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PATRIOTS VS. GIANTS

SERIES HISTORY MEMORABLE PATRIOTS-GIANTS MATCHUPS The Patriots and Giants will meet for the Aug. 15, 1971— The Patriots defeated the Giants 20-14 in the 18th time in the preseason and for the opening preseason game at the old Foxboro Stadium. fourth straight year in the preseason Dec. 21, 1996— The Patriots rallied from a 22-3 fourth-quarter finale. The clash between the Patriots deficit to clinch a first-round playoff bye with a 23-22 win at and Giants will mark the fourth time the . defending conference champions have faced each other in less than a year. Aug. 10, 2001— New England began its first Last season, the two squared off in championship season with a 14-0 preseason shutout of the defending NFC champion Giants. their preseason and regular season finale and capped off the NFL season Dec. 29, 2007— The Patriots defeat the Giants by a thrilling in Super Bowl XLII. All three 2007 contests were decided by 38-35 score to cap off the first 16-0 regular season in NFL seven points or less. Overall, the Giants hold a 10-7 advantage history. in the preseason series. The Patriots claim a 5-3 edge in the February 3, 2008— The Patriots faced the Giants in Super regular season play and have won four Bowl XLII in Glendale, Ariz. straight regular-season games against

the Giants since 1996. The clubs have been frequent preseason opponents MUST-SEE TV recently, squaring off in the The last two times the Patriots and Giants faced off made national and local TV history. preseason openers for three straight years from 2001-03 and resuming Super Bowl XLII (02/03/08): Last year’s Super Bowl was the series in 2005. The series dates the second most-watched show of any kind in the history of back to 1970, the year of the AFL- recording television audiences. Its 97.5 million total viewers NFL merger. trailed only the 1983 series finale of M*A*S*H (105 million viewers).

Preseason – New York 10, New England 7 2007 Regular Season Finale (12/29/07): The Patriots- Date Result Score H/A Stadium Giants game on Dec. 29 was seen by 34.5 million people 08/15/71 W 20-14 H Schaefer Stadium nationwide, making it the most-watched regular season game 08/27/72 L 10-31 H Schaefer Stadium since 35.7 million people watched the Dallas-Kansas City game 08/12/73 L 7-13 H Schaefer Stadium on Thanksgiving Day, 1995. Additionally, it earned a 50.1 rating 08/11/74 L 6-21 H Schaefer Stadium 08/10/75 L 14-28 H Schaefer Stadium (75 share) in the Boston Market, making it the highest-rated 08/01/76 W ot 13-7 H Schaefer Stadium regular season Patriots game in the history of the Boston 08/06/77 W 19-3 A Giants Stadium market. 08/03/84 L 20-48 H Sullivan Stadium 08/16/87 L 17-19 H Sullivan Stadium LAST PRESEASON MEETING: 08/12/89 L 17-20 H Sullivan Stadium PATRIOTS 27, GIANTS 20 08/24/91 W 24-6 H Foxboro Stadium August 30, 2007 ¹ Gillette Stadium (Att: 68,756) 08/10/01 W 14-0 H Foxboro Stadium 1 2 3 4 Final 08/10/02 L 19-22 A Giants Stadium 7 0 3 10 — 20 08/07/03 W 26-6 H Gillette Stadium 3 7 7 10 — 27 09/01/05 L 3-27 H Gillette Stadium 08/31/06 L 23-31 A Giants Stadium The Patriots ended the 2007 preseason with a 27-20 victory 08/30/07 W 27-20 H Gillette Stadium over the New York Giants at Gillette Stadium. New England Matt Cassel, Vinny Testaverde and Matt Gutierrez Regular Season – New England 5, New York 3 Date Result Score H/A Stadium combined to complete 24-of-34 passes for 246 yards and one 10/18/70 L 0-16 H Harvard Stadium , while Patriots rushers totaled 85 yards on 26 carries 09/22/74 W 28-20 A and scored two . The New England defense recorded 11/08/87 L 10-17 A Giants Stadium eight sacks while allowing the Giants to convert just three-of-14 12/30/90 L 10-13 H Foxboro Stadium third-down opportunities. 12/21/96 W 23-22 A Giants Stadium 09/26/99 W 16-14 H Foxboro Stadium LAST REGULAR SEASON MEETING: 10/12/03 W 17-6 H Gillette Stadium PATRIOTS 38, GIANTS 35 12/29/07 W 38-35 A Giants Stadium December 29, 2007 Giants Stadium (Att: 79,110) ¹ Playoffs – New York 1, New England 0 1 2 3 4 Final Date Result Score H/A Stadium New England Patriots 3 13 7 15 — 38 02/03/08 L 14-17 N U. of Phoenix Stadium New York Giants 7 14 7 7 — 35

NEW ENGLAND TIES The Patriots improved to 16-0 with a 38-35 win over the New In the decades leading up to the founding of the American York Giants and in doing so became the fourth team in the 88- Football League in 1960, many football fans in New England year history of the NFL to finish the regular season undefeated followed the Giants, a franchise founded in 1925. New England- and untied. threw two touchdown passes and totaled based NFL outfits such as the Providence Steam Roller (1925- 356 yards to lead New England to a come from behind win at 31), the Boston Redskins (1932-36) and the Boston Yanks Giants Stadium. With the win, the Patriots set a new NFL record (1944-48) folded or moved away, leaving the Giants as the for consecutive regular season wins. Since December 11, 2006, closest NFL team to New England until the Patriots franchise New England has won 19 straight regular season contests, one inaugurated play in the 1960 season. more than the team’s previous record set over the 2003 and 2004 seasons.

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SUPER BOWL XLII CONNECTIONS GIANTS 17, PATRIOTS 14 Patriots spent 12 seasons on the February 3, 2008 ¹ University of Phoenix Stadium (Att: 71,101) Giants’ coaching staff, and was the team’s defensive 1 2 3 4 Final coordinator for their victories in Super Bowls XXI and XXV. New York Giants 3 0 0 14 — 17 Belichick joined the Giants as the special teams coach on Ray New England Patriots 0 7 0 7 — 14 Perkins’ staff in 1979, and during his tenure coached special teams (1979-82), (1980-84) and the secondary The second largest crowd in television history watched a (1989-90), while also holding defensive clash for the first three quarters of Super Bowl XLII as responsibilities (1985-90). the Patriots headed into the final quarter of the NFL season with Patriots defensive line coach was originally a 7-3 lead thanks a one-yard touchdown at drafted by the Giants in the second round of the 1986 NFL the beginning of the second quarter. The Giants retook the lead Draft. He won two Super Bowls and twice earned with 11:05 left in the game after a five-yard touchdown pass honors during his career with New York, which spanned from from to . 1986-92. The Patriots retaliated with 2:42 left in the game when Tom Patriots tight ends coach Pete Mangurian was the Giants’ Brady found in the end zone for a six-yard offensive line coach from 1993-96. touchdown strike. Patriots safety wrote an introduction for The Giants quickly drove down the field when they were faced Giants David Tyree’s book "More Than Just with third down and five yards to go with 1:15 left in the game. The Catch" that was released this past September. Manning escaped heavy pressure and found Tyree 32 yards Patriots special assistant/secondary coach Dom Capers was down field to keep the drive alive. Manning put the Giants ahead the first head coach of the and made Giants’ for good when he found in the left corner of the David Carr the first selection in Texans’ history end zone as the Giants went on to win by a 17-14 score. by taking him with the first overall pick in the 2002 NFL Draft. Capers coached Carr with the Texans through 2005. Giants ALL-TIME SUPER BOWL BERTHS quarterbacks coach Chris Palmer served as the Texas 8 ..... from 2001-05. 6 .....New England Patriots, , Patriots special assistant/secondary coach Dom Capers 5 ....., Oakland/LA Raiders, Washington served as Giants head coach ’s defensive Redskins, Dolphins coordinator for the from 1999-2000. 4 .....New York Giants, , , Patriots linebackers coach was born in Sherrill, N.Y.

Giants Head Coach Tom Coughlin was the head coach at MOST FREQUENT PRESEASON OPPONENTS Boston College from 1991-93 and also served as the The Patriots and Giants will meet for the 18th time this week, quarterbacks coach at the Heights (1981-83). Coughlin was tying the Giants with as the Patriots' second most the wide receivers coach on the Giants’ coaching staff while common preseason opponent. The only team the Patriots have Bill Belichick was also on New York’s staff (1988-90). played more often in the preseason is the Washington Redskins Giants offensive coordinator is a native of (19 times). New Haven, Conn., and holds a degree in physical education PATRIOTS MOST FREQUENT PRESEASON OPPONENTS from Southern Connecticut State, where he also played Team Games W L Last quarterback and and later served as head coach Washington Redskins 19 12 7 2006 (1980-84). His second coaching appointment was as the 18 9 9 2008 linebackers coach at Tufts University from 1976-77. New York Giants 17 7 10 2007 Giants defensive coordinator was born in Green Bay Packers 13 7 6 2005 Whitinsville, Mass. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Buffalo Bills 13 6 7 1984 , where he was a two-year starter at wide receiver, and earned his master’s from the University of PLAYOFF PERFORMERS Massachusetts. Spagnuolo began his coaching career as a The Patriots are the only team in the NFL to have won at least graduate assistant at UMass from 1982-83. He later served as one playoff game in each of the last five seasons, including defensive coordinator/defensive backs at Connecticut (1987- 2007. 91) and defensive coordinator/DBs/LBs at Maine (1993-94).

CONSECUTIVE SEASONS W/ PLAYOFF WIN Giants special teams coordinator Tom Quinn was the New England Patriots ...... 5 defensive coordinator at Boston University in 1995. ...... 3 Giants tight ends coach Michael Pope coached running Four Teams ...... 1 backs and tight ends for the Patriots from 1994-96. Pope was an assistant coach for the Giants from 1983-1991, including ANNUAL ACHIEVEMENTS eight years while Bill Belichick was on the staff (1983-90). The Patriots are the only team in the NFL to have recorded nine Giants assistant offensive line coach Dave DeGuglielmo has or more wins in each of the last seven seasons, including 2007. been an assistant at three New England colleges: Boston College (1991-92), Boston University (1993-96) and MOST SEASONS OF 9+ WINS SINCE 2001 (Includes 2007 season) Connecticut (1997-98). He is originally from Cambridge, Mass. New England...... 7 Green Bay...... 5 Giants running backs coach Jerald Ingram held the same Indianapolis...... 6 Pittsburgh ...... 5 position at Boston College (1991-93). Philadelphia...... 5 Denver...... 5 Seattle ...... 5 Dallas ...... 4

