- November 29th, 2008, 3:00 pm
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Boston Globe wrote:Patriots' Redd trades in blue for blackClick Here for Full Story
Team rewards his practice performance
By Michael Vega
Globe Staff / November 29, 2008
FOXBOROUGH - The Patriots dressed warmly for yesterday's light practice, wearing sweats and shells. Before heading out the door of the locker room, reserve linebacker Vince Redd tugged his No. 49 jersey over his head, but it wasn't blue, like the ones ordinarily worn by the defense in practice.
Redd's was black.
The 6-foot-6-inch, 260-pound linebacker earned the right to don the special black jersey - a weekly honor bestowed to players who do exemplary work on the scout squad and prepare the team to win that week's game - by playing the role of Joey Porter in practice leading up to last Sunday's 48-28 romp over the Dolphins.