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Risk of breaking rules not worth reward - Ross Tucker - SI.com
sportsillustrated.cnn.com - 5/23/2008
Risk of breaking rules not worth reward - Ross Tucker - SI.com
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The NFL will investigate Bill Belichick and the Patriots for practicing players on IR.

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Hogs Haven:  Former Redskin says Nay to Patriots IR methods

ProFootballTalk.com:  TUCKER CONFIRMS THAT PATS VIOLATED IR RULES

FanHouse:  Former Offensive Lineman Believes Patriots Abused Injured Reserve Rules

SPORTSbyBROOKS:  Tucker Maintains Pats Practiced Players On IR

Shutdown Corner:  Using IR players in practice and the legacy of Bill Belichick

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Former Redskin says Nay to Patriots IR methods
Hogs Haven — ... I've listened to former Redskin O-Linemen Ross Tucker a lot on Sirius satellite radio, and everytime he's on, the man spits truth. Link: ...

TUCKER CONFIRMS THAT PATS VIOLATED IR RULES
ProFootballTalk.com — In an item on SI.com that we meant to highlight a week ago but inadvertently forgot to mention, former NFL lineman Ross Tucker confirms the contention of former Pats employee Matt Walsh that the Patriots allowed some players on injured reserve to participate in practice . The Tucker article ...

Former Offensive Lineman Believes Patriots Abused Injured Reserve Rules
FanHouse — Filed under: Patriots, AFC East, NFL Rumors, NFL Media Watch, Boston Former Patriots offensive lineman Ross Tucker believes that coach Bill Belichick abused IR rules by allowing injured players to practice. By league rule, players on Injured Reserve cannot practice with the team. Tucker talked with ESPN's NFL Live yesterday about what he wrote at SI.com last week. Basically, the Patriots would put a player on IR, knowing it meant he couldn't play in a game or practice with the team ...

Tucker Maintains Pats Practiced Players On IR
SPORTSbyBROOKS — ... He stuck with his recent SI story during an appearance on ESPN’s NFL LIVE that he had seen the practice firsthand when he played with the Patriots in 2005. From Tucker’s May 15th column on SI.COM : [ Matt ] Walsh’s comments to commissioner Roger Goodell earlier this week that New England had players on injured reserve participate in practice wasn’t news to me. I had heard the Patriots did this before I signed with them in 2005 and I saw it firsthand during my time there. I asked veteran receiver Troy Brown about it one time and he responded, “Every team in the league does ...

Using IR players in practice and the legacy of Bill Belichick
Shutdown Corner — ... , a former NFL lineman and New England Patriot, wrote about the practice last week at SI.com, and appeared yesterday on NFL Live to further discuss the practice, and what was said might be useful in deciding about how you're going to think about Bill Belichick from now until his retirement, and again when he's up for Hall of Fame induction. ...

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