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Ex-Bobcat receiver released by one NFL team,…

dumbrupertie447 — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:12:39 +0000

Two days after being released by the New England
Patriots, former Ohio University star wide-receiver Taylor Price was
picked up by the Jacksonville Jaguars on Monday.

That evening, the Jaguars got routed by the San Diego
Chargers on national TV, 38-14. The signing didn’t become official till
Tuesday, so Price didn’t suit up for Monday’s loss.

In two years with the Patriots, injury-plagued Price
was inactive for 21 out of 28 games, and played sparingly in the ones for which
he was active.

While the lack of playing time for the second-year
player had been blamed on a nagging hamstring injury, various New England and
national news stories and blogs about the Patriots waiving Price hardly
mentioned his injury issues. Rather, they said the third-round 2010 draft pick
had difficulty “meshing” with Patriots quarterback Tom Brady or the offense in
general, and/or wasn’t practicing properly.

Similarly, an article in the Taunton (Massachusetts) Daily Gazette on Tuesday, basically laid
out the argument Tuesday that Price is one of the Patriots’ worst-ever
draft decisions. Yet, the piece only used about five words in casually
mentioning Price’s injury history. While persistent injuries can retroactively
condemn a team’s draft-day decision, the articles seem to take great pleasure
in implying that it’s Price’s fault that he didn’t work out in New England,
that somehow a lack of talent, poor chemistry with quarterback Tom Brady, or
poor work habits doomed him in New England rather than a lack of playing time
because of injury. Notably, much of the same sports press was
going ga-ga over Price after his solid performance in the first pre-season
game (five catches, 105 yards, one TD).

“With the selection of Price in the third round of
2010, the Patriots flat-out dropped the ball,” the Daily Gazette article stated. “If that wasn’t apparent from Day One
of the wide receiver’s arrival in New England, it became quite apparent during
the course of Year One. Saturday’s Price-cutting measure by the Patriots simply
served as reaffirmation of another bad draft investment by Bill Belichick.” — Athens NEWS Editor Terry Smith

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Patriots receiver arrested for groping woman at…

Smeanyday — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 23:44:00 +0000

BOSTON (Reuters) – New England Patriots football player Julian Edelman was arrested early on Tuesday for allegedly groping a woman at a Boston bar, officials said.

The 25-year-old wide receiver was charged with indecent assault and battery, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office.

Edelman pleaded not guilty to the single charge during his arraignment on Tuesday in Boston Municipal Court, the district attorney’s office said.

He was released without monetary bail and is due back in court in January, the office said.

The police report said that Edelman was arrested early on Tuesday for allegedly groping a woman inside a bar in Boston’s Copley Square area.

Edelman was drafted by the Patriots in the seventh round of the 2009 NFL draft, according to the team website. He has played in four games so far in 2011, 15 in 2010 and 11 in 2009.

A spokesman for the Patriots said the team is aware of reports regarding the player, but deferred any comments to Edelman’s representatives.

(Reporting by Lauren Keiper; Editing by Barbara Goldberg and Greg McCune)

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Patriots receiver arrested for groping woman at…

mabuketu87 — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 23:44:00 +0000