PAT RIOTS VS . BILLS

SERIES HISTORY DIV ISIONAL DO MINANCE The Patriots and Bills will mee t The New En gland Pa triots own a 46- 14 (.767) recor d in re gular for the 102nd time, with Ne w seas on AFC East games since the be ginnin g of the 2 001 season, En gland holdin g a 60-40-1 ed gee comp ilin g the best in tra-division rec ord of any team in the NFL following a 38- 30 victory in th e over the last nine se asons. The Patr iots are 3-1 so far in 2010 first meetin g of the 2010 seaso n again st the AFC east. on Sept. 26 at G illette Stadium. NFL’S TOP DI VISIONAL RE CORDS SINCE 2001 The Patriots, who have wo n Tea m W L T Pct. 14 strai ght games a gains t New England Patrio ts 46 14 0 .754 Buffalo, have n ot lost a game t o India napolis Colts 44 17 0 .721 the Bills since a 31-0 loss o n Pittsb urgh Steelers 45 18 0 .714 openin g day of t he 2003 season (9/7/03). The 14 -game win strea k Gree n Bay Packers 41 20 0 .672 is tied for the t hird lon gest winn ing streak over a sin gle opponen t in NFL history. AFC EAST DI VISIONAL REC ORDS SINCE 2001 Tea m W L T Pct . Div. Titles Years The series b etween the AFC East rivals be gaan in 1960. Th e New England 46 14 0 .76 7 7 200 1, 03-07, 09 Patri ots’ 60 wins over the Bills are thei r New York Jets 30 31 0 .49 2 1 2002 hi ghest victory t otal over an y Miami 26 35 0 .42 6 1 2008 oppo nent, nine mor e than they ow n Buffal o 20 40 0 .32 3 0 --- over the New York Jets (51). Ne w NOTES: The were members of the AFC East in 2001 and compil ed a 3-5 divisional record t hat season. In 2002, the Patriots and Jets both fi nished with a 9-7 overall record and a 4-2 En gland has won 14 strai ght games i n divisiona l record, but the Jets cl aimed the division title b y virtue of havin g a bet ter record a gainst the series and has won 19 of its las t common opponents. In 2008, the Patriots and Dolphins bot h finished with an 11-5 o verall record and a 21 gaames a gainst Bu ffalo datin g bac k 4-2 divis ional record SERIES SUC CESS to th e 2000 season. The Patriots extende d their win strea k to 14 games over Buffalo The Patriots are 2 8-21-1 all-time i n with a 38-30 win on Sept. 26, 2010. T he 14- game win streak over Buffa lo, includin g 21-15 at Ralp h a sin gle opponent is ti ed for the third l ongest streak in NFL history. Wils on Stadium. The Patriots beat th e PAT RIOTS LONGEST SERIES WINNI NG STREAKS Bills last season with a come-fr om-behind 25-2 4 win on openin g Win Da te Date night at Gillette Stadium (9/14/ 9) and then won the re-match a t Strk Opponent Begun Ended Ralph Wilson St adium (12/20/09 ), 17-10. The Pa triots will attemp t 14 Buffalo Bill s 12/27 /03 Active th to sweep Buffal o for the 20 tim e and the sevent h strai ght year. 11 Buffalo Bills 01/02/8 3 12/20/87 The teams have had many memorable ma tchups over th e 10 San Diego C hargers 12/02/7 3 10/14/01 years, includin g a five- game sp an from 1999 to 2001 where fou r 7 New York Je ts 09/21/0 3 11/12/06 of the five conte sts were decided in overtime. 7 Indianapolis Colts 10/20/9 6 12/12/99 SERIES TRENDS LON GEST CURRENT NFL SERIES WINNING STREA KS Home Record ...... 3 2-19 Tea m Op ponent Win St rea k Last L oss Record in Foxb orou gh ...... 26-14 New England Buf falo 14 09/07 /03 Foxboro Stadiu m...... 17-14 Buffal o Cin cinnati 10 01/08/ 89 Gillette Stadium ...... 9-0 Denv eer Cle veland 9 10/08/ 90 Record in Bosto n...... 6-5 LON GEST NFL SERI ES WINNING S TREAKS Away Record ...... 28- 21-1 Tea m Opp onent Win Stre aak War Memorial S tadium ...... 7-6-1 Miami Buf falo 20 (1970- 79) Ralph Wilson/Ri ch Stadium ...... 21-15 San F rancisco Ra ms 17 (1990- 98) Lar gest Mar gin of Victory ...... 46 points ( 2007) New England Buf falo 14 (2003 -current) Lar gest Mar gin of Defeat ...... 35 points ( 1970) Miami Colt s 14 (1980- 87) Longest Win Str eak ...... 14 gaames (current st reak) San Diego Oak land 13 (2003- 10) Bill Belichick vs. Buffalo Bills ...... 19-3 (19-2 with N.E) Dalla s Car dinals 13 (1990- 96) PA TRIOTS – BI LLS QUICK H ITS PAT RIOTS 38, BU FFALO 30 ¾ New En gla nd has won 14 strai ght games against Buffalo , Septemb er 26, 2010 ¹ Gillette Stadium their lon gest series winnin g streak a gainst an opponent. 1 2 3 4 Final ¾ The Patrio ts are 21-15 all -time at Ralph Wilson Stadium , Buff alo Bills 3 1 3 7 7 — 30 includin g wins in their last six trips to Buffa lo. New En gland Patri ots 7 1 0 14 7 — 38 ¾ Bill Belichi ck is 9-1 at Buffa lo as head coac h of the Patriots. QB Tom Brady thre w three touchd own passes as the Patriots ¾ The Patrio ts are 7-2 at B uffalo in the mo nth of Decembe r beat Buffalo, 38-30, to extend their streak to 14 st rai ght wins and 8-1 at Buffalo when the temperat ure is below 4 0 over the Bills. Buffal o mana ged 30 points, but Bill s QB Ryan degrees. Fitzp atrick was inter cepted twice in the fourth quart er. Early in ¾ The Patrio ts have defeate d the Bills 19 ti mes in the last 2 1 the fi nal period with t he Patriots holdi ng a 31-23 lead , Fitzpatrick games bet ween the teams datin g back to 2 000. led B uffalo to the Ne w En gland 20-y ard line where h is pass was ¾ The Patrio ts have won ten strai ght games aag ainst Buffalo a t inter cepted by S Pa trick Chun g in t he end zone. The Patriots home, incl udin g a perfect 9-0 record at Gill ette Stadium. conv erted the turnov er into a touch down to take a 38-23 lead. ¾ The Patrio ts have recorded 60 wins over t he Bills, the mos t After a touchdown pa ss from Fitzpatri ck closed the gap to 38-30, by the Pat riots a gainst any one opponent. Buffa lo got the ball back with 3:04 remainin g, but Fitzpatrick was i ntercepted by S Brandon Meriw eather on a pass deep down the si deline. New En gland ran out th e clock to preser ve the win. RB B enJarvus Green- Ellis gained 98 yards on 16 car ries to help the P atriots chalk up 200 yards rushi nng . Brady finish ed 21-of-27 for 2 52 yards with t he three touchd own passes. Bu ffalo scored on f our of their five first half posse ssions, while N ew En gland score d two touchdo wns and a field goal to go in fro nt 17-16 at halfti me. PAT RIOTS VS . BILLS

TALE OF THE TAPE CON NECTIONS (c ontinued) 2010 Re gul ar Season New En gland Buffalo FOR MER BILLS Record 12-2 4-10 ¾ Ne w En gland Patri ots RB Sammy Morris was dr afted by the Divisional Stand ings 1st 4th Bill s with the 156 th pick in the 2000 NF Draft. Total Yards Gai ned 4,970 4,347 Total Offense ( Rank) 355.0 (9) 310.5 (24) FOR MER PATRI OTS Rush Offense 112.5 (15) 111.3 (17) ¾ Bu ffalo Bills Def ensive Quality Control Coa ch Adrian Pass Offense 242.5 (10) 199.2 (25) Points Per Gam e 31.9 (1) 19.5 (23) White spent his final year as a player in the N FL with the Total Yards Allo wed 5,245 5,050 Pa triots in 1993. Total Defense 374.6 (28) 360.7 (23) ¾ Bu ffalo LB Pierre Woods spent his first four sea sons (2006- Rush Defense 111.4 (15) 158.6 (32) 09 ) and part of a fifth (2010) as a member of the New Pass Defense 263.3 (30 t) 202.1 (7) En gland Patriots. Points Allowed/ Game 21.6 (17) 25.2 (25) Possession Avg. 28:15 27:55 FOR MER COLLE GE TEAMMAT ES Sacks Allowed/ Yards Lost 24/166 28/201 ¾ Ne w En gland Patri ots OL Rich O hrnber ger and Buffalo Bills Sacks Made/Yar ds 28/171 25/165 Passin g TD/Int (off.) 31/5 24/14 LB Aaron Maybi n were teammat es at Penn State from 2006- Passin g TD/Int (def.) 24/21 23/10 08 . Total Touchdow ns 56 33 ¾ Pa triots backup QB Brian Ho yer and Bills FB Jehuu Penalties A gain st/Yards 72/654 73/578 Ca ulcrick played together at Michi gan State from 2005-07. Punts/Avg. 51/43.2 67/42.0 ¾ Pa triots LB Gary Guyton and Bills OL Cordar o Howard Field Goals Mad e/Att. 19/22 15/20 we re teammates a t Geor gia Tech f rom 2005-06. Takeaway/Give away Ratio +20 (1) -5 (21t) ¾ Bill s Head Coac h Chan Gaile y was the hea d coach at PASSING PE RFORMANCE S Tom Brady has led the Patriot s to 16 re gular season victorie s Ge orgia Tech from 2002-07, and Guyton and Ho ward played over the Bills, r ecordin g his hi ghest re gular se ason victory tota l for him durin g thei r time with the Yellow Jackets. over any oppon ent. Brady has compiled 12 con secutive victorie s ¾ Ne w En gland S P atrick Chun g and Buffalo S J airus Byrd over the Bills, markin g his lon geest re gular-seas on winnin g strea k we re four-year tea mmates at Ore gon from 2005- 08. The two over any oppo nent. Additional ly, Brady has t hrown for mor e we re also drafted just ei ght picks apart in the 200 9 NFL Draft, touchdowns (36 ) a gainst Buffal o than any other opponent. wi th Chun g goin g to the Patriots w ith the 34 th over all pick and Tom Brady vs. Buffalo (16- 1) By rd to the Bills at No. 42. DATE H/A A C YDS % TD I R T W/L SCO RE 11/11/01 H 21 15 107 .714 1 1 78 .9 W 21- 11 ¾ Pa triots OL Matt Li ght and Bill s LB Akin Ay odele were 12/16/01 A 35 19 237 .543 0 1 63 .6 W(ot) 12 -9 col le ge teammate s at Purdue fro m 1999-2000. A yodele was 11/03/02 A 26 22 265 .846 3 0 14 7.6 W 38 -7 als o a member of the Jacksonvill e Ja guars with Patriots RB 12/08/02 H 27 15 183 .556 2 0 10 1.3 W 27- 17 09/07/03 A 28 14 123 .500 0 4 22 .4 L 0- 31 Fr ed Taylor and LB Tracy White . 12/27/03 H 32 21 204 .656 4 0 12 2.9 W 31 -0 ¾ Pa triots DL Myron Pryor and Bills WR Steve Jo hnson were 10/03/04 A 30 17 298 .567 2 0 11 2.9 W 31- 17 te ammates at Kent ucky from 2006 -07. 11/14/04 H 35 19 233 .543 2 1 82 .2 W 29 -6 10/30/05 H 21 14 199 .667 1 0 11 3.9 W 21- 16 NFL ’S TOP D ECEMBER RE CORD SINCE 2001 12/11/05 A 38 29 329 .763 2 2 97 .4 W 35 -7 The P atriots have an N FL-best 36-5 rec ord in the month of December 09/10/06 H 23 11 163 .478 2 1 82 .3 W 19- 17 since the 2001 season, including a 4-0 r ecord in 2010. 10/22/06 A 27 18 195 .667 2 0 11 2.4 W 28 -6 Rk Team Record 09/23/07 H 29 23 311 .793 4 0 15 0.9 W 38 -7 1 N ew England Pat riots 36-5 11/18/07 A 39 31 373 .795 5 0 14 6.1 W 56- 10 2 Ph iladelphia Eagles 32-10 09/14/09 H 53 39 378 .736 2 1 97 .8 W 25- 24 3 Pit tsburgh Steelers 30-13 12/20/09 A 23 11 115 .478 1 1 59 .1 W 17- 10 4 Sa n Diego Chargers 28-16 09/26/10 H 27 21 252 .778 3 0 14 2.6 W 38- 30 5 In dianapolis Colts 28-15 Career Totals 5 14 339 3965 . 660 36 12 10 2.8 16 -1 TOUGH AT H OME BRADY AGAIN ST THE AFC E AST The Patriots own an overall record of 66-13 (.835) at Gillette As a starter a gainst the AFC East, Tom Brad y owns a 42-1 1 Stadi um. Since thei r state-of-the-a rt facility open ed at the (.792) record. He is 16-1 a gain st Buffalo, 13-4 against the Ne w be gin nin g of the 20 02 season, the Patriots own the NFL’s best York Jets, 11-6 against Miami and was 2-0 a gaainst Indianapoli s recor d at home. when they were in the AFC East (2001 season). BES T HOME RECO RDS SINCE 20 02 CONNE CTIONS Tea m W L T Pct. NEW ENGLA ND TIES New England 6 6 13 0 .835 ¾ Buffalo Bills QB Ryan Fitzpa trick played his colle ge football India napolis 62 17 0 .785 at Harvard fr om 2001-04. Balti more 5 2 21 0 .712 Pitts bur gh 5 4 22 1 .708 FORMER TE AMMATES Phila delphia 5 2 25 0 .675 ¾ New En gland Patriots RB Sa mmy Morris an d Buffalo Bills San Die go 5 2 25 0 .675 Seatt le 5 0 26 0 .658 Defensive C oordinator Ge orge Edwards were both Minn esota 48 26 0 .649 members of t he Miami Dolphi ns for the 2005- 06 seasons. ¾ Patriots RB F red Taylor and Bills DE Marcu s Stroud spent seven season s to gether on th e Jacksonville Ja guars, from 2001-07. LAST WEEK : PATRIO TS–P ACKE RS

PATRIOTS 31, GREEN BAY 27 PAT RIOTS HAVE NOW DEFEA TED EVERY NFL TEAM De cember 19, 201 0 ¹ Gillette Stad ium AT GILLETTE S TADIUM 1 2 3 4 Final With the Patriots’ wi n over the Pack ers, New En gla nd has now Green Bay Pa ckers 3 14 7 3 27 defea ted all 31 othe r NFL teams at Gillette Stadiu m since the New En gland Patriots 7 7 7 10 31 venu e opened in 20 02. In their onl y previous visit to Gillette The New En gland Patriots inc reased their win nin g streak to si x Stadi um, on Oct. 13 , 2002, the Pac kers defeated t he Patriots, strai ght wins wi th a 31-27 victo ry over the Gree n Bay Packers o n 28-1 0. Sunday Ni ght F ootball to improv e to a 12-2 reco rd. BRADY SETS N FL RECORD WITH AT LEA ST TWO QB Tom Br ady threw two touchdown pas ses and G Da n TOUCHDOWNS AND NO I NTERCEPTIO NS IN Connolly set an NFL record wit h the lon gest kic koff return by a n SE VEENTH STRAI GHT GAME offensive linem an with a 71-ya rd return at the end of the firs t Quar terback Tom Br ady has set an NFL record by throwin g at half to set up a touchdown. least two touchdown s without an int erception in each of his past The Patriots defense had thei r hands full wit h Packers backu p seve n games. Brady passed Don M eredith’s previou s record of M att Flynn, who filled in for a n in jured Aaro n six s trai ght games with two or more touchdow ns and no Rod gers. Flynn finished 24-of-3 7 passes for 251 yards and thre e inter ceptions (1965-6 6). touchdown pas ses. KYLE ARRIN GTON SCOR ES ON A 36- YARD With 1:05 l eft in the game , Green Bay h ad a 1s t-and-1 0 IN TERCEPTION RETURN situation from the Patriots’ 2 4-yard line trail ing, 31-27. Th e Kyle Arrin gton re gist ered his first NF L a nd returned Patriots defens e then came up with two sack s on the game’ s it 36 yards for a to uchdown in th e third quarter. Arrin gton’s final four plays to put the gam e away. Rookie LB Dane Fletche r inter ception return was his second touchdown of 2010. He sacked Flynn fo r an 8-yard loss on first down. Two players later , score d when he ret urned a blocked field goal 35 yards for a LB Tully Banta- Cain sacked Fl ynn for a 2-yar d loss on fourth - touch down at Miami on Oct. 4. down, the final play of the gam e. The game goot off to an in auspicious start for the Patriots . TWO SACK S IN TWO GA MES FOR MO ORE Green Bay reco vered an onside s kick on the op enin g kick of th e DL E ric Moore was credited with a 6-yard sack i n the first game to set up a field goal. T he Patriots resp onded with a 73 - quart er. Last week a t Chica go, Moo re made his Pa triots debu t yard drive tha t ended in a 33-yard touchd own run by R B and f orced a on a 10-yard sac k in the third qu arter. BenJarvus Gree n-Ellis to take a 7-3 first quarter lead. BR ADY REACHE S 30 TOUCH DOWNS FOR SECOND Green Bay t ook a 17-7 lead in the second quarter on a 66 - TIIME IN HIS C AREER yard touchdow n pass from Fly nn to WR Jame s Jones and a 1 - Brad y reached 30 to uchdown passe s for the year on a 2-yard yard touchdown pass from Flyn n to Gre g Jennin gs. touch down pass to TE Aaron Herna ndez in the seco nd quarter. In an effort to avoid kickin g to Brandon T ate, the Packer s Brad y now has two 30-touchdown seasons. He set an NFL tried a squib ki ck on the ensuin g kickoff. Conno lly picked up th e recor d with 50 touch down passes in 2007. He is on e of just 12 ball and ran 71 yards to the Gr een Bay 4-yard line. Three play s NFL players since th e 1970 mer ger to have at lea st two 30- later, Brady co nnected with T E Aaron Hernan dez on a 2-yar d touch down seasons. The only other Patriot quarterb ack to have touchdown to cl ose the Green B ay lead to 17-14 at the break. a 30- touchdown sea son was Vito (B abe) Parilli in 1 964 with 31 CB Kyle Arrin gton picked off a Flynn pass on the first series i n touch down passes. the third quart er and returned the interceptio n 36 yards for a ROOKIE TI GHT ENDS M AKE AN IMP ACT touchdown to giive the Patriots a 21-17 lead. Th e lead was shor t Rob Gronkowski le ads all rookie ti ght ends with seven lived with Gree n Bay respondi ngn with a 13-pl ay, 69-yard driv e touch down catches, while Aaron He rnandez ranks s econd with that ended with a 6-yard touch down pass from Flynn to RB Joh n six a fter catchin g a 2-yard touchdo wn pass from Tom Brady Kuhn to reclai m the lead at 24-21 headin g into the fourt h again st Green Bay in the secon d quarter and a 10-yard quarter. touch down pass i n the fourth quarter. Hern andez and After both te ams exchan ged field goals in t he fourth quarte r Gron kowski are the fi rst pair of rooki e ti ght end tea mmates with for a 27-24 Gre en Bay lead, th e Patriots took a 31-27 lead wit h at le ast five touchdo wn receptions i n the same sea son in NFL Brady’s second touchdown pas s of the day to Hernandez on a histo ry. 10-yard scorin g pass with 7:14 to play. HERNANDEZ HAS HIS SEC OND TWO- TD GAME DAN CON NOLLY HAS THE LONGES T KICKOFF Hern andez recorded his second two- touchdown gam e with a 2- RETURN EVER BY AN OFFENSIVE LINEMAN yard touchdown pas s from Brady in the second qu arter and a Dan Connolly re turned a kickoff 71 yards to the 4-yard line in th e 10-y ard touchdown pass from Brad y in the fourth quarter. He second quarter . Accordin g to Elias Sports B ureau, it is th e also had a two-touch down game at Cl eveland on Nov. 7. lon gest kickoff return by an o ffensive linema n in NFL history . BRADY TAL LIES 31 ST CA REER COMEB ACK The run by Co nnolly topped t he 48-yard touc hdown return b y Brad y en gineered his 31st career game-winnin g perf ormance to Atlanta's Mal Sn ider in 1969. Thhe previous lon geest kickoff retur n lead his team to a victory from a fourth quarter deficit. The for a Patriots offensive linem an was a 27-y ard return by G Patri ots trailed Gree n Bay 27-21 foll owin g Mason C rosby’s 19- Stephen Neal on Nov. 30, 2008 vs. Pittsb urgh. Connolly’ s yard field goal with 13:49 left in th e game. From t here, Brady previous best was a 16-yard re turn vs. Miami on Nov. 8, 2009 . comp leted five of si x passes for 82 yards and a to uchdown in Connolly’s retu rn set up a 2- yard touchdown pass from To m leadi nng the Patriots on a field goal d rive and a touch down drive Brady to Aaron Hernandez that cut the Packers’ lead to 17-14. that produced a 31-2 7 New En gland lead with 7:14 r emainin g in GREEN-ELL IS HAS LONG EST RUN OF HIS CAREER the gaame. From ther e, the Patriots d efense kept the Packers off BenJarvus Gree n-Ellis’ 33-yard t ouchdown run i n the first quarte r of th e scoreboard to preserve the 31- 27 victory. was the lon ges t run of his car eer. His previou s best was a 29 - MCCOURT Y RECORDS FIRST NFL SA CK yard run vs. Tennessee (1 0/18/09). His previous lon ges t Devi n McCourty recor ded his first car eer sack, brin gin g down touchdown run was a 15-y ard touchdown run at Detroi t Matt Flynn for a 4-ya rd loss on first d own in the fourt h quarter, (11/25/10). starti nng off a defensi ve series in whic h the Patriots fo rced a key three -and-out while t railin g 27-24. INSIDE THE NUMBER S

