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Posted by: min0 lee

Veteran quarterback Testaverde signs with Patriots

FOXBOROUGH, Mass (AP) -- Vinny Testaverde, who came out of retirement last season to help out the New York Jets, was signed on Tuesday by New England.

Testaverde

The move came after the Patriots lost two straight for the first time since 2002 as Tom Brady played two of his poorest games. Until signing Testaverde, New England had only one other quarterback on its roster, second-year pro Matt Cassel.

Testaverde, who turned 43 Monday, was the first overall pick by Tampa Bay in the 1987 draft. He has played 19 NFL seasons and has 269 touchdown passes, eighth in NFL history, and is sixth with 45,252 yards passing.

Brady has been listed as probable on the injury report every week for last season and this season, but hasn't missed a game.

On Monday, after a 17-14 loss to the New York Jets dropped the Patriots to 6-3, coach Bill Belichick was asked if Brady's throwing shoulder, the reason he's been on the list, affected him.

"I think he's been able to play in every game, so you'd have to ask him that," Belichick said of Brady, who only meets with reporters on Wednesdays. "There probably isn't a player in the league that plays every week that's 100 percent today. He's probably in that category."

Asked if Brady has seemed hampered in his performance, Belichick said, "I think that Tom has had good days, good weeks of practice. I just think overall, we collectively as a team -- coaches, players, everybody -- we just have to do a better job. I think we all feel that way. That includes everybody."

In Testaverde, joining his sixth NFL team, the Patriots get a player whose experience is at the opposite extreme of Cassel.

The Patriots drafted Cassel in the seventh round in 2005 after he threw just 33 passes at Southern California as the backup to Carson Palmer and Matt Leinart. As a rookie, he played only in the final regular-season game. This year, he appeared only in a 31-7 win at Minnesota, but didn't throw a pass.

That was Brady's best game of the season. He threw four touchdown passes, completed 67.4 percent of his passes and had a 115.6 passer rating. In a win at Buffalo the previous week, he had a 112.4 rating and completed two-thirds of his passes for two touchdowns and no interceptions.

But since the Minnesota game, Brady threw four interceptions and had a 34.0 rating in a 27-20 loss to Indianapolis, then had an 84.9 rating with one touchdown pass and one interception against the Jets. He's completed 59.2 percent of his passes this season for 15 touchdowns and nine interceptions, a few of which were tipped.

Testaverde has played for Tampa Bay, Cleveland, Baltimore, Dallas and the Jets. He retired after playing with the Cowboys in 2004, but last season rejoined the Jets, for whom he played from 1998-2003, after starter Chad Pennington and backup Jay Fiedler were injured in the same game.

Testaverde, who started four games for the Jets last season, became the first player in NFL history to throw at least one touchdown pass in 19 straight seasons. He completed 60 of 106 passes for 777 yards with one touchdown and six interceptions. He was subsequently replaced by Brooks Bollinger, who had started the season as the team's third stringer.
Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press

Posted by: goandykid

I love Vinny

Posted by: min0 lee

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I love Vinny

Great arm, but he's like 67 years old.

Actually the guy keeps himself in great shape.

Posted by: goandykid

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Originally Posted by min0 lee

Great arm, but he's like 67 years old.

Actually the guy keeps himself in great shape.

Yeah and he's a worker. Plus, he's quietly gotten close to breaking some qb records.

Posted by: P-funk

what a stupid idea.

Posted by: Dale Mabry

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Originally Posted by min0 lee

On Monday, after a 17-14 loss to the New York Jets dropped the Patriots to 6-3, coach Bill Belichick was asked if Brady's throwing shoulder, the reason he's been on the list, affected him.

"I think he's been able to play in every game, so you'd have to ask him that," Belichick said of Brady, who only meets with reporters on Wednesdays. "There probably isn't a player in the league that plays every week that's 100 percent today. He's probably in that category."

The true response should have been, "We don't fudge the injury report every week to have you ask questions like that."

I wouldn't mind seeing Cassel play, but I wouldn' think too much of this.

Posted by: I Are Baboon

Vinny is just an insurance policy. The Pats only had two QB's on the roster. If Brady went down, they'd be without a backup. Vinny is more than capable of handing the ball off and throwing short passes if needed. The Pats are not asking the guy to lead them to the playoffs here.

Posted by: min0 lee

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Originally Posted by I Are Baboon

Vinny is just an insurance policy. The Pats only had two QB's on the roster. If Brady went down, they'd be without a backup. Vinny is more than capable of handing the ball off and throwing short passes if needed. The Pats are not asking the guy to lead them to the playoffs here.

They were making to the playoffs this year?

Posted by: I Are Baboon

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Originally Posted by min0 lee

They were making to the playoffs this year?

I wouldn't lose any sleep if they missed the playoffs.

Posted by: min0 lee

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I wouldn't lose any sleep if they missed the playoffs.

That's right, your a Rams fan....am I correct?

Posted by: I Are Baboon

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That's right, your a Rams fan....am I correct?

Posted by: min0 lee

OK, now how did that happen?
I can understand your from Boston and the patriots weren't as good as they are now.....but why the Rams? Dallas I can understand, Green Bay I can alos understand......but the Rams?

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