Patriots and NFL News

Week ending June 28th...

With training camp weeks away, I decided to start reporting on general NFL news as well as Patriot news. With so many players getting in trouble with the law or holding out, there should leave plenty to report on!

Patriots News:

Offensively, WR Chad Jackson worked extensively with the starters while Wes Welker rested due to a minor injury. Jackson worked on the outside opposite Randy Moss, while Jabar Gaffney played the slot. The Patriots could use more production from Jackson to replace Donte' Stallworth.

LB Tedy Bruschi said he feels great and is fired up. "Do I feel good? Yes," Bruschi said. "Do I still have the fire? Of course I do. The off season program, the training, is my body responding? Yes it is. I feel great." The Patriots think he's still has game since they signed him to a new two year deal one month after the Super Bowl loss to the Giants.

NFL News:

Buffalo RB Marshawn Lynch apologized to his hit and run victim Friday before heading into the Department of Motor Vehicles office to plead guilty to failure to exercise due care (a simple traffic violation). He later apologized in writing to the Buffalo Bills organization and its fans. The plea was part of a deal reached by Lynch's lawyer and the Erie County District Attorney's office last week that will allow the running back to avoid a criminal charge.

A day after Broncos WR Brandon Marshall and his attorney publicly claimed that his March 6 arrest was the result of a "shakedown," Marshall's former girlfriend's attorney fired back. "His story that he has been a victim is as pathetic as the story that he slipped on a McDonald's bag and injured his arm," David McGill said Thursday night. "Hopefully, he will be as eager to tell his story in a court of law, under oath, as he has been in the media."

Titans WR Brandon Jones has an Aug. 25 court date to answer for his June 13 arrest at Nashville International Airport. Jones, who was carrying a loaded .32 caliber gun in his baggage, was issued a citation for unlawful possession of a firearm. Jones said he forgot the gun was in the luggage.

Lions rookie first-round pick OL Gosder Cherilus was ordered Wednesday to serve one year of pretrial probation for his role in a Boston bar brawl in which a patron was seriously injured, the Boston Globe reported.

According Bergin Record's Vinny DiTrani, a team resource reported that the Giants have given up efforts to try to trade TE Jeremy Shockey. The rumor had been a very complicated multi-team deal was in the works, one that relied on many things falling into place. One of the things that were not, however, was Shockey's ankle, and his inability to pass a team physical.

Former New York Giants DE Michael Strahan spoke on the ongoing issue between the Giants Shockey. "He doesn't want to play here; that's obvious with everything that's going on," Strahan told Newsday after being introduced as the newest cast member on "Fox NFL Sunday." Strahan added "I don't think you gain much by keeping a guy around. Regardless of how well he plays for you, there's always that tension, and that's one thing you can't have if you're expected to go back and repeat. I think the best thing for them and for Shockey is if they have the opportunity, let him go."