BY THE NUMBERS TOM BR ADY NUMBER S (continued ) 2 17 The number o f kickoff retur ns that WR Br andon Tate ha s The number of tim es Tom Brady has earned AF C Offensive returned for a touchdown in 2 010 after he re turned a 97-yar d Playe r of the Week h onors. He earne d the award in b ack-to-back kickoff for a t ouchdown vs. Ci ncinnati (9/12) and a 103-yar d week s in 2010: at De troit (11/25) an d vs. NY Jets (12 /6). kickoff for a tou chdown at Miam i (10/4). Tate is the first Patriot s’ 27 player to retur n two kicks for a touchdown i n a season sinc e The number of conse cutive re gular s eason starts that Tom Brady Kevin Faulk ret urned two for a touchdown in 2 002. The Patriot s’ has won at Gillette Stadium, settin g an NFL recor d for most record for most returns in a sin gle season is th ree by Raymon d cons ecutive home wi ns by a startin g quarterback in the re gular- Clayborn in 197 7. seas on. 2 31 The number of blocked kicks recorded by S Patrick Chun g i n The number of touch down passes thr own by Brady in 2010 to tie 2010 after he b locked a punt a nd a field goal in the Patriots wi n for t he NFL lead. He became just th e 12 th player sin ce the 1970 at Miami (10/4) . He is the first NFL player to block a field goa l mer geer to have at le ast two 30 touc hdown seasons. He had 50 and a punt in the same game since CB R amon Walker o f in 20 07. Houston blocke d a field goal and a punt vs. New En gland o n 34 Nov. 23, 2003. The number of re gul ar season 300-y ard passin g games by Tom 4 Brad y, a team recor d. Brady’s seve n 300-yard gam es in 2009 The number of th at the Patriots h ave returned fo r move d him past Dre w Bledsoe (26) f or the team reco rd. a touchdown in 2010 after LB Gary Guyt on returned a n 80 interception 59 yards for a scor e vs. Cincinnati (9/12), S Patric k The number of tim es that Brady has thrown tw o or more Chun g returned an int. 51 yard s for a score at Miami (10/4), S touch downs in a game. The Patriots are 68-12 whe n he throws James Sanders re turned an in t. 32 yards for a touchdown a t for t wo or more touc hdowns. Pittsburgh (11/ 14), and CB Kyl e Arrin gton ret urned an int. 3 6 109 yards for score vs. Green Bay (1 2/19). The number of wins t hat Brady has a s a startin g quar terback. He 6 reach ed the 100-win milestone in t he fewest numb er of starts The number of interceptions by CB Devin McCo urty in 2010. It i s (131) amon g all quar terbacks in the modern era. the second mo st interceptions by a rookie in P atriots history t o THE KRAFT ERA Mike Haynes (8 ) in 1976. 3 7 The number of Super Bowl champion ships the Patriot s have won The number of touchdown receptions by rookie TE Ro b since Robert Kraft pu rchased the tea m in 1994. That mark is the Gronkowski in 2010, a record f or most touchdo wn catches by a hi ghest total in the NFL over that s pan. Only Denv er (2; 1997 rookie ti ght en d in Patriots his tory. The only o ther rookie ti ght and 1998) and Pittsb urgh (2; 2005 a nd 2008) have won multiple ends in NFL his tory to have m ore touchdowns were Mike Ditk a Supe r Bowl titles sinc e 1994. (12) and Junior Miller (9). 5 12 The number of confe rence champion ships the Patriot s have won The number of rushin g touchdo wns in 2010 by BenJarvus Green - since Robert Kraft pu rchased the tea m in 1994. That mark is the Ellis, establishin g a career hi gh. His previous best was the fiv e hi ghest total in the N FL over that spa n. Pittsbur gh is second with he had as a ro okie in 2008. H e is the firs t Pa triots player wit h three conference title s since 1994. 10-plus rushin g touchdowns sin ce Corey Dillon h ad 13 in 2006. 12 31.9 The number of playo ff seasons earn ed by the Patrio ts in the 17 The number of points the Pat riots are avera giing in 2010, th e seas ons since Robert Kraft purchased the team. hi ghest in the NFL. The Patriot s are on pace t o finish with 51 0 17 points, which w ould be second i n team history t o the 589 score d The number of playo ff games the Pat riots have won s ince Robert in 2007. Kraft purchased the t eam in 1994. T hat mark is the h ighest total 71 in th e NFL over th at span. Pittsbu rrg h ranks seco nd with 15 The number of yards Dan Con nolly gained on a second quarte r playo ff wins over tha t span. kickoff return vs. Green Bay ( 12/19). It is th e lon gest kickof f 25 return by an off ensive lineman i n NFL history. The number of play off games the Patriots have a ppeared in 77 since 1994. The mar k is the hi ghest i n the NFL, ahea d of the 23 The number of consecutive re gular-season games that Welke r gam es played by Pitt sbur gh. has cau ght at l east one pass. H e has cau ght at least one pass i n 179 all 63 games as a member of the Patriots, includin g thre e The number of cons ecutive home games the Patriot s have sold postseason gam es. out, a streak that inc ludes every pre season, re gular season and JE ROD MAYO B Y THE NUMB ERS playo ff game since th e 1994 re gular s eason opener. 181 THHE BELICHI CK ERA The number of total tackles by LB Jerod Mayo. He is on pace t o 4 finish the seas on with 207 tac kles. That numb er would be the Bill Belichick is on e of just fou r coaches to win three hi ghest since L B Steve Nelson h ad 207 tackles i n 1984. cham pionships since the Super Bowl era be gan. Bel ichick joins TOM BRAD Y NUMBERS three members of th e Pro Football H all of Fame in t he exclusive 6 club (Chuck Noll 4, J oe Gibbs 3 and Bill Walsh 3). Beli chick is the The number of times that Brady has finished a s eason with 25 o r only coach to win thr ee Super Bowls in the post-199 3 salary cap more touchdow ns. He is the si xth QB in NFL hi story to have 2 5 era a nd the only one to ever win thre e in four years. or more touchd own passes in at least six differe nt seasons. 175 8 Bill B elichick has 175 career victory as a head coac h, includin g The number of times Tom Bra dy has passed f or 3,000 or mor e playo ff games. Belic hick passed Mi ke Holm gren to move into yards in a se ason, a franchi se record for most 3,000-yar d sole possession of 10 th place in all-tim e coachin g victo ries. seasons. He cur rently has 3,561 passin g yards i n 2010. ROBE RT KRAFT NEWS & NOT ES

Since Robert Kraf t purchased the SIN CE ROBERT KR AFT PURCHAS ED THE TEAM IN 1994… team in 1994, the Patriots have TOTAL VICTOR IES SINCE 19 94 (Incl. Posts eason) experienced o ne of the most New England P atriots...... 195 dramatic turnar ounds in the his tory Pittsburgh Steele rs ...... 185 of sports. In 17 seasons of Green Bay Packe rs ...... 179 ownership, Kra ft has transfor med Indianapolis Colt s ...... 179 one of the lea guue’s least succe ssful Philadelphia Eagl es ...... 165 clubs into wh at many obser vers ...... 164 view as a mod el NFL franchise . In WI NNING PERCE NTAGE SINCE 1994 (Incl. Po stseason) the five se asons immedi ately Tea m W L T Pct. precedin g his purchase (1989- 93), Ne w England Patri ots 19 5 100 0 .661 the Patriots wer e a moribund te am, winnin g jus t 19 of 80 game s Pitts burgh Steelers 185 107 1 .633 (.311 pct.) and recordin g the worst record in t he NFL over tha t Gre en Bay Packers 179 112 0 .615 Indi anapolis Colts 179 113 0 .613 span. When he bou ght the fr anchise on Jan. 21, 1994, Kraf t Den ver Broncos 16 4 119 0 .580 announced his intention to brin g a champ ionship to Ne w Phil adelphia Eagles 165 124 2 .570 En gland, a tall order consideri ngn the team’s previous succes s Min nesota Vikings 156 129 0 .547 rate. But unde r Kraft’s leaders hip, the Patriot s have won nin e division titles, five conference crowns and t hree Super Bo wl SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS HIPS SINCE 1 994 New England P atriots ...... 3 championships. The Patriots have made fi ve Super Bo wl Pittsburgh Steele rs…………………… ………………...... 2 appearances si nce Kraft purch ased the team, a period durin g Denver Broncos ...... 2 which no othe r NFL franchis e has earned more than thre e 9 Teams ...... 1 berths. Pre-Kra ft Kraft Era CONFERENC E CHAMPIONS HIPS SINCE 1 994 1960-9 3 1989-93 1994-10 New England P atriots ...... 5 Overall Record 225-276- 9 19-61 195-100 Pittsburgh Steele rs ...... 3 Winning Pct. .450 .311 .661 Denver Broncos ...... 2 Super Bowl Title s 0 0 3 Green Bay Packe rs ...... 2 Conference Title s 1 0 5 St. Louis Rams ...... 2 Division Titles 3 0 9 Indianapolis Colt s...... 2 Playoff Seasons 6 0 12 ...... 2 Playoff Record 4-6 -- 17-8 14 Teams ...... 1 Home Playoff Ga mes 1 0 12 PLAYO FF VICTORIES SINCE 1994 Home Playoff Re cord 0-1 -- 11-1 New England P atriots...... 17 ACCHAMPIONS HIP TRADITI ON Pittsburgh Steele rs ...... 15 The Patriots, th e Los An geles L akers and the S an Antonio Spur s Green Bay Packe rs ...... 11 are the only t eams from the four ma jor pr ofessional sport s Philadelphia Eagl es…………………… ……………………… ……… 11 lea gues to have won at least thr ee titles since 2 001. Indianapolis Colt s ...... 11 MULTIPLE LEAGUE CHA MPIONSHIPS SINCE 2001 PLAYOFF GAMES PLAY ED SINCE 199 4 Team League Titles New England P atriots ...... 25 Los Angeles Lak ers…………………… ……..NBA………… …………………. ... 4 Pittsburgh Steeler s ...... 23 New England P atriots ...... NFL ...... 3 Indianapolis Colts ...... 22 San Antonio Spu rs...... NBA ...... 3 Green Bay Packer s ...... 21 CHAMPIONSH IP GAME/SERI ES APPEARANC ES SINCE 1994 Philadelphia Eagle s ...... 21 Team League Appearances Denver Broncos ...... 13 New York Yanke es ...... MLB ...... 7 San Francisco 49 ers ...... 13 Los Angeles Lak ers...... NBA ...... 7 PLAY OFF SEASONS SINCE 1994 Detroit Red Wing s ...... NHL ...... 6 New England P atriots...... 12 New England P atriots ...... NFL ...... 5 Indianapolis Colt s ...... 12 San Antonio Spu rs...... NBA ...... 4 Green Bay Packe rs ...... 11 New Jersey Devil s ...... NHL ...... 4 Philadelphia Eagl es ...... 10 SELLOU T STREA K Pittsburgh Steele rs ...... 10 In the early 19 90s, the Patriot s seemed destin ed for relocatio n Dallas Cowboys ...... 9 until Robert K raft’s purchase of the team r eej uvenated loca l PLAYOFF WI NNING PERCE NTAGE SINCE 1994 interest. In 199 1, the season ti cket base was just 17,635, barel y Team W L Pct. enou gh to supp ort the club. No w, the season-ti cket base stand s Ne w Orleans Saints ...... 5 ...... 2 ...... 714 at a capped tot al of 61,759 and more than 50,0 00 fans are on a Ne w England Patr iots ...... 17 ...... 8 ...... 680 waiting list. Th e Patriots have sold out 179 c onsecutive hom e Pitt sburgh Steelers ...... 15 ...... 8 ...... 652 games (datin g back to the 1994 re gular-season opener). Ari zona Cardinals ...... 5 ...... 3 ...... 625 SUCCES S STORY Bal timore Ravens ...... 8 ...... 5 ...... 615 De nver Broncos ...... 8 ...... 5 ...... 615 Since Robert K raft purchased the team in 1 994, the Patriot s Car olina Panthers ...... 6 ...... 4 ...... 600 have been one of the NFL’s elit e franchises. In t he 17 seasons o f ANNUAL ACHIE VEMENTS Kraft’s ownersh ip, the Patriots own the NFL’s hi ghest winnin g The Patriots have wo n more than hal f of their games 10 straight percenta ge an d have won more Super B owl titles, mor e years . They are the first team to win more than h alf of their conference ch ampionships, m ore playoff games and mor e gam es in 10 strai ght seasons since f ree a gency be gaan in 1993. regular-season games than an y other NFL te am. The Patriot s The Patriots are the fourth team to win more than half of their have now won nine or more games in 14 of the 17 seasons tha t gam es in 10 strai ght seasons since the 1970 AFL-N FL mer ger, Robert Kraft ha s owned the tea m. joinin g the 49ers (16 strai ght from 19 83-1998), the C owboys (16 strai ght from 1970-8 5) and the Raid ers (11 strai ght from 1970- 80). BILL BELICHI CK NEWS & NOTE S

THE HE AD COACH BELICHIC K’S PATRIOT S RENAISSA NCE Overall Record : 175-99 (.639) Any successful pro ject requires a s ound plan and once head Regular Seaso n: 160-94 (.630) coac h Bill Belichick i mplemented his desi gn on the Patriots, his Postseason: 15 -5 (.750) appr oach has given him the best rec ord of any NFL head coach With Patriots o verall: 138-54 (. 719) who has coached o ver 40 games since 2001 (in cludin g the Overall since 2 001: 133-43 (.75 6) posts eason). Super Bowl Tit les: 5 (86, 90, 01 , 03, 04) NFL CO ACHES’ RECORD S SINCE 2001 Conf. Titles: 7 (86, 90, 96, 01, 0 3, 04, 07) Coac h Team W L T Pct. Division Titles: 14 (75, 78, 86, 8 9, 90, Bill B elichick NE 133 43 0 .756 96, 98, 01, 03, 0 4, 05, 06, 07, 09) Tony Dungy TB/IND 101 41 0 .711 Bill Belichick is the only head c oach in NFL his tory to win thre e Bill C owhe r PIT 70 35 1 .665 Super Bowl titl es in a four-yea r span. He spen t 20 years as a n AMMONG THE G REATS assistant coach in the NFL and this is his 16th season as a hea d Coac h Belichick has recorded 175 ca reer wins and i s one of 15 coach. Accordin g to the Elias S ports Bureau, h e is the only ma n coac hes in NFL hist ory to win 160 or more game s. Belichick in NFL history t o serve 20 or m ore seasons as a n assistant coac h owns a career winni nng percenta ge of .639, which is third all- and at least 15 seasons as a he ad coach. Over a 100- game spa n time, behind Geor ge Halas (.682) and Don Shula (.66 6). from 2003-08, Belichick directe d the team to an 82-18 record , markin g the be st 100- game spa n for any team i n NFL history. I n TO P WINNING P ERCENTAGE A MONG HEAD C OACHES the 2007 sea son, Belichick l ed the Patriot s to the fourt h WITH A T LEAS T 160 WINS ( INCL. POSTSE ASON) undefeated an d untied re gula r season in th e NFL’s 90-yea r Head Coach Team (s) Years W L T Pct. history and th e first since t he NFL establis hed a 16- gam e Geor ge Halas CHI 1920-29,33-41,46-55, 58-67 324 151 31 .682 Don Shula BAL/M IA 1963-95 347 173 6 .666 schedule in 197 8. Belichick’s Pa triots teams own the all-time NF L Bill B elichic k CLE/ NE 1991-95,00- 10 174 99 0 .639 records for con secutive total v ictories (21 fro m 2003-04), an d Curly Lambeau GB/CHI /WWAS 1921-53 229 134 22 .630 established the record for con secutive re gular -season victorie s Joe G ibbs WAS 1981-92,04- 07 171 101 0 .629 (21 from 2006 -08) and conse cutive playoff vi ctories (10 fro m NOTE: Winnin g percenta ge calcul ated usin g current NFL rul es, countin g a tie as a hal f-win, half-loss. 2001-05). Belic hick has spent more seasons in the lea gue tha n SUPER SUC CESS any other curre nt NFL head co ach, and in that time has been a Bill B elichick is one o f just four head coaches to win three Super part of five Sup er Bowl champio nship teams. Bowl championships. Belichick is th e only coach t o win three BELICHI CK LEADS TE AM TO 10 TH STRAIGHT Supe r Bowls in the p ost-1993 salary c ap era. WINNIN G RECORD MOST SUPER BOWL VICTORIES Bill Belichick h as led the Patri ots to a winnin g record for 1 0 Head Coach Tea m Titles Seasons consecutive sea sons (2001-201 0). The only ot her NFL coach t o Chuc k Noll PIT 4 1974, 1975, 1 978, 1979 have at least 10 consecutive winnin g season s with one tea m Bill B elichic k NE 3 2001, 2003, 2004 since the 1970 mer ger was T om Landry, wh o led the Dalla s Joe G ibbs WA S 3 1982, 1987, 1 991 Bill W alsh SF 3 1981, 1984, 1 988 Cowboys to 16 consecutive win nin g seasons (19 70-1985). NOTE: Sorted by most recent cha mpionship. Super Bowls h ave determined NFL cham pion since 1966. BEL ICHICK MOV ES INTO TO P TEN PLAYOFF SU CCESS Bill Belichick pa ssed Mike Holm gren to move int o sole possessio n Coac h Belichick has won 15 career pl ayoff games, a total that is of 10 th place in all-time coachin g victories with 1 75 career wins. the fi fth-hi ghest by a head coach in N FL history. MOST WINS NFL COACHES MOST PLAYO FF WINS BY A N NFL HEAD C OACH Head Coach Team(s) Years of servic e Record 1.Don Shula BAL, MIA 33 347-173-6 Coa ch Te am(s) Wins Tom Landry ...... Dall as Cowboys ...... 20 2.George Halas Chicago 40 324-151-31 Don S hula ...... Balti more Colts, Miami Dolphins ...... 19 3.Tom Landry Dallas 29 270-178-6 Joe Gi bbs ...... Was hin gton Redskins ...... 17 4.Curly Lambeau GB,Cards, W AS 33 229-134-22 Chuck Noll ...... Pitts bur gh Steelers ...... 16 5.Chuck Noll Pittsburgh 23 209-156-1 Bill B elichick ...... Cle veland Browns, New En gland Pat riots .... 15 6.Marty Schottenh eimer CLE,KC,WA S,SD 21 205-139-1 PO STSEASON P ROWESS 7.Dan Reeves DEN,NYG,A TL 23 201-174-2 8.Chuck Knox LAR,BUF,SE A 22 193-158-1 Bill B elichick is the s econd winnin ges t head coach in NFL playoff 9.Bill Parcells NYG,NE,NYJ ,DAL 19 183-138-1 histo ry based on win nin g percenta ge, trailin g only th e le gendary 10.Bill Belichic k CLE, NE 16 175-99-0 Vince Lombardi, who se name is emb lazoned on the Super Bowl 11.Mike Holmgre n GB, SEA 17 174-122-0 troph y. 12.Joe Gibbs Washington 16 171-101-0 BEST POSTSE ASON RECOR DS IN NFL HIS TOR Y 13.Paul Brown CLE, CIN 21 170-108-6 Head Coach Team(s) W L Pct. ELITE C OMPANY Vince Lombardi GB/WAS 9 1 .900 Belichick is one of nine NFL he ad coaches to w in three or mor e Bill B elichic k CLE/NE 15 5 .750 championships since the lea gue be gan postsea son play in 1933 , TOPS IN TEAM HISTORY but the only on e to win 3 in 4 y ears. With the P atriots’ victory i n Bill Belichick is the most successf ul head coach in Patriots Super Bowl XX XIX, Belichick joined an exclusi ve club in whic h histo ry. He has reco rded more win s (138) than th e next two each of the ei ghht other membe rs has been ens hrined in the Pr o head coaches on that list combined. Football Hall of Fame. WI NNINGEST HE AD COACHES IN PATRIOTS HISTORY HEAD COAC HES WITH THREE O R MORE NFL TITLE S Care er Overall Playoff (Listed alp habetically) Coac h Yeears Winning Pct. W-L-T W-L Head Coach Championship Tea m(s) Bill B elichick 20 00-10 .71 9 138-54-0 14-4 Bill Belichick New England Patrio ts (SB XXXVI, XXX VIII, XXXIX) Raym ond Berry 19 84-89 .554 51-41-0 3-2 Paul Brown Cleveland Browns (19 50, 54, 55) Weeb Ewbank Baltimore Colts, New York Jets (1958, 59 S B III) Pete Carroll 19 97-99 .549 28-23-0 1-2 Joe Gibbs Washington Redskins (SB XVII, XXII, XXVI) Ron Meye r 19 82-84 .529 18-16-0 0-1 George Halas Chicago Bears (1921, 33, 40, 41, 46, 63) Chuc k Fairbanks 19 73-78 .529 46-41 0-2 Curly Lambeau (1 929, 30, 31, 36, 39, 4 4) Mike Holovak 19 61-68 .528 53-47-9 1-1 Vince Lombardi Green Bay Packers (1 961, 62, 65, SB I, II) Bill P arcells 19 93-96 .500 34-34 2-2 Chuck Noll Pittsburgh Steelers (S uper Bowl IX, X, XIII, XIV) Ron Erhardt 19 79-81 .438 21-27 0-0 Bill Walsh San Francisco 49ers ( Super Bowl XVI, XIX, XXXIII) Lou S aban 19 60-61 .368 7-12 0-0 Clive Rush 19 69-70 .238 5-16 0-0 TOM BRADY NEW S & NOTES

