With Branch holding out, Pats add WR
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Wide receiver Doug Gabriel was traded Saturday from the Oakland Raiders to the New England Patriots, who faced the uncertainty of whether holdout Deion Branch will return.
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The Patriots will meet yet another team that has a key player missing because of injury, this time on defense.
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``Well, you can feel the electricity in the air here at Gillette Stadium as the Patriots start their 2006 season against the Buffalo Bills. And since the Patriots have the ball, we'll be getting a quick look at an offense that features all new wide receivers. Guys who combined to catch 160 balls a year ago -- Deion Branch, David ...
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Even sore ribs couldn't contain Matt Hasselbeck's excitement over having former New England Super Bowl MVP Deion Branch to throw to as his newest Seahawks receiver.
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At 6 feet 3 inches and 218 pounds, Kelley Washington already stands out in the Patriots' receiving corps. He hopes to put that size to good use.
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Patriots owner Robert Kraft said he favors an optimistic viewpoint, and because of that, he's hoping that wide receiver Deion Branch will rejoin his team.
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The New England Patriots placed rookie wide receiver P.K. Sam on injured reserve Wednesday because of a groin injury.
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Patriots players have seemed stunned at how receiver Deion BranchÂs battle with management disintegrated. He was traded to the Seahawks on Monday.
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Bracing for the possibility of playing without injured tight end Benjamin Watson, the Patriots added depth at the position yesterday by signing veteran O.J. Santiago.
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The arbitrator in the Deion Branch case yesterday denied the NFL's motion that the mediator had no jurisdiction in Branch's dispute with the Patriots and then informed both sides he would not be available to hear the first of Branch's two claims against the team tomorrow, as originally expected.
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Wide receiver Troy Brown signed with the New England Patriots for a 15th season yesterday, giving him a chance to increase his team record of 557 catches. Brown, 36, has spent his entire career with the Patriots since being drafted in the eighth round out of Marshall in 1993.
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The Patriots traded receiver Deion Branch to the Seattle Seahawks for a 2007 first-round draft choice yesterday, and in the process filed tampering charges against the New York Jets.
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Deion Branch eased the pain of nearly $600,000 in fines for his holdout in New England by signing a $39 million, six-year contract with the Seattle Seahawks on Tuesday.
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Deion Branch doesn't mind his almost $600,000 in New England Patriots fines anymore. His holdout-turned-honeymoon has fixed that. Branch can now write off the fines like a large phone bill after signing a $39 million, six-year contract with the Seattle Seahawks on Tuesday.
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The New England Patriots ended the holdout of receiver Deion Branch on Monday by trading him to the Seattle Seahawks for a draft pick.
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The New England Patriots traded   disgruntled Super Bowl MVP wide receiver Deion Branch to the   Seattle Seahawks on Monday for a first-round pick in the 2007   draft.
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In a little more than one week of aggressive dealing, the Patriots gave $20 million to linebacker Adalius Thomas and bolstered their offense by signing receiver Donteâ Stallworth.