Patriots Today - Sights set, Cassel speaks, more

Wed, 24 Dec 2008

Before the Pats take a one-day holiday break from week 17 preparations, Patriots Today is here with the latest update from Gillette Stadium. Matt Cassel, Sammy Morris and others weigh in on Sunday's regular season finale against the Bills, and the Lowe Down discusses how this year's playoff quest compares to last year. Plus, Bill Belichick's thoughts, an injured player returns to practice and much more on a Wednesday edition.

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Play from 0:24[0:24]" Lowdown on the 2008 regular season for the Patriots from where they stand in. This is really as good as the Jets plus the quarterback is sharing his thoughts on what the Patriots are looking forward to."

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Play from 0:53[0:53]" Today gearing up for the Buffalo Bills the good news report eight games gainers is back in action with the team. Figured out ten and five and they are an eight tight playoff race is coming out to the wire and what a final week. For the 2008 regular season is shaped up to beat. Here's Brian -- out with the latest lowdown on New England. Now this is."

Play from 1:17[1:17]" Interest thing going undefeated and cruise control until playoff -- by going into the final week of the season. In a full week of playoff pretty patient line. Last year at the time the -- you know Patriot before heading to the meadowlands to play the Giants dawn just another game everything was already decided this week. I had a great time going through all the scenarios of the three games that matter most the Patriots their own Jets Dolphins and Ravens Jaguars. That maybe the Patriots get into the playoffs maybe they don't Josh mcdaniels keen to put it best on Sunday after the pats beat the Arizona Cardinals when he said all the patrons can do is prepare hard this week. The plate and beat the bills and if they tell us -- playing the next week. That'll be great. That's really all it is it's out of their control -- one of five historically is more than enough to make it into the tournament if you will indicate this year maybe it. If the patrons didn't finish eleven to five and you'll get it. It's not because they did it because they watch for the -- and that's really what it comes to. They couldn't afford -- one of their NFC west vote this year rather than say with the -- the -- we've got doubled in the tiebreaker for the Colts. The could've afforded a lot to say AFC west team like Oakland Kansas City. -- individual -- for the Jets or Dolphins they're going to lose the tiebreaker that division in the worst divisional record over and those Jets and Dolphins team. In other words they didn't -- on themselves they lost for the wrong team took the Patriots beat the bills on Sunday with a combination of pluses and planes. The other games unfold. We find out their playoff -- Will they be hosting the Jets in the wild card on -- heading down to Miami in the Ravens come to town with the Patriots beat cleaning -- their lockers on Monday and heading home for the offseason. -- this is really as good as the -- Okay sifting alas it was sort of special but I kind of like intrigue that this Sunday too short to bring us. I'm Brian Lowe and that is what."

Play from 3:11[3:11]" They let -- have got a lot more coming up right after this. Up next in the locker room of the latest from the Patriots. We're just going around in right for buffaloes of the game. There's more Patriots today coming right out."

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Play from 3:47[3:47]" Welcome back to Patriots today -- have a tough task ahead of them this weekend when they face the bills. Today they spoke up in the locker room to give their thoughts on the week. Here's pictures in locker room and."

Play from 4:03[4:03]" lesson came got off to -- which early in the season cure illnesses. We've been and and try and I'm. Like consistent consistently coming and we moved this doesn't mean that this weekend. Didn't and don't stay -- that which."

Play from 4:24[4:24]" Frustrating things on its you know assisted the situation present we've. -- A lot of scenarios. You know that they need to have -- there's so a lot of -- have been having first in the playoffs. But another -- really people who. He's been us all we're worried about Buffalo and that's all we can control it I think that's everyone's seen. Some really good job with cutting -- all the outside distractions. And we're really worried about one game past the Buffalo Bills. Hand just -- fastest cars we tend to go on the road to be tough on."

Play from 5:02[5:02]" I was C you'll go that's a great job emphasizing. You know things you know and weeks want to know whether might be an issue obviously play in Boston so. For the northeast we play number or games and then when the weather's so. You know we're usually prepared for it. And -- Buffalo will be as well. Those."