RECORDI NG SUCCESS TOM BRA DY’S RECORD AS A START ER Tom Brady has quarterbac ked the Re g.. Season Playoffs Total Patriots to vict ories in 109 of his 141 Over all: 109-32 14-4 123-36 career regular-s eason starts, co mpiling a Hom e: ...... 61-10 ...... 8-1 ...... 69-11 .773 winnin g p ercenta ge and giivin g him Road: ...... 48-22 ...... 6-3* ...... 54-25* the best record of any quarterb ack in the By Y ardage Total Super Bowl era (since 1966). Less than 200: ...... 27-12 ...... 3-1 ...... 30-13 TOP WINNI NG PERCENTA GES IN 200-2 99: ...... 52-16 ...... 9-2 ...... 61-18 SUP ER BOWL ERA 300 o r more: ...... 30-4 ...... 2-1 ...... 32-5 (Since 1 966, Minimum 50 Starts, Regular S eason Only) Othe r Records Player Team(s) Yea rs W L T Pct . On Ar tificial Turf: ...... 54-5 ...... 4-2 ...... 58-7 Tom Brady NE 200 0-10 109 32 0 .77 3 Temp . Below 40: ...... 25-3 ...... 8-1 ...... 33-4 Roger Staubach DAL 196 9-79 85 29 0 .74 6 Than ksgiving or later: ...... 41-9 ...... 14-4 ...... 55-13 Joe Montana SF/KC 197 9-94 117 47 0 .71 3 Leadi ng at Halftime: ...... 83-8 ...... 10-2 ...... 93-10 ACTIVE QUUARTERBACK S WINNING PE RCENTAGE Leadi ng after 3 Qtrs: ...... 89-5 ...... 9-2 ...... 98-7 Minimum 3 2 Starts (two full seasons), Regular Season Only Overt ime: ...... 7-1 ...... 1-0 ...... 8-1 Quarterback Team(s) W L T Pct . Passe r rating >100.0: ...... 59-3 ...... 6-0 ...... 65-3 *-Inclu des three Super Bowl s at neutral sites Tom Brady NE 109 32 0 .77 3 Ben Roethlisberg er PIT 67 29 0 .69 8 BRADY HAS FIFTH BEST QB RATING I N NFL SD 54 24 0 .69 2 HISTOR Y Peyton Manning IND 139 67 0 .67 5 Tom Brady has produ ced a 94.9 quar terback ratin g. H is career- Tony Romo DAL 39 21 0 .65 0 mark is tied with Pey ton mannin g for fifth best all-tim e. MO ST CAREER WINS AS A STA RTER NFL ALL-TIME LEA DERS IN PASS ER RATING (Regular s eason only) Quar terbac k Years Team(s) Rating Rank Name W L T Pct. Phili p Rivers 2004-2010 San Dieg o 97.8 1. Brett Favre 186 111 1 .626 Aaro n Rodgers 2005-2010 Green Ba y 97.6 2. John Elway 148 82 1 .643 Steve Young 1985-99 TB/SF 96.8 3. Dan Marino 147 93 0 .613 Tony Romo 2004-2010 Dallas 95.5 4. Peyton Mann ing 139 67 0 .675 Tom Brad y 2000-2010 Patriots 94.9 5. Fran Tarkento n 124 109 6 .531 Peyt on Manning 1998-2010 Indianap olis 94.9 6. Johnny Unitas 118 64 4 .651 Bold Ind icates active players 7. Joe Montana 117 47 0 .713 BR ADY WINS 27 th STRAIGH T START AT GILLETTE 8. Tom Brady 109 32 0 .773 Tom Brady set an NF L record for mos t consecutive ho me wins as 9. Terry Bradsha w 107 51 0 .677 a sta rtin g quarterba ck with his 26 th strai ght win in a re gular- 10. Warren Moon 102 98 0 .510 seas on home start f ollowin g the 45- 3 win a gainst th e Jets. The Bold Indicates active play ers last t ime the Patriots lost a re gular-s eason home game in which BR ADY IS FAST EST TO 100 WINS Brad y started was on Nov. 12, 2006 a gainst the New York Jets. Tom Brady wo n his 100th gam e as a starter on Monday Ni ght MOS T CONSECUTI VE REGULAR -SEASON HO ME GAMES th Football at Mia mi (10/4/10). H e is the 11 NF L quarterback t o WO N AS A STARTI NG QUATERBA CK: re gister 100 wi ns as a startin g quarterback. B rady reached th e Play er Team Yeears Streak milestone in the fewest nu mber of start s (131) amon g Tom Brad y NE 2 006-Present 27 w ho be gan their careers in the Super Bowl er a Brett Favre GB 1 995-98 25 (since 1966). Hi s 107 wins are r anked 8 th in NFL history. John Elway DEN 1 996-98 22 PLAYER TEAM S TARTS TO REA CH 100 Bob Griese MIA 1 971-74 20 Tom Brady Patriots 131 Rand all Cunningham PHI 1 990-94 20 Joe Montana 49ers 139 MOST CAREER TO UCHDOWNS Terry Bradshaw Steelers 147 MO ST TOUCHDOWN S CAREER Brett Favre Packers 153 (re gular season only) Bold In dicates active players Peyton Manning Colts 154 Rank Name Touc hdowns BRADY RE ACHES 25 T OUCHDOWNS FOR SIXTH 1. Brett Favre 5 07 TI ME 2. Dan Marino 4 20 Tom Brady r aised his 2010 total to an NFL-leadin g 3 1 3. Peyt on Manning 3 94 touchdowns. It is the sixth time in his career th at he has had 2 5 4. Fran Tarkenton 3 42 5. John Elway 3 00 or more touchd owns in a seaso n. 6. Warr en Moon 2 91 MOST SEASON S WITH 25-PLU S TOUCHDOWN PASSES 7. John ny Unitas 2 90 Peyton Manning 13 Tom Brad y 6 8. Vinn y Testaverde 2 75 Brett Favre 11 D rew Brees 6 9. Joe Montana 2 73 Dan Marino 7 J oe Montana 6 10. Dave Kreig 2 61 BRADY R EACHES 30 TDS FOR SEC OND TIME 11. Tom Brad y 2 56 Tom Brady reac hed 30 touchdo wn passes in 20 10 and enters th e 12. Sonn y Jurgensen 2 55 Buffalo game ti ed for the NFL lead with 31 to uchdown passes . 13. Dan Fouts 2 54 Brady now has two 30-touchdo wn seasons aft er an NFL recor d 14. Drew Bledsoe 2 51 50 in 2007. H e is one of just 12 NFL player s since the 197 0 15. Boo mer Esiason 2 47 mer ger to hav e at least two 30 touchdown passes. The onl y 16. John Hadl 2 44 other Patriots q uarterback to h ave a 30-touchd own season wa s BRADY HAS SE COND PERFE CT PASSER RATING Vito Parilli in 19 64 with 31. Brad y finished with a perfect ratin g after finishin g 21-of-27 for BRADY HA S 8 TH GAME WITH 300 YD S AND 4 TDS 341 yards with four t ouchdowns and no interceptions for a 158.3 Tom Brady had his 8 th game wit h 300 yards (32 6), 4 TDs and n o ratin g at Detroit on Nov. 25. It is th e second time i n his career interceptions in t he win against t he Jets (12/6/10) . That is the mos t that he has finished with a perfect r atin g. He also ha d a perfect such games by a quarterback sinc e the 1970 merg er. ratin g on Oct. 21, 20 07 at Miami. H e is the third pla yer ever to have more than one game with a pe rfect ratin g (min imum of 20 atte mpts), joinin g Pe yton Mannin g (3 ) and Kurt Warn er (3). TOM BRADY NEW S & NOTES

200 TOU CHDOWNS BRA DY IN THE PO STSEASON Tom Brady rea ched 200 touc hdowns in just 116 games, th e NFL ALL- TIME LEADERS / PL AY OFF VICTORI ES AS fourth fastest i n NFL history. He currently has 256 touchdow n ST ARTING QUAR TERBACK (Bold indicates active pl ayers) passes. Play eer Team(s) Playoff Wins NFL RECORD B OOK / FASTES T TO 200 TOUC HDOWN PASSES Joe M ontana S an Fran./K.C. 16 (Bold indicate s active players) Games Player Team( s) NFL Debut 200th TD Tom Brad y New England 14 89 Dan Mar ino Miami 09/19 /83 09/17/89 Terry Bradshaw P ittsburgh 14 106 Peyton Manning Indian apolis 09/0 6/98 11/21/04 John Elway Denve r 14 107 Brett Fa vre Atlanta/ Green Bay 10/27 /91 11/15/98 Brett Favre Green Ba y 12 116 Tom Br ady New E ngland 11/2 3/00 09/27/09 Troy Aikman Dallas 11 121 Johnny Unitas Baltimo re Colts 1956 1963 Roge r Staubach Dallas 11 BRADY’S C OMEBACKS QUARTERBACKS WITH THREE OR MORE SUPE R BOWL VICTORIE S Brady has en gineered 31 caree r game-winnin g performances t o Quar terbac k Team Wins lead his team to a victory from a fourth-quarter deficit or tie. Terry Bradshaw PIT 4 Time Remaining Passin g Statistics ^ Date Opp. Score in Re g.. Att Cmp Yd s TD Int Fi nal Joe M ontana SF 4 12/19/10 GB 21-27 13:49 6 5 82 1 0 3 1-27 Troy Aikman DAL 3 10/17/10 BAL 10-20 14:53 24 16 15 6 1 1 23-20 OT Tom Brad y NE 3 09/14/09 BUF 13-24 5:32 13 11 11 2 2 0 2 5-24 PLAYERS WITH MULTIPLE SUPE R BOWL MVP A WARDS 12/29/07 at NYG 23-28 15:00 12 8 13 0 1 0 3 8-35 Play eer Team MVPs 12/03/07 at BAL 17-24 14:25 17 7 11 3 1 0 2 7-24 Joe M ontana SF 3 11/25/07 PHI 24-28 15:00 16 11 10 9 0 0 3 1-28 11/04/07 at IND 10-20 9:42 10 8 14 4 2 0 2 4-20 Terry Bradshaw PIT 2 01/14/07 at SD* 13-21 8:35 14 9 12 2 1 1 2 4-21 Tom Brad y NE 2 12/03/06 DET 13-21 13:07 15 14 10 1 0 0 2 8-21 Bart Star r GB 2 11/26/06 CHI 10-10 14:46 7 6 98 1 0 1 7-13 BRADY NEAR THE TOP SIN CE BECOMIN G THE 11/13/05 at MIA 15-16 2:53 2 2 76 1 0 2 3-16 10/30/05 BUF 7-16 10:07 4 4 69 0 0 2 1-16 PATR IOTS START ER IN 2001 10/09/05 at ATL 28-28 3:52 2 2 17 0 0 3 1-28 Since takin g over as the Patriots st artin g quarterba ck in 2001, 09/25/05 at PIT 10-13 14:19 12 12 16 7 0 0 2 3-20 Tom Brady ranks sec ond with 254 to uchdown passes and fourth 02/06/05 PHI** 14-14 15:00 4 2 33 0 0 2 4-21 with 34,236 passin g yards. 10/03/04 at BUF 17-17 15:00 4 2 8 1 0 3 1-17 02/01/04 CAR** 29-29 1:08 5 4 47 0 0 3 2-29 To uchdowns Sin ce 2001 01/10/04 TEN* 14-14 15:00 11 6 27 0 0 1 7-14 Playe r Team Yeears TDs 11/30/03 at IND 31-31 10:21 6 3 31 1 0 3 8-34 Peyt on Mannin g I ND 2 001-10 30 9 11/23/03 at HST 13-20 3:11 14 10 13 3 1 0 (ot) 2 3-20 Tom Brady NE 2 001-10 25 6 11/03/03 at DEN 23-26 2:51 4 5 58 1 0 3 0-26 10/19/03 at MIA 13-13 15:00 10 7 14 7 1 0 (ot) 1 9-13 Brett Favre GB/NYJ/MIN 2 001-10 25 2 10/05/03 TEN 24-27 4:40 1 1 15 0 0 3 8-30 Drew Brees S D/NO 2 001-10 23 3 12/29/02 MIA 13-24 4:59 13 8 69 1 0 (ot) 2 7-24 Dono van McNabb P HI/WAS 2 001-10 20 1 11/10/02 at CHI 19-30 5:16 14 9 11 6 2 0 3 3-30 09/22/02 KC 38-38 0:00 5 4 46 0 0 (ot) 4 1-38 Pa ssin g Yards Si nce 2001 02/03/02 STL** 17-17 1:21 8 5 53 0 0 2 0-17 Playe r Team Yeears Pa ssin g Yards 01/19/02 OAK* 3-13 15:00 27 20 13 8 0 0 (ot) 1 6-13 Peyt on Mannin g I ND 2001-1 0 42 ,098 12/16/01 at BUF 6-9 5:57 13 9 11 6 0 0 (ot) 12-9 Brett Favre GB/NYJ/MIN 2001- 10 37 ,069 12/02/01 at NYJ 14-16 15:00 7 6 56 0 0 1 7-16 Drew Brees S D/NO 2001-1 0 34 ,768 10/14/01 SD 16-26 8:48 18 13 13 0 1 0 (ot) 2 9-26 ^-Statistics are from the time noted until the end o f the game * Divisional Pl ayoffs ** Super Bowl Tom Brady NE 2001- 10 34 ,399 TO PPQB HOME ST ARTING RECO RDS Dono van McNabb P HI/WAS 2001-1 0 31 ,937 SINCE 19 70 MERGER TO M BRADY EAR NS 17TH AFC OFFENSIVE PL AYER OF Player Team(s) W L T Pct. THE WEEK A WARD Tom Brady NE 69 11 0 .863 Tom Brady was nam ed the AFC Offe nsive Player of t he Week in Terry Bradshaw PIT 75 14 0 .843 back- to-back weeks for his perform ance in the win s at Detroit John Elway DEN 104 25 0 .806 (11/2 5) and vs. NY Jets (12/6). Br ady has now r eceived the Steve Young TB/SF 63 19 0 .768 hono r 17 times, th e third-most Pl ayer of the W eek awards WINNINGEST C OACH/ QB TAN DEM earn ed by a player si nce the accolade was instituted i n 1984. Bill Belichick an d Tom Brady h ave the best wi nnin g percenta gee THHE PLAYERS WI TH THE MOST CAREER PLAYE R OF THE amon g a head coach-startin g quarterback ta ndem since th e WEEK AWA RDS 1970 merger. The tandem’s 1 09 wins are sec ond only to Da n Play eer Car eer T eam POW A wards Marino and Don Shula’s 116 win s. Peyto n Manning 199 8-present C olts 2 0 WINNINGEST COACH/ QB T ANDEMS SINC E 1970 Dan Marino 198 3-1999 D olphins 1 8 (Re gular Seaso n Only – winnin g percenta ge) Tom Brad y 20 00-present P atriots 1 7 Brett Favre 199 1-present Pack ers, Jets, Vikin gs 16 Quarterback/ Head Coach T eam W L T Pct . John Elway 198 3-1998 Br oncos 1 5 Tom Brady/Bi ll Belichick N E 109 32 0 .77 3 BRADY EXT ENDS TEAM R ECORD FOR M OST Ken Stabler/Joh n Madden O AKA 60 19 1 .75 6 CONSECUTI VE PASS ATTE MPTS WITHOU T AN Jim McMahon/M ike Ditka C HI 46 15 0 .75 4 Peyton Mannin g//Tony Dun gy I ND 73 24 0 .75 3 INTERCEPT ION WINNINGEST COACH/ QB T ANDEMS SINC E 1970 Tom Brady extend ed his streak to 292 consec utive pass (Re gular Seaso n Only - victorie s) atte mpts without an interception. Br ady eclipsed his old record Quarterback/ Head Coach T eam W L T Pct . of 18 3 consecutive p ass attempts wit hout an interce ption (set in Dan Marino/Do n Shula M IA 116 68 0 .63 0 2009 ) on Thanks givin g at Detroi t (12 /25). MOST CONSECUTIVE PAS S ATTEMPTS WITH OUT AN INTERCEP TION Tom Brady/Bi ll Belichick N E 109 32 0 .77 3 308 Bernie Kosar (Cleveland) 1990-91 Terry Bradshaw /Chuck Noll P IT 107 51 0 .60 1 294 Bart Starr (G reen Bay) 1964-65 292 Tom Brady (Patriots) 2010 279 Jeff Geor ge ( IND/ATL) 1993-94 277 Rich Gannon (Oakland) 2001 271 Jason Camp bell (Washin gton) 2007-08 TOM BRADY NEW S & NOTES

BRADY IS PATRIOTS AL L-TIME LEAD ING PASSER BRADY HAS BEST PASSE R RATING IN 2010 Tom Brady pas sed Drew Bleds oe on an 11-ya rd completion t o Brad y enters the Bu ffalo game firs t in the NFL wi th a 109.9 Sam Aiken in t he third quarter of the New Or leans (11/30/09 ) pass er ratin g. If he continues this p ace, he will fini sh with his game to becom e the Patriots all -time passin g ya rda ge leader. seco nd passer ratin g of over 100. H e had a career -high 117.2 PA TRIOTS ALL-TIM E LEADING PAS SERS ratin g in 2007. Player YEARS ATT COMP YAR DS NFL Passer Ratin g Tom Brady 2000-10 4,66 7 3,034 34,4 05 Ran k Player Passe r Ratin g Drew Bledsoe 1993-01 4,51 8 2,544 29,6 57 1 Tom Brad y (NE) 1 09.9 Steve Grogan 1975-90 3,59 3 1,879 26,8 86 BRADY SE TS NFL RECO RD WITH AT LEAST TWO 2 Philip River s (SD) 1 05.7 3 Michael Vic k (PHI) 1 03.6 TOUCHD OWNS AND NO INTERCEP TIONS IN 4 Aaron Rod gers (GB) 9 8.5 SEVENTH ST RAIGHT GAM E 5 Matt Cassel (KC) 9 6.2 Quarterback Tom Brady set an NFL record by throwin g at leas t BR ADY HAS BE ST TOUCHDO WN/INTERC EPTION two touchdown s without an i nterception in each of his pas t RATIO IN 2 010 seven games. Brady passes D on Meredith’s pr evious record o f Brad y has thrown 31 touchdowns to juust four intercep tions in six strai ght games with two or more touc hdowns and n o 2010 for an NFL-leadi ng 7.75 touchd own/interception ratio. interceptions (1 965-66). NFL Touchdown/I nterception Ra tio BRADY HAS THROWN AT LEAST ONE TOUCHDOWN Ran k Player T D/INT Ratio PA SS IN ALL 14 GAMES IN 2 010 1 Tom Brad y (NE) 7.75 Brady has thro wn at least one touchdown pass in all 14 game s 2 Matt Cassel (KC) 4.80 of the 2010 se ason after finis hin g with two t ouchdown tosse s 3 Michael Vic k (PHI) 4.00 against the Pac kers. Brady has started the sea son with at leas t 4 Josh Freem an (TB) 3.00 one touchdown in the first 14 games for the first time in hi s 5 Joe Flacco (BAL) 2.88 career. Brady started the 2 007 season wit h at least on e BR ADY HAS BES T NFL TOUC HDOWN PER CENTAGE touchdown in t he first 13 gam es. Since the N FL went to a 16 - IN 2010 game season in 1978, only five quarterbacks h ave thrown for a t Brad y has an NFL-lea din g 6.9 touchd own percenta ge in 2010. least one touch down in each game. NFL Touchdown P ercenta ge QBS WITH A LE AST ONE TD PAS S IN All16 GAME S IN A SEASON (16-GAME SCHE DULE WAS INST ITUTED IN 1978 ) Ran k Player TD Pct. Daunte Culpepper (Minnesota) 2 004 1 Tom Brad y (NE) 6. 9 Brett Favre (Gree n Bay) 2 003 2 David Garr ard (PHI) 6.7 Kurt Warner (St. L ouis) 1 999 3 Matt Cassel (KC) 6.3 Dan Marino (Miam i) 1 986 4 Philip River s (SD) 6.3 Dave Krei g (Seattl e) 1 984 5 Michael Vic k (PHI) 6.1 Dan Marino (Miam i) 1 984 BRADY HIGH I N COMPLETI ON PERCENT AGE IN BRADY CL OSE TO FOU RTTH 4,000- YARD SEASON Brady now ha s 3,561 yards passin g in 201 0 and needs t o 2010 avera ge 220 in the last two games for his f ourth 4,000 yar d Brad y is currently ran ked fifth in the NFL with a 66.6 completion season. Brady h ad 4,398 yards i n 2009, 4,806 i n 2007 and 4,11 0 perc enta ge. The 66. 6 completion rati nng is second to the career- in 2005. hi gh 68.9 completion percenta ge he had in 2007. MOST SEASO NS WITH 4,000 OR MORE YA RDS PASSING. NFL Completion Pe rcenta ge Peyton Mannin g 1 1 Ran k Player Comp. % Dan Marino 6 1 Tony Romo (DAL) 69.5 Brett Favre 6 2 Drew Bree s (NO) 68.5 Drew Brees 5 3 Peyton Ma nnin g(IND) 66.9 Warren Moon 4 4 Philip River s (SD) 66.6 Tom Brady 3 5 Tom Brad y (NE) 66.6 Philip Rivers 3 BR ADY RANKS SIXTH IN PA SING YARDS IN 2010 BRA DY TIED FOR NFL LEAD WITH 31 Brad y enters the Buff alo game sixth i n the NFL with 3 ,561 TOUCHDO WN PASSES passi nng yards NFL Passin g Yards Tom Brady ente rs the Buffalo gaame tied with Dr ew Brees for the Ran k Player Passin g Ya rds NFL lead with 3 1 touchdown pa sses. 1 Peyton Ma nnin g(IND) 4257 NFL Passin g T ouchdowns 2 Philip River s (SD) 4141 Rank Play er P assin g Touchd owns 3 Drew Bree s (NO) 4122 1t Tom Brad y (NE) 31 4 Matt Schau b (HOU) 3807 1t Drew Bree s (NO) 31 5 Kyle Orton (DEN) 3653 3 Philip Rive rs (SD) 29 6 Tom Brad y (NE) 3561 4t Peyton Ma nnin g (IND) 28 7 Carson Pal mer (CIN) 3396 4t Eli Mannin g (NYG) 28 8 Joe Flacco (BAL) 3395 BRADY H AS LOWEST I NTERCEPTIO N RATE IN 9 Donovan M cNabb (WAS) 3377 2010 10 Matt Ryan (ATL) 3321 Tom Brady has thrown just four interceptions in 3,561 attempts in 2010. NFL Intercept ion Percenta gee Rank Play er Int. Pc t. 1 Tom Brady (NE) 0.9 2 Matt Cassel (KC) 1.3 3 Josh Freeman (TB) 1.4 4 Ben Roethlisber ger(PI T) 1.5 5 Micha el Vick (PHI) 1.5 WR WES WELKE R NEWS & NOTES

