 Final margin <7 pts: ...... 26-5 ...... 6-2 ...... 32-7 02/06/05 PHI** 14-14 15:00 4 2 33 0 0 24-21 Final margin <4 pts: ...... 16-7 ...... 6-1 ...... 22-8 10/03/04 at BUF 17-17 15:00 4 2 8 1 0 31-17 Passer rating >100.0: ...... 49-3 ...... 6-0 ...... 55-3 02/01/04 CAR** 29-29 1:08 5 4 47 0 0 32-29 *-Includes three Super Bowls at neutral sites 01/10/04 TEN* 14-14 15:00 11 6 27 0 0 17-14 11/30/03 at IND 31-31 10:21 6 3 31 1 0 38-34 WINNINGEST COACH/QB TANDEM 11/23/03 at HST 13-20 3:11 14 10 133 1 0 (ot) 23-20 Bill Belichick and Tom Brady are 97-30 (.764) as a head coach- 11/03/03 at DEN 23-26 2:51 4 5 58 1 0 30-26 starting quarterback tandem, marking the best winning 10/19/03 at MIA 13-13 15:00 10 7 147 1 0 (ot) 19-13 percentage of any coach-quarterback tandem since the 1970 10/05/03 TEN 24-27 4:40 1 1 15 0 0 38-30 12/29/02 MIA 13-24 4:59 13 8 69 1 0 (ot) 27-24 AFL-NFL Merger. In the playoffs, the tandem is 14-4 (.778), for 11/10/02 at CHI 19-30 5:16 14 9 116 2 0 33-30 an overall record of 111-34 (.766). 09/22/02 KC 38-38 0:00 5 4 46 0 0 (ot) 41-38 WINNINGEST COACH/QB TANDEMS SINCE 1970 02/03/02 STL** 17-17 1:21 8 5 53 0 0 20-17 (Regular Season Only) 01/19/02 OAK* 3-13 15:00 27 20 138 0 0 (ot) 16-13 Quarterback/Head Coach Team W L T Pct. 12/16/01 at BUF 6-9 5:57 13 9 116 0 0 (ot) 12-9 Tom Brady/Bill Belichick NE 97 30 0 .764 12/02/01 at NYJ 14-16 15:00 7 6 56 0 0 17-16 Ken Stabler/John Madden OAK 60 19 1 .756 10/14/01 SD 16-26 8:48 18 13 130 1 0 (ot) 29-26 Jim McMahon/Mike Ditka CHI 46 15 0 .754 ^-Statistics are from the time noted until the end of the game * Divisional Playoffs ** Super Bowl Peyton Manning/Tony Dungy IND 73 24 0 .753

WR RANDY MOSS NEWS & NOTES

MOSS: ALL-TIME LEADER IN RECEPTIONS PER TD MOSS AMONG ALL-TIME LEADERS Over his 12-year NFL career, Randy Moss Randy Moss is among the NFL’s all-time leaders in two major has averaged one touchdown for every receiving categories – career touchdown receptions and 6.25 receptions, a total that is the best in receiving yards per game. In his 10-plus seasons, Moss has NFL history among any receiver with at caught 148 touchdown passes, second only to Jerry Rice’s 197 least 500 receptions. Moss has caught touchdown receptions. Additionally, Moss has averaged 77.8 148 touchdowns out of 926 career receiving yards per game during his career, a mark that ranks receptions. second in NFL history

ALL-TIME NFL LEADERS / NFL ALL-TIME LEADERS / RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS RECEPTIONS PER TOUCHDOWN Player Years Team(s) TDs (Minimum 500 career receptions) Jerry Rice 1985-2004 SF/OAK/SEA 197 Player Team(s) Years Rec TD Rec/TD Randy Moss 1998-2009 MIN/OAK/NE 148 Randy Moss MIN/OAK/NE 1998-2009 926 148 6.25 Terrell Owens 1996-2009 SF/PHI/DAL/BUF 144 Lance Alworth SD/DAL 1962-1972 542 85 6.38 Cris Carter 1987-2002 PHI/MIN/MIA 130 Marvin Harrison 1996-2008 IND 128 Nat Moore MIA 1974-1986 510 74 6.89 Mark Clayton MIA/GB 1983-1993 582 84 6.93 NFL ALL-TIME LEADERS / RECEIVING YARDS PER GAME Terrell Owens SF/PHI/DAL/BUF 1996-2009 1006 144 6.99 (Minimum 100 Games Played) MOSS IS NFL’S PREMIER TD RECEIVER Player Years Team(s) Gms Yds Yd/G Since entering the NFL in 1998, Randy Moss has caught 148 Andre Johnson 2003-2009 HOU 102 7,948 77.9 touchdown passes, more than any other player over that span. Randy Moss 1998-2009 MIN/OAK/NE 186 14,465 77.8 Since joining the Patriots via trade prior to the 2007 season, 1999-2009 STL/JAX 173 13,382 77.4 Moss has caught 47 touchdowns – also the best in the league Marvin Harrison 1996-2008 IND 190 14,580 76.7 Jerry Rice 1985-2004 SF/OAK/SEA 303 22,895 75.6 over that span. In terms of overall touchdowns (rushing, receiving and returning), Moss has totaled 149 scores since NFL ALL-TIME LEADERS / 100-YARD RECEIVING GAMES entering the league in 1998 (148 via reception and one via punt Player Team(s) Years Gms return), a tally that ranks second only to LaDainian Tomlinson Jerry Rice SF/OAK/SEA 1985-2004 76 (153 touchdowns) over that span. Moss’s 13 receiving Randy Moss MIN/OAK/NE 1998-2009 64 touchdowns in 2009 tied for the NFL lead with Larry Fitzgerald Marvin Harrison IND 1996-2008 59 and Vernon Davis. NFL ALL-TIME LEADERS / GAMES WITH 2+ TD REC. NFL TOUCHDOWN RECEPTION LEADERS SINCE MOSS Player Team(s) Years Gms JOINED THE PATRIOTS IN 2007 Jerry Rice SF/OAK/SEA 1985-2004 44 Player Team(s) Rec Yds TD Randy Moss MIN/OAK/NE 1998-2009 35 Randy Moss NE 250 3,765 47 Terrell Owens SF/PHI/DAL/BUF 1996-2009 30 Larry Fitzgerald ARZ 293 3,932 35 Marvin Harrison IND 1996-2008 29 Terrell Owens DAL/BUF 205 3,236 30 TH Dallas Clark IND 235 2,570 27 MOSS REACHES 1,000 YARDS FOR 10 TIME IND 286 3,919 26 Randy Moss reached 1,000 receiving yards for the third straight th season and the 10 time in his career after finishing the 2009 NFL TOUCHDOWN RECEPTION LEADERS SINCE MOSS with 1,264 receiving yards. He joined Jerry Rice (14 seasons) as ENTERED THE NFL IN 1998 the only players in NFL history with 10 1,000-yard receiving Player Team(s) Rec Yds TD seasons.

Randy Moss MIN/OAK/NE 926 14,465 148 MOSS MOVING UP ALL-TIME LISTS Terrell Owens SF/PHI/DAL/BUF 911 13,495 132 Moss finished with 83 receptions in 2009 and became just the Marvin Harrison IND 965 12,878 114 11th NFL player to reach 900 receptions. He is 10th on the NFL’s Tony Gonzalez KC/ATL 966 11,439 80 all-time reception list with 926 career receptions. He is one of 23 Hines Ward PIT 895 10,947 78 TH players to have at least 800 receptions. MOSS 4 ON NFL’S ALL-TIME TD LIST Moss is fourth all-time in career touchdowns with 149, behind MOSS MOVING UP ALL-TIME LISTS active leader RB LaDainian Tomlinson. Randy Moss currently ranks sixth on the NFL’s all-time receiving NFL’S ALL-TIME TOUCHDOWN LEADERS (*Active Players) yards list with 14,465 receiving yards. He one of just seven Rk Player Season TD players to reach 14,000 yards. Moss moved into the top 10 on 1 Jerry Rice 1985-2004(20) 208 the NFL’s receiving yardage list on Dec. 14, 2008 at Oakland. 2 Emmitt Smith 1990-2004(15) 175 NFL ALL-TIME LEADERS / RECEIVING YARDS 3 LaDainian Tomlinson*2001-2009(9) 153 Rk Player Team(s) Years Yards 4 Randy Moss* 1998-2009(12) 149 1 Jerry Rice SF/OAK/SEA 1985-2004 22,895 5 Terrell Owens* 1996-2009(14) 147 2 Isaac Bruce STL/SF 1994-2009 15,208 6 Marcus Allen 1982-1997(16) 145 3 Terrell Owens SF/PHI/DAL/BUF 1996-2009 14,951 7 1994-2005(12) 136 4 Tim Brown OAK/TB 1988-2004 14,934

TH 5 Marvin Harrison IND 1996-2008 14,580 MOSS HAS 10 CAREER 10-CATCH GAME 6 Randy Moss MIN/OAK/NE 1998-2009 14,465 Moss had 10 catches in the win vs. Atlanta on Sept. 27, 2009 7 James Lofton GB/OAK/BUF/STL/PHI 1978-1993 14,004 th making it his 10 game with 10 or more catches. The 10-catch 8 Cris Carter PHI/MIN/MIA 1987-2002 13,899 performance was Moss’s second of 2009 – he tied a career high 9 Henry Ellard LA(N)/WAS/NE 1983-1998 13,777 with 12 catches in the 2009 season-opener vs. Buffalo 10 Torry Holt STL/JAX 1999-2009 13,382 (09/14/09). Moss now has three 10-catch games with New MOSS GOES LONG England. Moss had a 55-yard reception and a 63-yd TD reception at MOSS TIES RICE FOR MOST 10-PLUS TD SEASONS Indianapolis on Nov. 5, 2009. It was the fourth time in his career Randy Moss scored on a 13-yard touchdown pass in the second that he has had two or more 50-yard receptions in the same quarter at Buffalo on Dec. 20, 2009 to record his 10th touchdown game. He once scored three 50-yd touchdowns (51, 56 and 56) of the season. Moss now has nine 10-plus touchdown seasons to (11-26-98 at Dallas). tie Jerry Rice for the most NFL seasons with 10-plus receiving touchdowns.

