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September 5, 2007

Wednesday wrap

Hey all --

We apologize for being tardy with our posting today; sadly, the only excuse we can offer for the lateness is that Wednesday is Pizza Day here at Gillette, and we chose pizza and chatting over blogging.

Please don't hold it against us.

Anyway, it was a busy day here at the Razor, with conference calls with Eric Mangini and Thomas Jones on the docket, as well as Bill Belichick, locker room time, and practice access.

Supersub Jarvis Green, who will likely start in Richard Seymour's stead this week against the Jets, drew a lot of media attention, as did Mike Vrabel and Heath Evans.

As much of a straight shooter as there is, Vrabel gave an interesting (or great, depending on your point of view) answer when asked if recently-cut Reche Caldwell, who reportedly visited with the Jets yesterday, could give New York some sort of an advantage when it came to inside info on the Patriots.

"Reche barely knew our offense, so I know he doesn't know our defense. That's the end of that question," he said, drawing laughs from the large crowd at his stall.

Friends Eugene Wilson and Asante Samuel, like they were on Monday, were camped at the game table playing dominoes, with Ellis Hobbs an interested observer. Laurence Maroney -- he of the nickname Kool-Aid and impressive wheels -- was wearing a bright-red sweatshirt with the Kool-Aid man's face on it. Asked where he procured such a garment, Maroney feigned ignorance.

(As for his wheels, we neglected to mention that last week. Maroney was getting to Matt Light's Celebrity Shootout in Burrillville as we were leaving, and he pulled in in an all black Hummer H2. The rims were an insane 35 inches. Wagon wheels really. We did some looking on the internet to see how much those run, and our best guess is north of $60,000. Just for the rims and tires.)

With Jones being new to New York, Belichick said the coaching staff studied the running back's video from his time in Chicago.

"That's the best exposure we have to him. He carried the ball a lot for Chicago the last couple of years. We definitely watched him (with the Bears)," Belichick said.

We'll be back after the first injury report of the season is out around 4 p.m. One thing we can be nearly certain of is that Tom Brady will be "probable-right shoulder."

shalise

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