WELKER LE ADS NFL IN R ECEPTIONS SINCE 2007 WELKER LEA DS NFL IN YA RDS AFTER CATCH le ads the NFL with 429 Welk er leads the NF L in yards after the catch since joinin g the receptions sinc e the start of 20 07. He is Patri ots in 2007. the first player to reach 300 r eceptions MOST YARD S AFTER THE C ATCH SINCE 2 007 in his first 40 games with a ne w team. Play eer Tea m Yards Afte r the Catch Welker led the NFL in reception s in 2009 Wes Welker Ne w England Patri ots 2,5 40 with 123, des pite missin g tw o games Brand on Marshall Den ver/Miami 1,69 6 early in the year and most of the WE LKER IS STR EAKING season-finale d ue to an injury. Welk er has a streak of 77 strai ght re gular-season games with at 2007-PRESENT NFL REC. LEADE RS least one reception. He has cau ght a t least one pas s in each of Player Team Rec. Yds TD his 63 games with the Patriots, i ncludin g three postseason Wes Welker NE 429 4,517 22 gam es. The last time that Welker did not catch a pas s in a game Reggie Wayne IND 385 5,166 31 was December 24, 2005 when he was with Mia mi. He has WELKER H AS THREE ST RAIGHT 100 CATCH AND cau ghht at least one p ass in 60 consec utive re gular-se ason games 1,000 YAR D SEASONS with the Patriots. The Patriots re cord for most consecutive Welker re gister ed his third str aight season w ith at least 10 0 gam es with at least o ne pass is 63 by TE Ben Coates. receptions (123 ) and 1,000 rece ivin g yards (1,3 48) in 2009. Onl y WELKER TIES NFL RECORD FOR MOST 1 0-PLUS four other NFL players have ha d three consecut ive seasons of a t CATCH GAM ES IN A SEA SON WITH SE VEN least 100 recep tions and 1,000 yards receivin g: Marvin Harriso n Welk er had seven 10 -plus reception games in 2009 s eason to tie (4, 1999-02), B randon Marshall (3, 2007-09), H erman Moore (3 , the NFL record for most 10-plus re ception games in a sin gle 1995-97) and J erry Rice (3, 199 4-96). seas on. Andre Johns on of Houston h ad seven 10-plu s reception WE LKER ON PA CE TO LEAD THE TEAM IN gam es in 2008. His 1 1 games with 1 0-plus reception s is tied for RECEPTIO NS FOR REC ORD FOURTH STRAIGHT fourt h amon g active NFL players. YEAR IN 2010 PATRIOTS MO ST GAMES WIT H 10-PLUS CA TCHES Wes Welker en ters the Buffal o game with a team-leadin g 8 3 No. of 10-plu s reception ga mes for the Patr iots receptions and currently ranks fourth in the N FL. He needs t o Wes Welker 11 avera ge 8.5 c atches in the l ast two games to join Marvi n Ben Coates 5 Troy Brown 5 Harrison as the only other playe r with four strai ght 100 receptio n seasons. He ca n become the fir st Patriots’ playe r ever to lead th e WE LKER PILES U P YARDS team in recepti ons in four strai ghht seasons. Wes Welker had a c areer-hi gh in re ceivin g yards wi th 1,348 in MOST 100- RECEPTIONS SEA SON IN NFL HIS TOR Y 2009 . It is the third highest in team history. Welker has three of Player 100-reception seasons the t op ei ght receivi nng seasons in t eam history wit h his three- Marvin Harris on 4 strai ght (1,175 in 20 07, 1,165 in 200 8 and 1,348 in 2 009). Jerry Rice 4 PAT RIOTS SINGL E-SEASON REC EIVING YARD LEADERS Wes Welker 3 Play eer Season Yds Rec. TD Brandon Mars hall 3 Rand y Moss 2 007 1 493 98 23 Herman Moor e 3 Stanl ey Morgan 1 986 1 491 84 10 Andre Johnso n 3 Wes Welker 2009 1 348 123 4 WELKER : 7.2 CATCHE S A GAME SI NCE 2007 Rand y Moss 2 009 1 264 83 13 Wes Welker is avera gin g 7.2 r eceptions per game since joinin g Troy Brown 2 001 1 199 101 5 New En gland in 2007. His 7.2 avera ge is the hi ghest in the NF L Wes Welker 2007 1 175 112 8 durin g that time . Ben Coates 1 994 1 174 96 7 MOST RECEPTIONS PER GAME SIN CE 2007 Wes Welker 2008 1 165 111 3 (Minimum -20 games) WELKER R ANKS FOURT H ON PATRI OTS Player Team Avverage RECEPTION LIS T Wes Welker 7. 2 Wes Welker ranks fo urth on New En gland’s all-time r eception list Andre Johnson Houston Texan s 6. 7 with 429 receptions. Brandon Marshal l Denver/Miami 6. 5 PATRIOT S ALL- TIME RECE IVING LEADERS WELKE R FINISHES WITH SECON D MOST Playe r YEA RS REC EPTIONS RECE PTIONS AND SECOND HI GHES T Troy B rown 199 3-2007 557 Stanle y Mor gan 197 7-1989 534 AVE RAGE IN NFL HISTORY IN 2009 Ben C oates 199 1-1999 490 Welker led t he NFL with 1 23 receptions i n 2009, despit e Wes Welker 200 7-present 429 missin g two games and most of the season- finale due to a n Kevin Faulk 199 9-present 424 in jury. He aver aag ed 8.8 recepti ons in the 14 gaames he played . WELK ER’S ROUTE TO THE NFL The 123 recep tions are a Pat riots record an d match Herma n Despite bein g n amed the Okla homa football pl ayer of the Moore (Detroit in 1995) for t he second most receptions in a year by both USA To day and the Dail y Oklahoma n, W es Welker’s sin gle season in NFL history, behind Marvin Harrison’s NF L only scholarship offe r came from Te xas Tech, and only after a record of 143 r eceptions in 200 2. Welker’s 8.8 c atches per gam e playe r that committe d to Texas Tech backed out. “I was thinkin g in 2009 rank s econd in NFL hi story to the 8. 9 avera ge set b y I’d geet a scholarship somewhere,” Welker said. “Wh en it didn’t Harrison in 200 2. happ en, when it was supposed, to I was pretty hurt b y it.” He has 18 gaames with nine or more catches since joinin g th e Welker had an impressive colle giate career, a ccumulatin g Patriots. His 18 games with nin e or more catche s are the most i n 259 receptions and ei ght punts ret urned for touch downs. He Patriots history. even won a national award as the b est special tea ms player in MOST RECEPTI ONS IN A SEAS ON the c ountry. Despite those accolades, he was passed over in the Player Team Yeear Reception s 2004 NFL draft and signed with San Die go as a fre e a gent. He Marvin Harrison Indianapolis 20 02 14 3 mad e the team, the n was cut after the first game. He si gned Wes Welker New England 2009 12 3 with Miami soon aft er and was used just on special teams. He Herman Moore Detroit 19 95 12 3 cau ghht New En glan d’s eye with a 71-yard punt return on Mond ay Ni ght Footb all in a game a gainst the Patri ots. He was acqui red by the Patri ots in a trade wit h Miami in 2007 . PATRI OTS NEWS & NOTES

DEION B RANCH RETU RNS TO THE PATRIOTS CRUM PLER HIGH I N AVERAGE Deion Branch w as acquired by t he Patriots in a t rade with Seattl e Amo nng active NFL t iig ht ends, Patri ots on Oct. 12, 201 0. Ori ginally a second-round pi ck of the Patriot s ti ght end Al ge Crump ler ranks secon d in in 2002, Branc h was traded to Seattle in 2006 for a first roun d avera ge yards per re ception. pick (Brandon Meriweather). B ranch returns to a team that h e helped win tw o Super Bowls. Branch was a warded the Pet e Rozelle Trophy as the Most Valu able Player of S uper Bowl XXXIX . His 11 receptio ns in the game tied the Super Bowl record, als o HIG HEST AVERAGE YA RDS PER RECEPTIO N achieved by Jer ry Rice, Dan Ros s and Wes Welk er. On the day o f AMONG ACTIVE TIGHT ENDS Super Bowl XX XIX, Deion calle d a dozen of hi s former footbal l Play er Rec. Yds. Avg. coaches to tha nk them for t he support that they gave hi m Anto nio Gates (SD) 529 7.005 13.2 throu ghout his hi gh school, junior colle ge and colle ge careers . Alge Crumpler (ATL ,TEN,NE) 371 4,729 12.7 Hours after talki ng to his coach es, he tied the S uper Bowl recor d Ben jaamin Watson (N E,CLE) 225 2,776 12.3 with 11 recepti ons and was n amed MVP of t he game. Branc h Zach Miller (OAK) 212 2,615 12.3 has turned in hi s bi gg est perfor mances on the greatest sta ge i n Vern on Davis (SF) 231 2,845 12.3 sports, leadin g all receivers in Super Bowls XX XVIII and XXXIX . PATRIOTS CA PTAINS He recorded a combined 21 r eceptions in the two games an d Prior to the season t he Patriots ann ounced that QB Tom Brady owns two of th e top seven recei vin g performan ces in Super Bo wl and RB Kevin Faulk will serve as offe nsive captains a nd NT Vince history. His car eer reception to tal in the Super Bowl ranks thir d Wilfo rk and LB Jero d Mayo will se rve as defensiv e captains. all-time, trailin g only Jerry Rice (33) and Andre Reed (27). Durin g the Bye Week , veteran TE Al gee Crumpler was added as a ROOKIE T IGHT ENDS A RE MAKING AN IMPAC T team cap tain. Said Crumpler on joinin g the list, “It was an Rob Gronkows ki leads all r ookie ti ght e nds with seve n hono r. Coach annou nced it to the t eam on Wedne sday. I just touchdown cat ches, while Aaro n Hernandez ra nks second wit h need to continue to do the thin gs t hat I’ve set fort h from the six. Gronkowski and Hernandez are the first pa ir of rookie ti ght first day I stepped i nto this or ganiz ation, that’s hel p this team end teammates with at least five TD recepti ons in the sam e win. I’ve been throu gh a lot of situ ations; I’ve bee n a captain season in NFL h istory. befor e. I didn’t exp ect this, but I e mbrace the op portunity to ROB GRON KOWSKI SET S PATS ROO KIE TE MAR K keep leadin g and kee p helpin g this ba ll club win gam es.” Gronkowski has 7 touchdow ns to establish a record for mos t FRED T AYLOR AMON G NFL’S BES T touchdown cat ches by a rooki e ti ght end in Patriots history , Fred Taylor ranks 1 5th in NFL hist ory for most ru shin g yards bestin g Russ F rancis (4 in 19 75) and Don Hasselbeck (4 i n with career totals o f 2,523 carries for 11,663 ya rds and 66 1977). Gronko wski became t he first Patriots rookie to eve r rushi nng touchdowns in 151 games. He trails only New York’s record three to uchdowns in a game with a th ree- TD game a t LaDa inian Tomlinson (13,376) amo nng active runnin g backs in Pittsbur gh (11/ 14). The Patri ots record for most touchdow n rushi nng yards. Taylo r ranks amon g the NFL’s all-ti me best in catches by a r ookie is 9 WR J ohn Colclou gh i n 1960 and W R sever al cate gories. Randy Vataha i n 1971. Ru shin g yards per game (77.2) 13 th He ranks thir d in NFL history for touchdowns by a rookie ti ght Ya rds from scrimm aag e per game ( 93.0) 17 th end. Only Mike Ditka (12) and J unior Miller (9) h ad more Ru shes of 10-plus yards (332) 5 th touchdowns as rookies. Ru shes of 50-plus yards (13) 4 th MOST TOUCHD OWNS BY A PAT RIOTS ROOKIE T IGHT END Ya rds from scrimm aag e (14,047) 25 th PLAYER TD RECEPT IONS YEAR Ru shin g touchdow ns (66) 31 th Rob Gronkowsk i 7 2010 Aaron Hernand ez 6 2010 TAYLOR HA S 49 CAREE R 100- YD GA MES Don Hasselbeck 4 1977 Fred Taylor finished with 105 yards r ushin g on 21 c arries in the Russ Francis 4 1975 win vs. Atlanta on S ept. 27, 2009, r ecordin g his 49 th 100-yard MOST TOUCHD OWNS BY AN NF L ROOKIE TIGHT END rushi nng game and h is first as a Pa triot. Taylor’s 4 9 100-yard PLAYER TD RECEPT IONS YEAR gam es rank 9th in NF L history and fir st amon g active players. Mike Ditka (Chica go) 12 1961 MOS T 100- YARD R USHING GAM ES/CAREER Junior Miller (Atla nta) 9 1980 1. E mmitt Smith 7 8 6. Ji m Brown 5 8 Rob Gronkowsk i 7 2010 John Mackey (Balt imore) 7 1963 2. W alter Payton 7 7 7. E ddg errin James 5 7 Raymond Chester (Oakland) 7 1970 3. Ba rry Sanders 7 6 8. C urtis Martin 5 7 Eric Green (Pittsb urgh) 7 1990 4. Eri c Dickerson 6 4 9. F red Taylor 4 9 AARON HERNA NDEZ STARTS BIG 5. Je rome Bettis 6 1 10. Franco Harris 4 7 Hernandez’s fir st NFL reception was a 45-yard catch in the firs t LaD anian Tomlinson 47 quarter of the season-opener vs. Cincinnati (9/12). It is th e BENJARVUS GREEN-ELLIS HAS 12 RUS HING lon gest receptio n by a Patriots rookie on his firs t catch since W R TOUCHDO WNS Tony Simmons had a 47-yard r eception in his d ebut on Oct. 15 , BenJ arvus Green-Elli s is second in the NFL with 12 rushin g 1998. Hernand ez has 563 recei vin g yards on 4 5 receptions. The touch downs in 2010. He is the ei ght h player in tea m history to 45 receptions a re most by a P atriots rookie ti ght end. His 56 3 recor d double di git ru shin g touchdow ns. yards are secon d to Russ Fran cis, who had 63 6 receivin g yard s Patri ots with Doub le Di git Touch downs in 1975. Playe r Touchdowns Year MOST RECEPTI ONS BY A PATRI OTS ROOKIE TIG HT END Curtis Martin 14 1996 PLAYER RECEPTION S YEAR Curtis Martin 14 1995 Aaron Hernand ez 45 2010 Corey Dillon 13 2006 Greg Baty 37 1986 BenJ arvus Green-Elli s 12 2010 Russ Francis 35 1975 Corey Dillon 12 2005 MOST RECEIVI NG YARDS BY A PATRIOTS ROOK IE TIGHT END Corey Dillon 12 2004 PLAYER RECEPTION S YEAR Anto wain Smith 12 2001 Russ Francis 636 1975 Steve Gro gan 12 1976 Aaron Hernand ez 563 2010 Horac e Ivory 11 1978 Jim Whalen 381 1965 Jim N ance 11 1966 Tony Collins 10 1983 PATRI OTS NEWS & NOTES

GREEN -ELLIS IS CL OSE TO 1,00 0 YARDS TURNOVER DIFFERENTIA L RAISED T O +20 RB BenJarvus G reen-Ellis increa sed his 2010 rus hin g total to The Patriots forced t wo turnovers a gaainst Green bay and did not 824. He needs t o avera ge 88 ya rds in the last t wo games to turn the ball over to r aise their 2010 turnover differen tial to +20. become the 11 th New En gland p layer to record a 1,000-yard The Patriots’ team record for best turnover differ ential in a rushin g season. If he reaches 1, 000 yards he wil l be the first seas on is +17, a re cord which was set in 2003. The Patriots New En gland pl ayer to do so sin ce Corey Dillon had a team- impr oved to 11-0 thi s season when r ecordin g a positi ve turnover record 1,635 ru shin g yards in 2 004. differ ential. PATRIOTS O N THE POIN T PATRI OTS LOW IN TURNOVERS The Patriots are first in the NFL with 446 points in 2010 and ar e The Patriots have jus t 9 turnovers in 2010 (5 intercep tions and 4 on pace to fini sh the season with 510 points, which would b e fumb les) with two games remainin g. The NFL record for fewest second in team history to the NFL record 589 points scored i n turno vers in a season is 12 by Kansas City in the strik e-shorten 2007. 1982 season. The fe west turnovers in a 16- game sea son is 13 by MOST POI NTS SCORED IN A SEASON BY TH E PATRIOTS the G iants and Dolphi ns in 2008. The Patriots record for fewest 589 i n 2007 turno vers in a season is 15 in 2007 (9 interceptions a nd six 446 i n 2010 fumb les). 441 i n 1980 PA TRIOTS EXTE ND STREAK TO SIX GAM ES WITH PA TRIOTS ON T HE POINT PA RT 2 30 POI NTS AND NO TURNOVERS The Patriots ar e first in the NF L with an avera ge of 31.9 point s The Patriots have sc ored at least 30 points without c ommittin g a per game. Tha t avera ge woul d be the seco nd best in tea m turno ver in each of their past six games to exten d their NFL history. recor d. No other tea m in NFL history has had 30+po ints and no HIGHEST AVG. POINTS P ER GAME BY THE PATRIOTS turno vers in more tha n three strai ght games. 36.8 i n 2007 MAYO ON HIGH TA CKLE PACE 31.9 i n 2010 LB J erod Mayo has 181 total tackl es in 29.5 i n 1961 2010 with two 19-ta ckle games: vs. Balt PA TRIOTS SCO RE TOUCHDO WNS (10/1 7) and vs. GB (12/19). He had 139 The Patriots ha ve scored 56 tot al touchdowns, t he second most tackl es as a rookie in 2008 and 1 14 in in team history 2009 and with his 1 81 tackles in 20 10 he MOST TOUCHDO WNS IN A SEAS ON is th e first Patriots player to have three 75 in 2007 cons ecutive 100-ta ckle seasons since 56 in 201 0 Lawy er Milloy re gist ered five strai ghht 100-tackle se asons from 52 in 1961 and 1980 1997 throu gh 2001. Mayo is on pace for a career-hi gh 207 total TOP O FFENSE th tackl es. That numbe r will be the hi ghhest since LB S teve Nelson The Patriots of fense is curren tly ranked 9 i n the NFL. Th e had 207 tackles in 1 984. Mayo has t en games in 20 10 with 10- Patriots offens e entered the 2 010 season wi th three strai ght plus tackles. He can become the t hird Patriots pla yer ever to seasons finishi nng in the top 10 on offense. Since the 197 0 reach 200 total tackle s. mer ger, the Pat riots offense ha s finished in the top 10 15 times , Patri ots Sin gle Seaso n Tackle Leaders All-Time includin g five ti mes under head coach Bill Belichi ck. Year Player Tackles TH PATRIOT S WIN 8 ST RAIGHT AGA INST TEAM 1983 LB Clayton Weishuhn 229 WIT H A RECORD OF .500 OR B ETTER 1984 LB Steve N elson 207 The win over t he 8-6 Packers was the Patriot s’ ei ghth strai ght 1980 LB Steve N elson 186 when playin g a team which c urrently has a r ecord of .500 o r GU YTON HAS T WO DEFENSI VE TOUCHDO WNS IN better. Since fa llin g to the 10- 4 Jets on Sept. 19, the Patriot s 2010 have defeated the 7-7 Dolphin s (41-14), the 1 0-4 Ravens (23 - LB G ary Guyton retu rned a fumble 3 5 yards for a to uchdown at 20), the 8-6 Ch argers (23-20), t he 10-4 Steelers (39-26), the 8- 6 Chica go (12/12) and returned an i nterception 59 yards for a Colts (31-28), t he 10-4 Jets (45 -3), the 9-4 Bea rs (36-7) and th e touch down in the se ason-opener vs. Cincinnati (9/12 ). Guyton is 8-6 Packers (31 -27). the fi rst Patriots play er to score two defensive touch downs in a NFL’S BE ST ROAD WA RRIORS THI S DECADE seas on since LB Te dy Bruschi retu rned two interc eptions for Since the start of the 2000 se ason, the Patrio ts have the thir d touch downs in 2003. best road recor d at 56-31, behi nd only Indiana polis (58-29) an d MCCOURT Y HAS SIX I NTERCEPTIO NS Philadelphia (57 -30-1). Rooki e CB Devin McC ourty is tied for second in the N FL with six TEAM RECORD PCT. inter ceptions on the season. The six interceptions b y a Pa triots Indianapolis 58-29 .667 rooki e are second to the ei ght by Mik e Haynes in 197 6. Philadelphia 57-30-1 .653 Mos t Interceptions by a Patriots Rookie New Englan d 56-31 .644 Play er I nterceptions Year Pittsburgh 52-35 .598 Mike Haynes 8 1976 PATRIOTS FO RCE TURNOV ERS Devi n McCourty 6 2010 The Patriots lea d the NFL with a +96 turnover mar gin since th e GR AHAM FOURT H BEST EVE R IN FIELD G OAL PCT. 1997 season. Thhe Patriots are fi rst in the NFL wi th +20 in 2010. Shay ne Graham’s 8 5.8 field goal percenta ge is fourth-best NFL TURNOVER MA RGIN SINCE 1 997 amo nng NFL kickers al l-time. Rank Team Turno ver Mar gin Play eer Years FGM FGA Pct. 1. New En gland + 96 Nate Kaeding 2004-10 167 193 86.5 2. Kansas City + 78 Mike Vanderjagt 1998-06 230 266 86.5 3. Tampa Bay + 55 Rob Bironas 2005-10 158 184 85.9 PATRIO TS EXTEND S TREAK TO SI X GAMES Shay ne Graham 2001-10 205 239 85.8 WITHOUT A TURNOVER Robbi e Gould 2005-10 153 179 85.5 The Patriots ex tended their str eak to six strai ghht games withou t Step hen Gostkowsk i 2006-10 113 134 84.3 a turnover to e stablish an NFL record. No oth er NFL team ha s Matt Stove r 1991-2009 471 563 83.7 gone lon ger tha n four strai ght gaames without a turnover. PATRI OTS NEWS & NOTES

