Asante Samuel

Atlanta's new No. 22 showed he likes to talk, pose and make plays. "Can I get some action out here?" Samuel called out on the field during the practice as he became impatient for a pass to be thrown in his direction. "Am I out here for my health?  

Christopher Price tells us Bill Belichick will head into the 2012 season with the most schematically diverse secondary of his coaching career. While Belichick has worked with some versatile defensive backs over the years, currently on the New England roster, he has more multifaceted DB’s than ever. Sterling Moore played both defensive back positions before settling in at corner last season as a rookie. After entering the...  

The Sporting News recently listed “the coaches heading into next season from No. 1 to No. 32,” and ranked the Giants’ Tom Coughlin at No. 1. The Patriots’ Bill Belichick was at No. 2, with the following summary: With three Super Bowl ...  

New England Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick has a lot of personnel moves to make this summer and the future of the team depends on how the training camp competitions pan out. After making it to the Super Bowl, in what was essentially a ...  

As I've written about at length in the past, the decision to trade Asante Samuel was basically made last summer when the Eagles signed Nnamdi Asomugha. Howie Roseman and Andy Reid made it pretty clear at the time that Samuel could be had for the ...  

Four days later he was back at practice and he was concussed again. In a 2007 newspaper article, Johnson said coach Bill Belichick pressured him to return before he was ready. "It's as clear as a bell, 'I had to see if you could play,'" Johnson recalled ...  

Bobby Valentine's BBWAA PR team isn't going to like this. We're sort of just used to it with Bill Belichick by now. GQ Magazine recently named the Red Sox skipper and the Patriots coach two of the 12 worst coaches in sports, joining a list that ...  

Greg Schiano is tight with Patriots coach Bill Belichick. It's clear that Schiano believes in one of Belichick's personnel maxims: It's better to release an aging player a year too early than it is too hang on one year too long. The Bucs are ...  

Darrelle Revis has made it crystal clear; he does not like Bill Belichick. Once again, the strong bonds of hatred between competitive franchises, such as the New York Jets and New England Patriots, gave birth to controversy when Darrelle Revis called coach ...  

New England Patriots' mastermind Bill Belichick leads an NFL-dominated list of the highest-earning coaches in sports. Gregg Popovich, recently named NBA Coach of the Year, and Bears head coach Lovie Smith have estimated annual earnings of $6 million ...  

In New England, Belichick's salary is guarded like a treasured family recipe for chowder. Forbes compiled the list based ... "That doesn't come easy," Fitzgerald says of fashion in the video. "I work at it." That's obvious to reporters who ...  

USA TODAYPats' prodigal son McDaniels returnsESPNThen Eric Mangini. Josh McDaniels got his big shot, and then Bill O'Brien. Five times in Bill Belichick's 13-year tenure as New England Patriots head coach, he has had to replace a coordinator who landed a head-coaching job elsewhere.Promotion doesn't have him feeling entitledBoston.comall 135 news articles »  

According to information compiled by USA Today, the average college football coach at a public university made $2.1 million in 2011. Texas’ Mack Brown led the list at $5.2 million, but Alabama’s Nick Saban will become the highest-paid college football ...  

New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick is like the Justin Bieber of the NFL. You either really love him, or you just want to punch him in the face. OK, maybe that was a bad analogy, but you get my drift. Outside of New England, there aren't too many Belichick fans out there. New York Jets cornerback and rival Darrelle Revis is one of those non-supporters, and he made it so back in March when he called Belichick a "jerk" on...  

From the media session at the Patriots’ OTAs on Thursday, it was further confirmed that a battle to watch over the next few months will be at center. We examined in February the Pats’ decision regarding their two free-agent centers: Dan Koppen, who has started 120 games for New England, though only one last season after suffering a broken leg, and Dan Connolly, the versatile lineman who filled in for Koppen in 2011 after playing mostly guard...