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CONNECTIONS (Cont.) CONNECTIONS (Cont.) Giants secondary coach/ is a native Giants director of pro personnel Dave Gettleman is a native of Salem, Mass., and played four years at Northeastern. He of Boston, Mass., and earned a bachelor’s degree from began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Springfield College, where he was an offensive tackle. He Swampscott High School (1978-80), then returned to New holds a master’s degree from Southern Connecticut State. England to coach tight ends/wide receivers at Brown from Giants assistant director of pro personnel Ken Sternfeld 1984-85. From 1986-87, Giunta served as Brown’s offensive spent 21 seasons with New England in a variety of capacities, coordinator. primarily in scouting. Giants quarterbacks coach Chris Palmer began his coaching Giants punter , a 20-year NFL veteran, was career at Connecticut, where he led the defensive line and originally signed as a rookie free agent by the Patriots on May wide receivers (1972-74). He later served as head coach at 1, 1988. He was waived on May 24, 1990. Since he entered Boston University from 1988-89 and spent four years with the the league with New England, Feagles has not missed a single Patriots - first as a wide receivers coach (1993-95), then as a game, seeing action in a league-record 320 consecutive quarterbacks coach (1996). contests. Patriots Jeff Shoate was on the Giants practice Patriots Adalius Thomas and Giants defensive squad during the 2007 playoffs. end are cousins. Giants guard/center played for the Patriots Patriots quarterback Matt Cassel and Giants wide receiver from 2000-02. Steve Smith played at the University of Southern California Giants strength and conditioning coach was together. the director of strength and conditioning at Boston College Patriots linebacker and wide receiver Chris from 1993-94. Dunlap were teammates with Giants linebacker Gerris Giants assistant strength and conditioning coach Markus Wilkinson, safety James Butler tight end Michael Paul held the same position at New England from 2000-2004, Matthews. where he worked with and earned three Super Giants wide receiver attended the Bowl rings. University of Massachusetts from 2003-06. Patriots linebacker and Giants wide receiver Patriots kicker and Giants running Plaxico Burress were teammates on the Pittsburgh Steelers back Robert Douglas were teammates at the University of for the 2000 season. Memphis. Giants linebacker Zak DeOssie is a native of North Andover, Patriots safety and defensive Mass., and attended Phillips Academy in Andover before lineman Santonio Thomas were teammates with Giants continuing on to Brown University. Zak is the son of Steve wide receiver and safety DeOssie, who finished his NFL playing career as a linebacker were teammates at the . and long snapper with the Patriots in 1994 and 1995. Patriots linebacker and Giants wide receiver Giants guard Grey Ruegamer played in 33 games for the are both rookies out of Michigan. Patriots over three seasons from 2000-02. He was signed by Patriots cornerback Mike Richardson and Giants defensive New England on Nov. 16, 2000 and played in the squad’s end Justin Tuck and tight end were Super Bowl XXXVI victory over St. Louis. teammates at the University of Notre Dame from 2002-03. Giants cornerback was teammates on the Patriots LaMont Jordan and wide receiver with five current Patriots players: wide Randy Moss and Giants guard played for the receiver Wes Welker (2004-05) fullback Heath Evans Oakland Raiders in 2006. (2005), linebacker (1997-2000) and offensive Patriots guard Oliver Ross and Giants wide receiver Plaxico lineman Billy Yates (2003). Burress were teammates on the Pittsburgh Steelers from Patriots wide receiver Randy Moss and Giants defensive 2000-04. tackle were teammates on the Minnesota Patriots safety John Lynch and cornerback Jeff Shoate Vikings from 2000-2003. were teammates with Giants running back Reuben Patriots center and Giants guard Droughns on the Denver Broncos in 2004. played at Boston College together in 2001. Giants offensive Patriots defensive lineman Kenny Smith and Giants safety quality control coach Sean Ryan was a graduate assistant at Sammy Knight were teammates on the Boston College from 2001-02. from 2001-02. Patriots linebacker Eric Alexander and Giants cornerback Patriots running back LaMont Jordan and Giants cornerback were teammates at Louisiana State R.W. McQuarters were teammates on the in University from 2001-03. The two started for LSU in the 2004. Tigers’ victory in the 2003 BCS National Championship game. Patriots offensive lineman Barry Stokes and Giants center Giants president and chief executive officer is an Shaun O’Hara were teammates on the alumnus of Boston College, where he received a B.S. in from 2002-03. marketing in 1976. Patriots linebacker Adalius Thomas and Giants quarterback Giants treasurer Jonathan Tisch once worked as a Anthony Wright were teammates on the cinematographer/producer at WBZ-TV in Boston, for which he from 2002-05. received two local Emmy nominations. He is a graduate of Patriots cornerback Fernando Bryant and Giants defensive Tufts University. end were teammates on the Jacksonville Giants vice president of player evaluation Chris Mara began Jaguars in 1999. his collegiate career at Springfield College before transferring to Boston College. Patriots vice president of player personnel Scott Pioli is originally from Washingtonville, N.Y.

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LAST GAME: EAGLES 27, PATRIOTS 17

EAGLES 27, PATRIOTS 17 JACKSON SCORES August 22, 2008 ¹ Gillette Stadium (Att: 68,756) made a catch in the end zone in traffic for a 1- 1 2 3 4 Final yard scoring grab with 13:49 left in the game, cutting the Eagles Philadelphia Eagles 3 21 3 0 — 27 lead to 27-10. Jackson, selected by the Patriots in the second New England Patriots 0 3 0 14 — 17 round (36th overall) of the 2006 NFL Draft, has totaled three career touchdown receptions, all in the 2006 season. For his The Patriots dropped to 0-3 in the preseason, but found some career, Jackson has 13 receptions for 152 yards and three bright spots late in a 27-17 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. New touchdowns. England reached the end zone on two of its final three drives, and Patriots quarterbacks combined for a 109.6 . A JONES SCORES 9-play, 99-yard drive in the fourth quarter provided the Patriots C.J. Jones hauled in a 9-yard touchdown pass from Matt with some positives, and the New England defense allowed just Gutierrez with 41 seconds left in the game to cut the three second-half points for the second straight week. C.J. Jones Philadelphia lead to 27-17. Jones, who led all Patriots receivers and Chad Jackson each caught touchdown passes for New with 70 receiving yards, set up his touchdown with a 37-yard England, while Patriots passers combined to complete 64.7 reception on the first play following the two-minute warning to percent (24-34) of their throws. bring the Patriots to the Eagles' 13-yard line. Jones spent the The Eagles took control early, getting the ball first and entire 2007 season as a member of the Patriots' . proceeding to drive 76 yards on 14 plays to earn a 3-0 lead on a He spent the 2005 and 2006 seasons out of football after being 24-yard David Akers . The teams traded punts to close released in training camp in each of those years, and spent the out the first quarter before Philadelphia extended its lead to 10-0 2004 season on the Cleveland Browns' practice squad. Jones after driving 73 yards on 11 plays, ending in a 7-yard scoring was a member of the Browns' active roster for much of the 2003 pass from Donovan McNabb to Jason Avant with 9:36 left in the season but did not see game action. Jones leads the Patriots first half. After a Patriots punt, the Eagles headed back down the with 120 receiving yards through three preseason games this field and appeared poised to take a 17-0 lead, but an apparent season.

Hank Baskett touchdown was reversed on replay and ruled a GOSTKOWSKI REMAINS PERFECT touchback ( out of the end zone) for the Patriots. New Stephen Gostkowski nailed a 35-yard field goal with 1:52 England proceeded to drive 63 yards on six plays and cut the remaining in the first half to raise his mark to a perfect 5-for-5 lead to 10-3 on a 35-yard Stephen Gostkowski field goal. But, this preseason. He also connected from 36, 44 and 40 yards in Philadelphia rookie Quintin Demps returned the ensuing kickoff the preseason opener on Aug. 7 and was good from 53 yards on 101 yards for a touchdown, giving the Eagles a 17-3 advantage. Aug. 17 in Tampa. In his regular season and playoff career, The Patriots then went three-and-out, and Eagles rookie DeSean Gostkoswki has hit 50-of-60 field goals, and his 83.3 percent Jackson proceeded to return the ensuing punt 76 yards for a career accuracy rate is the highest in Patriots history. touchdown as time expired in the first half, giving Philadelphia a 24-3 halftime advantage. BIG SWING The Eagles got the only points of the third quarter on another With 4:19 left in the first half, the Eagles appeared to take a 16- 24-yard Akers field goal to secure a 27-3 lead. Matt Gutierrez 0 lead on a touchdown catch by Hank Baskett. But, the Patriots took over at quarterback for the Patriots and proceeded to direct challenged the play and it was determined that James Sanders an 11-play, 71-yard drive (that included completions of 24, 16, caused Baskett to lose possession of the ball before crossing the 16 and 11 yards) to cut the Eagles' advantage to 27-10 on a 1- goal line and he fumbled the ball out of bounds, resulting in a yard scoring pass to Chad Jackson. The teams then traded punts touchback and returning the score to 10-0. On the first snap before the Patriots got the ball back on their own 1-yard line following the overturned play, Randy Moss drew a 47-yard pass with 3:01 remaining. Gutierrez then drove New England 99 yards interference penalty on the Eagles' Sean Condesine to give the on nine plays (completing throws of 31, 18 and 37 yards) to cut Patriots a first down at the Eagles' 33-yard line. The play set up the Eagles' lead to 27-17 on a 9-yard scoring strike to C.J. Jones a 35-yard field goal that cut Philadelphia's lead to 10-3. with 41 seconds left in the game. However, time ran out on the New England resurgence and the Eagles went home with a 27- QUICK HITS 17 victory. • The Patriots have outscored their opponents 30-0 in the fourth quarter during the 2008 preseason. SOLID QUARTERBACK PLAY • Ray Ventrone's eight receptions lead the Patriots through Quarterbacks Matt Cassel and Matt Gutierrez combined to three preseason games. complete 22-of-34 passes (64.7 percent) for 277 yards, two • A total of 17 players have caught a pass for the Patriots so far touchdowns and no . The duo combined for a 109.6 this preseason. A total of 13 players have two or more passer rating. Cassel completed 8-of-14 passes (57.1 percent) catches, while 12 players have at least one catch for 10 or for 60 yards, while Gutierrez totaled 14-of-20 (70 percent) for more yards. 217 yards. • The Patriots outgained the Eagles 220-38 in the game's final 19 minutes, while outscoring Philadelphia 14-0. GUTIERREZ SHINES • Rodney Harrison tipped away a Donovan McNabb pass Matt Gutierrez entered the game in the third quarter and intended for tight end L.J. Smith near the goal line in the first directed three drives that led to two touchdowns. His first drive quarter. as quarterback was an 11-play, 71-yard drive that ended in a 1- • batted a Donovan McNabb pass intended for L.J. yard touchdown toss to Chad Jackson. Eight of the 11 plays on Smith off course in the end zone on third down in the first the drive were passes. After Gutierrez's second drive stalled after quarter, forcing an incompletion, saving a touchdown and two first downs, he directed a 9-play, 99-yard drive -- in which forcing Philadelphia to settle for a field goal. all nine plays were passes -- that ended in a 9-yard scoring pass • Tedy Bruschi sacked Donovan McNabb for a 6-yard loss in the to C.J. Jones, cutting the Eagles lead to 27-17. On the night, first quarter. Gutierrez -- signed as an undrafted free agent in 2007 -- • Matt Cassel ran 22 yards for a first down in the first quarter, a completed 14-of-20 passes (70 percent) for 217 yards and two scamper that was the Patriots' longest run of the preseason so touchdowns for a passer rating of 139.0. far.

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PRESEASON RECAP: WEEKS 1 & 2

PRESEASON WEEK 2 PRESEASON WEEK 1 BUCCANEERS 27, PATRIOTS 10 RAVENS 16, PATRIOTS 15 August 17, 2008 ¹ Raymond James Stadium (Att: 63,365) August 7, 2008 ¹ Gillette Stadium (Att: 68,756) 1 2 3 4 Final 1 2 3 4 Final New England Patriots 0 3 0 7 — 10 Baltimore Ravens 3 10 3 0 — 16 7 10 10 0 — 27 New England Patriots 0 3 3 9 — 15

The Patriots fell to 0-2 in the 2008 preseason with a 27-10 The Patriots opened the 2008 preseason with a narrow 16-15 loss at Tampa Bay. The Buccaneers jumped out to a 17-0 lead in loss to the Baltimore Ravens at Gillette Stadium. LaMont Jordan's the second quarter before the Patriots got on the board with a 1-yard touchdown run with 6:07 remaining in the game cut a 53-yard field goal as time expired in the first half. Tampa Bay 16-9 Patriots deficit to just one point, but a failed two-point extended its lead to 27-3 in the third quarter, but the Patriots conversion sealed the Patriots' fate as the Ravens escaped with found the end zone on a 1-yard touchdown run in the fourth to the win. make the final score 27-10. Baltimore recorded the game's first two scores, jumping out to a 10-0 second-quarter lead. The Patriots got on the board with a GOSTKOWSKI FROM 53 36-yard field goal, but the Ravens answered to take a 13-3 lead Stephen Gostkowski nailed a 53-yard field goal as time expired heading into halftime. in the first half to improve to 4-for-4 this preseason. The 53- The Ravens extended their advantage to 16-3 with a field goal yarder is longer than any of Gostkowski's regular-season or to finish their first possession of the second half, but the Patriots playoff field goals -- his career long is 52 yards, achieved on then buckled down and did not allow any more Baltimore points Nov. 26, 2006 at Gillette Staduium against the . In for the rest of the game. New England began its final charge his regular-season and playoff career, Gostkowski is 2-for-2 from with a 44-yard field goal that cut the Baltimore lead to 16-6 50 yards or longer, hitting the 52-yarder against the Bears and entering the final quarter, and later narrowed the deficit to 16-9. nailing a 50-yard boot against the San Diego Chargers in the came up with the play of the night for the Patriots 2006 divisional playoffs. The last time a Patriot booted a field when he sacked Baltimore's , forcing a fumble on the goal of 53 yards or longer in the regular season or playoffs was play and then recovered the fumble to give the Patriots on Nov. 10, 2002, when nailed a franchise-record possession on the Ravens' 31-yard line. New England promptly 57-yarder against Chicago in Champaign, Ill. If Gostkowski's 53- drove in for LaMont Jordan's touchdown run, but on the two- yard field goal had happened in the regular season, it would point conversion attempt, Kevin O'Connell's pass was deflected, have tied the fifth-longest field goal in team history. leaving the final score 16-15.