WR WES WELKER NEWS & NOTES

WELKER LEADS NFL IN RECEPTIONS SINCE 2007 WELKER HAS 3rd BEST RECEIVING TOTAL IN Wes Welker leads the NFL with 346 PATRIOTS HISTORY receptions since the start of 2007. He is Welker totaled 192 receiving yards against the Jets (11/22/09), the first player to reach 300 receptions the third-best single game receiving yard total in the 50-year in his first 40 games with a new team. history of the Patriots. Welker led the NFL in receptions in 2009 MOST RECEVING YARDS IN A GAME IN PATS HISTORY with 123, despite missing two games Yds. Player Date Opp W/L Score early in the year and part of the season- 214 10/03/99 at CLE W 19-7 finale due to an injury. 193 Terry Glenn 12/06/98 at PIT W 23-9 2007-PRESENT NFL REC. LEADERS 192 Wes Welker 11/22/09 NYJ W 31-14 Player Team Rec. Yds TD WELKER TIES NFL RECORD FOR MOST 10-PLUS Wes Welker NE 346 3,688 15 CATCH GAMES IN A SEASON WITH SEVEN Brandon Marshall DEN 307 3,710 23 Welker had his seventh 10-plus reception game of the 2009

season with 13 vs. Jacksonville (12/27) to tie the NFL record for 2009 RECEPTION LEADERS most 10-plus reception games in a single season. Andre Johnson Player Team Rec. of Houston had seven 10-plus reception games in 2008. The 10- Wes Welker NE 123 th Steve Smith NYG 107 plus receptions against the Jaguars marked the 11 time in his Brandon Marshall DEN 101 career that Welker had reached 10 or more receptions in a WELKER: 7.5 CATCHES A GAME SINCE 2007 game. Wes Welker is averaging 7.5 receptions per game since joining PATRIOTS MOST GAMES WITH 10-PLUS CATCHES Player No. of 10-plus reception games for the Patriots New England in 2007. His 7.5 average is the highest in the NFL Wes Welker 11 during that time. 5 MOST RECEPTIONS PER GAME SINCE 2007 Troy Brown 5 (Minimum-20 games) WELKER GOES OVER 100 RECEPTIONS IN 2009 Player Team Average Wes Welker New England Patriots 7.5 Wes Welker’s 10-catch game vs. Carolina on Dec. 13, 2009 Andre Johnson 6.7 pushed him over 100 receptions for the third straight season. He Brandon Marshall Denver Broncos 6.7 joins Marvin Harrison (4), Jerry Rice (3), Herman Moore (3) and WELKER FINISHES WITH SECOND MOST Brandon Marshall (3) as the only players to catch 100 passes in RECEPTIONS AND SECOND HIGHEST three consecutive seasons. Welker owns the Patriots three highest single-season reception totals with 123 in 2009, 112 in AVERAGE IN NFL HISTORY in 2009 2007 and 111 in 2008. Welker led the NFL with 123 receptions in 2009, despite WELKER PILES UP YARDS missing two games due to injury and part of the season-finale Wes Welker (1,175 in 2007 and 1,165 in 2008) joined due to an injury. He averaged 8.8 receptions in the 14 games he Randy Moss to become the first Patriots players with back-to- played. The 123 receptions are a Patriots record and match back 1,000-yard receiving seasons and stretched that to three Herman Moore (Detroit in 1995) for the second most receptions straight seasons after breaking the 1,000-yard mark at Miami. in a single season in NFL history, behind Marvin Harrison’s NFL Welker had a career-high in receiving yards with 1,348 in record of 143 receptions in 2002. Welker’s 8.8 catches per game 2009. It is the third highest in team history. Welker has three of in 2009 rank second in NFL history to the 8.9 average set by the top eight receiving seasons in team history. Harrison in 2002. PATRIOTS SINGLE-SEASON RECEIVING YARD LEADERS Welker has had six or more receptions in 26 of his last 30 Player Season Yds Rec. TD regular-season games. He has 18 games with nine or more Randy Moss 2007 1493 98 23 catches since joining the Patriots. His 18 games with nine or 1986 1491 84 10 more catches are the most in Patriots history. Wes Welker 2009 1348 123 4 MOST RECEPTIONS IN A SEASON Randy Moss 2009 1264 83 13 Player Team Year Receptions Troy Brown 2001 1199 101 5 Marvin Harrison Indianapolis 2002 143 Wes Welker 2007 1175 112 8 Wes Welker New England 2009 123 Ben Coates 1994 1174 96 7 Herman Moore Detroit 1995 123 Wes Welker 2008 1165 111 3 Cris Carter Minnesota 1994 122 Cris Carter Minnesota 1995 122 WELKER’S ROUTE TO THE NFL Jerry Rice San Francisco 1995 122 Despite being named the Oklahoma football player of the WELKER LEADS NFL IN YARDS AFTER CATCH year by both USA Today and the Daily Oklahoman, Wes Welker’s Welker leads the NFL in yards after the catch since joining the only scholarship offer came from Texas Tech, and only after a Patriots in 2007. His 733 YAC yards in 2009 were second to player that committed to Texas Tech backed out. Baltimore’s Ray Rice, who had 782. “I was thinking I’d get a scholarship somewhere,” Welker MOST YARDS AFTER THE CATCH SINCE 2007 said. “When it didn’t happen when it was supposed to I was Player Team Yards After the Catch pretty hurt by it.” Wes Welker New England Patriots 2,131 Welker had an impressive collegiate career, accumulating Brandon Marshall Denver Broncos 1,515 259 receptions and eight punts returned for touchdowns. He WELKER SETS CAREER HIGHS AGAINST JETS even won a national award as the best special teams player in Welker had 15 receptions for 192 yards against the Jets on Nov. the country. Despite those accolades, he was passed over in the 22, 2009, setting the Patriots record for most catches in a non- 2004 NFL draft and signed with San Diego as a free agent. He overtime game. made the team, then was cut after the first game. He signed MOST RECEPTIONS IN A GAME IN PATRIOTS HISTORY with Miami soon after and was used just on special teams. He Rec. Player Date Opp W/L Score caught New England’s eye with a 71-yard punt return on 16 Troy Brown 09/22/02 vs. KC W 41-38 (ot) in a game against the Patriots. He was 15 Wes Welker 11/22/09 vs. NYJ W 31-14 acquired by the Patriots in a trade with Miami in 2007.

PATRIOTS NEWS & NOTES

WELKER TIES NFL RECORD FOR FEWEST IS HIGH ON THE CHARTS INDIVIDUAL GAMES PLAYED TO Kevin Faulk has filled various roles since REACH 100 RECEPTIONS joining the team in 1999. He is the Welker reached 100 receptions in his 11th game of the 2009 Patriots all-time leader in all-purpose season to tie Marvin Harrison for the fewest individual games yards with 12,140. He ranks fifth in played to reach 100 receptions in a season in NFL history. rushing (3,505), fourth in receptions Harrison caught 100 passes in his first 11 games of the 2002 (418), eighth in pass receiving yards st season en route to an NFL-record 143 catches. (Welker missed (3,605), 21 in scoring (200), sixth in two games in 2009 due to injury). total punt return yards (932) and first in WELKER GOES OVER 100 YARDS kickoff return yards (4,098). Faulk owns Welker had a career-high six 100-yard games in 2009 and has the longest non-touchdown kickoff return in team history when 14 for his career. His previous high for most 100-yard games in he covered 95 yards on a return against the New York Jets a season was four in 2007 and 2008. (11/15/99). MOSS AND WELKER: FIRST TIME IN PATS PATRIOTS LEADERS / ALL-PURPOSE YARDS ALL-TIME Player Years ALL-PURPOSE YARDS HISTORY TWO PLAYERS HAVE 12 CATCHES Kevin Faulk 2001-09 12,140 Moss and Welker each hauled in 12 catches for the Patriots in Stanley Morgan 1977-89 11,468 the first meeting in 2009 against Buffalo (9/14), with each player Troy Brown 2001-07 11,053 tying the team’s fifth-highest single-game reception total. It is 1984-92 8,184 the first time in team history that two players have had at least He is one of just six NFL players this decade to total 3,000 12 catches in the same game. The last time the Patriots had two rushing yards and 3,000 receiving yards. (Tiki Barber, Brian or more players with at least 10 catches in the same game was Westbrook, Marshall Faulk, Michael Pittman and LaDanian on Nov. 13, 1994, when Leroy Thompson had 11 catches, Ben Tomlinson. Coates had 10 and Michael Timpson had 10 catches in a 26-20 FAULK IS THIRD ON ALL-TIME YARDS FROM overtime win over Minnesota. SCRIMMAGE MOSS AND WELKER GO THREE STRAIGHT YEARS Faulk is third on the Patriots all-time list with 7,110 yards from WITH 1,000 YARDS EACH scrimmage.

Welker and Moss became the first Patriots players to have three PATRIOTS LEADERS / YDS FROM SCRIMMAGE ALL-TIME straight 1,000-yard seasons (2007-09). It is the sixth time in NFL Player Years Rush-Yd Rec.-Yd Yd/Scrim. history a team has had two players go three straight seasons Stanley Morgan 1977-1989 21-127 534-10352 10479 with 1,000 yards. Moss was part of another tandem to 1973-1982 1385-5453 210-1905 7359 accomplish the feat from 1998-2000. Kevin Faulk 2001-09 839-3505 418-3605 7110 TEAMS WITH TWO RECEIVERS WITH 1,000 OR MORE YARDS IN Tony Collins 1981-1987 1191-4647 261-2356 7003 THREE STRAIGHT SEASONS (same two players)

New England 2007-09 Randy Moss/Wes Welker Indianapolis 2004-06 Reggie Wayne/Marvin Harrison Faulk has more total yards from scrimmage than any other St. Louis 2000-02 Isaac Bruce/Torry Holt Patriots player since 2001. Faulk has totaled 5,750 yards from Denver 1998-00 Rod Smith/Ed McCaffrey scrimmage (2,708 rushing and 3,042 receiving). Minnesota 1998-00 Cris Carter/Randy Moss FAULK: FRANCHISE RB RECEPTIONS LEADER *Minnesota 1994-97 Cris Carter/Jake Reed Faulk is the Patriots’ all-time leader in receptions by a running * Four Straight back, totaling 418 career receptions. His receiving total ranks WELKER HAS THREE STRAIGHT 100 CATCH AND fourth on the Patriots’ overall receptions list. He is the 26th 1000 YARD SEASONS in NFL history to reach 400 receptions. Welker registered his third straight season with at least 100 RECEPTIONS BY PATRIOTS RUNNING BACKS receptions (123) and 1,000 receiving yards (1,348) in 2009. Only Player Years Rec. four other NFL players have had three consecutive seasons of at Kevin Faulk 1999-2009 418 least 100 receptions and 1,000 yards receiving: Marvin Harrison Tony Collins 1981-87 261 )4, 1999-02), Brandon Marshall (3, 2007-09), Herman Moore (3, Sam Cunningham 1973-79,1981-82 210 1995-97) and Jerry Rice (3, 1994-96). 1960-68 185 WELKER AND MOSS AMONG RECEPTION LEADERS Welker led the NFL with 123 receptions in 2009, while Moss tied ACTIVE NFL RB RECEIVING LEADERS for 12th with 83 receptions. Rk Player Years Rec.Yards. NFL/LEADERS IN RECEPTIONS 1 LaDanian Tomlinson (San Diego) 2001-09 3,955 1. Wes Welker 123 8. Hines Ward 95 2 Brian Westbrook (Philadelphia) 2002-09 3,790 2. Steve Smith 107 9. Jason Witten 94 3 Kevin Faulk (New England) 1999-2009 3,605 3t. Andre Johnson 101 10. Roddy White 85 OFFENSIVE LINE ALLOWS THE LEAST AMOUNT OF 3t. Brandon Marshall 101 11. Anquan Boldin 84 SACKS IN TEAM HISTORY (IN 16 GAME SEASON) 5t. Reggie Wayne 100 12t. Randy Moss 83 The Patriots offensive line allowed 18 sacks in 2009, the fewest 5t Dallas Clark 100 12t. Sidney Rice 83 in New England history since the NFL moved to a 16-game 7. Larry Fitzgerald 97 schedule in 1978. The previous best was 21 sacks in 2007. WELKER AVERAGED NEARLY 100 YDS PER GAME TOP QB HOME STARTING RECORDS Wes Welker averaged 96.3 receiving yards per game in 2009. Since 2000, an NFL player has averaged 100 or more yards per game only SINCE 1970 MERGER 10 times. Player Team(s) W L T Pct. BRADY GOES DEEP IN 2009 Tom Brady NE 62 11 0 .849 Brady completed two 58-yard passes and an 81-yard pass at Miami Terry Bradshaw PIT 75 14 0 .843 (12/6). It is the first time in his career that he has completed three John Elway DEN 104 25 0 .806 passes of 50 or more yards in the same game. He has five games TB/SF 63 19 0 .768 with two 50-yard completions, including one in 2009. He completed a 63-yard touchdown and a 55-yard pass to WR Randy Moss at Indianapolis (11/15/09).