PATRI OTS HAVE EI GHT NON-OF FENSIVE 2010 HONORS AN D AWARDS TOUCHDO WNS IN 2010 QB T om Brady The Patriots h ave scored on eight touchdown s that were no t x AF C Offensive Play er of the Week ( Wk. 12 at Detro it) offensive touc hdowns in 201 0. The Patriot s returned fou r x AF C Offensive Play er of the Week ( Wk. 13 vs. NY J ets) interceptions f or a touchdo wn, returned t wo kickoffs fo r S Ja mes Sanders touchdowns, sc ored on one fu mble return and one blocked fiel d x AF C Defensive Pla yer of the Week (Wk. 10 at Pitts bur gh) goal that was r eturned for a tou chdown. The ei ght non-offensiv e HOME RECO RD IN DECE MBER SINCE 2002 touchdowns are second in the N FL to Arizona w ho has scored o n With a 18-1 record, t he New En gland Patriots have th e best ten non-offensi ve touchdowns. The Patriots team record fo r hom e record in Dece mber since 2002 . most non offe nsive touchdow ns is 9 set in 1961 (2 kickof f Team W L T Pct. returns, 2 inter ception returns, 2 blocked punt s returned and 3 New En gland 1 8 1 0 .947 fumble returns). Green Bay 1 5 4 0 .789 DATE GAME TOUCHDO WN Indianapolis 1 7 6 0 .739 09/12 Cincinn ati Gary Guyton 59-yard interceptio n return Denver 1 1 4 0 .733 09/12 Cincinn ati Brandon Tat e 97-yard kickoff ret urn 10/4 at Mia mi Brandon Tat e 103-yard kickoff r eturn Philadelphia 1 3 5 0 .722 10/4 at Mia mi Kyle Arrin gto n 35-yard return of a blocked field goal PA TRIOTS REC ORD AGAINS T THE NFC A T HOME 10/4 at Mia mi Patrick Chun g 51-yard intercepti on return SINCE 20 02 11/14 at Pitts bur gh James Sande rs 32-yard intercept ion return 12/12 at Chic aag o Gary Guyton 35-yard fumble ret urn The Patriots have w on 17 strai ght games at Gillet te Stadium 12/19 Green Bay Kyle Arrin gto n 36-yard intercepti on return again st NFC oppone nts. The only lo ss was the very first game PATR IOTS DEFENS E PRODUCE S FIFTH again st an NFC oppo nent at the new stadium in 200 2 when the TOUCHDOWN OF THE SEAS ON visiti nng Green Bay Pa ckers beat the P atriots, 28-10, o n Oct. 13. Kyle Arrin gton’s interception re turn a gainst Gr een Bay was th e Team W L T Pc t. Patriots’ fifth d efensive touchdo wn of the seaso n (4 interceptio n New Engla nd 17 1 0 .9 44 Pittsburgh 14 2 1 .8 53 returns and 1 fumble return ). The team record for mos t Baltimore 15 3 0 .8 33 defensive touch downs is six b y the 2007 tea m (3 interceptio n Jacksonville 14 3 0 .8 24 returns and 3 fumble retur ns).The Patriots also had fiv e Indianapolis 14 4 0 .7 78 defensive touch downs in 2003 (5 interception returns), 2001 ( 5 PATRI OTS SCORE IN THE 30S interception ret urns), 1992 (3 i nterception retu rns and 3 fumbl e The Patriots scored over 30 points for the sixth str aight game returns) and 19 61 (2 interceptio n returns and 3 fumble returns). with the win vs. Gr een bay and th e ninth time in 2010. The PRO BO WL –PATRIO TS PLAYER R ANKINGS Patri ots scored 30 or more points 12 times in 2007. The New En gla nd Patriots hav e 11 players in PATRIOTS H AVE TOP TEL EVISION RAT INGS the top five in P ro Bowl votes in their respective The Patriots are on a record-settin g pace for house hold ratin gs positions. throu gh 14 games in their desi gnate d market area with a 34.7 HH r atin g. This seas on, the Patriots have also been part of two QB Tom Brady ...... (1st in A FC Votin g – 947,194 ) recor d-settin g NFL b roadcasts. New En gland’s 23-2 0 overtime WR Wes Welker ...... (5 th in AFC Votin g -261,981 ) G Dan Connolly ...... (5 th in AFC Votin g – 89,726 ) victo ry over Baltimor e on Sunday, Oct. 17 helped CBS set the C Dan Koppen ...... (5 th in AF C Votin g – (113,284 ) mark for the hi ghest ratin g for its si nng le game wind ow since it DT Vince Wilfork ...... (2nd in A FC Votin g – 212,789 ) acqui red the current AFC packa ge in 2008. The Patriots-Jets LB Jerod Mayo ...... (3 rd in A FC Votin g – 122,080 ) gam e on Sunday, S ept. 19 was the most watched September S Brandon Meriwea ther ...... (2nd in AFC Votin g – 95,749 ) CBS game ever. S Patrick Chung ...... (3rd in AFC Votin g – 80,328 ) PATRIOTS 2 010 RATINGS IN B OSTON TV MARKE T nd P Zoltan Mesko ...... (2 in AFC Votin g – 67,492 ) Date Opp. Net. Boston TV HH Rat. HH Share KR Brandon Tate ...... (2nd in AFC Votin g – 97,74 9 9/12 CIN CBS WBZ 28.70 59 SPT Matthew Slater ...... (3r d in votin g – 68,784 ) 9/19 NYJ CBS WBZ 34.96 61 9/26 BUF CBS WBZ 29.30 62 ST RONG IN TH E SECOND H ALF 10/04 MIA ESPN WCVB 30.70 48 Since 2001, Ne w En gland has d one a remarkabl e job of finishin g 10/17 BAL CBS WBZ 29.84 61 the season stro nng , compilin g an NFL-best 59-14 (.808) in game s 10/24 SD CBS WBZ 35.10 58 10/31 MIN FOX WFXT 36.13 64 on or after Tha nks givin g. 11/07 CLE CBS WBZ 30.73 60 PATRIOTS BEFORE AND AFTE R THANKSGIVIN G SINCE 2001 11/14 PIT NBC WHDH 36.39 55 Season Pre-T hanks givin g P ost-Thanksgiving Overall 11/21 IND CBS WBZ 42.04 67 2001 5-5 (.5 00) 9- 0 (1.000) 14-5* 11/25 DET CBS WBZ 25.24 69 2002 6-5 (.5 45) 3- 2 (.600)^ 9-7 12/06 NYJ ESPN WCVB 42.20 62 2003 9-2 (81 8) 8- 0 (1.000) 17-2* 12/12 CHI CBS WBZ 41.29 63 2004 9-1 (.9 00) 8- 1 (.889) 17-2* 12/19 GB NBC WHDH 42.62 62 2005 6-4 (.6 00) 5- 3 (.625) 11-7* Avg. 34.7 60. 8 2006 7-3 (.7 00) 7- 2 (.777) 14-5* BENJARVUS GREEN-ELLI S – THE LAW FIRM 2007 10-0 (1 .000) 8- 1 (.889) 18-1* BenJ arvus Green-Elli s, who earned t he nickname th e Law Firm 2008 7-4 (.6 36) 4- 1 (.800) 11-5 from his Patriots te ammates becau se of his multi- part name. 2009 7-3 (.7 00) 3- 4 (.429) 10-7* 2010 8-2 (.8 00) 4- 0 (1.000)^ ???? was signed by the P atriots as an un drafted free a geent in 2008 Totals 74-29 (.718) 5 9-14 (.808) 129-43 out of the Universit y of Mississippi. As a rookie, h e recorded *-Includes playoffs ^Includes g ames played on Thanksgiving touch downs in four strai ght games after bein g call ed up from BEST RECORD S IN GAMES PLA YED ON OR AFTER THANKSIVING SINC E 2001 the p ractice squad in October. His kn ack for findin g t he end zone (I ncludes re gular-sea son and playoff gam es) has continued this s eason as he ha s reached the end zone a Team W L T Pct. caree r-high 12 ti mes, includin g his first two -touchdown New England 59 14 0 .808 perfo rmance vs. Min nesota (10/31). Green-Ellis also had a 112- Pittsburgh 49 21 0 .700 yard rushin g perform ance a gainst th e Vikin gs with 62 yards on Philadelphia 48 24 0 .667 the P atriots’ final fou rth quarter touc hdown drive th at extended San Diego 40 23 0 .635 a 3-p oint lead to a 10 -point cushion i n a 28-18 victory . Indianapolis 45 27 0 .625 Green Bay 38 27 0 .585 PATRI OTS NEWS & NOTES

TH E GREATEST SHOW IN SN OW BR ANDON TAT E HAS TWO K ICKOFFS RE TURNED The Patriots ar e 11-0 all-time in games in F oxborou gh whe n FOR TOUCHDOWNS IN 2010 snow has falle n durin g the game. Below is a list of all of th e Bran don Tate has b lossomed into a dual threat i n both the Patriots’ snow games in Foxb orou gh since t hey moved fro m retur n game and th e receivin g game. He has re turned two Boston in 1971. kicko ffs for touchdo wns to provide the Patriots a spark on SN OW GAMES IN F OXBOROUGH ( 11-0) speci al teams, afte r returnin g th e second half kickoff vs. Date O pp. Temp Weather W/L Score Cinci nnati 97 yards f or a touchdown and the second half kickoff 10/18/09 T EN 39 M ixed Rain, Snow W 59-0 at Mi ami 103 yards for a touchdo wn. He is the fi rst Patriots 12/21/08 A RZ 30 S now W 47-7 12/04/05 N YJ 26 Li ght Snow W 16-3 playe r to return two kicks for a to uchdown in a s eason since 01/16/05 I ND* 25 S now W 20-3 Kevin Faulk returned two for a touch down in 2002. The Patriots 01/18/04 I ND* 32 Li ght Snow W 24-14 recor d for most kick off returns for a touchdown in a season is 12/14/03 J AX 25 S now in 2nd Half W 27-13 three by Raymond Clayborn in 197 7. His prowess for returns 12/07/03 M IA 28 C old, Snow, Wind W 12-0 carri es over from his colle giate days where he hold s numerous 01/19/02 O AK* 25 S now, 3-5 inches W 16-13 ot NCA A and ACC caree r records includi ng the NCAA ca reer record 12/04/83 N O 35 C old, Snowing W 7-0 for c ombined kick an d punt return y ards with 3,523. A native of 12/12/82 M IA 22 Wind, Snow W 3-0 Nort h Carolina, Tate was a four-ye ar return man for the Tar 12/10/78 B UF 28 S now, Some Sun W 26-24 *-Playoffs Heels . Tate suffered a knee in jury against Notre Dame as a BILL BELICHICK ER A SNOW GAMES (11-0) senio r and missed t he final seven games of the s eason. Tate Date O pp. Tmp Weather W/L Score joine d the Patriots in the third round of the 2009 dr aft, but his 12/12/10 at CHI 26 S now W 36-7 rooki e year was dera iled by in jury a s he was placed on in jured 10/18/09 T EN 39 M ixed Rain, Snow W 59-0 reser ve on Nov. 14 a fter seein g actio n in only two games. 12/21/08 A RZ 30 S now W 47-7 WO ODHEAD GO ES FROM DI VISION II TO THE NFL 12/10/05 at BUF 30 Li ght Snow W 35-7 Dann y Woodhead wa s a standout at Division II Chad ron State in 12/04/05 N YJ 26 Li ght Snow W 16-3 01/16/05 I ND* 25 S now W 20-3 Nebr aska. He avera ged 178.9 yards per game and totaled 101 01/18/04 I ND* 32 Li ght Snow W 24-14 rushi nng touchdowns durin g his coll eeg iate career. Woodhead’s 12/14/03 J AX 25 S now in 2nd Half W 27-13 outst andin g junior a nd senior seaso ns earned him two Harlon 12/07/03 M IA 28 C old, Snow, Wind W 12-0 Hill T rophies, the Div ision II equival ent to the Heis man Trophy. 01/19/02 O AK* 25 S now, 3-5 inches W 16-13 ot He is one of just thr ee players to ev er win two or more Harlon 12/17/00 at BUF 35 S now Showers W 13-10 ot Hill Trophies, joinin g Texas A&M U niversity-Kin gsvi lle runnin g *-Playoffs HOT WHE N IT’S COLD back Johnny Bailey, who won it thr ee times (1987 -89) before playi nng six seasons in the NFL for the Bears, Car dinals, and The Patriots ha ve en joyed tre mendous recent success in col d Ram s. Valdosta Stat e University’s D usty Bonner w as the only weather and ar e 28-6 since 19 93 when the kic koff temperatur e other player to win t he Harlon Hill T rophy multiple t imes (2000 is 34 de grees or colder. The Patriots are 20 -3 when it’s 3 0 and 2001). Cincinn ati Ben gals ru nnin g back Ber nard Scott de grees or cold er. Additionally, the Patriots ar e 11-0 all-time i n (200 8—Abilene Chris tian) joins Wood head as active NFL runnin g snowy games in Foxborou gh sin ce movin g from Boston in 1971. back s who have won the award. PATRIOTS GAMES 34 DEGREES OR COLDER SINCE 1993 (27-6) WILFORK WEARS HIS HE ART ON HIS NEC K Date Opp. Temp N otes W/L Score Vince Wilfork wears No. 75 over his shoulder pads. Underneath 01/10/04 TEN* 4 Wind Chill –10 W 17-14 han gss a gold chain lo cket for those who were numbe r one in his 01/23/05 at PIT* 11 Wind Chill –1 W 41-27 heart : his parents. I n 2002, parents David and Bar bara Wilfork 12/26/93 I ND 19 Wind Chill –1 W 38-0 both passed away wi thin five month s of each other, leaving the 01/10/10 BAL* 20 Wind Chill 8 L 14-33 then University of Miami star wit hout his great est support 01/20/08 SD* 23 Wind Chill 9 W 21-12 01/07/06 J AX* 24 Cl ear and Calm W 28-3 syste m. Wilfork, wh o lost his fath er to diabetes, has raised 12/21/96 at NYG 24 Wind Chill 17 W 23-22 hund reds of thousan ds of dollars for diabetes-related causes. His 01/01/06 MIA 25 Wind Chill 20 L 26-28 annu al draft day fu ndraiser, a bowl in g event he h as held for 01/16/05 I ND* 25 S now W 20-3 seve n years, is one o f the si gnature f undraisin g even ts held by a 12/14/03 J AX 25 Wind Chill 16 W 27-13 pro athlete in New England. For his charity work, Wilfork was 01/19/02 OAK* 25 S now W 16-13 ot awar ded the 2010 N ew En gland Patri ots Ron Burton Community 12/12/10 at CHI 26 S now W 36-7 Servi ce Award. Whi le he will al ways cherish h is National 12/05/05 NYJ 26 Li ght Snow W 16-3 Cha mpionship and S uper Bowl rin gs, his constant r eminder lies 12/10/95 NYJ 26 Wind Chill 12 W 31-28 01/12/97 J AX* 27 Wind Chill 11 W 20-6 close st to his heart, a picture of hi s late parents a t their hi gh 12/06/10 NYJ 27 Wind Chill 15 W 45-3 scho ol prom. “I carry them with me wherever I go”, Wilfork said 12/20/09 at BUF 28 Wind Chill 22 W 17-10 of hi s parents ’ kee psake. “My par ents pushed me to be the 12/07/03 MIA 28 Wind Chill 17 W 12-0 best I could be. The thin gs I do and my wife does, w e do out of 10/11/09 at DEN 30 Wind Chill 26 L 17-20 the kindness of our heart, and we do it for the co mmunity. I 12/21/08 ARZ 30 S now W 47-7 neve r look for anythi nng in return. My teammates are my second 12/11/05 at BUF 30 Li ght Snow W 35-7 famil y. My kids, my wife, the New En gland Patriots – that ’s all I 12/26/04 at NYJ 30 Wind Chill 21 W 23-7 12/20/03 at NYJ 30 Wind Chill 20 W 21-16 have. ” 11/05/06 I ND 31 Cl ear and Calm L 20-27 ZOLTAN M ESKO: COMI NG TO AMER ICA 12/24/00 MIA 31 Wind Chill 22 L 24-27 Rooki e P Zoltan Mes ko was born in Timosoara, Rom ania, on the 12/19/10 GB 32 Wind Chill 25 W 31-27 Rom ania-Hun gary b order. On Many occasions in 1 989, durin g 01/02/05 SF 32 Wind Chill 27 W 21-7 the c ommunist revol utions, his famil y was forced to take cover 01/18/04 I ND* 32 Li ght Snow W 24-14 by di vin g on the floo r to avoid gun s hots from the a rmies. Even 11/16/03 DAL 33 Cl oudy and Calm W 12-0 after the fall of the Berlin Wall, his family lived in poverty. His 11/26/95 at BUF 33 Fl urries W 35-25 11/30/08 PIT 34 R ain L 10-33 famil y was finally abl e to escape Rom ania when his f ather won a 12/09/07 PIT 34 Cl oudy and Cold W 34-13 Unite d States Perm anent Resident Card ( green c ard) in the 12/16/01 at BUF 34 Wind Chill 25 W 12-9 o t Diver sity Immi grant Visa Lottery in 1 997 when Mesko was 11. 12/12/93 CIN 34 Wind Chill 23 W 7-2 *-playoffs PATRI OTS NEWS & NOTES

MESKO DISCO VERS FOOTB ALL LI KE FATHER L IKE SON An avid soccer player from his days in Roman ia, Mesko had a WR Matthew Slater spent his colle gee days at UCLA. Matthew’s stron g le g. It was only when he came to America that h e fathe r, Jackie Slater, a Hall of Fame offensive tackl e, spent his discovered his l eeg could take hi m places. In ei ghhth grade, Mesk o entir e career with th e Rams or ganiza tion in LA. Matt hew Slater, was playin g kic kball in the gym when he kicked the ball so hi ghh draft ed in 2008, is o ne of six sons o f Hall of Fame members to that he broke a li ght fixture. H e was given a ch oice: pay for th e be dr afted in NFL his tory. li ght fixture or play football. Wi th his family sti ll stru gg lin g wit h HAL L OF FAME FATH ERS WITH SON S DRAFTED IN THE NFL money and foo tball bein g a m ore popular spo rt than soccer a t Jackie Slater (cl ass of 2001) – s on, Matthew Slat er (NE) his school, the choice was an obvious one— Mesko decided t o Howie Lon g (cla ss of 2000) – so n, Chris Lon g (S TL) play football. His le g would land him num erous Division I Bobby Bell (clas s of 1983) – son , Bobby Bell (NY J) Scholarships a nd admission o ffers from Ivy Lea gue schools . Tony Dorsett (cl ass of 1994) – s on, Anthony Dor sett (HOU) From these, Me sko chose to pla y football at Mic higan. Bob Griese (clas s of 1990) – son , Brian Griese ( DEN) DOUBL E TROUBLE: CB DEVIN MC COURTY Kellen Winslow ( class of 1995) – son, Kellen Win slow (CLE) After bein g sele cted by the Patri ots in the first r ound of the 201 0 GREETING S FROM KAA RST, GERMA NY: NFL Draft, CB Devin McCourty became part of a select group i n SEBASTIAN VOLLMER M AKES HIS M ARK lea gue history. McCourty’s ide ntical twin brot her, Jason, is a A na tive of Kaarst, Germany, Voll mer did not be gin playin g wit h Tennessee, se lected in the si xth round of th e footb all until the a gee of 14 when he started play ing for the 2009 NFL Draft. The two are th e 11 th set of twi ns to play in th e Duss eldorf club tea m. Vollmer help ed lead his G erman prep NFL. Devin a nd Jason wer e in the Rut ger s scho ol team to two national footbal l championship s. His early secondary from 2005-08. Devin redshirted for the 2005 seaso n footb all success land ed him an app earance in the 2004 Global and therefore was a year b ehind his brot her in eli gibility . Junio r Championshi ps in San Die go, which led him to a McCourty is the second twin to suit up for the Patriots, after C B schol arship at Houst on. He spoke a lmost no En glis h when he Kato Serwan ga was a member of the team fro m 1998-2000. Hi s si gne d with Houston, but he becam e fluent in the l angua ge as twin brother W asswa played f or San Francisc o and Minnesot a he d eveloped from a 250-pound ti ght end into a 315-pound from 1999-200 1. Accordin g to McCourty’s mot her, the two ca n linem an who starte d his final 25 games at tac kle for the only be told apa rt by tiny scars on their faces lef t by chickenpox. Cou gaars. Vollmer’s c olle giate career created intere st from the ALL IN T HE FAMILY: TE ROB GRO NKOWSKI NFL where the Patri ots drafted him in the second r ound of the Rookie TE Rob Gronkowski gre w up playin g fo otball a gainst hi s 2009 draft. Earned the nickname, Seabass, durin g his playin g brothers in the backyard. Now, he has a chanc e to play a gains t days at Houston. The nickname has c arried over to th e NFL. them in the NF L. Dan Gronko wski, the oldest of the bunch, i s EDELMAN GO ES FROM ST ANDOUT QB TO WR currently in his second season as a TE for the Denver Broncos , Julia n Edelman be gan his colle ge fo otball career wit h a year at while 23-year old Chris is cur rently a rookie with the Dalla s the C olle ge of San M ateo (Ca.) befor e transferrin g to Kent State Cowboys as a f ullback. The Gro nkowskis are a mon g 22 differen t wher e as a senior he completed 56 % of his passes (153 of 275 sets of brothers currently in the NFL, yet they a re the only famil y pass es for 1,820 yar ds) with 13 tou chdowns. He w as also the that can claim t o have three si blin gs in the lea gue. Accordin g t o leadi nng rusher, gainin g 1,551 yards o n 215 attempts (an avera ge the Pro Football Hall of Fame, t he Gronkowski brothers join nin e of 7. 5 yards per carr y) and scorin g 1 3 touchdowns. H is offensive other familes to have at least th ree brothers pla yin g at the sam e num bers broke Ken t State’s sin gle-season recor d for total time. offen se set by Joshua Cribbs in 2003. ALL IN THE FA MILY (contin ued) PATRICK C HUNG’S JOU RNEY TO THE NFL Family Brothers Yr. in N FL at Same Time Lon g before S Patric k Chun g picked up fla g football as a teen, Gronkowski Rob, Dan, Ch ris 2010 his mother, Jamaic an recordin g a rtist Sophia G eor ge, had Baldinger Brian, Gary, Ri ch 1986-88, 90-92 Browner Joey, Keith, R oss 1984-87 prea ched about bein g a tou gh man in a son g. Her hit sin gle, Olsen Merlin, Phil, O rrin 1976 “Girli e Girlie” – a tra ditional re gg ae son g about poki nng fun at a Saul Rich, Bill, Ron 1970 boy who was not man enou gh – t opped the char ts in 1985. Richardson Gloster, Tom, Willie 1969 Chun g is aware that amon g his talen ts he was born with, speed Rooney Bill, Cobb, Joe 1924-27 Kinderdine Hobby, Shine, Walt 1924 and aag ility, sin gin g is not one of the m. Chun g, who possesses a Nesser Al, Fra nk, Fred, John, Phil, Ted 1921 great sense of prid e in his unique herita ge – his mother is READ BETWE EN THE LINE S Jama ican and his fat her is half Jama ican and half C hinese, was The Patriots tea med up with Ah ern Middle Scho ol in Foxborou ghh born in Jamaica and moved to Cali fornia at a ge 1 2 where he on June 9 to introduce “Rea d start ed to play foot ball as a fresh man in hi gh sch ool. Chun g Between the Lines,” a ne w went on to star at Ore gon, where he holds the di stinction of pro gram fea turin g Patriot s starti nng more games than any other defensive play er in school offensive and d efensive lineme n histo ry with 51 starts . He ori ginal ent ered the draft a s junior but to promote the school’ s ultim ately decided to return for his s enior season. Pi nned to the “Summer Read ing Blitz.” Ever y back of his locker is a reminder of th e support he ha s gotten to student in atten dance received a this s tage, a Jamaica n fla g that indic ates his family’s importance “Read Betwe en the Lines ” to hi m. playbook and w as encoura ged t o set their perso nal readin g goal s PA TRIOTS CALL ON VETERA N K SHAYNE GRAHAM of at least two books this pa st summer. If t he 923 student s Many kickers have quite a journe y before landin g a roster collectively rea d more than 2 010 books over the summer, a positi on on an NFL t eam. Such has been the case d urin g kicker Patriots linema n promised to return for anot her assembly t o Shay ne Graham’s ro ad to a 10-yea r NFL career. H e ori ginally reward the stud ents. On Sept. 28, Stephen Nea l returned to th e si gne d with New Orl eans as a rook ie free a gent i n 2000 and school to rewar d the students who accomplish ed their summe r went to camp with Seattle in 200 1 before finally securin g a readin g goals. One student rece ived a “ game ba ll” for her effort s roste r spot with Buf falo later that s eason. He then spent time after readin g 70 books. with Carolina before a seven-year sti nt with Cincinn ati. Graham went to camp with Baltimore in 201 0 and had a w eek stint on the Giants roster. H e spent time in between jobs p racticin g at the Vir ginia Tech ca mpus with two p ieces of packed lu gg age in his c ar at all times as he waited for a call for a team i n need. THE TEAM OF TH E DEC ADE

hen R obert Kraft purc hased the New England Patriots in 1994, few wo uld have thou ght that just 16 ye ars later the fra nchise would be th e undisputed tea m of the decade in the first dec ade of the new millennium. Kraft brou ght a winni ng vision to the or ganization and d edicated his res ources to buildi nng a consistent winner. On Jan. 27, 2000, Kraf t hired Bill Belic hick to coach th e team, and Wthree months later th e team drafted then-unheralded quarterback To m Brady, puttin g the final piece s in place for th e Patriots to become the mos t successful NFL team of the 200 0s. TH E PATRIOTS ’ UNMATCH ED NFL SUC CESS FRO M 2000-200 9