LYNCH DEBUTS TOUCHDOWN FOR JORDAN Veteran safety John Lynch made his Patriots debut, seeing his LaMont Jordan scored on a 1-yard scoring run in the fourth first action six minutes into the game on a third-and-two play. quarter to cut the Ravens' lead to 16-15. Jordan, who was Lynch, who signed with New England as a free agent on Friday, signed by the Patriots as a free agent on July 26, has scored 24 Aug. 15, spent the first 11 years of his career with Tampa Bay rushing touchdowns in his seven-year career with the New York (1993-2003), and was a leader on the Buccaneers' Super Bowl Jets (2001-04) and Oakland Raiders (2005-07). XXXVII championship squad in the 2002 season. CRABLE EVANS IN THE ZONE Patriots rookie linebacker Shawn Crable intercepted a Kyle Boller Heath Evans put the Patriots into the end zone for the first time pass and returned it 11 yards to the Ravens' 41-yard line in the on the night with a 1-yard touchdown run with 10:20 remaining second quarter. The play set up a 36-yard field goal by Stephen in the game. The touchdown was Evans' first of the preseason. Gostkowski that cut the Baltimore lead to 10-3. Crable did not Last season, Evans set a career high with three touchdowns (all have an interception in his collegiate career, playing in 47 games rushing). He has four career touchdowns in his seven seasons in with 20 starts for Michigan from 2004-07. His last interception in the NFL. a game came as a senior at Washington High School in

Massillon, Ohio. QUICK HITS • In addition to John Lynch, six Patriots saw their first action of WOODS STRIP-SACK the preseason. CB , RB Sammy Morris, LB Mike Pierre Woods sacked Baltimore quarterback Joe Flacco, caused Vrabel, OL John Welbourn, WR Randy Moss and WR Wes him to fumble on the play and then recovered the loose ball Welker all played against the Buccaneers after not playing in himself to give the Patriots possession at the Ravens' 31-yard the preseason opener against the Baltimore Ravens on Aug. line in the fourth quarter. The play set up a 31-yard scoring 7. drive that ended in a 1-yard touchdown run by LaMont Jordan to • The Patriots trailed by 24 points in the third quarter, falling cut Baltimore's lead to 16-15. Last season, Woods led the behind by a 27-3 score. The last time the Patriots trailed by Patriots with 22 special teams tackles and has recorded 33 24 or more points in a game was on Oct. 10, 2005, when they special teams tackles in 24 career games since being signed by trailed the Denver Broncos 28-3 in the third quarter of an the Patriots as an undrafted rookie free agent prior to the 2006 eventual 28-20 loss at Gillette Stadium. Last season, the season. biggest deficit the Patriots faced was 10 points, trailing 20-10 in the fourth quarter of an eventual 24-20 win at Indianapolis THOMAS STRIP-SACK on Nov. 4, 2007. Adalius Thomas strip-sacked Kyle Boller in the first quarter and • Rookie linebacker Shawn Crable recorded a sack of Chris recovered the loose ball to give the Patriots Simms and a forced fumble on the same play on third-and-six possession at the Ravens' 44-yard line. Thomas, who played on the final play of the third quarter, forcing a Tampa Bay seven seasons for Baltimore from 2000-06, had 6.5 sacks in his punt that set up a Patriots touchdown drive. Last week first season with the Patriots in 2007, including six sacks in his against Baltimore, Crabel shared a sack, had two quarterback final seven regular-season games. Thomas added a pair of sacks hits and recorded an interception. in Super Bowl XLII. Over his eight-year NFL career, Thomas has totaled 45.0 sacks and 17 forced .

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COACH BELICHICK ON…

Coach Belichick on Sam Aiken, July 29 to other players and forces them to rise up to his level. It is Sam did a good job in the spring. He had a real good off- good to have him back out there. season program. He worked hard in the passing camps and he showed up very positive here in training camp both as a Coach Belichick on , Aug. 4 receiver and in the kicking game. He is a big guy and strong I don’t know where we would be without [Russ's versatility]. - very strong for his position. He is tough, very professional Russ is one of the most solid and consistent players we have and works hard at his job. Football is important to him. He is on our team. He is really the same guy everyday, whether it on top of things. If he makes a mistake, he really works hard be practice, games, preseason or postseason, the first to correct it and make sure he has it right the next time. I quarter, or the fourth quarter – it doesn’t matter. He is a like his attitude, I like his work ethic and I like his versatility. very consistent and dependable guy. He can play all three He has done a good job. spots. He’s played guard, he’s played center, both guards, helped us out on a couple special teams situations - like Coach Belichick on Wesley Britt, Aug. 12 kickoff return in the wedge, a field goal and that kind of Wes came to us a couple of years ago and we put him on thing. The best compliment you can give a lineman like that the practice squad. He has developed a lot and is one of the is, you don’t really realize when he is in there. He is a solid hardest working guys on the team. He has a big frame, like guy and the last game he played in [Super Bowl XLII], he you would like a tackle to have. He played left tackle in played well and that was a big game. He has been a very college. He has played both left and right tackle for us. He dependable guy for us with great inside versatility. He’s has swing ability. He works hard and is a tough kid. He has played some at tackle and a little bit at tight end and short improved a lot since he has been here, like a lot of our yardage situations. He’s played every position at the young offensive linemen do. He is one of many who has offensive line even though he’s primarily an inside guy. He’s been on the practice squad and eventually worked his way also worked at tackle and short yardage situations out there on to the roster and then worked his way into the lineup for at tight end. He’s done a good job for us. some playing time. He has done nothing but improve since he has been here. His hard work, determination and ability Coach Belichick on LaMont Jordan, Aug. 12 to take coaching have enabled him to do that. When he has Every player has their own set of skills. I think LaMont has a had an opportunity to play, I would say he has played very good set. He is a powerful guy, has some quickness and competitively. catches the ball wall. He has good speed, he is not a track guy, but he has competitive speed, good quickness and can Coach Belichick on Jabar Gaffney, July 31 get through the hole. He breaks tackles. He has some things Jabar [Gaffney] has had a really good camp. Of course, he going for him. had a really good off-season. He was one of our off-season award winners at his position. I think he followed up last Coach Belichick on John Lynch, Aug. 15 season with a good off-season and a good spring camp. He I am excited to have John on the team. He is a guy I have has taken it into training camp. He is a very versatile player admired for a long time - his playing style and his that played every position for us last year, whether it was production. He has been a great player with different three wide receivers or four wide receivers. At one point or organizations and with nine Pro Bowls. I had the opportunity another he played in each spot. The X, Y, Z or F spots as we to coach him in Hawaii a couple years ago. I have a lot of call them. He is a guy that picks things up quickly. respect for John, the way he plays and the way he prepares. Quarterbacks have a lot of confidence in him. He has been a very dependable player for us. He is really a key guy for us Coach Belichick on , Aug. 12 and was like that last year. He is ahead of where he was last Jerod [Mayo] is a smart kid and has worked hard. From day year because he had an outstanding off-season and spring one when we drafted him to rookie minicamp and spring camp. camp he has done a good job. He is a very mature kid and a hard worker. Football is important to him and he spends a Coach Belichick on Gary Guyton, Aug. 19 lot of time on it. He makes a lot of rookie mistakes but he Gary was very productive for Georgia Tech. He played both learns from them and doesn’t repeat many of them. inside and a little bit of outside. He was a pretty versatile player for them down there in terms of run defense, blitzing, Coach Belichick on Brandon Meriweather, July 31 pass coverage, inside, outside, played on the end of the line, I thought he made a lot of improvement last season during played on the center, played on the guard, at times he even the course of the year and in training camp. He had a good played in the tackle bubble so he has had a lot of different off-season and a good spring. He is having a good training experiences in college and I think some of that versatility has camp. I think he is much better now than where he was last shown up here for us both in the kicking game and on year at this time. He continues to improve on a regular basis. defense. He works hard and takes coaching well. He doesn’t make the same mistake repeatedly. I think he continues to improve Coach Belichick on Rodney Harrison, July 31 but he still has a ways to go. He is only in his second year He brings a level of play and intensity out there to the but he is making good progress. I like what he has done in practice field that is good for everybody. It is good for the camp. defense, offense and for the entire football team. Nobody practices harder than Rodney. I don’t think, in my career, I have ever coached a player that practices any harder than Rodney practices on a daily basis. He has a tremendous work ethic and is as good as anybody I have been around, especially on the defensive side of the ball. That carries over

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COACH BELICHICK ON…

Coach Belichick on Kevin O'Connell, Aug. 14 Coach Belichick on Adalius Thomas, Aug. 13 Kevin has kind of gotten better each day. He is making a big Adalius is a smart guy who works hard. He has played in transition from college to the NFL. He is going from a multiple positions in our defense. Last year at this time he shotgun offense to an offense that is less than 50 percent was playing inside, getting some reps outside, involved in shotgun. In addition, there are a lot of other differences with different things in the sub defense, playing off and on the the reads, terminology and so forth. Kevin has gotten better line, playing in coverage and playing as part of the pass every day. He works hard and is a smart kid. He is a talented . He has a lot of experience from doing different things. athlete because he is big and can run. He has a good arm He has played 16 regular season games and three and pretty good accuracy. There are still a lot of things he postseason games plus the preseason last year. He has a lot has to work on just from a mechanics standpoint, with of game situations under his belt. I think he has really terminology, learning our system and getting comfortable become one of the leaders on defense, not that he wasn’t with the reads and the adjustments. He has made a lot of last year but more so going into his second year. Going into progress and seems to get better each day. his second year he knows more of what he is doing as opposed to feeling like ‘I have to learn this and learn that.’ I Coach Belichick on Vince Redd, Aug. 19 am not saying he doesn’t have anything to learn; we all have Vince played at Virginia, looks like an outside linebacker in a more to learn. He is a lot further ahead then he was last 3-4 system, kind of a cross between a defensive end and a year. He has been very positive in his work ethic and with pure outside linebacker. He played well at Liberty, he’s a helping some of the younger linebackers like Shawn strong kid and runs well for his size. He’s a smart kid and [Crable], Vince [Redd], Pierre [Woods] and those guys. He has played at a high level of competition at Virginia even really stepped up and gave a lot of leadership and good though he transferred to Liberty but he played at a pretty work ethic to the entire unit. He has done well and we are good level there in a good program. glad to have him.

Coach Belichick on Lewis Sanders, Aug. 4 Coach Belichick on David Thomas, Aug. 19 Lewis is working hard. He is another guy that has had a lot The bad news for David [Thomas] was ’07. The good news of different responsibilities for us in the kicking game, was he really got off to a good start in ’08. Kind of getting playing both corner and safety defensively. He’s got good off to a good start, he’s been able to maintain that experience in a couple different systems so I don’t think momentum and the start there in the spring has carried over anything he is doing here is anything that new. It is just a in the training camp and the preseason … David works hard. question on some new terminology or adapting it to a He works hard at everything. He’s a very competitive kid. different situation but he is an experienced guy and he keeps He’s smart. He knows how to use his strengths, leverage and showing up. He shows up with a play or two everyday and position to his advantage. He competes hard. He has good he is a hard working guy. playing strength and good quickness. He has done a good job with that. Coach Belichick on , Aug. 13 I think Richard has [tipped as many passes and disrupted Coach Belichick on Ray Ventrone, Aug. 7 the quarterback] as well as anybody. Year in and year out, Ray is a very competitive guy and a tough kid. He plays in all he has tipped more balls than anybody around here and three phases, offense, defense and special teams. He works more than anyone I have coached. He is tall and has long hard, tough kid and he’s a pretty good football player. He’s arms. He is athletic, can jump and has a good sense of got a good set of skills, has some quickness, speed, he’s timing of when to try and get in the throwing lane, when to tough, he’s a smart player who is instinctive and he’s shown keep rushing the quarterback and attack the blocker. He is up positively for us in a number of different roles and in probably as good as you are going to get at that. different games. It’s a real credit to him, his work ethic, his toughness. He came from a relatively small school and is Coach Belichick on , Aug. 4 trying to carve a niche for himself in the NFL and is Matthew is a smart kid. We have been working him at some competing hard. different spots since he has gotten here in all three phases of the game. We will see how that all comes together but he Coach Belichick on John Welbourn, Aug. 5 is a smart guy that has a good set of skills. John is an experienced player in this league. We played against him a number of times when he was with Coach Belichick on Antwain Spann, Aug. 14 Philadelphia [Eagles]. He was in Kansas City last year. He is Antwain has had a really good camp. He had a good spring. a tough guy and has played both guard spots. He mainly He has been productive and has shown up on a lot of plays. played the left spot in Philly and played more right last year. He has played more at safety but he has been a versatile He also has some experience at the tackle position. He is a guy for us by playing inside in sub situations as well as very athletic player and a strong kid. outside. He has had a lot more responsibility as far as making calls and adjustments from the safety spot. He has Coach Belichick on Pierre Woods, July 27 picked that up pretty well even going back to the spring. Pierre [Woods] is one of our hardest workers and one of our Certainly that got him off to a good start and gave him a most diligent players. He works hard at his job and tries to little momentum and gave him some confidence heading into do everything right, just the way you want it. training camp. He has kind of picked up where he left off in the spring. He has had a good camp.