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FRED TAYLOR AMONG NFL’S BEST PATRIOTS FORCE TURNOVERS Fred Taylor ranks 15th in NFL history The Patriots did not force a turnover against Miami (11/8/09), for most rushing yards with career breaking a streak of 15 straight games with a turnover. That totals of 2,484 carries for 11,540 yards streak had been the longest streak in the NFL. The Patriots and 66 rushing touchdowns in 146 finished +6 in 2009, which was tied for eighth in the NFL. The games. He trails only San Diego’s Patriots are +76 since 1997. Below is a turnover table since the LaDainian Tomlinson (12,490) among 1997 season. active running backs in rushing yards. NFL TURNOVER MARGIN SINCE 1997 Taylor ranks among the NFL’s all-time Rank Team Turnover Margin best in several categories. 1. New England +76 2. Kansas City +70 Rushing yards per game (79.0) 13th th 3. Jacksonville +58 Yards from scrimmage per game (95.3) 16 DOMINANT DEFENSE Rushes of 10-plus yards (330) 5th The Patriots defense finished 11th in the NFL in 2009, eight yards Rushes of 50-plus yards (13) 4th behind the 10th place Washington Redskins. The Patriots defense Yards from scrimmage (13,918) 26th has finished in the top ten 13 times, including five times under Rushing touchdowns (66) 30th Head Coach Bill Belichick. TAYLOR REGISTERS 49th CAREER 100-YD GAME OFFENSE RANKS HIGH Fred Taylor finished with 105 yards rushing on 21 carries in the The Patriots offense finished third in the NFL in 2009 after win vs. Atlanta on Sept. 27, 2009, recording his 49th 100-yard averaging 397.3 yards in total offense. That total is the second rushing game and his first as a Patriot. Taylor’s 49 100-yard highest in team history to the 411.3 yards in total offense per rushing games rank ninth in NFL history and first among active game in 2007. players. MOST TOTAL NET YARDS PER GAME IN TEAM HISTORY MOST 100-YARD RUSHING GAMES/CAREER Year Gm Yds/Gm Year Gm Yds/Gm 1. Emmitt Smith 78 6. Jim Brown 58 1. 2007 16 411.3 5. 1994 16 361.0 2. Walter Payton 77 7. Edgerrin James 57 2. 2009 16 397.3 6. 2004 16 357.6 3. Barry Sanders 76 8. Curtis Martin 57 3. 1978 16 372.8 7. 1981 16 351.4 4. 64 9. Fred Taylor 49 4. 2008 16 365.4 5. 61 10. Franco Harris 47 PATRIOTS ON THE POINT TAYLOR’S AVERAGE IS HIGH The Patriots scored 427 points in 2009 and finished sixth in the Fred Taylor ranks fifth in NFL history with a 4.6 yards per rush NFL with 26.7 points per game. The 427 points are the fourth average among running backs with at least 10,000 yards. Below most in team history. is the all-time list: MOST POINTS SCORED IN A SEASON BY THE PATRIOTS RK PLAYER AVG RK Player AVG 589 in 2007 1. Jim Brown 5.2 4. Tiki Barber 4.7 441 in 1980 2. Barry Sanders 5.0 5. Fred Taylor 4.6 437 in 2004 3. O.J. Simpson 4.7 427 in 2009 Among active NFL running backs, Taylor’s 4.6-yard average trails 418 in 1996 only Carolina’s DeAngelo Williams (5.1), Minnesota’s (4.9), Atlanta’s Michael Turner (4.9), San Francisco’s TOP OFFENSE Frank Gore (4.8) and Jacksonville’s Maurice Jones-Drew (4.7). The Patriots offense finished third in the NFL in 2009. It is the CRUMPLER HIGH IN AVERAGE third straight season that the offense finished in the Top 10. Among active NFL tight ends, Patriots tight end Alge Crumpler Since the 1970 merger, the Patriots’ offense has finished in the ranks second in average yards per reception. top 10 15 times, including five times under head coach Bill Belichick. HIGHEST AVERAGE YARDS PER RECEPTION AMONG ACTIVE TIGHT ENDS Player Rec. Yds. Avg. OFFENSE RK Antonio Gates (SD) 479 6,223 13.0 2009 3 Alge Crumpler (ATL,NE) 367 4,691 12.8 2008 5 Owen Daniels (HOU) 207 2,501 12.1 2007 1 Tony Gonzalez (KC, ATL) 999 11,807 11.8 Dallas Clark (IND) 356 4,188 11.8 DIVISIONAL DOMINANCE BANTA-CAIN SETS CAREER-HIGHS IN SACKS The New England Patriots own a 43-13 (.768) record in regular LB Tully Banta-Cain set a single-game career-high with three season AFC East games since the beginning of the 2001 season, sacks in the win at Buffalo on Dec. 20, 2009 and closed out the compiling the best intra-division record of any team in the NFL 2009 season with a career-high of 10.0 sacks for the season. His over the last eight seasons. The Patriots finished 4-2 in the previous best for a season was 5.5 in 2006 with the Patriots. He division in 2009. had three games in 2009 with at least two sacks and now has NFL’S TOP DIVISIONAL RECORDS SINCE 2001 five games in his career with at least two sacks. The Patriots Team W L T Pct. have now had a player finish the season with double digit sack New England Patriots 43 13 0 .768 Indianapolis Colts 41 15 0 .732 totals 12 times. Banta-Cain’s 10 sacks are the most for the Pittsburgh Steelers 41 17 0 .707 Patriots since ’s 12.5 sacks in 2007. Green Bay Packers 38 18 0 .679

AFC EAST DIVISIONAL RECORDS SINCE 2001 Team W L T Pct. Div. Titles Years New England 43 13 0 .768 7 2001, 03-07, 09 New York Jets 27 29 0 .482 1 2002 Miami 24 32 0 .429 1 2008 Buffalo 19 37 0 .339 0 --- NOTES: The Indianapolis Colts were members of the AFC East in 2001 and compiled a 3-5 divisional record that season. In 2002, the Patriots and Jets both finished with a 9-7 overall record and a 4-2 divisional record, but the Jets claimed the division title by virtue of having a better record against common opponents. In 2008, the Patriots and Dolphins both finished with an 11-5 overall record and a 4-2 divisional record

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PATRIOTS EXTEND WINNING TOUGH AT HOME STREAK OVER BUFFALO The Patriots own an overall record of 59-13 (.819) at Gillette The Patriots extended their winning streak to 13 games over Stadium. Since their state-of-the-art facility opened at the Buffalo (12-20-09). The 13-game winning streak is tied for the beginning of the 2002 season, the Patriots own the NFL’s best fourth longest winning streak in NFL history. record at home. LONGEST NFL SERIES WINNING STREAKS BEST HOME RECORDS SINCE 2002 Team Opponent Win Streak Last Loss Team W L T Pct. Miami Buffalo 20 (1970-79) New England 59 13 0 .819 San Francisco Rams 17 (1990-98) Indianapolis 57 15 0 .792 Miami Colts 14 (1980-87) Pittsburgh 50 19 1 .721 Baltimore 46 20 0 .697 New England Buffalo 13 (2003-current) Philadelphia 48 23 0 .676 Dallas Cardinals 13 (1990-96) San Diego 46 23 0 .667 San Diego Oakland 13 (2003-current) 46 23 0 .667 EVEN STEPHEN Minnesota 44 22 0 .667 Since joining the Patriots as a fourth- NFL’S BEST ROAD WARRIORS THIS DECADE round draft choice in 2006, Stephen Since the start of the 2000 season, the Patriots have the third Gostkowski has connected on 85.1 percent best road record with a 51-29 record, behind Indianapolis. (55- of his regular-season field goal attempts 25) and Philadelphia. (51-28-1), despite a 2-6 road record in (103-for-121), achieving the best field 2009. goal percentage in Patriots history. TEAM RECORD PATRIOTS ALL-TIME LEADERS / Indianapolis 55-25 FIELD GOAL PCT. Philadelphia 51-28-1 (Minimum 50 Attempts) New England 51-29 Player Years FGM FGA Pct. 2006-09 103 121 .851 DOUBLE TROUBLE: CB DEVIN MCCOURTY 1996-05 263 321 .819 After being selected by the Patriots in the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft (27th overall), CB Devin McCourty became part of a CALLING ALL CAPTAINS select group in league history. McCourty’s identical twin brother, Many Patriots once served as team captains while playing in Jason, is a with the , selected in the college, but did you know that certain NCAA schools have named sixth round of the 2009 NFL Draft. The two are now only the more than one current Patriots player or coach as a captain 11th set of twins to play in the NFL. Devin and Jason were during its history? QB Tom Brady, P Zoltan Mesko and Defensive in the Rutgers secondary from 2005-08. Devin Backs Coach Corwin Brown were all selected as captains while redshirted for the 2005 season and therefore was a year behind playing at the , while RB Fred Taylor, DL his brother in eligibility. McCourty is the second twin to suit up and LB Brandon Spikes all served as co-captains for the Patriots, after CB Kato Serwanga was a member of the at the University of Florida during their respective tenures. team from 1998-2000. His twin brother Wasswa played for San Additionally, the University of North Carolina was proud to have Francisco and Minnesota from 1999-2001. According to WR Sam Aiken and TE Alge Crumpler as captains during their McCourty’s mother, the two can only be told apart by tiny scars time with the Tar Heels, and RB Sammy Morris and WR Wes on their faces left by chickenpox. Welker led the Red Raiders as captains while at Texas Tech. ALL IN THE FAMILY: TE ROB GRONKOWSKI ZOLTAN MESKO: COMING TO AMERICA Rookie TE Rob Gronkowski grew up playing football against his Rookie P Zoltan Mesko was born in Timosoara, Romania, on the brothers in the backyard. Now, he has a chance to play against Romania-Hungary border. In 1989, during the communist them in the NFL. Dan Gronkowski, the oldest of the bunch, is revolutions, his family would survive by diving on the floor to currently in his second season as a TE for the , avoid gun shots from the armies. Even after the fall of the Berlin while 23-year old Chris is currently in camp with the Dallas Wall, his parents and he lived in poverty. His family was finally Cowboys as a fullback. The Gronkowski’s are among 27 different able to escape Romania when his father won a sets of brothers currently in the NFL, yet they are the only family Permanent Resident Card (green card) in the Diversity that can claim to have three siblings in the league. If both Rob Immigrant Visa Lottery in 1997. At the age of 11, Mesko came to and Dan make their respective rosters, the two would match-up America. M against one another this Thanksgiving when the Patriots travel MESKO DISCOVERS FOOTBALL to Detroit on Thursday, November 25. An avid soccer player from his days in Romania, Mesko had a READ BETWEEN THE LINES strong leg. It was only when he came to America that he The Patriots teamed up with discovered his leg could take him places. In eighth grade, Mesko Ahern Middle School in was playing kickball in the gym when he kicked the ball so high Foxborough on June 9 to that he broke a light fixture. He was given a choice: pay for the introduce “Read Between the light fixture or play football. With his family still struggling with Lines,” a new program featuring money and football being a more popular sport than soccer at Patriots offensive and defensive his school, the choice was an obvious one—Mesko decided to linemen to promote the school’s play football. His leg would land him numerous Division I “Summer Reading Blitz.” Every Scholarships and admission offers from Ivy League schools. student in attendance received a “Read Between the Lines” From these, Mesko chose to play football at Michigan. playbook and was encouraged to set their personal reading goals of at least two books this past summer. If the 923 students collectively read more than 2010 books over the summer, a Patriots offensive and defensive lineman will return in the fall for another assembly to reward the students. Any student who OTBALL reads at least two books over the summer will also be entered into a drawing for an opportunity to have lunch following the assembly with one of the Patriots linemen.

