Randy Moss returned to the practice field Friday but didn’t participate in any contact drills because of an apparent hamstring injury he suffered on Wednesday. He sat out the Thursday’s sessions and was a spectator for the most part yesterday.
One of the stories of camp is a newer slimmed down Vince Wilfork. With the love and a push from his wife, Bianca, Vince has dropped 6 inches from his waist and 7% of his body fat. Wilfork only needed to be reminded he lost his parents to diabetes and high blood pressure. While he still weighs in at 325 pounds Vince looks noticeably leaner and healthier.
Bianca Wilfork has gotten her husband to stop eating two gigantic meals a day and got him to eat six smaller ones. So now his diet consists of fruit, nuts, vegetables, beans, baked chicken and fish.
As always, when it comes to contracts, the Patriots are mum. This time it’s on coach Bill Belichick’s deal.
He and owner Robert Kraft have an agreement that they don’t speak publicly on the coach’s contract but Kraft did have this to say. “I’m happy with what he’s doing and he’s happy with what he’s doing. I think we have a great nucleus of players here and we’re excited about the upcoming season. And we hope we make the playoffs. That’s our objective.”
Reportedly this is the last season of Belichick’s current contract and the coach has hinted he plans on staying beyond this season.
The NFL is limiting news organizations websites to no more than 45 seconds of online video or audio of team personnel from it’s stadiums per day. The NFL is wants to prevent newspapers, TV and Radio stations from diminishing the value of it’s multimedia properties, namely NFL.com and the websites of the 32 NFL teams.
In addition, news sites are barred from running advertisements next to any online NFL content. NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said ” The Internet is a new medium with potential revenue sources, we want to carefully manage our audio and video property.”
“News sites are looking at the [NFL] video as a business opportunity,” Aiello added. “I don’t believe it’s about news coverage.” According to the league, the musings of its players, coaches, and owners are the league’s intellectual property.
I think that’s the first time in a while that “NFL” and “intellectual” have been used in the same sentence.
