Kraft says Brady will play

Posted by Christopher L. Gasper, Globe Staff August 20, 2009 06:26 PM

FOXBOROUGH -- Patriots owner Robert Kraft stopped to chat following the team's Patriots Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the Hall at Patriot Place, which was held prior to tonight''s home preseason opener against the Cincinnati Bengals.

Kraft, who correctly predicted that quarterback Tom Brady would start the preseason opener against the Philadelphia Eagles last Thursday, told the Globe that Brady would play tonight in front of the home fans as well.

"They'll see him," said Kraft.

Brady did not take a lot of the snaps in the team's final practice open to the media prior to tonight's game, which was held on Tuesday afternoon. That day backup Kevin O'Connell got the majority of the snaps.

The last time the home fans saw Brady in a game at Gillette Stadium he was crumpled on the ground following the lunging hit of Chiefs safety Bernard Pollard, a hit that ended Brady's 2008 season just 15 offensive snaps in.