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ROBERT KRAFT NEWS & NOTES

ince purchased SUCCESS STORY the team in 1994, the Since Robert Kraft purchased the team in 1994, the Patriots Patriots have experienced have been one of the NFL’s elite franchises. Over the first 14 S one of the most dramatic years of Kraft’s ownership, the Patriots own the NFL’s highest turnarounds in the history of sports. win total, the league’s highest winning percentage and have won In 14 seasons of ownership, Kraft more Super Bowl titles, more conference championships and has transformed one of the league’s more playoff games than any other NFL team. least successful clubs into what SINCE ROBERT KRAFT PURCHASED THE TEAM IN 1994… many observers view as a model NFL franchise. In the five seasons TOTAL VICTORIES SINCE 1994 (Incl. Postseason) immediately preceding his purchase (1989-93), the Patriots were New England Patriots...... 162 a moribund team, winning just 19 of 80 games (.311 pct.) and Green Bay Packers ...... 154 recording the worst record in the NFL over that span. When he Pittsburgh Steelers ...... 151 bought the franchise on Jan. 21, 1994, Kraft announced his Denver Broncos...... 145 ...... 143 intention to bring a championship to New England, a tall order Philadelphia Eagles...... 133 considering the team’s previous success rate. But under Kraft’s leadership, the Patriots have won eight division titles, five WINNING PERCENTAGE SINCE 1994 (Incl. Postseason) conference crowns and three Super Bowl championships. The Team W L T Pct. Patriots have made five Super Bowl appearances since Kraft New England Patriots 162 86 0 .653 purchased the team, a period during which no other NFL Green Bay Packers 154 90 0 .631 franchise has earned more than two Super Bowl berths. Pittsburgh Steelers 151 92 1 .621 Denver Broncos 145 92 0 .612 Pre-Kraft Kraft Era Indianapolis Colts 143 99 0 .591 1960-93 1989-93 1994-07 Philadelphia Eagles 133 107 1 .554 Overall Record 225-276-9 19-61 162-86 124 105 0 .541 Winning Pct. .450 .311 .653 Minnesota Vikings 127 108 0 .540 Super Bowl Titles 0 0 3 Jacksonville Jaguars 118 101 0 .539 Conference Titles 1 0 5 Division Titles 3 0 8 Playoff Seasons 5 0 10 SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONSHIPS SINCE 1994 Playoff Record 4-6 -- 17-7 New England Patriots...... 3 Home Playoff Games 1 0 11 Denver Broncos...... 2 9 Teams ...... 1

Home Playoff Record 0-1 -- 11-0 SINCE ROBERT KRAFT PURCHASED THE TEAM IN 1994…

A CHAMPIONSHIP TRADITION CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS SINCE 1994 The Patriots and the San Antonio Spurs are the only teams from New England Patriots...... 5 North America’s four major professional sports leagues to have Denver Broncos...... 2 Green Bay Packers ...... 2 won three titles since 2001. Since 1994, the Patriots trail only Pittsburgh Steelers ...... 2 the New York Yankees and San Antonio Spurs in having won St. Louis Rams ...... 2 three titles in the period since Robert Kraft purchased the team. 15 Teams ...... 1 MULTIPLE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS SINCE 2001 Team League Titles PLAYOFF VICTORIES SINCE 1994 New England Patriots ...... NFL ...... 3 New England Patriots...... 17 San Antonio Spurs...... NBA ...... 3 Pittsburgh Steelers ...... 12 Boston Red Sox ...... MLB ...... 2 Green Bay Packers ...... 11 Los Angeles Lakers...... NBA ...... 2 Indianapolis Colts ...... 9 Philadelphia Eagles...... 9 LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS SINCE 1994 Denver Broncos...... 8 Team League Titles New York Yankees ...... MLB ...... 4 PLAYOFF GAMES PLAYED SINCE 1994 San Antonio Spurs...... NBA ...... 4 New England Patriots...... 24 New England Patriots ...... NFL ...... 3 Green Bay Packers ...... 20 Los Angeles Lakers...... NBA ...... 3 Pittsburgh Steelers ...... 20 Chicago Bulls ...... NBA ...... 3 Indianapolis Colts ...... 18 Detroit Red Wings...... NHL ...... 3 Philadelphia Eagles...... 17 New Jersey Devils ...... NHL ...... 3 Denver Broncos...... 13

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME/SERIES APPEARANCES SINCE 1994 San Francisco 49ers...... 13 Team League Appearances PLAYOFF SEASONS SINCE 1994 New York Yankees ...... MLB ...... 6 New England Patriots...... 10 New England Patriots ...... NFL ...... 5 Green Bay Packers ...... 10 Los Angeles Lakers...... NBA ...... 4

SINCE ROBERT KRAFT PURCHASED THE TEAM IN 1994… IN TEAM THE PURCHASED KRAFT ROBERT SINCE Indianapolis Colts ...... 10 San Antonio Spurs...... NBA ...... 4 Dallas Cowboys ...... 8 Detroit Red Wings...... NHL ...... 4 Pittsburgh Steelers ...... 8 New Jersey Devils ...... NHL ...... 4 Philadelphia Eagles...... 8

SELLOUT STREAK PLAYOFF WINNING PERCENTAGE SINCE 1994 In the early 1990s, the Patriots seemed destined for relocation until Team W L Pct. Robert Kraft’s purchase of the team rejuvenated local interest. In New England Patriots ...... 17 ...... 7...... 708 1991, the season ticket base was just 17,635, barely enough to ...... 6 ...... 3 ...... 667 support the club. Now, the season-ticket base stands at a capped Baltimore Ravens ...... 5 ...... 3 ...... 625 total of 61,759 and more than 50,000 fans are on a waiting list. The Denver Broncos...... 8 ...... 5 ...... 615 Patriots have sold out 149 consecutive home games (dating back to Pittsburgh Steelers ...... 12 ...... 8 ...... 600 the 1994 regular-season opener).

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BILL BELICHICK NEWS & NOTES

THE HEAD COACH SUPER SUCCESS Overall Record: 142-85 (.626) Bill Belichick is one of just four head coaches to win three Regular Season: 127-81 (.611) championships since the Super Bowl Era began following the Postseason: 15-4 (.789) 1966 season. Coach Belichick joins three members of the Pro With Patriots overall: 105-40 (.724) Football Hall of Fame in the exclusive club. Belichick is the only Overall since 2001: 100-29 (.775) coach to win three Super Bowls in the post-1993 salary cap era. Super Bowl Titles: 5 (86, 90, 01, 03, 04) MOST SUPER BOWL VICTORIES Conf. Titles: 7 (86, 90, 96, 01, 03, 04, 07) Head Coach Team Titles Seasons Division Titles: 13 (75, 78, 86, 89, 90, Chuck Noll PIT 4 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979 96, 98, 01, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07) Bill Belichick NE 3 2001, 2003, 2004 Bill Belichick is the only head coach in Joe Gibbs WAS 3 1982, 1987, 1991 NFL history to win three Super Bowl titles in a four-year span. In Bill Walsh SF 3 1981, 1984, 1988 NOTE: Sorted by most recent championship. Super Bowls have determined NFL champion since 1966. the 2007 season, Belichick led the Patriots to the fourth undefeated and untied regular season in the NFL’s 88-year PLAYOFF SUCCESS history and the first since the NFL established a 16-game Coach Belichick has won 15 career playoff games, a total that is schedule in 1978. He has led the Patriots to the Super Bowl four the fifth-highest by a head coach in NFL history. times in the last seven seasons and has produced five straight MOST PLAYOFF WINS BY AN NFL HEAD COACH AFC East titles and six division championships in the last seven Coach Team(s) Wins seasons. Belichick’s Patriots teams own the all-time NFL records Tom Landry ...... Dallas Cowboys ...... 20 for consecutive total victories (21 from 2003-04), consecutive Don Shula...... Baltimore Colts, Miami Dolphins...... 19 regular-season victories (19 from 2006-07) and consecutive Joe Gibbs ...... Washington Redskins...... 17 playoff victories (10 from 2001-05). Belichick owns the second Chuck Noll ...... Pittsburgh Steelers ...... 16 best postseason record in NFL history (15-4) and is the Bill Belichick...... Cleveland Browns, New England Patriots...15 winningest NFL head coach since 2001 (100-29). From 2003-04, he directed the Patriots to back-to-back Super Bowl titles while POSTSEASON PROWESS posting consecutive 17-win campaigns. Belichick has spent more Bill Belichick is the second winningest head coach in NFL playoff seasons in the league than any other current NFL head coach, history, trailing only the legendary Vince Lombardi, whose name is emblazoned on the Super Bowl trophy. and in that time has been a part of five Super Bowl championship teams. His overall record of 105-40 with the BEST POSTSEASON RECORDS IN NFL HISTORY Patriots gives him the most victories and the best winning (Minimum six games) percentage of any head coach in franchise history. Coach Head Coach Team(s) W L Pct. Belichick's overall career winning percentage of .626 (142-85-0) Vince Lombardi GB/WAS 9 1 .900 ranks fifth among the 18 NFL coaches with 140 or more wins. He Bill Belichick CLE/NE 15 4 .789 Joe Gibbs WAS 17 7 .709 trails only George Halas (324-151-31, .682), Don Shula (347- 173-6, .666), Curly Lambeau (229-134-22, .631), and Joe Gibbs HUNDRED WIN CLUB (171-101-0, .629). Bill Belichick has won 105 overall games since becoming Patriots

head coach in 2000. He took 139 games to reach 100 victories ELITE COMPANY with the team, the fourth fewest number of games by any coach Bill Belichick is one of nine NFL head coaches to win three or in NFL history to reach 100 wins with a franchise. Belichick is more championships since the league began postseason play in one of three current NFL head coaches who have won 100 or 1933. With the Patriots’ victory in Super Bowl XXXIX, Belichick more games with their current team. Belichick has recorded 91 joined an exclusive club in which each of the eight other regular-season wins and 14 playoff victories with New England. members has been enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

HEAD COACHES WITH THREE OR MORE NFL TITLES FEWEST GAMES TO REACH 100 WINS WITH A TEAM Coach Team Seasons Games (Listed alphabetically) George Seifert SF 1989-96 132 Head Coach Championship Team(s) John Madden OAK 1969-77 137 Bill Belichick ...... New England Patriots Don Shula MIA 1970-78 137 Paul Brown...... Cleveland Browns Weeb Ewbank...... Baltimore Colts, New York Jets Bill Belichick NE 2000-07 139 Paul Brown CLE 1946-54 141 Joe Gibbs ...... Washington Redskins George Halas...... Chicago Bears HEAD COACHES WITH 100 WINS WITH CURRENT TEAM Earl (Curly) Lambeau...... Green Bay Packers Coach Team Yrs Seasons Wins Vince Lombardi...... Green Bay Packers Mike Shanahan DEN 13 1995-2007 131 Chuck Noll...... Pittsburgh Steelers HOU/TEN 14 1994-2007 120 Bill Walsh ...... San Francisco 49ers Bill Belichick NE 8 2000-07 105 NOTE: Includes Playoff Games BELICHICK’S PATRIOTS RENAISSANCE Any successful project requires a sound plan, and once head TOPS IN TEAM HISTORY coach Bill Belichick implemented his design on the Patriots, his Bill Belichick is the most successful head coach in Patriots approach has given him the best record of any NFL head coach history. He has recorded more wins (105) and a higher winning who has coached in a game since 2001. percentage (.724) than any of the 13 previous head coaches.

NFL COACHES’ RECORDS SINCE 2001 WINNINGEST HEAD COACHES IN PATRIOTS HISTORY Coach Team W L T Pct. Career Overall Playoff Bill Belichick NE 100 29 0 .775 Coach Years Winning Pct. W-L-T W-L Wade Phillips ATL/DAL 15 5 0 .750 Bill Belichick 2000-07 .724 105-40-0 14-3 TB/IND 89 36 0 .712 Raymond Berry 1984-89 .554 51-41-0 3-2 Bill Cowher PIT 70 35 1 .665 Pete Carroll 1997-99 .549 28-23-0 1-2 Mike McCarthy GB 22 12 0 .647 Ron Meyer 1982-84 .529 18-16-0 0-1 PHI 79 45 0 .637 1961-68 .528 53-47-9 1-1 NOTE: Records include playoff games and includes all coaches who have coached at least one game since 2001

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PATRIOTS FOOTBALL NETWORK

The Patriots Football Network (PFN) is the full portfolio of media offerings from the three-time Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots. PFN provides Patriots content produced both in-house and with media partners spanning print, television, radio and the Internet.

