O’Connell Heads to Detroit as Brady Prepares for Regular Season

There’s much astir with quarterbacks around the NFL right now, and the newest pawn in the QB game is Kevin O’Connell, the backup quarterback released from the New England Patriots earlier this week. As the Patriots continue watching backup QBs Andrew Walter and Brian Hoyer develop, O’Connell begins on a quest of his own, having accrued bids from four teams already since his release from New England. The Detroit Lions, Cleveland Browns, Denver Broncos and New York Jets have all placed waiver claims for Kevin O’Connell, but he was ultimately awarded to the Lions, whose QB status right now is murky at best with the injured Daunte Culpepper (foot) and Drew Stanton (knee).

As for Tom Brady, the famed No. 12 was back at practice yesterday, having recovered from a “sore shoulder” suffered thanks to Redskins defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth. Just because he’s practicing again, however, don’t expect Brady to play in the Patriots’ final preseason game tomorrow against the New York Giants. “I would expect that the players that played more against Washington will probably play a little less against the Giants,” Bill Belichick recently revealed. “Some of the players that didn’t play as much against Washington will play more against the Giants.”

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Posted in Uncategorized on September 2, 2009

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