Isaac

Wow, horrible journalism here on Parente's part. All he is doing is reporting the injury report as if it is news, but his wording is misleading such that it seems that he has some actual information. Bruschi and Jackson could be in Florida receiving treatment and they'd be listed as "missed portions of team practice."

The media (usually) get to observe the beginning of practice---Jackson and Bruschi weren't there then on Wednesday and that's all we can or should know. If they showed up after the media left, we'll never know.

Moderators: Any chance you could change this thread title, false-hope titles like this are tough to wake up to!

Joker

The best media guy the past few years was Curran...he's gone...why I don't know

Borges needs to be smacked in his drunk yap


Felger is a midwestern mole..that's why he gets fed all this misinformation

Smerlas is a homer...but he's a Buffalo all pro...same with DeOssie...these two guys KNOW...especially Freddy...he's right on top of Colvin...just wait...there's gonna be a lot of local scribes wondering what thell this Colvin explosion is all about...well..damn...look at his measurables before the hip...c'mon...our achilles heel is depth..that's it...we get homefield we win..period

JR4

Good thing Moderators didn't listen to you .... sounds like

Parente was right! Bruschi in full pads! and Jackson practicing.

http://www.boston.com/sports/footbal.../reiss_pieces/

Not false hopes ... sounds like Parente has an inside source to me.

Remember he said Bruschi would start last week.

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Reiss verifies that they did attend practice.

http://www.boston.com/sports/footbal.../reiss_pieces/

MoLewisrocks

What you fail to understand is the terminology missed a portion of practice is part of the injury report, not an indication of a source. Parente claimed no source or information aside from the report yesterday. That was you. BB said in his WEEI weekly visit on Tuesday that Tedy had been attending meetings and participating in walk throughs all along. And btw lots of media outlets were reporting last week that Tedy would start.

But hey, if patting Parente or yourself on the back is what floats your boat...have at it.

vapatsfan

I called this (on Jackson) earlier in the week- just a hunch:

Any quesses on Chad Jackson's "hamstring" injury?

PatsChick87

Great news! 100% attendance!

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PatsWorldChamps

not to be a buzzkill, but the only thing we know is that they were at the stretching portion... we dont know that they practiced at all

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PatsFan37

Yes and no. If they dress with the team and stretch with the team, they're probably going to practice at least some of the drills. A lot better than staying with the trainers. BB knows he's not going to fool Jauron into wondering if Kaczur will be at RT or Jackson will start at WR. They won't.

For their sake, these guys have contract incentives to play in as many games as possible and from the coach's point of view, BB wants them practicing with the team as soon as possible. It's psychologically important to get them all on the field before the first game to build the chemistry.

Mostly, it means everyone's healthy enough to at least run the drills. And that's no buzz.

BigT815

You have to think they want Jackson on the field and getting ready. I mean, they traded up to get him in the 2nd round so they have to think he has something there. I think he might see a play or two on Sunday. They will need all the help they can get once Reche drops 4 balls in a row.

I think a receiving core of Brown, Caldwell, Jackson and (name slipping my brain, yay work) Gabriel would be a fairly decent crop for Brady to work with. Of course it could be better, but it is just nice to see almost all the players on the field at once.