Super B owl Titles Most Victories in a Season (In c. Playoffs), 20 00-09 Ne w England ...... 3 Team Yeear W Pitt sburgh ...... 2 New Engl and 2 007 18 Balt imore ...... 1 New Engl and 2 003 17 Indi anapolis ...... 1 New Engl and 2 004 17 Ne w Orleans ...... 1 Baltimore 2000 16 N.Y. Giants ...... 1 St. Louis 2001 16 Ta mpa Bay ...... 1 Pittsburg h 2 004 16 Confere nce Titles Indianapo lis 2 006 16 Ne w England ...... 4 Indianapo lis 2 009 16 Indi anapolis ...... 2 New Orle ans 2 009 16 N.Y. Giants ...... 2 Pitt sburgh ...... 2 Most Victories in a Single Reg ular Season, 20 00-09 10 Teams ...... 1 Team Yeear W New Engl and 2 007 16 Divisio n Titles Pittsburg h 2 004 15 Ne w England ...... 7 New Engl and 2 003 14 Indi anapolis ...... 6 New Engl and 2 004 14 Phil adelphia ...... 5 Indianapo lis 2 005 14 Pitt sburgh ...... 5 Indianapo lis 2 009 14 San Diego ...... 5 St. Louis 2001 14 Note: The Patriots als o finished tied for the division lead t wice during the 2 000s but lost the division title Playoff Games Hosted on tie breakers in 2002 and 2008. New Engl and ...... 9 Playo ff Wins Philadelp hia ...... 9 Ne w England ...... 14 Pittsburg h ...... 8 Phil adelphia ...... 10 Indianapo lis ...... 8 Pitt sburgh ...... 10 Indi anapolis ...... 9 Major S ports League Ti tles, 2000-09 Balt imore ...... 8 Los Angel es Lakers NBA 4 Playoff Winni ng Percentage New Engl and Patriots NFL 3 Tea m W L Pct. San Anto nio Spurs NBA 3 Ne w England 14 4 .777 Boston R ed So x MLB 2 Ne w Orleans 5 2 .714 Detroit R ed Wings NHL 2 Pitt sburgh 10 4 .714 Houston Dynamo MLS 2 Ariz ona 4 2 .667 Los Angel es Galaxy MLS 2 Car olina 5 3 .625 New Jers ey Devils NHL 2 Balt imore 8 5 .615 New York Yankees MLB 2 Playoff Ga mes Played Pittsburg h Steelers NFL 2 Ne w England ...... 18 San Jose Earthquakes MLS 2 Phil adelphia ...... 18 Indi anapolis ...... 17 Major Sp orts Conference Titles, 2000-0 9 Pitt sburgh ...... 14 Los Angel es Lakers NBA 6 Balt imore ...... 13 New Engl and Patriots NFL 4 N.Y. Giants ...... 11 New Engl and Revolution MLS 4 Los Angel es Galaxy MLS 4 Overa ll Wins New York Yankees MLB 4 (I ncludes Regular Season and Playo ffs) Detroit R ed Wings NHL 3 Ne w England ...... 126 New Jers ey Devils NHL 3 Indi anapolis ...... 124 San Anto nio Spurs NBA 3 Pitt sburgh ...... 113 Phil adelphia ...... 113 Seasons of NFL Playoff Advancement Balt imore ...... 100 Philadelp hia ...... 7 Overall Winni ng Percentage New Engl and ...... 6 (I ncludes Regular Season and Playo ffs) Pittsburg h ...... 5 Tea m W L T Pct. Baltimore ...... 4 Ne w England 126 52 0 .708 Indianapo lis ...... 4 Indi anapolis 124 53 0 .701 Green Ba y ...... 3 Pitt sburgh 113 60 1 .652 Oakland ...... 3 Phil adelphia 113 64 1 .638 Seattle ...... 3 Gre en Bay 98 71 0 .580 New Orle ans ...... 3 PATRI OTS HOM E DO MINA NCE

ince t he Patriots moved to Gillette Sta dium in 20 02, they h ave celebrat ed more r egular season and postsea son wins t han any oth er team in the NFL. T he Patriots have the hi ghest point dif ferential at home in th at time an d are amon g the top t hree offensi ve and def ensive leaders at home. The Patriots h ome domina nce is espe cially strong against NF C teams.

REGULA R SEASON HO ME RECORD SI NCE 2002 Rank Tea m W L T Pct . HO ME RECORD VS DIVISIONAL OPPONENTS SI NCE 2002 1 Ne w En gland 59 12 0 0.83 1 Rank Team W L T Pct. 2 Indi anapolis 56 15 0 0.78 9 1 Indianapo lis 22 4 0 0.846 3 Balti more 52 19 0 0.73 2 2 New En gland 21 5 0 0.808 4 Pitts bur gh 50 20 1 0.71 1 3 Minnesot a 20 6 0 0.769 5 San Die go 50 22 0 0.69 4 4 San Die goo 20 7 0 0.731 5 Pittsbur ghh 20 7 0 0.731 HOME PLAY OFF RECORD S INCE 2002 (M IN. 5 GAMES) Rank Team W L Pc t POINT DIFF ERENTIAL AT HOME SINCE 2 002 1 New En gland 7 1 0.87 5 Rank Team Point Diff erential 2 Seattle 4 1 0.80 0 1 New En gland 70 3 3 Philadelphia 5 2 0.71 4 2 Indianapo lis 61 2 4 Indianapolis 6 3 0.66 7 3 Baltimore 589 0 5 Pittsburgh 4 2 0.66 7 4 San Die goo 57 4 5 Pittsbur ghh 48 9 HOME REC ORD SINCE 20 02 (INCLUDIN G PLAYOFFS) Rank Tea m W L T Pct. POINTS ALLOWED PER GAME AT HOME SIN CE 2002 1 New England 66 13 0 0.835 Rank Team Points Al lowed 2 India napolis 62 17 0 0.785 1 Baltimore 15. 8 3 Balti more 52 21 0 0.712 2 New En gland 16. 5 4 Pitts bur gh 54 22 1 0.70 8 3 Pittsbur ghh 17. 8 5 Phila delphia 52 25 0 0.675 4 New York Jets 18. 1 5 San Die go 52 25 0 0.675 5 Jacksonvil le 18. 5

HO ME RECORD V S. NFC SINCE 2002 Home Re cord in Decem ber Since 200 2 Rank Tea m W L T Pct . Rank Team W L T Pct. 1 Ne w En gland 17 1 0 0.94 4 1 New E nng land 18 1 0 0.947 2 Pitts bur gh 14 2 1 0.85 3 2 Gr een Bay 15 4 0 0.789 3 Balti more 15 3 0 0.83 3 3 India napolis 17 6 0 0.739 4 Jack sonville 14 3 0 0.82 4 4 Denver 11 4 0 0.733 5 Indi anapolis 14 4 0 0.77 8 5 Phila delphia 13 5 0 0.722 PAT RIOTS PLAY ER NOTES OF FENSE WR Wes Welker (T R-MIA, ’07) Sevent h-year veteran le ads the Patriots w ith 83 receptions and is tied for th e TE Allg e Crumpler ( FFA , ’10) team l ead with seven t ouchdown catche s…In 2004, Welke r became the firs t This four-time Pro-Bow ler ranks second amon g all active NFL ti ght ends i n player in NFL history to return a punt, re turn a kick, kick a field goal, kick a n avera ge yards per rec eption with a 12. 7 avera ge…Joined the Patriots as a extra point and kickoff in the same game- a gainst the Patriots . vetera n of nine NFL seasons – seven with Atlanta (20 01-07) and two i n Tenn essee (2008-09). Welk er vs. Buffalo G Rec Yds Avg L G TD Crum pler vs. Buffalo 13 59 619 10.5 3 8 0 G Rec Yds Avg L G TD Kick Returns 4 5 89 17.8 4 9t 1 No Yds Avg LG TD 26 5 85 22.5 39 0 Punt Returns WR Deion Branch ( TR-SEA, ’10) No F C Yds Avg Lg TD The S uper Bowl XXXIX Most Valuable Playe r returned to New En gland this year 29 8 245 8.4 29 0 after four seasons in Se attle…Recently set a re gular season p ersonal best with 151 r eceivin g yards in N ew En gland’s 36-7 win at Chica go (1 2/12). LT M att Li ght (D2, ’ 01) One o f four remainin g pl ayers from the Pat riots first Super Bo wl win (Tom Brad y, Kevin Faul k and Stephen Neal)…In 2009, Light started every game as part of a Patriot s offensive line th at allowed just 18 sacks, the fewest for the franchise i n 30 yea rs. This is Light’s 1 8th game vs. Buffal o

Bran ch vs. Buffalo

G Rec Yds Avg L G TD

6 16 282 17.6 4 1 0

QB T om Brady (D6 , ’00) Tom Brady has quarter backed the Patriot s to victory in 10 9 of his 143 care er re gula r-season starts, c ompilin g a .762 wi nnin g percenta ge and givin g him thhe best r ecord of any quart erback in the Supe r Bowl era…Brady won his 100 th game as a starter earlier this season in the f ewest number of starts (131) amon g LG L oog an Mankins (D2, ’05) quart erbacks in the Sup er Bowl era. Sixth- year mainstay at guard earned Pro B owl honors in 2007 and ’09, becomin g the on ly Patriots guard a lon g with John Ha nnah to make the Pro Bowl since th e Brad y vs. Buffalo 1970 AFL-NFL Merger. This is Mankins’ 11 tth game vs. Buffal o G Att Com Yds Pct. TD IN T LG 17 514 339 3965 .660 36 12 47 C Da n Koppen (D5, ’03) Koppe n has started 117 of 118 games for the Patriots over eight seasons wit h RB B enJarvus Gree n-Ellis (FA, ’0 8) the cl ub…Earned first c areer Pro-Bowl se lection in 2007, becomin g the thir d Has r ushed for a team-h iig h 824 yards, lea ds the team with 1 2 touchdowns center in Patriots history to garner All-Star status. throu gh 14 games this s eason …Holds the Patriots only 100-y ard rushing This is Koppen’s 15th game vs. Buffal o perfor mance this year w hen he gained 112 yards on 17 carri es against the Vikin gss on Oct. 31. RG D an Connolly (F A, ’07) Joined the Patriots as a player in 2007 an d joined the activ e Gree n-Ellis vs. Buffal o roster in late 2008...has started 13 games this year, the first seven at left guar d before Mankins returned to the team, and t he last five games at ri ght guard afte r G Att Yds Avg L G TD Steph en Neal was place d on IR…his 71-ya rd kickoff return aag ainst the Packer s 3 42 203 4.8 2 2 2 (12/19 ) was the lon gest by an offensive lin eman in NFL histor y.

This is Connolly’s 4th game vs. Buffal o TE R ob Gronkowsk i (D2a, ’10) Gronk owski became the first Patriots rooki e tight end to catc h three touchdown RT S ebastian Vollm er (D2, ’09) passe s in a game, when he cau ght three s cores at Pittsbur gh (11/14)…Currentl y Vollme r, or “Sea Bass” as his teammates ca ll him, is a native of Kaarst, Germany , tied f or the club lead wit h seven touchdow n receptions. and di d not be gin playi nng football until he was 14 …Has played in 28 of a possibl e 30 games, inclu din g 22 starts in hi s career thus far. Thhis is Gronkowski’s 2nd game vs. Buffa llo

This is Vollmer’s 4th game vs. Buffal o PAT RIOTS PLAY ER NOTES

DE FENSE ILB Gary Guyton ( FFA , ’08) DL R on Brace (D2 , ’ 09) Third- year undrafted lin ebacker out of Geo rrg ia Tech has two defensive returns Worce ster, Mass. native has played in 12 gaames this season, makin g five for to uchdowns this sea son – a 59-yard int erception return fo r touchdown in th e starts …Re gistered a care eer -hi gh seven tackl es at Cleveland on Nov. 7. seaso n openin g win a gai nst Cincinnati and a 35-yard fumble return for a score i n a vict ory at Chica go. This is Brace’s 4th game vs. Buffal o This is Guyton’s 6th game vs. Buffa llo NT Vi nce Wilfork ( D1, ’04) Sevent h-year veteran an d two-time Pro Bo wle r is fourth on th e team with 73 OLB Rob Ninkovich (FA, ’09) tackles …Re gistered a sea son hi gh 10 stops Week 6 vs. Baltim ore (10/17). Fifth- year veteran has m ade nine starts thr ough the first 14 gaames this year an d made his first two caree r picks in the Patri ots 41-14 win over the Dolphins in Miami (10/4)…Ranks thi rd among lineback ers on the team wi th 50 tackles.

This is Ninkovich’s 5th game vs. Buffa llo

CB K yle Arrin gton (FA, ’09) Secon d-year defensive b ack out of Hofstra si gned to the New En gland 53-man roster and made an imm ediate impact by fi nishin g second on the team with 17 specia l teams tackles ev en thou gh he only played in ei ght games in 2009…Has stated 12 consecutive gaames at defensive bac k returned his f irst career interc eption 36 yards for a touchdown a gai nst Green Bay (12 /19).

Thi s is Arrin gton’ s 3 rd game vs. Green B ay

CB D evin McCourt y (D1, ’10) Wilfo rk vs. Buffalo Rooki e first-round select ion out of Rut gers leads all NFL rooki es with and is tied G Tot Sol Ast Sk/Yds In t/Yds PD FF FR for se cond in the lea gue with six intercepti ons…McCourty, wh o has intercepted all six passes in his last nine games, also le ads the club with 15 passes defense d. 12 35 28 7 1.0 /1.0 0 /0 1 0 1 This is McCourty’s 2nd game vs. Buffa llo

DL G erard Warren ( FA, ’10) 10 th -y ear veteran joined the Patriots havin g started 15 or mor e games in seven of his first nine seasons… Currently third on the team with 3.5 sacks this year.

Warr en vs. Buffalo G Tot Sol Ast Sk/Yds Int /Yds PD FF FR

4 6 4 2 1.0/11.0 0/0 1 0 0

OLB Jermaine Cunn in gham (D2, ’ 10) Rookie outside linebacke r has started 11 games, registering 4 1 tackles …Made a career -hi gh seven stops and picked up his f irst career sack a gaainst Baltimore (10/17 ).

nd Thi s is Cunnin gham’ s 2 game vs. Buffal o S Br andon Meriwe ather (D1, ’07) Third- year veteran is tie d for seventh on th e Patriots with 56 tackles…Leads all ILB J erod Mayo (D 1, ’08) curre nt Patriots with 12 career interception s and is tied for se cond on the team Mayo became the second Patriots player to win the Associated Press Defensive with t hree picks. Rookie of the Year Awar d, joinin g Mike Hay nes (1976)…Has le d the Patriots in Thihi s i s Meriweather’s 8th game vs. Buffa llo total t ackles in each of hi s first two seasons with and is on pa ce to lead the club in stop s a gain, tallyin g a team and NFL-hi ghh 181 stops throu ghh 14 games. S Pa trick Chun g (D 1, ’09) Secon d-year defensive b ack is third on the team with 75 tackl es despite missin g two gaames…Had a care er ni ght in Miami (1 0/4) when he bloc ked a punt and a field goal, and return an interception for a touchdown en rout e to a Patriots 41- 14 wi n.

This is Chung’s 4th game vs. Buffa llo

S Ja mes Sanders ( D4, ’05) Fifth- year defensive bac k has already re gis tered a caree r-hi ghh three interceptio ns this s eason, includin g a touchdown in New En gland’s 39-26 w in over Pittsbur gh (11/1 4)…Only Patriot wi th an interception, forced fumble and a fumble recovery this s eason.

Mayo vs. Buffalo Sand ers vs. Buffalo G Tot Sol Ast Sk/Yds Int /Yds PD FF FR G Tot Sol Ast Sk/Yds In t/Yds PD FF FR