Play from 5:22[5:22]" There -- urgency in his Pro Bowl team it is going Buffalo. In December here who knows what deliberately so. And we showed last week that we can do to open and hope we don't know the performance of the weather. Is there."

Play from 5:36[5:36]" It's a lot of fun I've enjoyed it and and whatever they ask me how do I enjoy it and been part of this team while now. And I'm not the first person to do something different than their normal position and Troy Brown did it from. And others as. You were -- those that so palm just trying to help."

Play from 5:54[5:54]" Brian Lowe is joining me in the studio now can you give us a quick practice update from outside yeah James Sanders back that's a good sign United States it's always been -- in this last game so we had him out there and then not Richard Seymour Tedy Bruschi. I'm Billy Yates not out there so again so Wednesday as Bill Belichick said they're kind of ahead of the game with a Tuesday practice so. You know we'll see how plays on Friday we get back out they're -- and being packages. Is important -- back."

Play from 6:20[6:20]" about the bills a little bit more than -- it strong start of the game this season a rough patch. Get some momentum coming off their pass game a win over the Broncos."

Play from 6:28[6:28]" And you know that showed a lot and -- View they've been out of it on the playoff hunt for the last couple weeks with a going to Denver team that desperately needed a win. And fight hard and win the game is a sign that they're definitely going to do the same on Sunday. A Palestinian when the downs in the going to fight harder at home against a team they've lost two times three times the Patriots I think we're going to get since he's good bite out of them. On Friday won those tight games like these if these games are but the last time the Patriots on the bills which is here in November they were just. Starting this rough patch. They've lost a lot of games down the stretch a lot of tight games but they've lost some games to some fairly bad teams Trent Edwards is back in a quarterback now he missed a few games that you lost this terrible. So maybe Edwards is is rallies go a little bit rally -- little bit so I think we're going to see beyond a team that. Is playing to win you know around the playoff hunt and have been for a few weeks."

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Play from 7:49[7:49]" Welcome back to Patriots they've probably go let's get the latest thoughts from head coach in the starting quarterback an -- saying press past."

Play from 7:59[7:59]" Merry Christmas and happy holiday. All think good this year it senate accident. On Mike if they get a lot of deadlines and stuff -- him as a rapist obviously --"

Play from 8:12[8:12]" I always thought I should get it done that I ever first season. Started sixteen games this season for the Patriots -- Tom Brady here and everything else going -- I definitely wouldn't say that you know led. I I thought if I got all the reps throughout the course of the year constantly improve things. And -- the ball and identity theft."

Play from 8:30[8:30]" The worst constant -- Buffalo our word on out there -- try to play this weekend against the bills and that's our goal that's really don't think about. Whatever else happens and have them on senate isn't ornaments I would care I don't mean at all and that's holes it's not anything that we. Have an influence -- root for the pitchers. And whoever else of Patriots before."

Play from 8:54[8:54]" I honestly think it's everybody's completely focused on just Buffalo and you know just Buffalo. Someone don't worry about other people's scores right now to fit at 1 o'clock and it's still wouldn't. I don't think there's been good enough the scoreboards going gosh I hope somebody wins it. Of this team loses it really comes down to us winning because that's the only way which were going to do it before we want to --"

Play from 9:15[9:15]" You just -- well it's what I see is good football team and in. Volts. Won and lost games based on you know player to and so yeah records of one thing and those wanted to plays it on the other way your records of Kovalev on different yeah. I see them minutes later so they're very good and career and -- Playing harder planned well and I think that they showed a lot of character things that they got. A lot of team -- off our high competitors on the football team builds trust and."

Play from 9:48[9:48]" I don't know. You know nobody in the future. If anybody near future -- wouldn't -- a lot of people predicted that would. Beer after three seasons so the fact is. Nobody knows where I'm going to do next year. You know I could definitely be back here so I mean it's it's something that we'll have to wait."

Play from 10:07[10:07]" That's going to do it for us here today I would hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas on Thursday will have some special holiday treats for you. And on Friday while they full show. Plus some final thoughts on the Buffalo Bills we'll see that right here on -- at Patriots."

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