Roster Moves: As expected, the Patriots have promoted quarterback Matt Gutierrez from the practice squad for Sunday's game against the Jets. If the Patriots didn't make the move, they would have entered with just Matt Cassel and Kevin O'Connell at quarterback. To make room for him on the roster, the team released WR C.J. Jones.
The Patriots have downgraded tight end Benjamin Watson (knee), wide receiver Sam Aiken (knee) and linebacker Eric Alexander (calf) from questionable to out for today's game against the New York Jets.
Wide Receiver Randy Moss, who had limited participation in practice Wednesday and Thursday, was not listed on the injury report.
Notable Quotes:
"I’d like to see a few games before I predict the rest of the year based on the injury to Tom Brady. But it’s amazing what this does especially for the short term. It intensifies the divisional rivalries like the Jets and New England Patriots. You know that the New England players and the coaches were hearing, ‘Well your season is over…The only reason you ever won was because of Tom Brady and it wasn’t about defensive play, or strategy, or coaching or nothing.’ So that’s what I’m going to look at in this game. Does it heighten what they want to prove to the world? You know football players always want to win, but sometimes there is nothing wrong with extra motivation. Like from the way you were treated by a team a year before and how they played against you. But now it’s not even the Jets that have gotten the Patriots riled up. It’s the natural reaction to the fact that so many people think they can’t sustain or hold on without Tom Brady . . . The word for Sunday’s Jets and Patriots game is passionate. We are going to see some raw emotion this weekend." -- CBS color analyst Phil Simms
"The Patriots really have had the upper hand on everybody in this division for quite a while," the New York Jets quarterback said Wednesday. "They've really dominated everyone, not just in this division. We'd like to change that." -- New York Jets QB Brett Farve
"I think the Patriots are still the team to beat 'til proven otherwise. We won one game, and we barely beat Miami ... One game doesn't make us the team to beat. I sure hope people don't feel that way." -- New York Jets QB Brett Farve
"Regardless of what you see and hear, Coach Belichick, our organization and our team are behind Matt Cassel. He's our quarterback now and we're going to go out there and try to make things happen. That's the best thing we can do." -- New England Patriots WR Randy Moss
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