NFL Football: Patriots Team Report: Belichick-mate.

Sports Network, The, September, 2003

Sep 5, 2003 (The Sports Network via COMTEX)

New England Patriots Week 1 Team Report

(Sports Network) - As if facing his old quarterback wasn't enough, Patriots head coach Bill Belichick might have outdone himself this time around. The front office's failure to work out a new contract with safety Lawyer Milloy led Belichick to release the defensive cornerstone; a move that has proven to be one of the least popular in the history of Boston sports.

Of course, it didn't help any when Milloy signed with the rival Bills, who just so happen to be New England's first opponent.

"Has it ever been this quiet in here? I don't think it has," said linebacker Tedy Bruschi, former Milloy teammate, of the New England locker room. "I think Tedy...

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