THE TEAM OF THE DECADE

hen Robert Kraft purchased the New England Patriots in 1994, few would have thought that just 16 years later the franchise would be the undisputed team of the decade in the first decade of the new millennium. Kraft brought a winning vision to the organization and dedicated his resources to building a consistent winner. On Jan. 27, 2000, Kraft hired Bill Belichick to coach the team, and W three months later the team drafted then-unheralded quarterback Tom Brady, putting the final pieces in place for the Patriots to become the most successful NFL team of the 2000s.

THE PATRIOTS’ UNMATCHED NFL SUCCESS FROM 2000-2009

Super Bowl Titles Most Victories in a Season (Inc. Playoffs), 2000-09 New England ...... 3 Team Year W Pittsburgh ...... 2 New England 2007 18 Baltimore ...... 1 New England 2003 17 Indianapolis ...... 1 New England 2004 17 New Orleans ...... 1 Baltimore 2000 16 N.Y. Giants ...... 1 St. Louis 2001 16 Tampa Bay ...... 1 Pittsburgh 2004 16

Conference Titles Indianapolis 2006 16 New England ...... 4 Indianapolis 2009 16 Indianapolis ...... 2 New Orleans 2009 16 N.Y. Giants ...... 2 Pittsburgh ...... 2 Most Victories in a Single Regular Season, 2000-09 10 Teams ...... 1 Team Year W New England 2007 16 Division Titles Pittsburgh 2004 15 New England ...... 7 New England 2003 14 Indianapolis ...... 6 New England 2004 14 Philadelphia ...... 5 Indianapolis 2005 14 Pittsburgh ...... 5 Indianapolis 2009 14 San Diego ...... 5 St. Louis 2001 14 Note: The Patriots also finished tied for the division

lead twice during the 2000s but lost the division title Playoff Games Hosted on tiebreakers in 2002 and 2008. New England ...... 9 Playoff Wins Philadelphia ...... 9 New England ...... 14 Pittsburgh ...... 8 Philadelphia ...... 10 Indianapolis ...... 8 Pittsburgh ...... 10 Indianapolis ...... 9 Major Sports League Titles, 2000-09 Baltimore ...... 8 Los Angeles Lakers NBA 4

Playoff Winning Percentage New England Patriots NFL 3 Team W L Pct. San Antonio Spurs NBA 3 New England 14 4 .777 MLB 2 New Orleans 5 2 .714 Detroit Red Wings NHL 2 Pittsburgh 10 4 .714 Houston Dynamo MLS 2 Arizona 4 2 .667 Los Angeles Galaxy MLS 2 Carolina 5 3 .625 New Jersey Devils NHL 2 Baltimore 8 5 .615 New York Yankees MLB 2

Playoff Games Played Pittsburgh Steelers NFL 2 New England ...... 18 MLS 2 Philadelphia ...... 18 Indianapolis ...... 17 Major Sports Conference Titles, 2000-09 Pittsburgh ...... 14 Los Angeles Lakers NBA 6 Baltimore ...... 13 New England Patriots NFL 4 N.Y. Giants ...... 11 MLS 4 Los Angeles Galaxy MLS 4 Overall Wins New York Yankees MLB 4 (Includes Regular Season and Playoffs) Detroit Red Wings NHL 3 New England ...... 126 New Jersey Devils NHL 3 Indianapolis ...... 124 San Antonio Spurs NBA 3 Pittsburgh ...... 113 Philadelphia ...... 113 Seasons of NFL Playoff Advancement Baltimore ...... 100 Philadelphia ...... 7 Overall Winning Percentage New England ...... 6 (Includes Regular Season and Playoffs) Pittsburgh ...... 5 Team W L T Pct. Baltimore ...... 4 New England 126 52 0 .708 Indianapolis ...... 4 Indianapolis 124 53 0 .701 Green Bay ...... 3 Pittsburgh 113 60 1 .652 Oakland ...... 3 Philadelphia 113 64 1 .638 Seattle ...... 3 Green Bay 98 71 0 .580 New Orleans ...... 3

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2010 PRESEASON OFFENSIVE STATISTICS

WON 2, LOST 1 * RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long TD 08/12 W 27-24 New Orleans 68,756 Morris 11 64 5.8 20t 1 08/19 W 28-10 at Atlanta 66,783 Green-Ellis 23 59 2.6 6t 1 08/26 L 35-36 St. Louis 68,756 F. Taylor 11 54 4.9 28t 1 09/02 at New York Giants C. Taylor 8 39 4.9 8 0 N.E. Opp. Maroney 8 30 3.8 13 2 TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 51 68 Faulk 3 16 5.3 8 0 Rushing 15 23 Clayton 8 8 1.0 12 0 Passing 32 40 Hernandez 1 6 6.0 6 0 Penalty 4 5 Robinson 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0 3rd Down: Made/Att 19/37 23/44 Hoyer 2 -2 -1.0 -1 0 3rd Down Pct. 51.4 52.3 TEAM 76 273 3.6 28t 5 4th Down: Made/Att 0/0 1/2 OPPONENTS 95 334 3.5 12 3 4th Down Pct. 0.0 50.0 * RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TD POSSESSION AVG. 25:42 34:18 Moss 7 128 18.3 65t 1 TOTAL NET YARDS 916 1033 Gronkowski 7 104 14.9 32 3 Avg. Per Game 305.3 344.3 Edelman 7 98 14.0 25 0 Total Plays 165 211 Hernandez 7 72 10.3 21 1 Avg. Per Play 5.6 4.9 Aiken 6 26 4.3 7 1 NET YARDS RUSHING 273 334 Tate 5 62 12.4 20 0 Avg. Per Game 91.0 111.3 Faulk 5 45 9.0 12 0 Total Rushes 76 95 Welker 4 61 15.3 39 0 NET YARDS PASSING 643 699 Jenkins 1 52 52.0 52 0 Avg. Per Game 214.3 233.0 Crumpler 1 24 24.0 24 0 Sacked/Yards Lost 6/52 4/25 Myers 1 12 12.0 12 0 Gross Yards 695 724 Green-Ellis 1 8 8.0 8 0 Att./Completions 83/55 112/73 Price 1 7 7.0 7 0 Completion Pct. 66.3 65.2 Morris 1 3 3.0 3 0 Had Intercepted 0 3 C. Taylor 1 -7 -7.0 -7 0 PUNTS/AVERAGE 14/41.1 12/43.2 TEAM 55 695 12.6 65t 6 NET PUNTING AVG. 14/37.9 12/36.8 OPPONENTS 73 724 9.9 51 4 PENALTIES/YARDS 17/139 15/125 * INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg Long TD /BALL LOST 1/0 3/1 McGowan 1 38 38.0 38 0 TOUCHDOWNS 12 8 Wilhite 1 5 5.0 5 0 Rushing 5 3 Alexander 1 1 1.0 1 0 Passing 6 4 TEAM 3 44 14.7 38 0 Returns 1 1 OPPONENTS 0 0 ------0 * SCORE BY PERIODS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PTS * PUNTING No. Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B TEAM 24 21 21 24 0 90 Mesko 14 576 41.1 37.9 0 6 52 0 OPPONENTS 10 20 21 19 0 70 TEAM 14 576 41.1 37.9 0 6 52 0 * SCORING TD-Ru-Pa-Rt K-PAT FG S PTS OPPONENTS 12 518 43.2 36.8 1 3 56 0 Gostkowski 0 0 0 0 12/12 2/ 2 0 18 * PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD Gronkowski 3 0 3 0 0 18 Edelman 2 0 43 21.5 40 0 Maroney 2 2 0 0 0 12 Price 2 2 14 7.0 13 0 Aiken 1 0 1 0 0 6 Tate 1 2 0 0.0 0 0 Green-Ellis 1 1 0 0 0 6 TEAM 5 4 57 11.4 40 0 Hernandez 1 0 1 0 0 6 OPPONENTS 6 4 45 7.5 31 0 Morris 1 1 0 0 0 6 * KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds Avg Long TD Moss 1 0 1 0 0 6 McCourty 4 133 33.3 52 0 Tate 1 0 0 1 0 6 Tate 4 176 44.0 97t 1 F. Taylor 1 1 0 0 0 6 Jenkins 1 14 14.0 14 0 TEAM 12 5 6 1 12/12 2/ 2 0 90 Price 1 27 27.0 27 0 OPPONENTS 8 3 4 1 7/ 7 5/ 6 0 70 TEAM 10 350 35.0 97t 1 2-Pt Conv: TM 0-0, OPP 0-1 OPPONENTS 13 396 30.5 97t 1 SACKS: Brace 1, Murrell 1, Ninkovich 1, * FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Richard 1, TM 4, OPP 6 Gostkowski 0/ 0 1/ 1 1/ 1 0/ 0 0/0 FUM/LOST: Brady 1/0 TEAM 0/ 0 1/ 1 1/ 1 0/ 0 0/0 OPPONENTS 0/ 0 2/ 2 1/ 1 2/ 3 0/0 Gostkowski: (35G,28G)()() TM: (35G,28G)()() OPP: (23G)(46G,47N)(25G,45G,37G)

* PASSING Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Yds/Att TD TD% Int Int% Long Sack/Lost Rating Brady 42 33 425 78.6 10.12 4 9.5 0 0.0 65t 2/ 19 140.6 Hoyer 31 17 205 54.8 6.61 2 6.5 0 0.0 25 2/ 13 96.8 Robinson 10 5 65 50.0 6.50 0 0.0 0 0.0 52 2/ 20 70.8 TEAM 83 55 695 66.3 8.37 6 7.2 0 0.0 65t 6/ 52 116.3 OPPONENTS 112 73 724 65.2 6.46 4 3.6 3 2.7 51 4/ 25 84.1