PATRIOTS ALL ACCESS atriots All Access, winner of the 2007 New England Emmy Award for Best Sports Series, airs weekly throughout the season on WCVB-TV and a network of regional affiliates. The show can also be seen anytime on Comcast On Demand. P Patriots All Access features exclusive, behind-the-scenes access and in-depth weekly features on Patriots players and personnel. Hosted by WCVB’s Mike Lynch, the show features weekly sit-downs with Coach Bill Belichick including the popular “Belestrator” segment where the coach breaks down upcoming opponents.

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2008 PRESEASON OFFENSIVE STATISTICS

WON 0, LOST 3 * RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long TD 08/07 L 15-16 Baltimore 68,756 Jordan 19 76 4.0 10 1 08/17 L 10-27 at Tampa Bay 63,365 Maroney 18 39 2.2 10 0 08/22 L 17-27 Philadelphia 68,756 Morris 10 34 3.4 11 0 08/28 at New York Giants O'Connell 5 31 6.2 15 0 N.E. Opp. Cassel 4 30 7.5 22 0 TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 49 51 Green-Ellis 8 22 2.8 9 0 Rushing 19 18 Gutierrez 5 12 2.4 6 0 Passing 26 32 Faulk 3 10 3.3 9 0 Penalty 4 1 Evans 3 5 1.7 2 1 3rd Down: Made/Att 13/39 15/38 Moss 1 -5 -5.0 -5 0 3rd Down Pct. 33.3 39.5 TEAM 76 254 3.3 22 2 4th Down: Made/Att 5/8 0/1 OPPONENTS 87 315 3.6 23 2 4th Down Pct. 62.5 0.0 * RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TD POSSESSION AVG. 28:16 31:44 Ventrone 8 97 12.1 21 0 TOTAL NET YARDS 729 889 Jones 7 120 17.1 37 1 Avg. Per Game 243.0 296.3 Jackson 5 34 6.8 16 1 Total Plays 178 180 Evans 4 49 12.3 16 0 Avg. Per Play 4.1 4.9 Gaffney 4 26 6.5 14 0 NET YARDS RUSHING 254 315 Moss 3 31 10.3 15 0 Avg. Per Game 84.7 105.0 Welker 3 25 8.3 12 0 Total Rushes 76 87 Slater 3 19 6.3 9 0 NET YARDS PASSING 475 574 D. Thomas 2 28 14.0 20 0 Avg. Per Game 158.3 191.3 Pollard 2 17 8.5 12 0 Sacked/Yards Lost 10/64 7/41 Stupar 2 17 8.5 9 0 Gross Yards 539 615 Faulk 2 11 5.5 7 0 Att./Completions 92/51 86/57 Jordan 2 -3 -1.5 2 0 Completion Pct. 55.4 66.3 DeVree 1 31 31.0 31 0 Had Intercepted 4 1 Green-Ellis 1 18 18.0 18 0 PUNTS/AVERAGE 14/44.2 13/48.5 Maroney 1 11 11.0 11 0 NET PUNTING AVG. 14/31.2 13/42.8 Washington 1 8 8.0 8 0 PENALTIES/YARDS 19/131 17/206 TEAM 51 539 10.6 37 2 FUMBLES/BALL LOST 6/4 5/3 OPPONENTS 57 615 10.8 42 2 TOUCHDOWNS 4 7 * INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg Long TD Rushing 2 2 Crable 1 11 11.0 11 0 Passing 2 2 TEAM 1 11 11.0 11 0 Returns 0 3 OPPONENTS 4 10 2.5 5 0 * SCORE BY PERIODS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PTS * PUNTING No. Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B TEAM 0 9 3 30 0 42 Hanson 14 619 44.2 31.2 1 1 59 0 OPPONENTS 13 41 16 0 0 70 TEAM 14 619 44.2 31.2 1 1 59 0 * SCORING TD-Ru-Pa-Rt K-PAT FG S PTS OPPONENTS 13 630 48.5 42.8 2 4 59 0 Gostkowski 0 0 0 0 3/ 3 5/ 5 0 18 * PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD Evans 1 1 0 0 0 6 Jones 4 1 29 7.3 26 0 Jackson 1 0 1 0 0 6 Jackson 1 0 4 4.0 4 0 Jones 1 0 1 0 0 6 Welker 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 Jordan 1 1 0 0 0 6 Wheatley 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 TEAM 4 2 2 0 3/ 3 5/ 5 0 42 TEAM 7 1 33 4.7 26 0 OPPONENTS 7 2 2 3 7/ 7 7/ 7 0 70 OPPONENTS 7 1 162 23.1 76t 1 2-Pt. Conversions: TEAM 0-1, OPPONENTS 0-0 * KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds Avg Long TD SACKS: Crable 1.5, Bruschi 1, Fifita 1, Slater 9 231 25.7 30 0 Redd 1, A. Thomas 1, Woods 1, K. Smith 0.5, Hobbs 4 86 21.5 36 0 TEAM 7, OPPONENTS 9 Jones 2 53 26.5 33 0 FUM/LOST: Cassel 1/0, Connolly 1/1, Moss 1 15 15.0 15 0 Faulk 1/1, Gutierrez 1/1, Jones 1/1, TEAM 16 385 24.1 36 0 Wheatley 1/0 OPPONENTS 8 272 34.0 101t 1 * FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Gostkowski 0/ 0 0/ 0 2/ 2 2/ 2 1/1 TEAM 0/ 0 0/ 0 2/ 2 2/ 2 1/1 OPPONENTS 0/ 0 3/ 3 2/ 2 2/ 2 0/0 Gostkowski: (36G,44G,40G)(53G)(35G) TEAM: (36G,44G,40G)(53G)(35G) OPPONENTS: (42G,44G,37G)(34G,23G)(24G,24G)

* PASSING Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Yds/Att TD TD% Int Int% Long Sack/Lost Rating Gutierrez 36 24 293 66.7 8.14 2 5.6 1 2.8 37 4/ 33 98.5 Cassel 28 15 128 53.6 4.57 0 0.0 1 3.6 20 4/ 23 50.9 O'Connell 28 12 118 42.9 4.21 0 0.0 2 7.1 21 2/ 8 25.6 TEAM 92 51 539 55.4 5.86 2 2.2 4 4.3 37 10/ 64 61.8 OPPONENTS 86 57 615 66.3 7.15 2 2.3 1 1.2 42 7/ 41 90.0

2008 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

2008 PRESEASON DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

PLAYER TACKLES SACKS INTERCEPTIONS FUMBLES SP. TEAMS Name TT UT A S/ Yds QHInt/Yds TDPDFFFR/Yds TD TT UT A FF FR Jerod Mayo 17134------ 1275------Pierre Woods 11831.03.01- - -11100----- Shawn Crable 10821.59.5311101100011000 Mike Vrabel 1064------Terrence Wheatley990------Antwain Spann 972------Tedy Bruschi 9541.06.01---1------Richard Seymour835------1------Ellis Hobbs 770------Gary Guyton 651------11000 Titus Adams 651- - 1------Kenny Smith 6510.51.51------Santonio Thomas642------Mark Dillard 550------22000 Fernando Bryant541------Vince Redd 5321.013.01---1----11000 Steve Fifita 5231.07.01------Brandon Meriweather440------Jeff Shoate 440------John Lynch 440------Eric Alexander 431------1------Rodney Harrison422------1------ 330------Victor Hobson 330------21100 Lewis Sanders 220------2- - - -11000 James Sanders 220------100011000 Matthew Slater 220------Adalius Thomas 1101.01.0- - - - -1000----- 110------Ty Warren 101- - 1----01-10----- C.J. Jones 000------11000 David Thomas 000------11000 Heath Evans 000------11000 000------11000 Ray Ventrone 000------11000 Chris Dunlap 000------11000 Totals 181 137 44 7.0 41.0 10 1 11 0 9 4 2 -1 0 15 14 1 0 0

FUMBLES - LOST (6-4) KEY Own TT-Total Tackles Int/Yds-Interceptions/Yards Returned No. Lost Rec O.B. UT-Unassisted Tackles PD-Passes Defensed Matt Cassel 1 0 1 0 A-Assisted Tackles FF-Forced Fumbles 1 0 1 0 S/YL-Sacks/Yards Lost FR/Yds-Fumble Recoveries/Yards Returned 1100 QH-Quarterback Hits Dan Connolly 1 1 0 0 C.J. Jones 1 1 0 0 BLOCKED KICKS Matt Gutierrez 1 1 0 0 XP FG P Totals 6420 Totals 0 0 0 MISC. OFFENSIVE STATS Tkl Ast FF FR C.J. Jones 1 0 0 0 Chad Jackson 1000 Logan Mankins 1000 Matthew Slater 1000 Matt Gutierrez 1 0 0 0 Totals 5000

