Colvin: "It's going to be difficult to leave New England"
 

Not sure if anyone caught this. It was on Patriots.com's Patriot Now program from Friday:

http://www.patriots.com/mediacenter/...pcid=153&rss=1

Colvin was in Boston on Thursday night, after being cut, with Adalius Thomas, Dan Koppen, and others for an Easter Seals charity basketball game.

Here's what he said to Brian Lowe, who described the event as "Colvin's swan song on the Boston sports scene" and said that Colvin said "he's not in the Patriots' plans for next season":

"It wasn't a surprise. It was a situation where my wife and I had discussed and understood it was a possibility before the season started. So, to have the opportunity to go out and play this past season, unfortunately ending on injured reserve, it was difficult to deal with. The difficult thing is not the football, but the friends. The friendships that I've developed. And just like it was a situation where it was hard to leave Chicago, it's going to be difficult to leave New England."

Here's what Adalius Thomas said of Colvin's departure:

"You know, in this business, you're never surprised by too much, but it just goes to should you have to appreciate every moment. You never know when it's your last time playing with someone. Great guy, great guy we're going to miss on and off the field. I think Boston as a whole will miss him in the community. We'll miss him as a player and as a person."

Here's Colvin's interview with WEEI hours before he was released. Keep in mind WEEI's voice recognition/transcription system sucks, so the transcript there is way off:

http://audio.weei.com/m/19094471/ros...in&match=QUERY

Re: Colvin: "It's going to be difficult to leave New England"
 

I'm going to miss him, I wish something could have been worked out.

Re: Colvin: "It's going to be difficult to leave New England"
 

well, if the pats didnt want him....then they didnt even try to bring him back....why???

i believe with 3 or 4 mil a year it could hvae been done....

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Me too. Damn shame, as he seemed to be having his best season as a pat.
Seemed to me anyway.

Re: Colvin: "It's going to be difficult to leave New England"
 

im gonna miss him. one of my favorite players. I personally hope he tears it up somewhere else. thanks Rosie.

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I really enjoyed the Colvin era. Seems like a great human being. I wish him the best.

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Sad stuff reading that. He and McGinest were our best pass rushers in the dynasty years. It will be very tough to replace him

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It may have been injury related, Also, Thomas had a good Superbowl.

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This really hurts me to hear this......this guy has been such a competitor here....having come back from career ending surgery to play pretty damned well for us.....and then unfortuneatly being stricken with another relatively serious injury this year..... I was hoping he had enough gas in the tank to come back again next year....but obviously from the lack of teams rushing to try to sign him....things are more serious than I thought.....

This guy has been a class act on and off the field and I can only wish him the uptmost BEST in whatever he does.....I hope they can sign him to some kind of coaching position (which he would be GREAT at) If in fact he can not play any longer.......Really hurts me once again to hear him say these things and....I for one....appreciate all he has done here....and his loyalty to this team and us.......GOOD LUCK ROSEY and THANK YOU!!!

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well then thats ONE good game out of thomas....

i believe AD on the outside next year will be a force though, and so will vrabel (for the whole time, not just first 10 games)

but we have to get someone at ILB....seriously