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WON 12, LOST 2 * RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long TD 09/12 W 38-24 Cincinnati 68,756 Green-Ellis 190 824 4.3 33t 12 09/19 L 14-28 at New York Jets 78,535 Woodhead LG 82 435 5.3 36t 4 09/26 W 38-30 Buffalo 68,756 Woodhead TM 82 435 5.3 36t 4 10/04 W 41-14 at Miami 69,090 F. Taylor 32 123 3.8 24 0 10/17 W 23-20 OT Baltimore 68,756 Tate 4 50 12.5 22 0 10/24 W 23-20 at San Diego 68,836 Hernandez 3 47 15.7 18 0 10/31 W 28-18 Minnesota 68,756 Faulk 8 45 5.6 11 0 11/07 L 14-34 at Cleveland 66,292 Morris 15 38 2.5 9 0 11/14 W 39-26 at Pittsburgh 64,359 Brady 28 17 0.6 9 1 11/21 W 31-28 Indianapolis 68,756 Edelman 1 1 1.0 1 0 11/25 W 45-24 at Detroit 60,965 Clayton LG 1 0 0.0 0 0 12/06 W 45- 3 New York Jets 68,756 Hoyer 5 -5 -1.0 0 0 12/12 W 36- 7 at Chicago 62,347 TEAM 368 1575 4.3 36t 17 12/19 W 31-27 Green Bay 68,756 OPPONENTS 373 1559 4.2 36 10 12/26 at Buffalo * RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TD 01/02 Miami Welker 83 829 10.0 35 7 N.E. Opp. Branch LG 59 793 13.4 79t 6 TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 291 316 Branch TM 46 681 14.8 79t 5 Rushing 100 92 Hernandez 45 563 12.5 46 6 Passing 174 204 Gronkowski 32 390 12.2 26 7 Penalty 17 20 Woodhead LG 31 347 11.2 50 1 3rd Down: Made/Att 76/163 92/187 Woodhead TM 31 347 11.2 50 1 3rd Down Pct. 46.6 49.2 Tate 22 350 15.9 65t 2 4th Down: Made/Att 7/11 11/16 Green-Ellis 10 76 7.6 16 0 4th Down Pct. 63.6 68.8 Moss TM 9 139 15.4 35t 3 POSSESSION AVG. 28:15 31:45 Faulk 6 62 10.3 21 0 TOTAL NET YARDS 4970 5245 Morris 5 66 13.2 22 0 Avg. Per Game 355.0 374.6 Crumpler 4 38 9.5 27 0 Total Plays 843 938 Edelman 4 14 3.5 6 0 Avg. Per Play 5.9 5.6 F. Taylor 2 6 3.0 7 0 NET YARDS RUSHING 1575 1559 TEAM 299 3561 11.9 79t 31 Avg. Per Game 112.5 111.4 OPPONENTS 354 3857 10.9 66t 24 Total Rushes 368 373 * INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg Long TD NET YARDS PASSING 3395 3686 McCourty 6 110 18.3 50 0 Avg. Per Game 242.5 263.3 Sanders 3 60 20.0 32t 1 Sacked/Yards Lost 24/166 28/171 Meriweather 3 39 13.0 39 0 Gross Yards 3561 3857 Chung 2 77 38.5 51t 1 Att./Completions 451/299 537/354 Guyton 2 72 36.0 59t 1 Completion Pct. 66.3 65.9 Ninkovich 2 1 0.5 1 0 Had Intercepted 5 21 Arrington 1 36 36.0 36t 1 PUNTS/AVERAGE 51/43.2 50/41.3 Spikes 1 5 5.0 5 0 NET PUNTING AVG. 51/37.7 50/34.7 Page 1 0 0.0 0 0 PENALTIES/YARDS 72/654 73/607 TEAM 21 400 19.0 59t 4 /BALL LOST 8/4 15/8 OPPONENTS 5 12 2.4 12 0 TOUCHDOWNS 56 35 * PUNTING No. Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B Rushing 17 10 Mesko 51 2203 43.2 37.7 5 15 65 0 Passing 31 24 TEAM 51 2203 43.2 37.7 5 15 65 0 Returns 8 1 OPPONENTS 50 2066 41.3 34.7 4 19 59 1 * SCORE BY PERIODS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PTS * PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD TEAM 82 125 117 119 3 446 Edelman 17 3 209 12.3 42 0 OPPONENTS 36 91 77 99 0 303 Welker 5 7 36 7.2 22 0 * SCORING TD-Ru-Pa-Rt K-PAT FG S PTS Tate 1 0 4 4.0 4 0 Green-Ellis 12 12 0 0 0 72 Faulk 0 1 0 ------0 Graham LG 0 0 0 0 30/32 9/ 9 0 57 TEAM 23 11 249 10.8 42 0 Graham TM 0 0 0 0 26/28 9/ 9 0 53 OPPONENTS 24 10 179 7.5 18 0 Gostkowski 0 0 0 0 26/26 10/13 0 56 * KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds Avg Long TD Welker 7 0 7 0 1/ 1 0/ 0 0 43 Tate 39 1018 26.1 103t 2 Gronkowski 7 0 7 0 0 42 Crumpler 5 18 3.6 7 0 Branch LG 6 0 6 0 0 36 Morris 4 43 10.8 21 0 Branch TM 5 0 5 0 0 30 Connolly 3 90 30.0 71 0 Hernandez 6 0 6 0 0 36 Fletcher 1 0 0.0 0 0 Woodhead LG 5 4 1 0 0 30 Green-Ellis 1 0 0.0 0 0 Woodhead TM 5 4 1 0 0 30 TEAM 53 1169 22.1 103t 2 Tate 4 0 2 2 0 24 OPPONENTS 67 1574 23.5 95t 1 Moss TM 3 0 3 0 0 18 * FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Arrington 2 0 0 2 0 12 Gostkowski 0/ 0 2/ 2 6/ 7 2/ 3 0/1 Guyton 2 0 0 2 0 12 Graham LG 1/ 1 3/ 3 4/ 4 1/ 1 0/0 Brady 1 1 0 0 0 6 Graham TM 1/ 1 3/ 3 4/ 4 1/ 1 0/0 Chung 1 0 0 1 0 6 TEAM 1/ 1 5/ 5 10/11 3/ 4 0/1 Sanders 1 0 0 1 0 6 OPPONENTS 1/ 1 5/ 6 9/ 9 2/ 3 1/5 TEAM 56 17 31 8 53/55 19/22 0 446 Gostkowski: (32G,47N,56N)(37N)(43G)(23G,30G) OPPONENTS 35 10 24 1 31/31 18/24 0 303 (38G,24G,35G)(40G,35G,35G)()()()()()()()() 2-Pt Conv: TM 0-1, OPP 4-4 Graham: ()()()()()()()()(31G,36G)(25G)(19G)(41G) SACKS: Wright 5.5, Banta-Cain 5, (30G,25G,29G)(38G) G. Warren 3.5, Deaderick 2, Guyton 2, OPP: (54G)(49G,36G)(39G,39G,34G,51N)(53B)(26G, Moore 2, Ninkovich 2, Cunningham 1, 25G)(32G,28G,50N)(24G)(38G,37G)(22G,26N)()(44G, Fletcher 1, Mayo 1, McCourty 1, Woods TM 1, 46N)(53N,39G)()(31G,19G) Crable TM 0.5, Pryor 0.5, TM 28, OPP 24 FUM/LOST: Brady 3/1, Branch(LG) 1/1, Edelman 1/0, Gronkowski 1/1, Morris 1/1, Tate 1/1, Welker 1/0 * PASSING Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Yds/Att TD TD% Int Int% Long Sack/Lost Rating Brady 449 299 3561 66.6 7.93 31 6.9 4 0.9 79t 24/ 166 109.9 Hoyer 2 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 1 50.0 --- 0/ 0 0.0 TEAM 451 299 3561 66.3 7.90 31 6.9 5 1.1 79t 24/ 166 108.5 OPPONENTS 537 354 3857 65.9 7.18 24 4.5 21 3.9 66t 28/ 171 85.5 2010 DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

Tackle Statistics based on Coaches Film Review

PLAYER TACKLES SACKS INTERCEPTIONS FUMBLES SP. TEAMS Name TT UT A S/ Yds QH Int/ Yds TD PD FF FR/ Yds TD TT UT A FF FR Jerod Ma yo 181108731.0 7.0 2 0 0 0 30 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 Devin McCourt y 77 66 11 1.0 4.0 1 6 1100 15 1 0 0 0 1110 1 0 0 Patrick Chun g 75 56 190.0 0.0 1 2 77 1 6 0 0 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 Vince Wilfork 73 44 29 0.0 0.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brandon S pikes 71 41 300.0 0.0 0 1 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 Kyle Arrin gton 60 45 15 0.0 0.0 0 1 36 1 5 0 0 0 0 1311 2 0 0 Brandon Meriweather 56 40 16 0.0 0.0 0 3 39 0 5 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 James Sanders 56 36 20 0.0 0.0 0 3 60 1 6 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 Gar y Gu yton 56 39 17 2.0 15.0 3 2 72 1 4 0 1 35 1 3 2 1 0 0 Rob Ninkovich 50 29 21 2.0 14.0 6 2 1 0 3 0 2 63 0 8 5 3 0 0 Tull y Banta-Cain 43 30 13 5.0 30.5 12 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jermaine Cunnin gham41 27 14 1.0 4.0 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gerard Warren 30 15 15 3.5 21.5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ron Brace 27 18 9 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jonathan Wilhite 24 19 5 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Darius Butler 21 19 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Wright 17 12 5 5.5 36.5 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brandon Deaderick 16 12 4 2.0 6.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Myron Pr yor 12 7 50.5 2.0 1 0 00000 0 0000 0 0 Dane Flecther 10 8 2 1.0 8.0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 Ser gio Brown 9 8 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 Jarrad Pa ge 8 5 30.00.0 0 100100004220 0 Kyle Love 8 3 5 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0100 0 0 0 00 0 0 Eric Moore 7 6 1 2.0 16.0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shawn Crable 4 3 1 0.5 3.5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 Mar ques Murrell 1 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pierre Woods 1 1 0 1.0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 BenJarvus Green-Ellis 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 Ste phen Gostkowski 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 Matthew Slater 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 12 4 0 0 Aaron Hernandez 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Matt Katula 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 Zoltan Mesko 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 Samm y Morris 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 9 5 4 0 0 Dann y Woodhead 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 Trac y White 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 0167 9 0 0 1034 698 336 28.0 171.0 54 21 400 4 62 7 8 98 1 124 90 34 0 0

FUMBLES - LOST (8-4 ) KE Y Own TT- Total Tackles Int /Yds- Interce ptions /Yards Returned No. Lost Rec O.B. UT- Unassisted Tackles PD- Passes Defensed Tom Brad y 3 1 1 0 A-Assisted Tackles FF- Forced Fumbles Rob Gronkowski 1 1 0 0 Samm y Morris 1 1 0 0 Julian Edelman 1 0 0 0 Brandton Tate 1 1 0 0 Wes Welker 1 0 2 0 8 4 3 0 BLOCKED KICKS XP FG P MISC. OFFENSIVE STATS Patrick Chun g 1 1 Tkl Ast FF FR Totals 11 Julian Edelman 1 0 0 0 Rand y Moss 2 0 0 0 Ste phen Neal 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 AS OF DECEMBER 21, 2010 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER NUMERICAL ROSTER # NAME POS HT WT BORN YRCOLLEGE H.S. HOMETOWN # NAME POS 27 Arrington, Kyle CB 5-10 196 8/12/1986 2 Hofstra Accokeek, Md. 5 Shayne Graham K 95 Banta-Cain, Tully LB 6-2 250 8/28/1980 8 California Sunnyvale, Calif. 8 Brian Hoyer QB 97 Brace, Ron DL 6-3 330 12/18/1986 2 Boston College Worcester, Mass. 11 Julian Edelman WR 12 BBradyra dy, T Tomom QB 6-4 225 8/3/1977 11 MiMichiganchig an SSanan M Mateoateo, C Califalif . 12 TTomom B Bradyra dy QB 84 Branch, Deion WR 5-9 195 7/18/1979 9 Louisville Albany, Ga. 14 Zoltan Mesko P 38 Brown, Sergio S 6-2 210 5/22/1988 R Notre Dame Maywood, Ill. 17 Taylor Price WR 28 Butler, Darius CB 5-10 190 3/18/1986 2 Connecticut Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. 18 Matthew Slater WR 29 Carter, Tony CB 5-9 175 5/24/1986 2 Florida State Jacksonville, Fla. 19 Brandon Tate WR 25 Chung, Patrick S 5-11 212 8/19/1987 2 Oregon Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. 21 Fred Taylor RB 22 Clayton, Thomas RB 5-11 220 4/26/1984 2 Kansas State Alexandria, Va. 22 Thomas Clayton RB 63 Connolly, Dan OL 6-4 313 9/2/1982 5 Southeast Missouri St. St. Louis, Mo. 25 Patrick Chung S 82 Crumpler, Alge TE 6-2 275 12/23/1977 10 North Carolina Wilmington, N.C. 27 Kyle Arrington CB 96 Cunningham, Jermaine LB 6-3 260 4/24/1988 R Florida Stone Mountain, Ga. 28 Darius Butler CB 71 Deaderick, Brandon DL 6-4 305 8/19/1987 R Alabama Elizabethtown, Ky. 29 Tony Carter CB 11 Edelman,d l Julian l WR 5-10 198 5/22/198/ / 6 2 Kent State Redwoodd d City, Calif. lf 31 Brandond Meriweather h S 52 Fletcher, Dane LB 6-2 244 9/14/1986 R Montana State Bozeman, Montana 32 Devin McCourty CB 5 Graham, Shayne K 6-0 214 12/9/1977 10 Virginia Tech Radford, Va. 34 Sammy Morris RB 42 Green-Ellis, BenJarvus RB 5-11 215 7/2/1985 3 Mississippi New Orleans, La. 36 James Sanders S 87 Gronkowski, Rob TE 6-6 265 5/14/1989 R Arizona Pittsburgh, Pa. 38 Sergio Brown S 59 Guyton, Gary LB 6-3 245 11/14/1985 3 Georgia Tech Hinesville, Ga. 39 Danny Woodhead RB 85 Hernandez, Aaron TE 6-1 245 11/6/1989 R Florida Bristol, Conn. 42 BenJarvus Green-Ellis RB 8 Hoyer, Brian QB 6-2 215 10/13/1985 2 Michigan State North Olmsted, Ohio 44 Jarrad Page S 48 Katula, Matt LS 6-6 265 8/22/1982 6 Wisconsin Waukesha, Wi. 48 Matt Katula LS 67 Koppen, Dan C 6-2 296 9/12/1979 8 Boston College Whitehall, Pa. 50 Rob Ninkovich LB 66 Leonard,, Louis DL 6-4 325 7/16/1984 4 Fresno State Los Angeles,g , Calif. 51 Jerod Mayoy LB 64 LeVoir, Mark T 6-7 310 7/29/1982 4 Notre Dame Eden Prairie, Minn. 52 Dane Fletcher LB 72 Light, Matt T 6-4 305 6/23/1978 10 Purdue Greenville, Ohio 55 Brandon Spikes LB 74 Love, Kyle DL 6-1 310 11/18/1986 R Mississippi State Fairburn, Ga. 58 Tracy White LB 70 Mankins, Logan G 6-4 310 3/10/1982 6 Fresno State Catheys Valley, Calif. 59 Gary Guyton LB 51 Mayo, Jerod LB 6-1 245 2/23/1986 3 Tennessee Hampton, Va. 60 Rich Ohrnberger OL 32 McCourty, Devin CB 5-10 193 8/13/1987 R Rutgers Montvale, N.J. 62 Ryan Wendell C 31 Meriweather, Brandon S 5-11 200 1/14/1984 4 Miami (Fla.) Apopka, Fla. 63 Dan Connolly OL 14 Mesko, Zoltan P 6-5 231 3/16/1986 R Michigan Twinsburg, Ohio 64 Mark LeVoir T 98 Moore, Eric DL 6-4 268 2/28/1981 5 Florida State Pahokee, Fla. 66 Louis Leonard DL 34 Morris, Sammy RB 6-0 220 3/23/1977 11 Texas Tech San Antonio, Texas 67 Dan Koppen C 50 Ninkovich , Rob LB 66-2 2 255 2/1/1984 2 /1/198 4 5Purdue Blue Island , IllIll.. 69 QQuinnuinn OjinnakaO jinnaka OL 60 Ohrnberger, Rich OL 6-2 300 2/14/1986 2 Penn State East Meadow, N.Y. 70 Logan Mankins G 69 Ojinnaka, Quinn OL 6-5 295 4/23/1984 5 Syracuse Seabrook, Md. 71 Brandon Deaderick DL 44 Page, Jarrad S 6-0 225 10/19/1984 5 UCLA San Leandro, Calif. 72 Matt Light T 17 Price, Taylor WR 6-0 205 10/8/1987 R Ohio Hilliard, Ohio 74 Kyle Love DL 91 Pryor, Myron DL 6-1 310 6/13/1986 2 Kentucky Louisville, Ky. 75 Vince Wilfork NT 36 Sanders, James S 5-10 210 11/11/1983 6 Fresno State Porterville, Calif. 76 Sebastian Vollmer OL 18 Slater, Matthew WR 6-0 200 9/9/1985 3 UCLA Anaheim, Calif. 82 Alge Crumpler TE 55 Spikes, Brandon LB 6-2 250 9/3/1987 R Florida Shelby, N.C. 83 Wes Welker WR 19 Tate, Brandon WR 6-1 195 10/5/1987 2 North Carolina Burlington, N.C. 84 Deion Branch WR 21 Taylor, Fred RB 6-1 228 1/27/1976 13 Florida Belle Glade, Fla. 85 Aaron Hernandez TE 76 Vollmer, Sebastian OL 6-8 315 7/10/1984 2 Houston Kaarst, Germany 87 Rob Gronkowski TE 92 Warren, Gerard DL 6-4 325 7/25/1978 10 Florida Lake Butler, Fla. 91 Myron Pryor DL 83 Welker, Wes WR 5-9 185 5/1/1981 7 Texas Tech Oklahoma City, Okla. 92 Gerard Warren DL 62 Wendell, Ryan C 6-2 290 3/4/1986 2 Fresno State Diamond Bar, Calif. 95 Tully Banta-Cain LB 58 White, Tracy LB 6-0 230 4/14/1981 8 Howard St. Stephen, S.C. 96 Jermaine Cunningham LB 75 Wilfork, Vince NT 6-2 325 11/4/1981 7 Miami (Fla.) Boynton Beach, Fla. 97 Ron Brace DL 39 Woodhead, Danny RB 5-8 195 1/25/1985 3 Chadron State North Platte, Ne. 98 Eric Moore DL 99 Wright, Mike DL 6-4 295 3/1/1982 6 Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio 99 Mike Wright DL

PRACTICE SQUAD PRACTICE SQUAD # NAME POS HT WT BORN YR COLLEGE H.S. HOMETOWN # NAME POS 68 Austin,Austin Thomas OL 6-46 4 310 11/14/1986 R Clemson Camden,Camden S.C. S C 7 Jonathan Crompton QB 86 Butler, Carson TE 6-4 260 8/21/1987 1 Michigan Detroit, Mich. 35 Ross Ventrone S 7 Crompton, Jonathan QB 6-3 222 7/25/1987 R Tennessee Waynesville, N.C. 43 Thad Turner CB 65 Maneri, Steve T 6-6 290 3/20/1988 R Temple Saddle Brook, N.J. 65 Steve Maneri T 43 Turner, Thad CB 5-11 188 4/30/1987 R Ohio Marietta, Ga. 68 Thomas Austin OL 35 Ventrone, Ross S 5-8 190 9/27/1986 R Villanova Pittsburgh, Pa. 86 Carson Butler TE 93 Washington, Lorenzo DL 6-4 296 12/2/1986 R Alabama Loganville, Ga. 93 Lorenzo Washington DL

RESERVE/INJURED LIST RESERVE/INJURED LIST # NAME POS HT WT BORN YR COLLEGE H.S. HOMETOWN # NAME POS Barrett, Josh S 6-2 225 11/22/1984 3 Arizona State Reno, Nev. 3 K 23 Bodden, Leigh CB 6-1 193 9/24/1981 8 Duquesne Hyattsville, Md. 23 Leigh Bodden CB 33 Faulk, Kevin RB 5-8 202 6/5/1976 12 Louisiana State Carencro, La. 24 Jonathan Wilhite CB 3 Gostkowski, Stephen K 6-1 215 1/28/1984 5 Memphis Madison, Miss. 26 Bret Lockett DB 77 Kaczur, Nick T 6-4 315 7/28/1979 6 Toledo Brantford, Ontario 30 Brandon McGowan S 26 Lockett, Bret DB 6-1 220 10/7/1986 2 UCLA Diamond Bar, Calif. 33 Kevin Faulk RB 30 McGowan, Brandon S 5-11 210 9/26/1983 6 Maine Jersey City, N.J. 61 Stephen Neal G 61 Neal, Stephen G 6-4 305 10/9/1976 9 Cal State-Bakersfield San Diego, Calif. 66 Kade Weston DL 90 Richard, Darryl DL 6-4 295 6/17/1986 1 Georgia Tech Destrehan, La. 77 Nick Kaczur T 94 Warren, Ty DL 6-5 300 2/6/1981 8 Texas A&M Bryan, Texas 90 Darryl Richard DL 66 Weston, Kade DL 6-5 315 11/29/1986 R Georgia Red Bank, N.J. 94 Ty Warren DL 24 Wilhite,, Jonathan CB 5-11 185 2/23/1984/ / 3 Auburn Monroe,, La. Josh Barrett S

PRACTICE SQUAD/INJURED PRACTICE SQUAD/INJURED # NAME POS HT WT BORN YR COLLEGE H.S. HOMETOWN # NAME POS 10 Jenkins, Darnell WR 5-10 191 12/31/1982 1 Miami (Fla.) Miami, Fla. 10 Darnell Jenkins WR

RESERVE/MILITARY LIST RESERVE/MILITARY LIST # NAME POS HT WT BORN YR COLLEGE H.S. HOMETOWN # NAME POS 15 Barnes, Tyree WR 6-0 196 4/15/1986 1 Navy Hampton, 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: Josh Boyer, Defensive Backs; Corwin Brown, Defensive Backs; Ivan Fears, Running Backs; Brian Ferentz, Offensive Assistant Coach; Brian Flores, Assistant Coach Offense/Special Teams; Patrick Graham, Defensive Assistant Coach; Pepper Johnson, Defensive Line; Harold Nash, Assistant Strength and Conditioning; Bill O'Brien, Quarterbacks; Scott O'Brien, Special Teams; Chad O'Shea, Receivers; Matt Patricia, Linebackers; Dante Scarnecchia, Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line; Mike Woicik, Strength and Conditioning December 21, 2010 # NAME POS HT WT AGE YR COLLEGE HOW ACQ. 5 Shayne Graham K 6-0 214 33 10 Virginia Tech FA-10 8 Brian Hoyer QB 6-2 215 25 2 Michigan State FA-09 11 Julian Edelman WR 5-10 198 24 2 Kent State D7a-09 12 TomT Brad B d y QB 6-46 4 225 33 11 MichiMi hi gan D6b-00D6b 00 14 Zoltan Mesko P 6-5 231 24 R Michigan D5-10 17 Taylor Price WR 6-0 205 23 R Ohio D3-10 18 Matthew Slater WR 6-0 200 25 3 UCLA D5-08 19 Brandon Tate WR 6-1 195 23 2 North Carolina D3a-09 21 Fred Taylor RB 6-1 228 34 13 Florida FA(JAX)-09 22 Thomas Clayton RB 5-11 220 26 2 Kansas State CW(CLE)-10 25 Patrick Chung S 5-11 212 23 2 Oregon D2a-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 Tony Carter CB 5-9 175 24 2 Florida State FA-10 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 34 Sammy Morris RB 6-0 220 33 11 Texas Tech UFA(MIA)-07 36 James Sanders S 5-10 210 27 6 Fresno State D4-05 38 Sergio Brown S 6-2 210 22 R Notre Dame FA-10 39 Danny Woodhead RB 5-8 195 25 3 Chadron State FA-10 42 BenJarvus Green-Ellis RB 5-11 215 25 3 Mississippi FA-08 44Jarrad Page S 6 6-0 0 225 26 5UCLA TR(KC) TR(KC)-10 10 48 Matt Katula LS 6-6 265 28 6 Wisconsin FA-10 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 Dane Fletcher LB 6-2 244 24 R Montana State FA-10 55 Brandon Spikes LB 6-2 250 23 R Florida D2c-10 58 Tracy White LB 6-0 230 29 8 Howard TR(PHI)-10 59 Gary Guyton LB 6-3 245 25 3 Georgia Tech FA-08 60 Rich Ohrnberger OL 6-2 300 24 2 Penn State D4-09 62 Ryan Wendell C 6-2 290 24 2 Fresno State FA-08 63 Dan Connolly OL 6-4 313 28 5 Southeast Missouri St. FA(JAX)-08 64 Mark LeVoir T 6-7 310 28 4 Notre Dame CW(STL)-08 66 Louis Leonard DL 6-4 325 26 4 Fresno State FA-10 67 Dan Koppen C 6-2 296 31 8 Boston College D5-03 69 Quinn Ojinnaka OL 6-5 295 26 5 Syracuse TR(ATL)-10 70 Logan Mankins G 6-4 310 28 6 Fresno State D1-05 71 Brandon Deaderick DL 6-4 305 23 R Alabama D7b-10 72 Matt Light T 6-4 305 32 10 Purdue D2-01 74 Kyle Love DL 6-1 310 24 R Mississippi State FA-10 75 VinceVi nce Wilf Wilforkor k NT 6-2 325 29 7 MiamiMi am i (Fl(Flaa. ) D1aD1 a- 04 76 Sebastian Vollmer OL 6-8 315 26 2 Houston D2d-09 82 Alge Crumpler TE 6-2 275 32 10 North Carolina FA(TEN)-10 83 Wes Welker WR 5-9 185 29 7 Texas Tech TR(MIA)-07 84 Deion Branch WR 5-9 195 31 9 Louisville TR(SEA)-10 85 Aaron Hernandez TE 6-1 245 21 R Florida D4-10 87 Rob Gronkowski TE 6-6 265 21 R Arizona D2a-10 91 Myron Pryor DL 6-1 310 24 2 Kentucky D6b-09 92 Gerard Warren DL 6-4 325 32 10 Florida FA(OAK)-10 95 TTullyull y BantaB anta - CainCa inLB 6-2 2 225050 30 8 CaCalifornialif orni a FAFA(SF)(S F)- 09 96 Jermaine Cunningham LB 6-3 260 22 R Florida D2b-10 97 Ron Brace DL 6-3 330 24 2 Boston College D2b-09 98 Eric Moore DL 6-4 268 29 5 Florida State FA-10 99 Mike Wright DL 6-4 295 28 6 Cincinnati FA-05