2008 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

AS OF AUGUST 23, 2008 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER NUMERICAL ROSTER # NAME POS HT WT BORN YR COLLEGE H.S. HOMETOWN # NAME POS 62 b Adams, Titus DL 6-4 305 1/28/1983 1 Nebraska Omaha, Neb. 3 Stephen Gostkowski K 88 Aiken, Sam WR 6-2 215 12/14/1980 6 North Carolina Kenansville, N.C. 5 Kevin O'Connell QB 52 Alexander, Eric LB 6-2 240 2/8/1982 4 Louisiana State Port Arthur, Texas 6 Chris Hanson P 12 Brady, Tom QB 6-4 225 8/3/1977 9 Michigan San Mateo, Calif. 7 Matt Gutierrez QB 65 Britt, Wesley T 6-8 320 11/21/1981 3 Alabama Cullman, Ala. 10 Jabar Gaffney WR 54 Bruschi, Tedy LB 6-1 247 6/9/1973 13 Arizona Roseville, Calif. 12 Tom Brady QB 25 Bryant, Fernando CB 5-10 175 3/26/1977 10 Alabama Murfeesboro, Tenn. 15 Kelley Washington WR 16 Cassel, Matt QB 6-4 230 5/17/1982 4 Southern California Northridge, Calif. 16 Matt Cassel QB 63 Connolly, Dan C 6-4 313 9/2/1982 3 Southeast Missouri St. St. Louis, Mo. 17 Chad Jackson WR 98 Crable, Shawn LB 6-5 243 12/26/1984 R Michigan Massillon, Ohio 18 Matthew Slater WR 46 DeVree, Tyson TE 6-6 245 11/12/1984 R Colorado Hudsonville, Mich. 19 C.J. Jones WR 30 Dillard, Mark S 5-11 210 12/5/1986 R Louisiana Tech Baton Rouge, La. 21 Jason Webster CB 38 Eckel, Kyle FB 5-11 237 12/30/1981 2 Navy Haverford, Pa. 22 Terrence Wheatley CB 44 Evans, Heath RB 6-0 250 12/30/1978 8 Auburn West Palm Beach, Fla. 23 Jeff Shoate CB 33 Faulk, Kevin RB 5-8 202 6/5/1976 10 Louisiana State Carencro, La. 24 CB 69 b Fifita, Steve NT 6-1 312 5/16/1982 2 Utah Fountain Valley, Calif. 25 Fernando Bryant CB 75 w Flynn, Mike OL 6-3 305 6/15/1974 11 Maine Springfield, Mass. 27 Ellis Hobbs III CB 10 Gaffney, Jabar WR 6-1 200 12/1/1980 7 Florida Jacksonville, Fla. 28 Antwain Spann CB 3 Gostkowski, Stephen K 6-1 210 1/28/1984 3 Memphis Madison, Miss. 29 Lewis Sanders CB 97 Green, Jarvis DL 6-3 285 1/12/1979 7 Louisiana State Donaldsonville, La. 30 Mark Dillard S 42 Green-Ellis, BenJarvus RB 5-11 215 7/2/1985 R Mississippi New Orleans, La. 31 Brandon Meriweather DB 7 Gutierrez, Matt QB 6-4 230 6/9/1984 2 Idaho State Concord, Calif. 32 LaMont Jordan RB 48 Guyton, Gary LB 6-3 242 11/14/1985 R Georgia Tech Hinesville, Ga. 33 Kevin Faulk RB 6 Hanson, Chris P 6-2 202 10/25/1976 10 Marshall Sharpsburg, Ga. 34 Sammy Morris RB 37 Harrison, Rodney S 6-1 220 12/15/1972 15 Western Illinois Chicago, Ill. 35 Mike Richardson CB 27 Hobbs, Ellis CB 5-9 195 5/16/1983 4 Iowa State DeSoto, Texas 36 James Sanders S 59 Hobson, Victor LB 6-0 252 2/3/1980 6 Michigan Mt. Laurel, N.J. 37 Rodney Harrison S 71 Hochstein, Russ G/C 6-4 305 10/7/1977 8 Nebraska Hartington, Neb. 38 Kyle Eckel FB 53 Izzo, Larry LB 5-10 228 9/26/1974 13 Rice Houston, Texas 39 Laurence Maroney RB 17 Jackson, Chad WR 6-1 215 3/6/1985 3 Florida Hoover, Ala. 41 Ray Ventrone S 19 Jones, C.J. WR 5-11 195 9/20/1980 2 Iowa Boynton Beach, Fla. 42 BenJarvus Green-Ellis RB 32 Jordan, LaMont RB 5-10 230 11/11/1978 8 Maryland Suitland, Md. 44 Heath Evans RB 77 Kaczur, Nick T 6-4 315 7/28/1979 4 Toledo Brantford, Ontario 46 Tyson DeVree TE 67 Koppen, Dan C 6-2 296 9/12/1979 6 Boston College Whitehall, Pa. 47 John Lynch S 72 Light, Matt T 6-4 305 6/23/1978 8 Purdue Greenville, Ohio 48 Gary Guyton LB 47 Lynch, John S 6-2 220 9/25/1971 16 Stanford Del Mar, Calif. 49 Vince Redd LB 70 Mankins, Logan G 6-4 310 3/10/1982 4 Fresno State Catheys Valley, Calif. 50 Mike Vrabel LB 39 Maroney, Laurence RB 5-11 220 2/5/1985 3 Minnesota St. Louis, Mo. 51 Jerod Mayo LB 60 Martin, Jimmy OL 6-5 306 10/19/1982 1 Virginia Tech Chantilly, Va. 52 Eric Alexander LB 51 Mayo, Jerod LB 6-1 242 2/23/1986 R Tennessee Hampton, Va. 53 Larry Izzo LB 31 Meriweather, Brandon DB 5-11 200 1/14/1984 2 Miami (Fla.) Apopka, Fla. 54 Tedy Bruschi LB 34 Morris, Sammy RB 6-0 220 3/23/1977 9 Texas Tech San Antonio, Texas 58 Pierre Woods LB 81 Moss, Randy WR 6-4 210 2/13/1977 11 Marshall Rand, W. Va. 59 Victor Hobson LB 61 Neal, Stephen G 6-4 305 10/9/1976 7 Cal State-Bakersfield San Diego, Calif. 60 Jimmy Martin OL 68 O’Callaghan, Ryan T 6-7 330 7/19/1983 3 California Redding, Calif. 61 G 5 O'Connell, Kevin QB 6-5 225 5/25/1985 R San Diego State Carlsbad, Calif. 62 b Titus Adams DL 66 Paxton, Lonie LS 6-2 260 3/13/1978 9 Sacramento State Corona, Calif. 62 w G 49 Redd, Vince LB 6-6 260 9/1/1985 R Liberty Elizabethton, Tenn. 63 Dan Connolly C 35 Richardson, Mike CB 5-11 190 2/18/1984 2 Notre Dame Warner Robins, Ga. 64 Stephen Sene T 76 Ross, Oliver T 6-4 327 9/27/1974 11 Iowa State Los Angeles, Calif. 65 Wesley Britt T 91 Ruud, Bo LB 6-3 235 9/2/1984 R Nebraska Lincoln, Neb. 66 LS 36 Sanders, James S 5-10 210 11/11/1983 4 Fresno State Porterville, Calif. 67 Dan Koppen C 29 Sanders, Lewis CB 6-1 210 6/22/1978 9 Maryland Staten Island, N.Y. 68 Ryan O'Callaghan T 64 Sene, Stephen T 6-6 310 10/9/1983 R Liberty Columbia, S.C. 69 b Steve Fifita NT 93 Seymour, Richard DL 6-6 310 10/6/1979 8 Georgia Gadsden, S.C. 69 w John Welbourn G 23 Shoate, Jeff CB 5-10 180 3/23/1981 4 San Diego State San Diego, Calif. 70 Logan Mankins G 18 Slater, Matthew WR 6-0 198 9/9/1985 R UCLA Anaheim, Calif. 71 Russ Hochstein G/C 95 Smith, Kenny DL 6-4 303 9/8/1977 6 Alabama Meridian, Miss. 72 T 90 Smith, Le Kevin DL 6-3 308 7/21/1982 3 Nebraska Macon, Ga. 74 Billy Yates G 82 Spach, Stephen TE 6-4 250 7/18/1982 3 Fresno State Clovis, Calif. 75 b Vince Wilfork NT 28 Spann, Antwain CB 6-0 195 2/22/1983 3 Louisiana-Lafayette Oceanside, Calif. 75 w Mike Flynn OL 85 Stupar, Jonathan TE 6-3 254 7/24/1984 R Virginia State College, Pa. 76 Oliver Ross T 96 Thomas, Adalius LB 6-2 270 8/18/1977 9 Southern Mississippi Equality, Ala. 77 Nick Kaczur T 86 Thomas, David TE 6-3 248 7/5/1983 3 Texas Wolfforth, Texas 81 Randy Moss WR 92 Thomas, Santonio DL 6-4 305 7/2/1981 2 Miami (Fla.) Belle Glade, Fla. 82 Stephen Spach TE 41 Ventrone, Ray DB 5-10 200 10/21/1982 3 Villanova Pittsburgh, Pa. 83 Wes Welker WR 50 Vrabel, Mike LB 6-4 261 8/14/1975 12 Ohio State Akron, Ohio 84 TE 94 Warren, Ty DL 6-5 300 2/6/1981 6 Texas A&M Bryan, Texas 85 Jonathan Stupar TE 15 Washington, Kelley WR 6-3 215 8/21/1979 6 Tennessee Stephens City, Va. 86 David Thomas TE 84 Watson, Benjamin TE 6-3 255 12/18/1980 5 Georgia Rock Hill, S.C. 88 Sam Aiken WR 21 Webster, Jason CB 5-9 187 9/8/1977 9 Texas A&M Houston, Texas 90 Le Kevin Smith DL 69 w Welbourn, John G 6-5 310 3/30/1976 10 California Torrance, Calif. 91 Bo Ruud LB 83 Welker, Wes WR 5-9 185 5/1/1981 5 Texas Tech Oklahoma City, Okla. 92 Santonio Thomas DL 62 w Wendell, Ryan G 6-2 275 3/4/1986 R Fresno State Diamond Bar, Calif. 93 Richard Seymour DL 22 Wheatley, Terrence CB 5-9 183 5/5/1985 R Colorado Plano, Texas 94 Ty Warren DL 75 b Wilfork, Vince NT 6-2 325 11/4/1981 5 Miami (Fla.) Boynton Beach, Fla. 95 Kenny Smith DL 24 Wilhite, Jonathan CB 5-11 185 2/23/1984 R Auburn Monroe, La. 96 Adalius Thomas LB 58 Woods, Pierre LB 6-5 250 1/6/1982 3 Michigan Cleveland, Ohio 97 Jarvis Green DL 99 Wright, Mike DL 6-4 295 3/1/1982 4 Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio 98 Shawn Crable LB 74 Yates, Billy G 6-2 305 4/15/1980 5 Texas A&M Fort Worth, Texas 99 Mike Wright DL

RESERVE/INJURED LIST RESERVE/INJURED LIST # NAME POS HT WT BORN YR COLLEGE H.S. HOMETOWN # NAME POS 69 Clement, Anthony T 6-8 320 4/10/1976 11 Louisiana-Lafayette Lafayette, La. 26 Tank Williams S 75 Stokes, Barry OL 6-4 310 12/20/1973 11 Eastern Michigan Flint, Mich. 69 Anthony Clement T 26 Williams, Tank S 6-2 223 6/30/1980 7 Stanford Bay St. Louis, Miss. 75 Barry Stokes OL

