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Rumor has it that Ty Law and the Pats are close to a deal.

FOX25 has learned that the Patriots are close to a deal with Ty Law that would bring the 34 year-old cornerback back to Foxboro.

According to a source close to the situation, Law is ready to sign in order to play football this upcoming season with either the Patriots or the New York Jets and both teams are talking with him right now.   Also according to the source, Law would prefer to sign with the Patriots and they are working hard towards making that happen as soon as possible.

Law is a five time Pro Bowl cornerback who played the first ten years of his career with the Patriots after being drafted by them out of the University of Michigan with the 23rd overall pick in the 1995 NFL draft.   After earning three Super Bowl rings with the Patriots, Law was released by New England in February 2005 and later signed on with the New York Jets.   Ty played just one season in New York before he signed with the Kansas City Chiefs.  After two seasons with in Kansas City he was released by the Chiefs earlier this year.

This would sure up our secondary and therefore elimnating the need to draft a CB at number 7. I would love to have the Law back on our side.

I know I have been beind the Celts win or lose. I had actually attended more games last year than this year because of the demand for the tickets. But Atlanta Hawks PG Mike Bibby does not think that Celtics fans are real:

“It’s good that they know I’m here,” he said before practice yesterday on the same floor where he missed all those shots. “Fair weather fans if you ask me.”

Sunday’s crowd was “kind of loud at the beginning,” Bibby said calmly, “but a lot of these fans might be bandwagon jumpers. They try to get on this now. Because I played here last year, too. I didn’t see three-fourths of them so it might be that.

“I remember them having bags on their heads,” he said. “Are they the ones that had bags on their heads last year? It’s just a different look, but I guess that happens when you win.”

Garnett followed with

“I wouldn’t say it’s the smartest comment,” Kevin Garnett said yesterday.

Perkins what do you have to say?

“He said that?” center Kendrick Perkins said when told of Bibby’s remarks. “I mean, coming off a 2-for-10 night shooting, he would say something like that. … We’ve got the best fans in the world, so we don’t expect other players from other teams to like our fans.”

And last but not least Pierce, who was here last year through the bad and now here through the good:

But Boston’s fans “really showed up for us even a year ago. We sold out a lot of games and they were there for us, so the guy really doesn’t know what he’s talking about,” Pierce said. “These guys have been there for us all year long and with Bibby’s comments I hope they come even louder.”

So wheather you are fair weather fans or die hard celtic fans lets let Bibby and the Hawks hear it tonight. Make them scared to play in Boston: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE!

The Pats keep adding small pieces to the pie.

Continuing to add parts to their roster that will potentially offer them more flexibility in the draft, the Patriots reached a contract agreement with tight end Marcus Pollard today, according to a league source.

The 36-year-old Pollard enters his 14th season in 2008. He caught 28 passes for 273 yards and 2 touchdowns last season, in his lone year with the Seahawks. He previously played for the Colts (1995-2004) and Lions (2005-2006).

Pollard (6-3, 255) joins a tight end group that includes Benjamin Watson, David Thomas and Stephen Spach.