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September 21, 2007

Projo PatsTalk: Putting the controversy behind

Click here to listen to projo PatsTalk with Art Martone and Shalise Manza Young. Today's topics: a relaxed attitude leading up to Sunday's game; practice attendance and possible injuries; the league closing the books on the video investigation; the players moving on; more reaction to the win over San Diego; and the next media circus that we can anticipate.

Here are some excerpts from Shalise's comments:

On the team's demeanor this week: "It's just a relaxed kind of atmostphere. They know that they made a very big statement last sunday ... Obviously, Bill [Belichick] is going ot make sure that they are focused, because as we well know, it very well could be that the Bills pull off an upset, because the Bills are generally a challenge for them."

Is the case against the Patriots really over? "That's what the league is saying, that there won't be any more penalties, and I guess to them anyway, the case is closed. The implication by some people that the defensive linemen were wearing microphones and things like that -- the league has said that there is no proof of that, and there is no way to prove that happened."

The next big controversy: "After the Cincinnati game [on Monday, Oct. 1], Rodney Harrison can come back. So I'm sure that will bring another media circus -- people wanting to question him on what happened. ... I'm sure he will stand in front of the reporters and discuss it as much as he wants to, or doesn't want to -- he'll recognize that people will have questions for him."

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