2010 PRESEASON DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

Tackle Statistics based on Play-by-Play

PLAYER TACKLES SACKS INTERCEPTIONS FUMBLES SP. TEAMS Name TT UT A S/ Yds QHInt/Yds TD PD FF FR/ Yds TD TT UT A FF FR Patrick Cung 221750.00.000000000011000 191730.00.000000000000000 Brandon Spikes 181170.00.010000000000000 Brandon Meriweather12840.00.000001000022000 Devin McCourty 11830.00.000001100021100 Vince Wilfork 10730.00.000000000000000 Ron Brace 10731.07.010000100000000 Tyrone McKenzie 9 630.00.000000010000000 8 800.00.000000000022000 Brandon McGowan8 800.00.0113802000000000 8 440.00.010000000000000 Darius Butler 7 700.00.000000000000000 Pierre Woods 6 510.00.000000000000000 Rob Ninkovich 6 511.06.030000000031200 Sergio Brown 6 420.00.000000000000000 Gerard Warren 6 240.00.000000000000000 6 511.011.010000000011000 Gary Guyton 5 320.00.010000000000000 5 500.00.001502000011000 5 230.00.010000000000000 Brandon Deaderick5 500.00.000000000000000 Tully Banta-Cain 5 320.00.000000000000000 4 220.00.000001000011000 Eric Alexander 4 400.00.001102000010100 4 220.00.000000000000000 Darryl Richard 4 311.01.010000000000000 Derrick Burgess 3 210.00.000000000000000 3 210.00.000000000011000 James Sanders 3 300.00.000001000011000 Mike Wright 2 200.00.000000000000000 Thomas Williams 1 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 000000010100 Leigh Bodden 1 100.00.000000000000000 1 100.00.000000000000000 Ross Ventrone 0 000.00.000000000011000 Chris Taylor 0 000.00.000000000010100 BenJarvus Green-Ellis 0 000.00.000000000011000 Sam Aiken 0 000.00.000000000033000 227170584.025.01134401021002317600

FUMBLES - LOST (1-0) KEY Own TT-Total Tackles Int/Yds-Interceptions/Yards Returned No. Lost Rec O.B. UT-Unassisted Tackles PD-Passes Defensed Tom Brady 1000 A-Assisted Tackles FF-Forced Fumbles 0 0 1 0 1010 BLOCKED KICKS XP FG P MISC. OFFENSIVE STATS Tkl Ast FF FR Totals

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AS OF AUGUST 29, 2010 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER NUMERICAL ROSTER # NAME POS HT WT BORN YR COLLEGE H.S. HOMETOWN # NAME POS 88 Aiken, Sam WR 6-2 220 12/14/1980 8 North Carolina Kenansville, N.C. 3 Stephen Gostkowski K 52 Alexander, Eric LB 6-2 240 2/8/1982 6 Louisiana State Port Arthur, Texas 7 QB 27 Arrington, Kyle CB 5-10 196 8/12/1986 2 Hofstra Accokeek, Md. 8 Brian Hoyer QB 95 BBantaanta-C Cainain, T Tullyully LB 662-2 250 8/28/1980 8 CCaliforniaalifornia SSunnyvaleunnyvale, C Califalif. 10 DDarnellarnell J Jenkinsenkins WR Barrett, Josh S 6-2 225 11/22/1984 3 Arizona State Reno, Nev. 11 WR 23 Bodden, Leigh CB 6-1 193 9/24/1981 8 Duquesne Hyattsville, Md. 12 Tom Brady QB 97 Brace, Ron DL 6-3 330 12/18/1986 2 Boston College Worcester, Mass. 13 Buddy Farnham WR 12 Brady, Tom QB 6-4 225 8/3/1977 11 Michigan San Mateo, Calif. 14 Zoltan Mesko P 38 Brown, Sergio S 6-2 210 5/22/1988 R Notre Dame Maywood, Illinois 15 Rod Owens WR 53 Burgess, Derrick LB 6-2 255 8/12/1978 10 Mississippi Greenbelt, Md. 17 WR 66 Bussey, George OL 6-3 305 10/24/1985 2 Louisville Louisville, Ky. 18 WR 86 Butler, Carson TE 6-4 260 8/21/1987 1 Michigan Detroit, Mich. 19 Brandon Tate WR 28 Butler, Darius CB 5-10 190 3/18/1986 2 Connecticut Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. 21 Fred Taylor RB 25 Chung, Patrick S 5-11 212 8/19/1987 2 Oregon Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. 22 Terrence Wheatley CB 35 Clayton,Cl Thomas Th RB 5-11 220 4/26/1984 2 KansasKS State Alexandria,Al d i Va. V 23 Leighddh Bodden CB 63 Connolly, Dan OL 6-4 313 9/2/1982 5 Southeast Missouri St. St. Louis, Mo. 24 Jonathan Wilhite CB 82 Crumpler, Alge TE 6-2 275 12/23/1977 9 North Carolina Wilmington, N.C. 25 S 96 Cunningham, Jermaine DE 6-3 260 4/24/1988 R Florida Stone Mountain, Ga. 26 Bret Lockett DB 71 b Deaderick, Brandon DL 6-4 305 8/19/1987 R Alabama Elizabethtown, Ky. 27 Kyle Arrington CB 11 Edelman, Julian WR 5-10 198 5/22/1986 2 Kent State Redwood City, Calif. 28 Darius Butler CB 13 Farnham, Buddy WR 6-0 185 5/22/1987 R Brown Andover, Mass. 29 Chris Taylor RB 33 Faulk, Kevin RB 5-8 202 6/5/1976 12 Louisiana State Carencro, La. 30 Brandon McGowan S 45 Fletcher, Dane LB 6-2 244 9/14/1986 R Montana State Bozeman, Montana 31 Brandon Meriweather S 71 w Ghiaciuc, Eric OL 6-4 303 5/28/1981 6 Central Michigan Oxford, Mich. 32 Devin McCourty CB 3 Gostkowski,,p Stephen K 6-1 215 1/28/1984 5 Memphisp Madison,, Miss. 33 Kevin Faulk RB 42 Green-Ellis, BenJarvus RB 5-11 215 7/2/1985 3 Mississippi New Orleans, La. 34 Sammy Morris RB 87 Gronkowski, Rob TE 6-6 265 5/14/1989 R Arizona Pittsburgh, Pa. 35 Thomas Clayton RB 59 Guyton, Gary LB 6-3 245 11/14/1985 3 Georgia Tech Hinesville, Ga. 36 James Sanders S 85 Hernandez, Aaron TE 6-1 245 11/6/1989 R Florida Bristol, Conn. 38 Sergio Brown S 8 Hoyer, Brian QB 6-2 215 10/13/1985 2 Michigan State North Olmsted, Ohio 39 RB 47 Ingram, Jake LS 6-3 240 10/23/1985 2 Hawaii Mililani, Hawaii 41 Ross Ventrone DB 10 Jenkins, Darnell WR 5-10 191 12/31/1982 1 Miami (Fla.) Miami, Fla. 42 BenJarvus Green-Ellis RB 43 Johnson, Terrence DB 5-9 190 7/5/1986 R California (Pa.) Pittsburgh, Pa. 43 Terrence Johnson DB 77 Kaczur, Nick T 6-4 315 7/28/1979 6 Toledo Brantford, Ontario 44 Tyrone McKenzie LB 67 Koppen, Dan C 6-2 296 9/12/1979 8 Boston College Whitehall, Pa. 45 Dane Fletcher LB 62 Larsen, Ted OL 62 6-2 305 6/13/1987 R North Carolina State Palm Harbor, FlaFla.. 46 DeAngelo DeAngelo WillinghamWillinghamCB 64 LeVoir, Mark T 6-7 310 7/29/1982 4 Notre Dame Eden Prairie, Minn. 47 LS 92 Lewis, Damione DL 6-2 301 3/1/1978 10 Miami (Fla.) Sulphur Springs, Texas 48 Thomas Williams LB 72 Light, Matt T 6-4 305 6/23/1978 10 Purdue Greenville, Ohio 50 Rob Ninkovich LB 26 Lockett, Bret DB 6-1 220 10/7/1986 2 UCLA Diamond Bar, Calif. 51 Jerod Mayo LB 74 b Love, Kyle DL 6-1 310 9/14/1986 R Mississippi State Fairburn, Ga. 52 Eric Alexander LB 70 Mankins, Logan G 6-4 310 3/10/1982 6 Fresno State Catheys Valley, Calif. 53 Derrick Burgess LB 39 Maroney, Laurence RB 5-11 220 2/5/1985 5 Minnesota St. Louis, Mo. 55 Brandon Spikes LB 51 Mayo, Jerod LB 6-1 245 2/23/1986 3 Tennessee Hampton, Va. 58 Pierre Woods LB 32 McCourty, Devin CB 5-10 193 8/13/1987 R Rutgers Montvale, N.J. 59 Gary Guyton LB 30 McGowan, Brandon S 5-11 210 9/26/1983 6 Maine Jersey City, N.J. 60 Rich Ohrnberger OL 44 McKenzie, Tyrone LB 6-2 245 12/11/1985 2 South Florida Riverview, Fla. 61 Stephen Neal G 31 Meriweather, Brandon S 5-11 200 1/14/1984 4 Miami (Fla.) Apopka, Fla. 62 OL 14 Mesko, Zoltan P 6-5 231 3/16/1986 R Michigan Twinsburg, Ohio 63 Dan Connolly OL 34 Morris, Sammy RB 6-0 220 3/23/1977 11 Texas Tech San Antonio, Texas 64 Mark LeVoir T 81 Moss, Randy WR 6-4 210 2/13/1977 13 Marshall Rand, W. Va. 66 OL 93 Murrell, Marques LB 6-2 250 3/20/1985 4 Appalachian State Fayetteville, N.C. 67 Dan Koppen C 80 Myers, Rob TE 6-4 240 4/9/1986 1 Utah State Houston, Texas 68 w Quinn Ojinnaka OL 61 Neal, Stephen G 6-4 305 10/9/1976 9 Cal State-Bakersfield San Diego, Calif. 68 b Gerard Warren DL 50 Ninkovich, Rob LB 6-2 255 2/1/1984 5 Purdue Blue Island, Ill. 69 Ryan Wendell C 60 Ohrnberger, Rich OL 6-2 300 2/14/1986 2 Penn State East Meadow, N.Y. 70 G 68 w Ojinnaka, Quinn OL 6-5 295 4/23/1984 5 Syracuse Seabrook, Md. 71 b DL 15 Owens,Owens Rod WR 6-060 183 1/28/1987 R Florida State Jacksonville,Jacksonville Fla. Fla 71 w Eric Ghiaciuc OL 17 Price, Taylor WR 6-0 205 10/8/1987 R Ohio Hilliard, Ohio 72 T 91 Pryor, Myron DL 6-1 310 6/13/1986 2 Kentucky Louisville, Ky. 74 w Thomas Welch OL 90 Richard, Darryl DL 6-4 295 6/17/1986 1 Georgia Tech Destrehan, La. 74 b Kyle Love DL 7 Robinson, Zac QB 6-3 218 9/29/1986 R Oklahoma State Littleton, Colo. 75 Vince Wilfork NT 36 Sanders, James S 5-10 210 11/11/1983 6 Fresno State Porterville, Calif. 76 OL 18 Slater, Matthew WR 6-0 200 9/9/1985 3 UCLA Anaheim, Calif. 77 T 55 Spikes, Brandon LB 6-2 250 9/3/1987 R Florida Shelby, N.C. 80 Rob Myers TE 19 Tate, Brandon WR 6-1 195 10/5/1987 2 North Carolina Burlington, N.C. 81 Randy Moss WR 29 Taylor, Chris RB 6-0 224 11/7/1983 5 Indiana Memphis, Tenn. 82 Alge Crumpler TE 21 Taylor, Fred RB 6-1 228 1/27/1976 13 Florida Belle Glade, Fla. 83 Wes Welker WR 41 Ventrone, Ross DB 5-8 190 9/27/1986 R Villanova Pittsburgh, Pa. 85 TE 76 Vollmer, Sebastian OL 6-8 315 7/10/1984 2 Houston Kaarst, Germany 86 Carson Butler TE 68 b Warren, Gerard DL 6-4 325 7/25/1978 10 Florida Lake Butler, Fla. 87 Rob Gronkowski TE 74 w Welch, Thomas OL 6-7 310 6/19/1987 R Vanderbilt Brentwood, Tenn. 88 Sam Aiken WR 83 Welker, Wes WR 5-9 185 5/1/1981 7 Texas Tech Oklahoma City, Okla. 90 Darryl Richard DL 69 Wendell, Ryan C 6-2 290 3/4/1986 2 Fresno State Diamond Bar, Calif. 91 Myron Pryor DL 22 Wheatley, Terrence CB 5-9 185 5/5/1985 3 Colorado Plano, Texas 92 Damione Lewis DL 75 Wilfork, Vince NT 6-2 325 11/4/1981 7 Miami (Fla.) Boynton Beach, Fla. 93 Marques Murrell LB 24 Wilhite, Jonathan CB 5-11 185 2/23/1984 3 Auburn Monroe, La. 95 Tully Banta-Cain LB 48 Williams, Thomas LB 6-1 240 12/25/1984 2 USC Vacaville, Calif. 96 DE 46 Willingham,g, DeAngelo g CB 6-0 200 1/15/1987// 1 Tennessee Calhoun,, S.C. 97 Ron Brace DL 58 Woods, Pierre LB 6-5 255 1/6/1982 5 Michigan Cleveland, Ohio 99 Mike Wright DL 99 Wright, Mike DL 6-4 295 3/1/1982 6 Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio Josh Barrett S

