Anyone in NEw England Know if Givens will Play?

[Shotgun StU]

Has anyone heard anything about his knee will he play vs the Rams?

[Killer Rabbit]

The talk in New England sounds an awful lot like he will not play this week.

[Da Host]

Just got the news. Hes highly doubtful for the game. Thats why in my league i started Patten

[MadScott]

That also moves Troy Brown's value up as well. Man, they have virtually no one there now.

[irishclown]

???? What are U guys talking about, he is fine. He's listed as qustionable, but so has Brady all year!! Highly doubtful??? Did I miss something here??

[Amazinz]

According to the Boston Herald:

Good news on Givens

Belichick hinted that injured wide receiver David Givens [news] (knee) could be upgraded from questionable to probable by gametime. Givens leads the team with 32 receptions, 30 of which resulted in first downs.

[RubeRiot]

That does sound like good new...

...but can we trust Belichick?!?

[matmat]

...but can we trust Belichick?!?

is he a football coach?

[Jeremy Dexter]

keep this link going. I have not heard either. I do not know what is going on. some of you guys say no, some say yes. which is it, and is that any news you can pass along to us given owners?

[Budman_ffc]

Here's the latest news I can find...

Saturday
Receiver Deion Branch will miss his sixth straight game because of a knee injury.
Branch, who was listed as doubtful for this weekend, didn't travel with the team for tomorrow's game against the St. Louis Rams. He led the Patriots with 57 catches last season, but has just eight catches for 93 yards and a touchdown this year.

Branch hasn't played since he was injured in Week 2 against Arizona.

Also of interest. ...

Although Bill Belichick suggested after Friday's practice that David Givens might be upgraded from questionable to probable before game time tomorrow afternoon, it didn't happen when the team updated their official injury report a short time ago.

Despite their late afternoon kickoff, I'll continue to monitor all New England's walking wounded -- Givens and Corey Dillon in particular -- through tomorrow morning and try to bring you further details on their status if at all possible.


Sunday
The status of Corey Dillon (thigh), David Givens (knee) and Troy Brown (shoulder) for today's game against the Rams will be determined by "Dreaded Game-Time Decisions."
None of the three took part in full-team drills this week, although Brown played last week and Givens was reportedly doing better late in the week and head coach Bill Belichick hinted he might be upgraded to probable prior to kickoff.

We will continue to look for information regarding this situation, but because of the late kickoff it is unlikely I'll be able to provide his final status prior to this morning's first kickoffs.