Well the Patriots were very aggressive yesterday. First, I wake up and find out that the Patriots traded a 5th round pick in 2013 to the Washington Redskins for DT Albert Haynesworth. I like the trade. Its a very low risk, high reward trade. Haynesworth should be motivated playing for coach Bill Belichick and having a great leader like Vince Wilfork to help him. Haynesworth is a very talented player... when he wants to be. He's known for showing up to training camp with the Redskins last year and failed 3 conditioning tests before finally passing one. I think he's a great and I can't wait to see him on the field. Then I went out to a Blue Jays game and I come home and see the Patriots acquired WR Chad Ochocinco. This one wasn't as much of a surprise because Ocho wanted to be a Patriot, has a good relationship with Belichick and Tom Brady, and wanted to be traded from Cincinnati for some time because the team was losing so much and their star QB Carson Palmer is now retiring because of the team not trading him, and so many other stories. So right off the bat this trade is significant because of the name. Ochocinco has over 2 million Twitter followers and is known for his awesome TD celebrations and his outspoken nature. But that's not the "Patriot Way" as people like to call it, since Belichick is known for keeping his team very quiet and respectful so people are wondering if Ochocinco will be able to do that in New England. Now, obviously Bill won't ask Chad to turn his Twitter off but, Chad needs to know that if he can't shut up then he won't be playing in games (just ask Wes Welker) because Belichick won't tolerate it. I think it's a good add, not just for name value, but because I think Chad is still a good receiver and now playing with an MVP QB like Tom Brady, and I think it'll revitalize his career coming off a 831yd, 4 TD year. I'm not sure what the Patriots are giving up but I'm hearing its 2 late round picks, one in 2012 the other in 2013 so another low risk, high reward move.
Today the Patriots also released some players, most notably: DE Ty Warren, TE Alge Crumpler and OT Nick Kazcur. Warrens release I'm very surprised about considering our already weak pass rush. I'm guessing we may trade for someone since there aren't too many guys available that the Patriots like who they'd sign. I've heard Osi Umenyiora's named linked to the Patriots because of his contract dispute with the Giants. Though we've seen before that with Belichick, you can never predict what he's going to do.
On to hockey, I was busy today so I'm not sure if I'll be able to get my Los Angeles Kings season preview up. I'll try and do it after my baseball game today but we'll see!
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