RESERVE/INJURED LIST RESERVE/INJURED LIST # NAME POS HT WT BORN YR COLLEGE H.S. HOMETOWN # NAME POS 94 Warren, Ty DL 6-5 300 2/6/1981 8 Texas A&M Bryan, Texas 94 Ty Warren DL 66 Weston, Kade DL 6-5 315 11/29/1986 R Georgia Red Bank, N.J. 66 Kade Weston DL

RESERVE/MILITARY LIST RESERVE/MILITARY LIST # NAME POS HT WT BORN YR COLLEGE H.S. HOMETOWN # NAME POS 15 Barnes,Barnes, Tyree WR 66-0-0 196 4/15/1986 1 Navy Hampton,Hampton, Va Va.. 15 Tyree Barnes WR 44 Kettani, Eric RB 5-11 235 3/26/1987 1 Navy Kirtland, Ohio 15 Shun White WR 15 White, Shun WR 5-8 195 12/9/1985 1 Navy Memphis, Tenn. 44 Eric Kettani RB HEAD COACH: BILL BELICHICK ASSISTANTS: , Defensive Backs; Corwin Brown, Defensive Backs; , Running Backs; Brian Ferentz, Offensive Assistant Coach; , Assistant Coach Offense/Special Teams; Patrick Graham, Defensive Assistant Coach; , Defensive Line; Harold Nash, Assistant Strength and Conditioning; Bill O'Brien, Quarterbacks; Scott O'Brien, Special Teams; Chad O'Shea, Receivers; , Linebackers; , Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line; , Strength and Conditioning August 29, 2010 # NAME POS HT WT AGE YR COLLEGE HOW ACQ. 3 Stephen Gostkowski K 6-1 215 26 5 Memphis D4b-06 7 Zac Robinson QB 6-3 218 23 R Oklahoma State D7d-10 8 Brian Hoyer QB 6-2 215 24 2 Michigan State FA-09 10 Darnell Jenkins WR 5510-10 191 27 1 Miami (Fla (Fla.).) FA- 09 11 Julian Edelman WR 5-10 198 24 2 Kent State D7a-09 12 Tom Brady QB 6-4 225 33 11 Michigan D6b-00 13 Buddy Farnham WR 6-0 185 23 R Brown FA-10 14 Zoltan Mesko P 6-5 231 24 R Michigan D5-10 15 Rod Owens WR 6-0 183 23 R Florida State FA-10 17 Taylor Price WR 6-0 205 22 R Ohio D3-10 18 Matthew Slater WR 6-0 200 24 3 UCLA D5-08 19 Brandon Tate WR 6-1 195 22 2 North Carolina D3a-09 21 Fred Taylor RB 6-1 228 34 13 Florida FA(JAX)-09 22 TerrenceTerrence WheatleyWheatley CB 595-9 185 2525 3 ColoradoColorado D2- 08 23 Leigh Bodden CB 6-1 193 28 8 Duquesne FA(DET)-09 24 Jonathan Wilhite CB 5-11 185 26 3 Auburn D4-08 25 Patrick Chung S 5-11 212 23 2 Oregon D2a-09 26 Bret Lockett DB 6-1 220 23 2 UCLA CW(CLE)-09 27 Kyle Arrington CB 5-10 196 24 2 Hofstra FA-09 28 Darius Butler CB 5-10 190 24 2 Connecticut D2c-09 29 Chris Taylor RB 6-0 224 26 5 Indiana FA-10 30 Brandon McGowan S 5-11 210 26 6 Maine UFA(CHI)-09 31 Brandon Meriweather S 5-11 200 26 4 Miami (Fla.) D1-07 32 Devin McCourty CB 5-10 193 23 R Rutgers D1-10 33 Kevin Faulk RB 5-8 202 34 12 Louisiana State D2-99 34 Sammy Morris RB 6-0 220 33 11 Texas Tech UFA(MIA)-07 35 Thomas Clayton RB 5-11 220 26 2 Kansas State FA-10 36 James Sanders S 5-10 210 26 6 Fresno State D4-05 38 Sergio Brown S 6-2 210 22 R Notre Dame FA-10 39 Laurence Maroney RB 5-11 220 25 5 Minnesota D1-06 41 Ross Ventrone DB 5-8 190 23 R Villanova FA-10 42 BenJarvus Green-Ellis RB 5-11 215 25 3 Mississippi FA-08 43Terrence Johnson DB 59 5-9190 24 RCalifornia ((Pa.)Pa.) FA-10FA 10 44 Tyrone McKenzie LB 6-2 245 24 2 South Florida D3b-09 45 Dane Fletcher LB 6-2 244 23 R Montana State FA-10 46 DeAngelo Willingham CB 6-0 200 23 1 Tennessee FA-10 47 Jake Ingram LS 6-3 240 24 2 Hawaii D6a-09 48 Thomas Williams LB 6-1 240 25 2 USC FA-09 50 Rob Ninkovich LB 6-2 255 26 5 Purdue FA-09 51 Jerod Mayo LB 6-1 245 24 3 Tennessee D1-08 52 Eric Alexander LB 6-2 240 28 6 Louisiana State FA-04 53 Derrick Burgess LB 6-2 255 32 10 Mississippi TR (OAK)-09 55 BrandonBrandon S Spikespikes LB 6-26-2 250 22 R FloridaFlorida D2c-10D2c-10 58 Pierre Woods LB 6-5 255 28 5 Michigan FA-06 59 Gary Guyton LB 6-3 245 24 3 Georgia Tech FA-08 60 Rich Ohrnberger OL 6-2 300 24 2 Penn State D4-09 61 Stephen Neal G 6-4 305 33 9 Cal State-Bakersfield FA-01 62 Ted Larsen OL 6-2 305 23 R North Carolina State D6-10 63 Dan Connolly OL 6-4 313 27 5 Southeast Missouri St. FA(JAX)-08 64 Mark LeVoir T 6-7 310 28 4 Notre Dame CW(STL)-08 66 George Bussey OL 6-3 305 24 2 Louisville D5-09 67 Dan Koppen C 6-2 296 30 8 Boston College D5-03 68 w Quinn Ojinnaka OL 6-5 295 26 5 Syracuse TR (ATL)-10 68 b Gerard Warren DL 6-4 325 32 10 Florida FA(OAK)-10 69 Ryan Wendell C 6-2 290 23 2 Fresno State FA-08 70 Logan Mankins G 6-4 310 28 6 Fresno State D1-05 71 b Brandon Deaderick DL 6-4 305 23 R Alabama D7b-10 71 w Eric Ghiaciuc OL 6-4 303 29 6 Central Michigan FA-10 72 Matt Light T 6-4 305 32 10 Purdue D2-01 74 w Thomas Welch OL 6-7 310 23 R Vanderbilt D7a-10 74 b Kyle Love DL 6-1 310 23 R Mississippi State FA-10 755 Vincece Wilfork o NT 66-235 325 28 7 Miamia(a) (Fla.) D1a-04a0 76 Sebastian Vollmer OL 6-8 315 26 2 Houston D2d-09 77 Nick Kaczur T 6-4 315 31 6 Toledo D3b-05 80 Rob Myers TE 6-4 240 24 1 Utah State FA-09 81 Randy Moss WR 6-4 210 33 13 Marshall TR(OAK)-07 82 Alge Crumpler TE 6-2 275 32 9 North Carolina FA(TEN)-10 83 Wes Welker WR 5-9 185 29 7 Texas Tech TR(MIA)-07 85 Aaron Hernandez TE 6-1 245 20 R Florida D4-10 86 Carson Butler TE 6-4 260 23 1 Michigan FA-10 87 Rob Gronkowski TE 6-6 265 21 R Arizona D2a-10 88 Sam Aiken WR 6-2 220 29 8 North Carolina UFA(BUF)-08 90 Darryl Richard DL 6-4 295 24 1 Georgia Tech D7b-09 91 Myron Pryor DL 6-1 310 24 2 Kentucky D6b-09 92 Damione Lewis DL 6-2 301 32 10 Miami (Fla.) FA(CAR)-10 93 Marques Murrell LB 6-2 250 25 4 Appalachian State FA(NYJ)-10 95 Tully Banta-Cain LB 6-2 250 30 8 California FA(SF)-09 96 Jermaine Cunningham DE 6-3 260 22 R Florida D2b-10 97 Ron Brace DL 6-3 330 23 2 Boston College D2b-09 99 Mike Wright DL 6-4 295 28 6 Cincinnati FA-05 Josh Barrett S 6-2 225 25 3 Arizona State CW(DEN)-10

RESERVE/INJURED LIST # NAME POS HT WT AGE YR COLLEGE INJURY (IR date) 94 Ty Warren DL 6-5 300 29 8 Texas A&M hip (8/13/10) 66 Kade Weston DL 6-5 315 23 R Georgia abdomen (8/24/10)

