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March 28, 2007

Brown confirms surgery, intends to play next season

Veteran receiver Troy Brown acknowledged Wednesday in a speech that he had off-season knee surgery, after saying in an earlier interview that he intends to play next season and hopes to finish his career with the New England Patriots.

“My intentions are to play. That’s what the deal is,” the 35-year-old unrestricted free agent said Wednesday before attending the Catholic Schools Foundation scholarship dinner. “But we’ll see what happens. I’m not writing anything in stone or anything, but my intentions are to play.”

At the beginning of his dinner speech he said: “I started the day having to make one confession and now I’ve got to make two. One, I did have offseason knee surgery but I’ll be all right. Two, I’m not Catholic, I’m a Southern Baptist.”

Brown had declined before the dinner to comment on recent reports of his surgery.

“My body feels well. My back feels good. But my shoulder is not so good,” he said. “I’m feeling better and I’m looking forward to getting the 2007 season started.”

He said he hopes to play for the Patriots, who have signed free agent receivers Donte’ Stallworth, Kelley Washington and Wes Welker during the offseason.

“Of course I would rather be here,” the 14-year veteran said. “This is where I’ve been my whole career. I’d love to finish it out here.”

Posted by Chris Venditto  at 9:39 PM to Patriots | Permalink

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