PRACTICE S QUAD # NAME POS HT WT AGE YR COLLEGE HOW ACQ. 7 Jonathan Crompton QB 6-3 222 23 R Tennessee FA-10 35 Ross Ventrone S 5-8 190 24 R Villanova FA-10 43 Thad Turner K 5-11 188 23 R Ohio FA-10 65 Steve Maneri T 6-6 290 22 R Temple CW(HOU)-10 68 Thomas Austin OL 6-4 310 24 R Clemson FA-10 86 Carson Butler TE 6-4 260 23 1 Michigan FA-10 93 Lorenzo Washington DL 6-4 296 24 R Alabama FA-10

RESERVE/INJURED LIST # NAME POS HT WT AGE YR COLLEGE INJURY (IR date) 3 Stephen Gostkowski K 6-1 215 26 5 Memphis thigh (11/10/10) 23 L Lei igh Bodden B dd CB 66-1 1 193 29 8 D Duquesne shoulderh ld (8/31/10) 24 Jonathan Wilhite CB 5-11 185 26 3 Auburn hamstring (12/15/10) 26 Bret Lockett DB 6-1 220 24 2 UCLA chest (8/31/10) 30 Brandon McGowan S 5-11 210 27 6 Maine chest (9/4/10) 33 Kevin Faulk RB 5-8 202 34 12 Louisiana State knee (9/22/10) 61 Stephen Neal G 6-4 305 34 9 Cal State-Bakersfield shoulder(12/2/10) 66 Kade Weston DL 6-5 315 24 R Georgia abdomen (8/24/10) 77 Nick Kaczur T 6-4 315 31 6 Toledo back (10/12/10) 90 Darryl Richard DL 6-4 295 24 1 Georgia Tech foot (8/31/10) 94 Ty Warren DL 6-5 300 29 8 Texas A&M hip (8/13/10) Josh Barrett S 6-2 225 26 3 Arizona State shoulder (8/31/10)

PRACTICE S QUAD/INJURED # NAME POS HT WT AGE YR COLLEGE INJURY (IR date) 10 Darnell Jenkins WR 5-10 191 27 1 Miami (Fla.) knee (11/3/10)

RESERVE/MILITARY LIS T # NAME POS HT WT AGE YR COLLEGE DATE 155 Tyreey ee Barnes a es WR 6-06 0 19696 24 1 Navya y July,Ju y, 23 3 15 Shun White WR 5-8 195 25 1 Navy August, 17 44 Eric Kettani RB 5-11 235 23 1 Navy July, 23 December 21, 2010 DEFENSE (26) # NAME POS HT WT BORN YR COLLEGE H.S. HOMETOWN DEFENSIVE LINE (9) 97 Brace, Ron DL 6-3 330 12/18/1986 2 Boston College Worcester, Mass. 71 Deaderick, Brandon DL 6-4 305 8/19/1987 R Alabama Elizabethtown, Ky. 66 Leonard, Louis DL 6-4 325 7/16/1984 4 Fresno State Los Angeles, Calif. 74 Love, Kyle DL 6-1 310 11/18/1986 R Mississippi State Fairburn, Ga. 98 Moore, Eric DL 6-4 268 2/28/1981 5 Florida State Pahokee, Fla. 91 Pryor, Myron DL 6-1 310 6/13/1986 2 Kentucky Louisville, Ky. 92 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 LINEBACKER (8) 95 Banta-Cain, Tully LB 6-2 250 8/28/1980 8 California Sunnyvale, Calif. 96 Cunningham, Jermaine LB 6-3 260 4/24/1988 R Florida Stone Mountain, Ga. 52 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. 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. 58 White, Tracy LB 6-0 230 4/14/1981 8 Howard St. Stephen, S.C. DEFENSIVE BACK (9) 27 Arrington, Kyle CB 5-10 196 8/12/1986 2 Hofstra Accokeek, Md. 38 Brown, Sergio S 6-2 210 5/22/1988 R Notre Dame Maywood, Ill. 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. 29 Carter, Tony CB 6-9 175 5/24/1986 2 Florida State Jacksonville, Fla. 32 McCourty, Devin CB 5-10 193 8/13/1987 R Rutgers Montvale, N.J. 31 Meriweather, Brandon S 5-11 200 1/14/1984 4 Miami (Fla.) Apopka, Fla. 44 Page, Jarrad S 6-0 225 10/19/1984 5 UCLA San Leandro, Calif. 36 Sanders, James S 5-10 210 11/11/1983 6 Fresno State Porterville, Calif. OFFENSE (25) # NAME POS HT WT BORN YR COLLEGE H.S. HOMETOWN OFFENSIVE LINE (9) 63 Connolly, Dan OL 6-4 313 9/2/1982 5 Southeast Missouri St. St. Louis, Mo. 67 Koppen, Dan C 6-2 296 9/12/1979 8 Boston College Whitehall, Pa. 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. 60 Ohrnberger, Rich OL 6-2 300 2/14/1986 2 Penn State East Meadow, N.Y. 69 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 62 Wendell, Ryan C 6-2 290 3/4/1986 2 Fresno State Diamond Bar, Calif. QUARTERBACK (2) 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 (6) 84 B Branch, hDi DeionWR 5 5-9 9 195 7/18/1979 9 L Louisville i ill AlbAlban y, GGa. 11 Edelman, Julian WR 5-10 198 5/22/1986 2 Kent State Redwood City, Calif. 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 (5) 22 Clayton, Thomas RB 5-11 220 4/26/1984 2 Kansas State Alexandria, Va. 42 Green-Ellis, BenJarvus RB 5-11 215 7/2/1985 3 Mississippi New Orleans, La. 34 Morris, Sammy RB 6-0 220 3/23/1977 11 Texas Tech San Antonio, Texas 21 Taylor, Fred RB 6-1 228 1/27/1976 13 Florida Belle Glade, Fla. 39 Woodhead, Danny RB 5-8 195 1/25/1985 3 Chadron State North Platte, Ne. TIGHT END (3) 82 Crumpler, Alge TE 6-2 275 12/23/1977 10 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. SPECIALISTS (3) # NAME POS HT WT BORN YR COLLEGE H.S. HOMETOWN SPECIALISTS (3) 5 Graham, Shayne K 6-0 214 12/9/1977 10 Virginia Tech Radford, Va. 48 Katula, Matt LS 6-6 265 8/22/1982 6 Wisconsin Waukesha, Wi. 14 Mesko, Zoltan P 6-5 231 3/16/1986 R Michigan Twinsburg, Ohio RESERVE/INJURED (12) # NAME POS HT WT BORN YR COLLEGE H.S. HOMETOWN RESERVE/INJURED (12) 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. 33 Faulk, Kevin RB 5-8 202 6/5/1976 12 Louisiana State Carencro, La. 3 Gostkowski, Stephen K 6-1 215 1/28/1984 5 Memphis Madison, Miss. 77 Kaczur, Nick T 6-4 315 7/28/1979 6 Toledo Brantford, Ontario 26 Lockett, Bret DB 6-1 220 10/7/1986 2 UCLA Diamond Bar, Calif. 30 McGowan, Brandon S 5-11 210 9/26/1983 6 Maine Jersey City, N.J. 61 Neal, Stephen G 6-4 305 10/9/1976 9 Cal State-Bakersfield San Diego, Calif. 90 Richard, Darryl DL 6-4 295 6/17/1986 1 Georgia Tech Destrehan, La. 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. 24 Wilhite, Jonathan CB 5-11 185 2/23/1984 3 Auburn Monroe, La. 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: December 21, 2010 WAIVERS (2) / ROOKIE AND FIRST-YEAR YEAR DRAFTEES (25) VETERAN FREE AGENTS (13) TRADES (5) FREE AGENTS (9) 2000 Tom Brady (6b)

2001 Matt Light (2)

2003 Dan Koppen (5)

2004 Vince Wilfork (1a)

2005 Logan Mankins (1) Mike Wright (fa) James Sanders (4)

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

2008 Jerod Mayo (1) Dan Connolly (fa)(JAX) Mark LeVoir (fa) CW (STL) BenJarvus Green-Ellis (fa) Matthew Slater (5) Gary Guyton (fa)

2009 Patrick Chung (2a) Tully Banta-Cain (7)(SF) Kyle Arrington (fa) (PHI) Ron Brace (2b) Rob Ninkovich (5)(NO) Brian Hoyer (fa) Darius Butler (2c) Fred Taylor (1)(JAX) Ryan Wendell (fa) Sebastian Vollmer (2d) Brandon Tate (2a) Rich Ohrnberger (4) Myron Pryor (6b) Julian Edelman (7a)

2010 Devin McCourty (1) Tony Carter (fa)(DEN) Deion Branch (2) (tr-SEA) Sergio Brown (fa) Rob Gronkowski (2a) Alge Crumpler (2)(TEN) Thomas Clayton (6) CW (CLE) Dane Fletcher (fa) Jermaine Cunnin gham (2b ) Shayne Graham (fa)(NO) Quinn Ojinnaka (5) (tr-ATL) Kyle Love (fa) BrandonBran don S Spikespik es (2c)(2 c) MattMatt KatulaKatula (fa)(BAL)(f a)(BAL) JarradJarra d PagePage (7) (t(trr- KC) Taylor Price (3) Louis Leonard (fa)(CAR) Tracy White (fa) (tr-PHI) Aaron Hernandez (4) Eric Moore (fa)(CAR) Zoltan Mesko (5) Gerard Warren (1)(OAK) Brandon Deaderick (7b) Danny Woodhead (fa)(NYJ)

RESERVE/INJURED (12) RESERVE/MILITARY (3) Josh Barrett Tyree Barnes (fa) Leigh Bodden Eric Kettani (fa) Kevin Faulk Shun White (fa) Stephen Gostkowski Nick Kaczur Bret Lockett Brandon McGowan Stephen Neal Darryl Richard NOTE: Team in parenthesis is the pla yer's prior tea m Ty Warren (#) – indicates round drafted Kade Weston (fa) – indicates non-drafted free agents Jonathan Wilhite UPDATED: December 21, 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, Zac Signed/Draft Choice 1/13/2010 Jenkins, Darnell Signed 7/25/2010 Gronkowski, Rob Signed/Draft Choice 1/13/2010 Myers, Rob Signed 7/25/2010 Cunningham, Jermaine Signed/Draft Choice 1/13/2010 Richard, Darryl Signed 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, Derric k 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 3/4/2010Mankins, 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, Tull y 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, Leigh Re-signed 8/9/2010 Farnham, Budd y Released 3/12/2010 Murrell, Marques Signed 8/11/2010 Clayton, Thomas Signed 3/24/2010 Crumpler, Alge Signed 8/11/2010 Stapleton, Darnell Released 8/13/2010 Burgess, Derric k Reinstated to roster from reserve/DNR APRIL, 2010 8/13/2010 Warren, T y Placed on Reserve/Injured (hip) 4/10/2010 Lewis, Damione Signed 8/15/2010 Farnham, Budd y Signed 4/14/2010 King, David Signed 8/15/2010 Simmons, Brian Signed 4/20/2010 Holt, Torry Signed 8/15/2010 Holt, Torr y 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 4/23/2010 Price, Taylor Drafted 8/24/2010 Weston, Kade Placed on Reserve/Injured (abdomen) 4/24/2010 Hernandez, Aaron Drafted 8/29/2010 Johnson, Terrence Signed 44/24/2010/24 /2010Mesko , Zoltan Drafted 8/29/20108 /29 /2010Simmons , Brian Released 4/24/2010 Larsen, Ted Drafted 8/31/2010 Barrett, Josh Placed on Reserve/Injured (shoulder) 4/24/2010 Welch, Thomas Drafted 8/31/2010 Bodden, Leigh Placed on Reserve/Injured (shoulder) 4/24/2010 Deaderick, Brandon Drafted 8/31/2010 Lockett, Bret Placed on Reserve/Injured (chest) 4/24/2010 Weston, Kade Drafted 8/31/2010 Richard, Darryl Placed on Reserve/Injured (foot) 4/24/2010 Robinson, Zac Drafted 8/31/2010 Johnson, Terrence Released 4/24/2010 Warren, Gerard Signed 4/26/2010 Thomas, Adalius Released SEPTEMBER, 2010 4/29/2010 Anderson, Bryan Signed 9/3/2010 Ghiaciuc, Erci Released 4/29/2010 Brown, Sergio Signed 9/3/2010 Lewis, Damione Released 4/29/2010 Fletcher, Dane Signed 9/4/2010 Aiken, Sam Released 4/29/2010 Johnson, Terrence Signed 9/4/2010 Alexander, Eric Released 4/29/2010 Love, Kyle Signed 9/4/2010 Brown, Sergio Released 4/29/2010 Paschall, Pat Signed 9/4/2010 Burgess, Derric k Released 4/29/2010 Ventrone, Ross Signed 9/4/2010 Bussey, George Released 4/29/2010 Wise, John Signed 9/4/2010 Butler, Carson Released 9/4/2010 Clayton, Thomas Released MAY, 2010 9/4/2010 Farnham, Budd y Released 5/3/2010 Farnham, Budd y Signed 9/4/2010 Jenkins, Darnell Released 5/10/2010 Taylor, Chris Signed 9/4/2010 Larsen, Ted Released 5/18/2010 Larsen, Ted Signed/Draft Choice 9/4/2010 Myers, Rob Released 5/18/2010 Springs, Shawn Released 9/4/2010 Ohrnberger, Rich Released 5/21/2010 Agnone, Robbie Released 9/4/2010 Owens, Rod Released 5/21/2010 Rowe, Jeff Released 9/4/2010 Robinson, Zac Released 5/24/2010 Teel, Mike Claimed off Waivers (Seattle) 9/4/2010 Taylor, Chris Released 5/25/2010 Price, Taylor Signed/Draft Choice 9/4/2010 Ventrone, Ross Released 5/27/2010 Burgess, Derric k Re-signed 9/4/2010 Welch, Thomas Released 5/27/2010 Davis, Bruce Released 9/4/2010 Williams, Thomas Released 5/27/2010 Stanback, Isaiah Released 9/4/2010 Willingham, DeAngelo Released 9/4/2010 Woods, Pierre Released JUNE, 2010 9/4/2010 McGowan, Brandon Placed on Reserve/Injured (chest) 6/4/2010 Welch, Thomas Signed/Draft Choice 9/5/2010 Page, Jarrad Acquired via trade (KC) 6/8/2010 Hernandez, Aaron Signed/Draft Choice 9/5/2010 White, Trac y Acquired via trade (PHI) 6/10/2010 Gordon, Amon Released 9/5/2010 Maneri, Steve Claimed off waivers from Houston 6/11/2010 Clayton, Thomas Signed 9/5/2010 McKenzie, Tyrone Released 6/11/2010 Anderson, Bryan Released 9/6/2010 Brown, Sergio Signed to the practice squad 6/11/2010 King, David Released 9/6/2010 Crable, Shawn Signed to the practice squad 6/11/2010 Teel, Mike Released 9/6/2010 Jenkins, Darnell Signed to the practice squad 6/16/2010 Mesko, Zoltan Signed/Draft Choice 9/6/2010 Ohrnberger, Rich Signed to the practice squad 6/24/2010 Paschall, Pat Released SEPTEMBER, 2010 9/6/2010 James, Javarris Signed to the practice squad 9/6/2010 Mastrud, Jeron Signed to the practice squad 9/7/2010 Carter, Ton y Signed to the practice squad 9/7/2010 McKenzie, Tyrone Signed to the practice squad 9/7/2010 Miller, Prince Signed to the practice squad 9/7/2010 Mastrud, Jeron Released from the practice squad 9/13/2010 Murrell, Marques Released 9/14/2010 Maroney, Laurence Traded to Denver 9/15/2010 Miller, Prince Signed by Baltimore 9/18/2010 Woodhead, Danny Signed 9/21/2010 Butler, Carson Signed to the practice squad 9/22/2010 Faulk, Kevin Placed on Reserve/Injured (knee) 9/25/2010 Crable, Shawn Signed from the practice squad 9/27/2010 Maneri, Steve Released 9/29/2010 Ohrnberger, Rich Signed from the practice squad 9/29/2010 Austin, Thomas Signed to the practice squad 9/29/2010 Maneri, Steve Signed to the practice squad 9/30/2010 Clayton, Thomas Signed from the CLE practice squad 9/30/2010 Ojinnaka, Quinn Released

OCTOBER, 2010 10/5/2010 James, Javarris Released from the practice squad 10/6/2010 Moss, Randy Traded to Minnesota 10/7/2010 Ojinnaka, Quinn Signed 10/7/2010 Ratliff, Brett Signed to the practice squad 10/11/2010 Ratliff, Brett Signed by Cleveland 10/12/2010 Branch, Deion Acquired via trade (SEA) 10/12/2010 Kaczur, Nick Placed on Reserve/Injured (back) 10/19/2010 Ventrone, Ross Signed to the practice squad 10/23/2010 Brown, Sergio Signed from the practice squad 10/23/2010 Clayton, Thomas Released

NOVEMBER, 2010 11/2/2010 Mankins, Logan Reported to the team 11/3/2010 Crompton, Jonathan Signed to the practice squad 11/3/2010 Washington, Lorenzo Signed to the practice squad 11/3/2010 Jenkins, Darnell Placed on practice squad/injured (knee) 11/6/2010 Mankins, Logan Actiavted to the 53-man roster 11/6/2010 Wheatley, Terrence Released 11/6/2010 McKenzie, Tyrone Released from the practice squad 11/10/2010 Graham, Shayne Signed 11/10/2010 Katula, Matt Signed 11/10/2010 Turner, Thad Sigend to the practice squad 11/10/2010 Ingram, Jake Released 11/10/2010 Gostkowski, Stephen Placed on Reserve/Injured (thigh) 11/16/2010 Crable, Shawn Released 11/17/2010 Woods, Pierre Signed

DECEMBER, 2010 12/2/2010 Neal, Stephen Placed on Reserve/Injured (shoulder) 12/2/2010 Clayton, Thomas Claimed off waivers from Cleveland 12/3/2010 Moore, Eric Signed 12/3/2010 Woods, Pierre Released 12/10/2010 Jackson, Chevis Signed 12/15/2010 Leonard, Louis Signed 12/15/2010 Wilhite, Jonathan Placed on Reserve/Injured (hamstring) 12/18/2010 Carter, Tony Signed from the practice squad 12/18/2010 Jackson, Chevis Released Unofficial depth chart compiled by Patriots media relations, December 21, 2010 OFFENSE WR: 83 Wes Welker 19 Brandon Tate 11 Julian Edelman LT: 72 Matt Li ght 64 Mark LeVoir LG: 70 Logan Mankins 60 Rich Ohrnber ger C: 67 Dan Koppen 62 Ryan Wendell RG: 63 Dan Connolly 69 Quinn O jinnaka RT: 76 Sebastian Vollmer 64 Mark LeVoir TE: 82 Alge Crumpler 87 Rob Gronkowski 85 Aaron Hernandez WR: 84 Deion Branch 18Matthew Slater 17 Taylor Price QB: 12Tom Brady 8Brian Hoyer RB: 21 Fred Taylor 34 Sammy Morris 22 Thomas Clayton RB: 42 BenJarvus Green-Ellis 39 Danny Woodhead DEFENSE LE: 92 Gerard Warren 97 Ron Brace 66 Louis Leonard NT: 75 Vince Wilfork 91 Myron Pryor 74 Kyle Love RE: 99 Mike Wri ght 71 Brandon Deaderick 98 Eric Moore OLB: 50 Rob Ninkovich 52 Dane Fletcher ILB: 51 Jerod Mayo 58 Tracy White ILB: 55 Brandon Spikesp 59 Garyy Guyton y OLB: 96 Jermaine Cunningham 95 Tully Banta-Cain LCB: 32 Devin McCourty 29 Tony Carter RCB: 27 Kyle Arrin gton 28 Darius Butle r S: 31 Brandon Meriweathe r 44 Jarrad Pa ge 38 Sergio Brown S: 25 Patrick Chun g 36 James Sanders SPECIAL TEAMS K: 5 Shayne Graham 83 Wes Welke r P: 14 Zoltan Mesko H: 14 Zoltan Mesko 8 Brian Hoyer PR: 11 Julian Edelman 19 Brandon Tate KR: 19 Brandon Tate 18 Matthew Slate r 34 Sammy Morris LS: 48 Matt Katula PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Brandon Deaderic k DEAD-er-rick Jerod Mayo je-ROD Matt Katula kuh-TOO-la Zoltan Mesko ZOLE-tahn Dan Koppen COPE-en Quinn O jinnaka O- ja-NAH-ka Mark LeVoir la-VORE Jarrad Pa ge JAIR-ed