RESERVE/MILITARY LIST # NAME POS HT WT AGE YR COLLEGE DATE 15 Tyree Barnes WR 6-0 196 24 1 Navy July, 23 15 Shun White WR 5-8 195 24 1 Navyy August,g, 17 44 Eric Kettani RB 5-11 235 23 1 Navy July, 23 August 29, 2010 DEFENSE (38) # NAME POS HT WT BORN YR COLLEGE H.S. HOMETOWN DEFENSIVE LINE (10) 97 Brace, Ron DL 6-3 330 12/18/1986 2 Boston College Worcester, Mass. 96 Cunningham, Jermaine DE 6-3 260 4/24/1988 R Florida Stone Mountain, Ga. 71 b Deaderick, Brandon DL 6-4 305 8/19/1987 R Alabama Elizabethtown, Ky. 92 Lewis, Damione DL 6-2 301 3/1/1978 10 Miami (Fla.) Sulphur Springs, Texas 74 b Love, Kyle DL 6-1 310 9/14/1986 R Mississippi State Fairburn, Ga. 91 Pryor, Myron DL 6-1 310 6/13/1986 2 Kentucky Louisville, Ky. 90 Richard, Darryl DL 6-4 295 6/17/1986 1 Georgia Tech Destrehan, La. 68 b Warren, Gerard DL 6-4 325 7/25/1978 10 Florida Lake Butler, Fla. 75 Wilfork, Vince NT 6-2 325 11/4/1981 7 Miami (Fla.) Boynton Beach, Fla. 99 Wright, Mike DL 6-4 295 3/1/1982 6 Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio (12) 52 Alexander, Eric LB 6-2 240 2/8/1982 6 Louisiana State Port Arthur, Texas 95 Banta-Cain, Tully LB 6-2 250 8/28/1980 8 California Sunnyvale, Calif. 53 Burgess, Derrick LB 6-2 255 8/12/1978 10 Mississippi Greenbelt, Md. 45 Fletcher, Dane LB 6-2 244 9/14/1986 R Montana State Bozeman, Montana 59 Guyton, Gary LB 6-3 245 11/14/1985 3 Georgia Tech Hinesville, Ga. 51 Mayo, Jerod LB 6-1 245 2/23/1986 3 Tennessee Hampton, Va. 44 McKenzie, Tyrone LB 6-2 245 12/11/1985 2 South Florida Riverview, Fla. 93 Murrell, Marques LB 6-2 250 3/20/1985 4 Appalachian State Fayetteville, N.C. 50 Ninkovich, Rob LB 6-2 255 2/1/1984 5 Purdue Blue Island, Ill. 55 Spikes, Brandon LB 6-2 250 9/3/1987 R Florida Shelby, N.C. 48 Williams, Thomas LB 6-1 240 12/25/1984 2 USC Vacaville, Calif. 58 Woods, Pierre LB 6-5 255 1/6/1982 5 Michigan Cleveland, Ohio DEFENSIVE BACK (16) 27 Arrington, Kyle CB 5-10 196 8/12/1986 2 Hofstra Accokeek, Md. Barrett, Josh S 6-2 225 11/22/1984 3 Arizona State Reno, Nev. 23 Bodden, Leigh CB 6-1 193 9/24/1981 8 Duquesne Hyattsville, Md. 38 Brown, Sergio S 6-2 210 5/22/1988 R Notre Dame Maywood, Illinois 28 Butler, Darius CB 5-10 190 3/18/1986 2 Connecticut Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. 25 Chung, Patrick S 5-11 212 8/19/1987 2 Oregon Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. 43 Johnson, Terrence DB 5-9 190 7/5/1986 R California (Pa.) Pittsburgh, Pa. 26 Lockett, Bret DB 6-1 220 10/7/1986 2 UCLA Diamond Bar, Calif. 32 McCourty, Devin CB 5-10 193 8/13/1987 R Rutgers Montvale, N.J. 30 McGowan, Brandon S 5-11 210 9/26/1983 6 Maine Jersey City, N.J. 31 Meriweather, Brandon S 5-11 200 1/14/1984 4 Miami (Fla.) Apopka, Fla. 36 Sanders, James S 5-10 210 11/11/1983 6 Fresno State Porterville, Calif. 41 Ventrone, Ross DB 5-8 190 9/27/1986 R Villanova Pittsburgh, Pa. 22 Wheatley, Terrence CB 5-9 185 5/5/1985 3 Colorado Plano, Texas 24 Wilhite, Jonathan CB 5-11 185 2/23/1984 3 Auburn Monroe, La. 46 Willingham, DeAngelo CB 6-0 200 1/15/1987 1 Tennessee Calhoun, S.C. OFFENSE (40) # NAME POS HT WT BORN YR COLLEGE H.S. HOMETOWN OFFENSIVE LINE (15) 66 Bussey, George OL 6-3 305 10/24/1985 2 Louisville Louisville, Ky. 63 Connolly, Dan OL 6-4 313 9/2/1982 5 Southeast Missouri St. St. Louis, Mo. 71 w Ghiaciuc, Eric OL 6-4 303 5/28/1981 6 Central Michigan Oxford, Mich. 77 Kaczur, Nick T 6-4 315 7/28/1979 6 Toledo Brantford, Ontario 67 Koppen, Dan C 6-2 296 9/12/1979 8 Boston College Whitehall, Pa. 62 Larsen, Ted OL 6-2 305 6/13/1987 R North Carolina State Palm Harbor, Fla. 64 LeVoir, Mark T 6-7 310 7/29/1982 4 Notre Dame Eden Prairie, Minn. 72 Light, Matt T 6-4 305 6/23/1978 10 Purdue Greenville, Ohio 70 Mankins, Logan G 6-4 310 3/10/1982 6 Fresno State Catheys Valley, Calif. 61 Neal, Stephen G 6-4 305 10/9/1976 9 Cal State-Bakersfield San Diego, Calif. 60 Ohrnberger,Ohrnberger, Rich OL 6-26-2 300 2/14/1986 2 Penn State East Meadow,Meadow, N.Y.N.Y. 68 w Ojinnaka, Quinn OL 6-5 295 4/23/1984 5 Syracuse Seabrook, Md. 76 Vollmer, Sebastian OL 6-8 315 7/10/1984 2 Houston Kaarst, Germany 74 w Welch, Thomas OL 6-7 310 6/19/1987 R Vanderbilt Brentwood, Tenn. 69 Wendell, Ryan C 6-2 290 3/4/1986 2 Fresno State Diamond Bar, Calif. QUARTERBACK (3) 12 Brady, Tom QB 6-4 225 8/3/1977 11 Michigan San Mateo, Calif. 8 Hoyer, Brian QB 6-2 215 10/13/1985 2 Michigan State North Olmsted, Ohio 7 Robinson, Zac QB 6-3 218 9/29/1986 R Oklahoma State Littleton, Colo. (10) 88 Aiken, Sam WR 6-2 220 12/14/1980 8 North Carolina Kenansville, N.C. 11 Edelman, Julian WR 5-10 198 5/22/1986 2 Kent State Redwood City, Calif. 13 Farnham, Buddy WR 6-0 185 5/22/1987 R Brown Andover, Mass. 10 Jenkins, Darnell WR 5-10 191 12/31/1982 1 Miami (Fla.) Miami, Fla. 81 Moss, Randy WR 6-4 210 2/13/1977 13 Marshall Rand, W. Va. 15 Owens, Rod WR 6-0 183 1/28/1987 R Florida State Jacksonville, Fla. 17 Price, Taylor WR 6-0 205 10/8/1987 R Ohio Hilliard, Ohio 18 Slater, Matthew WR 6-0 200 9/9/1985 3 UCLA Anaheim, Calif. 19 Tate, Brandon WR 6-1 195 10/5/1987 2 North Carolina Burlington, N.C. 83 Welker, Wes WR 5-9 185 5/1/1981 7 Texas Tech Oklahoma City, Okla. RUNNING BACK (7) 35 Clayton, Thomas RB 5-11 220 4/26/1984 2 Kansas State Alexandria, Va. 33 Faulk, Kevin RB 5-8 202 6/5/1976 12 Louisiana State Carencro, La. 42 Green-Ellis, BenJarvus RB 5-11 215 7/2/1985 3 Mississippi New Orleans, La. 39 Maroney, Laurence RB 5-11 220 2/5/1985 5 Minnesota St. Louis, Mo. 34 Morris, Sammy RB 6-0 220 3/23/1977 11 Texas Tech San Antonio, Texas 29 Taylor, Chris RB 6-0 224 11/7/1983 5 Indiana Memphis, Tenn. 21 Taylor, Fred RB 6-1 228 1/27/1976 13 Florida Belle Glade, Fla. TIGHT END (5) 86 Butler, Carson TE 6-4 260 8/21/1987 1 Michigan Detroit, Mich. 82 Crumpler, Alge TE 6-2 275 12/23/1977 9 North Carolina Wilmington, N.C. 87 Gronkowski, Rob TE 6-6 265 5/14/1989 R Arizona Pittsburgh, Pa. 85 Hernandez, Aaron TE 6-1 245 11/6/1989 R Florida Bristol, Conn. 80 Myers, Rob TE 6-4 240 4/9/1986 1 Utah State Houston, Texas SPECIALISTS (3) # NAME POS HT WT BORN YR COLLEGE H.S. HOMETOWN SPECIALISTS (3) 3 Gostkowski, Stephen K 6-1 215 1/28/1984 5 Memphis Madison, Miss. 47 Ingram, Jake LS 6-3 240 10/23/1985 2 Hawaii Mililani, Hawaii 14 Mesko, Zoltan P 6-5 231 3/16/1986 R Michigan Twinsburg, Ohio RESERVE/INJURED (2) # NAME POS HT WT BORN YR COLLEGE H.S. HOMETOWN RESERVE/INJURED (2) 94 Warren, Ty DL 6-5 300 2/6/1981 8 Texas A & M Bryan, Texas 66 Weston, Kade DL 6-5 315 11/29/1986 R Georgia Red Bank, N.J. RESERVE/MILITARY (3) # NAME POS HT WT BORN YR COLLEGE H.S. HOMETOWN RESERVE/MILITARY (3) 15 Barnes, Tyree WR 6-0 196 4/15/1986 1 Navy Hampton, Va. 44 Kettani, Eric RB 5-11 235 3/26/1987 1 Navy Kirtland, Ohio 15 White, Shun WR 5-8 195 12/9/1985 1 Navy Memphis, Tenn. UPDATED: August 29, 2010 WAIVERS (3) / ROOKIE AND FIRST-YEAR YEAR DRAFTEES (38) VETERAN FREE AGENTS (16) TRADES (4) FREE AGENTS (20) 1999 Kevin Faulk (2)

2000 Tom Brady (6b)

2001 Matt Light (2) Stephen Neal (fa)

2003 Dan Koppen (5)

2004 Vince Wilfork (1a) Eric Alexander (fa)

2005 Logan Mankins (1) Mike Wright (fa) Nick Kaczur (3b) James Sanders (4)

2006 Laurence Maroney (1) Pierre Woods (fa) Stephen Gostkowski (4b)

2007 Brandon Meriweather (1) Sammy Morris (5)(MIA) Randy Moss (1)(tr-OAK) Wes Welker (fa)(tr-MIA)

2008 Jerod Mayo (1) Sam Aiken (4)(BUF) Mark LeVoir (fa) CW (STL) BenJarvus Green-Ellis (fa) Terrence Wheatley (2) Dan Connolly (fa)(JAX) Gary Guyton (fa) Jonathan Wilhite (4) Matthew Slater (5)