HEAD COACH: BILL BELICHICK b-Blue Practice Jersey ASSISTANTS: Dom Capers, Special Assistant/Secondary; , Running Backs; Pepper Johnson, Defensive Line; w-White Practice Jersey Pete Mangurian, Tight Ends; Josh McDaniels, Offensive Coordinator/QBs; , Assistant Strength and Conditioning; Bill O'Brien, Wide Receivers; Matt Patricia, Linebackers; , Defensive Coordinator; , Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line; , Special Teams; Mike Woicik, Strength and Conditioning August 23, 2008 # NAME POS HT WT AGE YR COLLEGE HOW ACQ. 3 Stephen Gostkowski K 6-1 210 24 3 Memphis D4b-06 5 Kevin O'Connell QB 6-5 225 23 R San Diego State D3b-08 6 Chris Hanson P 6-2 202 31 10 Marshall FA-07 7 Matt Gutierrez QB 6-4 230 24 2 Idaho State FA-07 10 Jabar Gaffney WR 6-1 200 27 7 Florida FA-06 12 Tom Brady QB 6-4 225 31 9 Michigan D6b-00 15 Kelley Washington WR 6-3 215 29 6 Tennessee UFA (CIN)-07 16 Matt Cassel QB 6-4 230 26 4 Southern California D7a-05 17 Chad Jackson WR 6-1 215 23 3 Florida D2-06 18 Matthew Slater WR 6-0 198 22 R UCLA D5-08 19 C.J. Jones WR 5-11 195 27 2 Iowa FA-08 21 Jason Webster CB 5-9 187 30 9 Texas A&M UFA (BUF)-08 22 Terrence Wheatley CB 5-9 183 23 R Colorado D2-08 23 Jeff Shoate CB 5-10 180 27 4 San Diego State FA-08 24 Jonathan Wilhite CB 5-11 185 24 R Auburn D4-08 25 Fernando Bryant CB 5-10 175 31 10 Alabama FA-08 27 Ellis Hobbs III CB 5-9 195 25 4 Iowa State D3a-05 28 Antwain Spann CB 6-0 195 25 3 Louisiana-Lafayette FA-07 29 Lewis Sanders CB 6-1 210 30 9 Maryland FA-08 30 Mark Dillard S 5-11 210 21 R Louisiana Tech FA-08 31 Brandon Meriweather DB 5-11 200 24 2 Miami (Fla.) D1-07 32 LaMont Jordan RB 5-10 230 29 8 Maryland FA-08 33 Kevin Faulk RB 5-8 202 32 10 Louisiana State D2-99 34 Sammy Morris RB 6-0 220 31 9 Texas Tech UFA(MIA)-07 35 Mike Richardson CB 5-11 190 24 2 Notre Dame D6-07 36 James Sanders S 5-10 210 24 4 Fresno State D4-05 37 Rodney Harrison S 6-1 220 35 15 Western Illinois FA-03 38 Kyle Eckel FB 5-11 237 26 2 Navy FA-07 39 Laurence Maroney RB 5-11 220 23 3 Minnesota D1-06 41 Ray Ventrone S 5-10 200 25 3 Villanova FA-07 42 BenJarvus Green-Ellis RB 5-11 215 23 R Mississippi FA-08 44 Heath Evans RB 6-0 250 29 8 Auburn FA-05 46 Tyson DeVree TE 6-6 245 23 R Colorado FA-08 47 John Lynch S 6-2 220 36 16 Stanford FA-08 48 Gary Guyton LB 6-3 242 22 R Georgia Tech FA-08 49 Vince Redd LB 6-6 260 22 R Liberty FA-08 50 Mike Vrabel LB 6-4 261 33 12 Ohio State UFA (PIT)-01 51 Jerod Mayo LB 6-1 242 22 R Tennessee D1-08 52 Eric Alexander LB 6-2 240 26 4 Louisiana State FA-04 53 Larry Izzo LB 5-10 228 33 13 Rice UFA (MIA)-01 54 Tedy Bruschi LB 6-1 247 35 13 Arizona D3-96 58 Pierre Woods LB 6-5 250 26 3 Michigan FA-06 59 Victor Hobson LB 6-0 252 28 6 Michigan UFA (NYJ)-08 60 Jimmy Martin T 6-5 306 25 1 Virginia Tech FA-08 61 Stephen Neal G 6-4 305 31 7 Cal State-Bakersfield FA-01 62 b Titus Adams DL 6-4 305 25 1 Nebraska FA-08 62 w Ryan Wendell G 6-2 275 22 R Fresno State FA-08 63 Dan Connolly C 6-4 313 25 3 Southeast Missouri St. FA-08 64 Stephen Sene T 6-6 310 24 R Liberty FA-08 65 Wesley Britt T 6-8 320 26 3 Alabama FA-06 66 Lonie Paxton LS 6-2 260 30 9 Sacramento State FA-00 67 Dan Koppen C 6-2 296 28 6 Boston College D5-03 68 Ryan O'Callaghan T 6-7 330 25 3 California D5-06 69 b Steve Fifita NT 6-1 312 26 2 Utah FA-08 69 w John Welbourn G 6-5 310 32 10 California FA-08 70 Logan Mankins G 6-4 310 26 4 Fresno State D1-05 71 Russ Hochstein G/C 6-4 305 30 8 Nebraska FA-02 72 Matt Light T 6-4 305 30 8 Purdue D2-01 74 Billy Yates G 6-2 305 28 5 Texas A&M FA-05 75 b Vince Wilfork NT 6-2 325 26 5 Miami (Fla.) D1a-04 75 w Mike Flynn OL 6-3 305 34 11 Maine FA-08 76 Oliver Ross T 6-4 327 33 11 Iowa State FA-08 77 Nick Kaczur T 6-4 315 29 4 Toledo D3b-05 81 Randy Moss WR 6-4 210 31 11 Marshall TR (OAK)-07 82 Stephen Spach TE 6-4 250 26 3 Fresno State FA-07 83 Wes Welker WR 5-9 185 27 5 Texas Tech TR (MIA)-07 84 Benjamin Watson TE 6-3 255 27 5 Georgia D1b-04 85 Jonathan Stupar TE 6-3 254 24 R Virginia FA-08 86 David Thomas TE 6-3 248 25 3 Texas D3-06 88 Sam Aiken WR 6-2 215 27 6 North Carolina UFA (BUF)-08 90 Le Kevin Smith DL 6-3 308 26 3 Nebraska D6c-06 91 Bo Ruud LB 6-3 235 23 R Nebraska D6-08 92 Santonio Thomas DL 6-4 305 27 2 Miami (Fla.) FA-05 93 Richard Seymour DL 6-6 310 28 8 Georgia D1-01 94 Ty Warren DL 6-5 300 27 6 Texas A&M D1-03 95 Kenny Smith DL 6-4 303 30 6 Alabama FA-08 96 Adalius Thomas LB 6-2 270 31 9 Southern Mississippi UFA (BAL)-07 97 Jarvis Green DL 6-3 285 29 7 Louisiana State D4b-02 98 Shawn Crable LB 6-5 243 23 R Michigan D3a-08 99 Mike Wright DL 6-4 295 26 4 Cincinnati FA-05 August 23, 2008 DEFENSE (37) # NAME POS HT WT BORN YR COLLEGE H.S. HOMETOWN DEFENSIVE LINE (10) 62 b Adams, Titus DL 6-4 305 1/28/1983 1 Nebraska Omaha, Neb. 69 b Fifita, Steve NT 6-1 312 5/16/1982 2 Utah Fountain Valley, Calif. 97 Green, Jarvis DL 6-3 285 1/12/1979 7 Louisiana State Donaldsonville, La. 93 Seymour, Richard DL 6-6 310 10/6/1979 8 Georgia Gadsden, S.C. 95 Smith, Kenny DL 6-4 303 9/8/1977 6 Alabama Meridian, Miss. 90 Smith, Le Kevin DL 6-3 308 7/21/1982 3 Nebraska Macon, Ga. 92 Thomas, Santonio DL 6-4 305 7/2/1981 2 Miami (Fla.) Belle Glade, Fla. 94 Warren, Ty DL 6-5 300 2/6/1981 6 Texas A&M Bryan, Texas 75 b Wilfork, Vince NT 6-2 325 11/4/1981 5 Miami (Fla.) Boynton Beach, Fla. 99 Wright, Mike DL 6-4 295 3/1/1982 4 Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio LINEBACKER (12) 52 Alexander, Eric LB 6-2 240 2/8/1982 4 Louisiana State Port Arthur, Texas 54 Bruschi, Tedy LB 6-1 247 6/9/1973 13 Arizona Roseville, Calif. 98 Crable, Shawn LB 6-5 243 12/26/1984 R Michigan Massillon, Ohio 48 Guyton, Gary LB 6-3 242 11/14/1985 R Georgia Tech Hinesville, Ga. 59 Hobson, Victor LB 6-0 252 2/3/1980 6 Michigan Mt. Laurel, N.J. 53 Izzo, Larry LB 5-10 228 9/26/1974 13 Rice Houston, Texas 51 Mayo, Jerod LB 6-1 242 2/23/1986 R Tennessee Hampton, Va. 49 Redd, Vince LB 6-6 260 9/1/1985 R Liberty Elizabethton, Tenn. 91 Ruud, Bo LB 6-3 235 9/2/1984 R Nebraska Lincoln, Neb. 96 Thomas, Adalius LB 6-2 270 8/18/1977 9 Southern Mississippi Equality, Ala. 50 Vrabel, Mike LB 6-4 261 8/14/1975 12 Ohio State Akron, Ohio 58 Woods, Pierre LB 6-5 250 1/6/1982 3 Michigan Cleveland, Ohio (15) 25 Bryant, Fernando CB 5-10 175 3/26/1977 10 Alabama Murfeesboro, Tenn. 30 Dillard, Mark S 5-11 210 12/5/1986 R Louisiana Tech Baton Rouge, La. 37 Harrison, Rodney S 6-1 220 12/15/1972 15 Western Illinois Chicago, Ill. 27 Hobbs, Ellis CB 5-9 195 5/16/1983 4 Iowa State DeSoto, Texas 47 Lynch, John S 6-2 220 9/25/1971 16 Stanford Del Mar, Calif. 31 Meriweather, Brandon DB 5-11 200 1/14/1984 2 Miami (Fla.) Apopka, Fla. 35 Richardson, Mike CB 5-11 190 2/18/1984 2 Notre Dame Warner Robins, Ga. 36 Sanders, James S 5-10 210 11/11/1983 4 Fresno State Porterville, Calif. 29 Sanders, Lewis CB 6-1 210 6/22/1978 9 Maryland Staten Island, N.Y. 23 Shoate, Jeff CB 5-10 180 3/23/1981 4 San Diego State San Diego, Calif. 28 Spann, Antwain CB 6-0 195 2/22/1983 3 Louisiana-Lafayette Oceanside, Calif. 41 Ventrone, Ray DB 5-10 200 10/21/1982 3 Villanova Pittsburgh, Pa. 21 Webster, Jason CB 5-9 187 9/8/1977 9 Texas A&M Houston, Texas 22 Wheatley, Terrence CB 5-9 183 5/5/1985 R Colorado Plano, Texas 24 Wilhite, Jonathan CB 5-11 185 2/23/1984 R Auburn Monroe, La. OFFENSE (40) # NAME POS HT WT BORN YR COLLEGE H.S. HOMETOWN OFFENSIVE LINE (16) 65 Britt, Wesley T 6-8 320 11/21/1981 3 Alabama Cullman, Ala. 63 Connolly, Dan C 6-4 313 9/2/1982 3 Southeast Missouri St. St. Louis, Mo. 75 w Flynn, Mike OL 6-3 305 6/15/1974 11 Maine Springfield, Mass. 71 Hochstein, Russ G/C 6-4 305 10/7/1977 8 Nebraska Hartington, Neb. 77 Kaczur, Nick T 6-4 315 7/28/1979 4 Toledo Brantford, Ontario 67 Koppen, Dan C 6-2 296 9/12/1979 6 Boston College Whitehall, Pa. 72 Light, Matt T 6-4 305 6/23/1978 8 Purdue Greenville, Ohio 70 Mankins, Logan G 6-4 310 3/10/1982 4 Fresno State Catheys Valley, Calif. 60 Martin, Jimmy T 6-5 306 10/19/1982 1 Virginia Tech Chantilly, Va. 61 Neal, Stephen G 6-4 305 10/9/1976 7 Cal State-Bakersfield San Diego, Calif. 68 O’Callaghan, Ryan T 6-7 330 7/19/1983 3 California Redding, Calif. 76 Ross, Oliver T 6-4 327 9/27/1974 11 Iowa State Los Angeles, Calif. 64 Sene, Stephen T 6-6 310 10/9/1983 R Liberty Columbia, S.C. 69 w Welbourn, John G 6-5 310 3/30/1976 10 California Torrance, Calif. 62 w Wendell, Ryan G 6-2 275 3/4/1986 R Fresno State Diamond Bar, Calif. 74 Yates, Billy G 6-2 305 4/15/1980 5 Texas A&M Fort Worth, Texas QUARTERBACK (4) 12 Brady, Tom QB 6-4 225 8/3/1977 9 Michigan San Mateo, Calif. 16 Cassel, Matt QB 6-4 230 5/17/1982 4 Southern California Northridge, Calif. 7 Gutierrez, Matt QB 6-4 230 6/9/1984 2 Idaho State Concord, Calif. 5 O'Connell, Kevin QB 6-5 225 5/25/1985 R San Diego State Carlsbad, Calif. WIDE RECEIVER (8) 88 Aiken, Sam WR 6-2 215 12/14/1980 6 North Carolina Kenansville, N.C. 10 Gaffney, Jabar WR 6-1 200 12/1/1980 7 Florida Jacksonville, Fla. 17 Jackson, Chad WR 6-1 215 3/6/1985 3 Florida Hoover, Ala. 19 Jones, C.J. WR 5-11 195 9/20/1980 2 Iowa Boynton Beach, Fla. 81 Moss, Randy WR 6-4 210 2/13/1977 11 Marshall Rand, W. Va. 18 Slater, Matthew WR 6-0 198 9/9/1985 R UCLA Anaheim, Calif. 15 Washington, Kelley WR 6-3 215 8/21/1979 6 Tennessee Stephens City, Va. 83 Welker, Wes WR 5-9 185 5/1/1981 5 Texas Tech Oklahoma City, Okla. RUNNING BACK (7) 38 Eckel, Kyle FB 5-11 237 12/30/1981 2 Navy Haverford, Pa. 44 Evans, Heath RB 6-0 250 12/30/1978 8 Auburn West Palm Beach, Fla. 33 Faulk, Kevin RB 5-8 202 6/5/1976 10 Louisiana State Carencro, La. 42 Green-Ellis, BenJarvus RB 5-11 215 7/2/1985 R Mississippi New Orleans, La. 32 Jordan, LaMont RB 5-10 230 11/11/1978 8 Maryland Suitland, Md. 39 Maroney, Laurence RB 5-11 220 2/5/1985 3 Minnesota St. Louis, Mo. 34 Morris, Sammy RB 6-0 220 3/23/1977 9 Texas Tech San Antonio, Texas TIGHT END (5) 46 DeVree, Tyson TE 6-6 245 11/12/1984 R Colorado Hudsonville, Mich. 82 Spach, Stephen TE 6-4 250 7/18/1982 3 Fresno State Clovis, Calif. 85 Stupar, Jonathan TE 6-3 254 7/24/1984 R Virginia State College, Pa. 86 Thomas, David TE 6-3 248 7/5/1983 3 Texas Wolfforth, Texas 84 Watson, Benjamin TE 6-3 255 12/18/1980 5 Georgia Rock Hill, S.C. SPECIALISTS (3) # NAME POS HT WT BORN YR COLLEGE H.S. HOMETOWN SPECIALISTS (3) 3 Gostkowski, Stephen K 6-1 210 1/28/1984 3 Memphis Madison, Miss. 6 Hanson, Chris P 6-2 202 10/25/1976 10 Marshall Sharpsburg, Ga. 66 Paxton, Lonie LS 6-2 260 3/13/1978 9 Sacramento State Corona, Calif. UPDATED: August 23, 2008 WAIVERS (0) / ROOKIE AND FIRST-YEAR YEAR DRAFTEES (30) VETERAN FREE AGENTS (27) TRADES (2) FREE AGENTS (23) 1996 Tedy Bruschi (3)

1997

1998

1999 Kevin Faulk (2)

2000 Tom Brady (6b) Lonie Paxton (fa)

2001 Richard Seymour (1) Larry Izzo (fa)(MIA) Stephen Neal (fa) Matt Light (2) Mike Vrabel (3)(PIT)

2002 Jarvis Green (4b) Russ Hochstein (5)(TB)

2003 Ty Warren (1) Rodney Harrison (5)(SD) Dan Koppen (5)

2004 Vince Wilfork (1a) Billy Yates (fa)(MIA) Eric Alexander (fa) Benjamin Watson (1b)

2005 Logan Mankins (1) Heath Evans (3)(MIA) Wesley Britt (5)(SD) Ellis Hobbs III (3a) Santonio Thomas (fa) Nick Kaczur (3b) James Sanders (4) Matt Cassel (7a)