2009 Patrick Chung (2a) Tully Banta-Cain (7)(SF) Derrick Burgess (3)(tr-OAK) Kyle Arrington (fa) (PHI) Ron Brace (2b) Leigh Bodden (fa)(DET) Bret Lockett (fa) CW(CLE) Brian Hoyer (fa) Darius Butler (2c) Brandon McGowan (fa)(CHI) Darnell Jenkins (fa) (HOU) SebastianSebastian VollmerVollmer (2d) RobRob Ni Ninkovichnkovich (fa)(NO)(fa)(NO) RobRob M Myersyers (fa)(fa) (NYJ) Brandon Tate (2a) Fred Taylor (1)(JAX) Ryan Wendell (fa) Tyrone McKenzie (3b) Thomas Williams (2)(JAX) Rich Ohrnberger (4) George Bussey (5) Jake Ingram (6a) Myron Pryor (6b) Julian Edelman (7a) Darryl Richard (7b)

2010 Devin McCourty (1) Thomas Clayton (6)(SF) Josh Barrett (7) CW(DEN) Sergio Brown (fa) Rob Gronkowski (2a) Alge Crumpler (2)(TEN) Quinn Ojinnaka (5)(tr-ATL) Carson Butler (fa) (GB) Jermaine Cunningham (2b) Eric Ghiaciuc (4)(CLE) Buddy Farnham (fa) Brandon Spikes (2c) Damione Lewis (1)(CAR) Dane Fletcher (fa) Taylor Price (3) Marques Murrell (fa)(NYJ) Terrence Johnson (fa) Aaron Hernandez (4) Chris Taylor (fa)(HOU) Kyle Love (fa) Zoltan Mesko (5) Gerard Warren (1)(OAK) Rod Owens (fa) (STL) Ted Larsen (6) Ross Ventrone (fa) Thomas Welch (7a) DeAngelo Willingham (fa) (TB) Brandon Deaderick (7b) Zac Robinson (7d)

RESERVE/INJURED (2) Ty Warren Kade Weston RESERVE/MILITARY (3) NOTE: Team in parenthesis is the player's prior team Tyree Barnes (fa) (#) – indicates round drafted Eric Kettani (fa) (fa) – indicates non-drafted free agents Shun White (fa) UPDATED: August 29, 2010

JANUARY, 2010 JULY, 2010 1/13/2010 Agnone, Robbie Signed 7/12/2010 Deaderick, Brandon Signed/Draft Choice 1/13/2010 Davis, Bruce Signed 7/21/2010 Weston, Kade Signed/Draft Choice 1/13/2010 Grady, Adrian Signed 7/21/2010 Robinson, ZacSigned/Draft Choice 1/13/2010 Jenkins, Darnell Signed 7/25/2010 Gronkowski, RobSigned/Draft Choice 1/13/2010 Myers, Rob Signed 7/25/2010 Cunningham, Jermaine Signed/Draft Choice 1/13/2010 Richard, DarrylSigned 7/27/2010 Spikes, Brandon Signed/Draft Choice 1/13/2010 Rowe, Jeff Signed 7/28/2010 McCourty, Devin Signed/Draft Choice 7/28/2010 Crable, Shawn Released FEBRUARY, 2010 7/29/2010 Burgess, Derrick Placed on reserve/DNR 2/22/2010 Wilfork, Vince Designated Franchsie Player 7/31/2010 Patten, David Retired 2/24/2010 Patten, David Signed AUGUST, 2010 MARCH, 2010 8/2/2010 Butler, Carson Signed 3/4/2010 Mankins, Logan Tendered contract 8/2/2010 Owens, Rod signed 3/4/2010 Gostkowski, S. Tendered contract 8/4/2010 Ghiaciuc, Eric Signed 3/4/2010 Woods, Pierre Tendered contract 8/4/2010 Wise, John Released 3/4/2010 Baker, Chris Released 8/6/2010 Barrett, Josh Claimed off waivers from Denver 3/5/2010 Banta-Cain, Tully Re-signed 8/6/2010 Clayton, Thomas Released 3/9/2010 Wilfork, Vince Re-signed 8/9/2010 Stapleton, Darnell Signed 3/9/2010 Neal, Stephen Re-signed 8/9/2010 Willingham, DeAngelo Signed 3/11/2010 Faulk, Kevin Re-signed 8/9/2010 Grady, Adrian Released 3/12/2010 Bodden, LeighRe-signed 8/9/2010 Farnham, Buddy Released 3/12/2010 Murrell, Marques Signed 8/11/2010 Clayton, Thomas Signed 3/24/2010 Crumpler, AlgeSigned 8/11/2010 Stapleton, Darnell Released 8/13/2010 Burgess, Derrick Reinstated to roster from reserve/DNR APRIL, 2010 8/13/2010 Warrem Ty Placed on Reserve/Injured (hip) 4/10/2010 Lewis, Damione Signed 8/15/2010 Farnham, Buddy Signed 4/14/2010 King, David Signed 8/15/2010 Simmons, Brian Signed 4/20/2010 Holt, Torry Signed 8/15/2010 Holt, Torry Placed on Reserve/Injured (knee) 4/21/2010 Gordon, Amon Signed 8/20/2010 Ventrone, Ross Released 4/22/2010 McCourty, Devin Drafted 8/23/2010 Ojinnaka, Quinn Acquired via trade (ATL) 4/23/2010 Gronkowski, Rob Drafted 8/23/2010 Ventrone, Ross Signed 4/23/2010 Cunningham, J. Drafted 8/23/2010 Weston, Kade Released 4/23/2010 Spikes, Brandon Drafted 8/23/2010 Johnson, Terrence Released 44/23/2010/23/2010 PriPricece,, TaylorTaylorDrDraftedafted 8/8/24/201024/2010 WWestoneston, KadeKade PlPlacedaced oonn RReserve/Injuredeserve/Injured (abdomen)(abdomen) 4/24/2010 Hernandez, Aaron Drafted 8/29/2010 Johnson, Terrence Signed 4/24/2010 Mesko, Zoltan Drafted 8/29/2010 Simmons, Brian Released 4/24/2010 Larsen, Ted Drafted 4/24/2010 Welch, Thomas Drafted 4/24/2010 Deaderick, Brandon Drafted 4/24/2010 Weston, Kade Drafted 4/24/2010 Robinson, Zac Drafted 4/24/2010 Warren, Gerard Signed 4/26/2010 Thomas, Adalius Released 4/29/2010 Anderson, Bryan Signed 4/29/2010 Brown, Sergio Signed 4/29/2010 Fletcher, Dane Signed 4/29/2010 Johnson, Terrence Signed 4/29/2010 Love, Kyle Signed 4/29/2010 Paschall, Pat Signed 4/29/2010 Ventrone, Ross Signed 4/29/2010 Wise, John Signed

MAY, 2010 5/3/2010 Farnham, Buddy Signed 5/10/2010 Taylor, Chris Signed 5/18/2010 Larsen, Ted Signed/Draft Choice 5/18/2010 Springs, Shawn Released 5/21/2010 Agnone, Robbie Released 5/21/2010 Rowe, Jeff Released 5/24/2010 Teel, Mike Claimed off Waivers (Seattle) 5/25/2010 Price, Taylor Signed/Draft Choice 5/27/2010 Burgess, Derrick Re-signed 5/27/2010 Davis, Bruce Released 5/27/2010 Stanback, Isaiah Released

JUNE, 2010 6/4/2010 Welch, Thomas Signed/Draft Choice 6/8/2010 Hernandez, Aarons Signed/Draft Choice 6/10/2010 Gordon, Amon Released 6/11/2010 Clayton, Thomas Signed 6/11/2010 Anderson, Bryan Released 6/11/2010 King, David Released 6/11/2010 Teel, Mike Released 6/16/2010 Mesko, Zoltan Signed/Draft Choice 6/24/2010 Paschall. Pat Released Unofficial depth chart compiled by Patriots media relations, August 29, 2010 OFFENSE WR: 83 Wes Welker 19 Brandon Tate 88 Sam Aiken 18 Matthew Slater 17 Taylor Price 15 Rod Owens LT: 72 Matt Light 76 Sebastian Vollmer 66 George Bussey LG: *70 Logan Mankins 63 Dan Connolly 71 Eric Ghiaciuc C: 67 Dan Koppen 63 Dan Connolly 69 Ryan Wendell RG: 61 Stephen Neal 60 Rich Ohrnberger 62 Ted Larsen 68 Quinn Ojinnaka RT: 77 Nick Kaczur 76 Sebastian Vollmer 64 Mark LeVoir 74 Thomas Welch TE: 82 Alge Crumpler 87 Rob Gronkowski 85 Aaron Hernandez 80 Rob Myers 86 Carson Butler WR: 81 Randy Moss 11 Julian Edelman 10 Darnell Jenkins 13 Buddy Farnham QB: 12 Tom Brady 8 Brian Hoyer 7 Zac Robinson RB: 39 Laurence Maroney 21 Fred Taylor 29 Chris Taylor 35 Thomas Clayton RB: 33 Kevin Faulk 34 Sammy Morris 42 BenJarvus Green-Ellis DEFENSE LE: 68 Gerard Warren 91 Myron Pryor 96 Jermaine Cunningham 90 Darryl Richard NT: 75 Vince Wilfork 97 Ron Brace 74 Kyle Love RE: 99 Mike Wright 92 Damione Lewis 71 Brandon Deaderick OLB 95 Tully Banta-Cain 58 Pierre Woods 93 Marques Murrell ILB: 51 Jerod Mayo 52 Eric Alexander 44 Tyrone McKenzie ILB: 59 Gary Guyton 55 BrandonBrandon SpikesSpikes 48 ThomasThomas WilliamsWilliams OLB 53 Derrick Burgess 50 Rob Ninkovich 45 Dane Fletcher LCB: 28 Darius Butler 22 Terrence Wheatley 32 Devin McCourty 46 DeAngelo Willingham RCB 23 Leigh Bodden 24 Jonathan Wilhite 27 Kyle Arrington 26 Bret Lockett 43 Terrence Johnson SS: 31 Brandon Meriweather 25 Patrick Chung 41 Ross Ventrone Josh Barrett FS: 36 James Sanders 30 Brandon McGowan 38 Sergio Brown SPECIAL TEAMS K: 3 Stephen Gostkowski 14 Zoltan Mesko P: 14 Zoltan Mesko 3 Stephen Gostkowski H: 14 Zoltan Mesko 8 Brian Hoyer PR: 33 Kevin Faulk 22 Terrence Wheatley KR: 18 Matthew Slater 39 Laurence Maroney 28 Darius Butler LS: 47 Jake Ingram PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Leigh Bodden BOD-in Mark LeVoir la-VORE Brandon Deaderick DEAD-er-rick Jerod Mayo je-ROD Eric Ghiaciuc GUY-check Zoltan Mesko ZOLE-tahn Stephen Gostkowski gust-OW-ski Quinn Ojinnaka O-ja-NAH-ka Nick Kaczur KĂ-zur Darryl Richard ruh-SHARD Dan Koppen COPE-en * Denotes Restricted Free Agent