2006 Laurence Maroney (1) Jabar Gaffney (2)(PHI) Antwain Spann (fa) Chad Jackson (2) Pierre Woods (fa) David Thomas (3) Mike Wright (fa) Stephen Gostkowski (4b) Ryan O’Callaghan (5) Le Kevin Smith (6c)

2007 Brandon Meriweather (1) Chris Hanson (fa)(NO) Randy Moss (1)(tr-OAK) Kyle Eckel (fa)(MIA) Mike Richardson (6b) Stephen Spach (fa)(MIN) Wes Welker (fa)(tr-MIA) Matt Gutierrez (fa) Adalius Thomas (6)(BAL) Ray Ventrone (fa)(NYJ) Kelley Washington (3)(CIN) Sammy Morris (5)(MIA)

2008 Jerod Mayo (1) Sam Aiken (4)(BUF) Titus Adams (7)(CIN) Terrence Wheatley (2) Fernando Bryant (1)(DET) Tyson DeVree (fa) Shawn Crable (3a) Dan Connolly (fa)(JAX) Mark Dillard (fa) Kevin O'Connell (3b) Steve Fifita (fa)(MIA) BenJarvus Green-Ellis (fa) Jonathan Wilhite (4) Mike Flynn (fa)(BLT) Gary Guyton (fa) Matthew Slater (5) Victor Hobson (2)(NYJ) Jimmy Martin (7)(MIN) Bo Ruud (6) C.J. Jones (fa)(CLV) Vince Redd (fa) LaMont Jordan (2)(OAK) Stephen Sene (fa)(STL) John Lynch (3)(DEN) Jonathan Stupar (fa) Oliver Ross (5)(ARZ) Ryan Wendell (fa) Lewis Sanders (4)(ATL) Jeff Shoate (5)(DEN) Kenny Smith (3)(TB) RESERVE/INJURED (3) Jason Webster (2)(BUF) Anthony Clement (2)(NYJ) John Welbourn (4)(KC) Barry Stokes (fa)(DET) Tank Williams (2)(MIN) NOTE: Team in parenthesis is the player's last team prior to joining the Patriots (#) – indicates round drafted (fa) – indicates non-drafted free agents Unofficial depth chart compiled by Patriots media relations, Aug. 23, 2008 OFFENSE WR: 83 Wes Welker 17 Chad Jackson 88 Sam Aiken 18 Matthew Slater LT: 72 Matt Light 65 Wesley Britt 75 Barry Stokes LG: 70 Logan Mankins 71 Russ Hochstein 62 Ryan Wendell 64 Stephen Sene C: 67 Dan Koppen 63 Dan Connolly 71 Russ Hochstein 75 Mike Flynn RG: 61 Stephen Neal* 74 Billy Yates 69 John Welbourn RT: 77 Nick Kaczur 68 Ryan O'Callaghan 76 Oliver Ross* 60 Jimmy Martin TE: 84 Benjamin Watson 86 David Thomas 82 Stephen Spach 85 Jonathan Stupar 46 Tyson DeVree WR: 81 Randy Moss 10 Jabar Gaffney 15 Kelley Washington 41 Ray Ventrone 19 C.J. Jones QB: 12 Tom Brady 16 Matt Cassel 7 Matt Gutierrez 5 Kevin O'Connell RB: 39 Laurence Maroney 33 Kevin Faulk 34 Sammy Morris 32 LaMont Jordan 42 BenJarvus Green-Ellis FB: 44 Heath Evans 38 Kyle Eckel

DEFENSE LE: 94 Ty Warren 99 Mike Wright 90 Le Kevin Smith 95 Kenny Smith NT: 75 Vince Wilfork 69 Steve Fifita 62 Titus Adams RE: 93 Richard Seymour 97 Jarvis Green 92 Santonio Thomas OLB: 50 Mike Vrabel 58 Pierre Woods 49 Vince Redd ILB: 51 Jerod Mayo 59 Victor Hobson 91 Bo Ruud ILB: 54 Tedy Bruschi 52 Eric Alexander 53 Larry Izzo OLB: 96 Adalius Thomas 98 Shawn Crable 48 Gary Guyton LCB: 25 Fernando Bryant 29 Lewis Sanders 35 Mike Richardson 23 Jeff Shoate RCB: 27 Ellis Hobbs 22 Terrence Wheatley 21 Jason Webster 24 Jonathan Wilhite SS: 37 Rodney Harrison 31 Brandon Meriweather 30 Mark Dillard FS: 36 James Sanders 47 John Lynch 28 Antwain Spann

SPECIAL TEAMS K: 3 Stephen Gostkowski 6 Chris Hanson P: 6 Chris Hanson 3 Stephen Gostkowski H: 6 Chris Hanson 16 Matt Cassel PR: 83 Wes Welker 19 C.J. Jones 17 Chad Jackson KR: 27 Ellis Hobbs 18 Matthew Slater 19 C.J. Jones LS: 66 Lonie Paxton 71 Russ Hochstein

*-Physically Unable to Perform List UPDATED: August 23, 2008

JANUARY, 2008 JULY, 2008 1/16/2008 Bissinger, Kyle Signed to Practice Squad 7/1/2008 Andrews, Willie Released 1/16/2008 Williams, Gemara Signed to Practice Squad 7/1/2008 Ruud, Bo Signed/Draft Choice 1/24/2008 Mitchell, Mel Placed on Reserve/Injured List (Biceps) 7/17/2008 Wilhite, Jonathan Signed/Draft Choice 7/21/2008 Crable, Shawn Signed/Draft Choice FEBRUARY, 2008 7/21/2008 O'Connell, Kevin Signed/Draft Choice 2/2/2008 Thomas, Santonio Signed to Active Roster 7/21/2008 Clement, Anthony Signed as Veteran Free Agent 2/5/2008 Connolly, Dan Signed to Future Contract 7/21/2008 Dunlap, Chris Signed as First-Year Free Agent 2/5/2008 Jones, C.J. Signed to Future Contract 7/22/2008 Bauta, Lavdrim Signed as Rookie Free Agent 2/5/2008 Martin, Jimmy Signed to Future Contract 7/22/2008 Wheatley, Terrence Signed/Draft Choice 2/5/2008 Mixon, Tim Signed to Future Contract 7/24/2008 Mayo, Jerod Signed/Draft Choice 2/12/2008 Slaughter, T.J. Signed as Veteran Free Agent 7/24/2008 Adams, Titus Signed as First-Year Free Agent 2/21/2008 Capers, Dom Named Special Assistant/Secondary 7/24/2008 Bauta, Lavdrim Released 2/21/2008 Caserio, Nick Named Director of Player Personnel 7/26/2008 Jordan, LaMont Signed as Veteran Free Agent 2/21/2008 O'Brien, Bill Named Wide Receivers Coach 7/26/2008 Bauta, Lavdrim Re-Signed 2/26/2008 Colvin, Rosevelt Released 7/26/2008 Mruczkowski, Gene Retired 2/26/2008 Lua, Oscar Released 7/26/2008 Ortiz, Robert Released 2/29/2008 Bruschi, Tedy Re-Signed 7/27/2008 Bauta, Lavdrim Released 2/29/2008 Paxton, Lonie Re-Signed 7/27/2008 McMahon, Pete Signed as First-Year Free Agent 2/29/2008 Washington, Kelley Re-Signed 2/29/2008 Brady, Kyle Released AUGUST, 2008 8/2/2008 Stokes, Barry Signed as Veteran Free Agent MARCH, 2008 8/2/2008 Clement, Anthony Placed on Reserve/Injured (Knee) 3/3/2008 Aiken, Sam Signed as Unrestricted Free Agent (BUF) 8/4/2008 Welbourn, John Signed as Veteran Free Agent 3/3/2008 Moss, Randy Re-Signed 8/4/2008 Norwell, Chris Released 3/4/2008 Webster, Jason Signed as Unrestricted Free Agent (BUF) 8/9/2008 Shoate, Jeff Signed as Veteran Free Agent 3/5/2008 Gaffney, Jabar Re-Signed 8/9/2008 Williams, Tank Placed on Reserve/Injured (Knee) 3/6/2008 Sanders, Lewis Signed as Veteran Free Agent 8/13/2008 Jimoh, Ade Signed as Veteran Free Agent 3/6/2008 Williams, Tank Signed as Unrestricted Free Agent (MIN) 8/13/2008 McMahon, Pete Released 3/11/2008 Ventrone, Ray Re-Signed 8/14/2008 Sene, Stephen Signed as First-Year Free Agent 3/14/2008 Wright, Mike Re-Signed 8/14/2008 Dunlap, Chris Released 3/20/2008 Bryant, Fernando Signed as Veteran Free Agent 8/15/2008 Lynch, John Signed as Veteran Free Agent 3/25/2008 Britt, Wesley Re-Signed 8/15/2008 Stokes, Barry Placed on Reserve/Injured (Back) 3/25/2008 Woods, Pierre Re-Signed 8/19/2008 DeVree, Tyson Signed as Rookie Free Agent 8/19/2008 Pollard, Marcus Released APRIL, 2008 8/21/2008 Flynn, Mike Signed 4/7/2008 Hobson, Victor Signed as Unrestricted Free Agent (NYJ) 8/21/2008 Jimoh, Ade Released 4/23/2008 Player, Scott Signed as Veteran Free Agent 4/23/2008 Pollard, Marcus Signed as Unrestricted Free Agent (SEA) 4/23/2008 Smith, Kenny Signed as Veteran Free Agent PATRIOTS PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 4/26/2008 Mayo, Jerod Drafted Tedy Bruschi BREW-ski 4/26/2008 Wheatley, Terrence Drafted Matt Cassel CASTLE 4/26/2008 Crable, Shawn Drafted Steve Fifita fee-FEET-uh 4/27/2008 O'Connell, Kevin Drafted Stephen Gostkowski gust-OW-ski 4/27/2008 Wilhite, Jonathan Drafted Matt Gutierrez goot-YAIR-ez 4/27/2008 Slater, Matthew Drafted Russ Hochstein HOKE-stine 4/27/2008 Ruud, Bo Drafted Nick Kaczur KĂ-zur 4/29/2008 Mixon, Tim Waived Dan Koppen COPE-en 4/29/2008 Slaughter, T.J. Waived Jerod Mayo je-ROD Ryan O'Callaghan O'Callahan MAY, 2008 Bo Ruud RUDE 5/2/2008 Coffman, Josh Signed as Rookie Free Agent Stephen Sene sen-NEH 5/2/2008 Dillard, Mark Signed as Rookie Free Agent Le Kevin Smith Lee-KEE-vin 5/2/2008 Feliciano, Carlos Signed as Rookie Free Agent Stephen Spach SPOCK 5/2/2008 Green-Ellis, BenJarvus Signed as Rookie Free Agent Adalius Thomas ah-DAY-lus 5/2/2008 Guyton, Gary Signed as Rookie Free Agent 5/2/2008 Norwell, Chris Signed as Rookie Free Agent 5/2/2008 Redd, Vince Signed as Rookie Free Agent 5/2/2008 Smith, Henry Signed as Rookie Free Agent 5/2/2008 Stupar, Jonathan Signed as Rookie Free Agent 5/2/2008 Tyler, Casey Signed as Rookie Free Agent 5/2/2008 Wendell, Ryan Signed as Rookie Free Agent 5/5/2008 Fifita, Steve Signed as Veteran Free Agent 5/5/2008 DeVree, Tyson Signed as Rookie Free Agent 5/5/2008 Dragosavich, Mike Signed as Rookie Free Agent 5/5/2008 Coffman, Josh Waived 5/5/2008 Feliciano, Carlos Waived 5/13/2008 Ortiz, Robert Signed as First-Year Free Agent

JUNE, 2008 6/2/2008 Ross, Oliver Signed as Veteran Free Agent 6/5/2008 Dragosavich, Mike Waived 6/6/2008 Mruczkowski, Gene Signed as Veteran Free Agent 6/11/2008 Alexander, Eric Re-Signed 6/11/2008 DeVree, Tyson Waived 6/11/2008 Smith, Henry Waived 6/11/2008 Tyler, Casey Waived 6/12/2008 Player, Scott Released 6/14/2008 Slater, Matthew Signed/Draft Choice