新英格兰爱国者队与成为自由球员的线卫拉里·伊佐（Larry Izzo）续约，并且让其继续担任该队特勤组的组长。

　　32岁的伊佐曾经三次帮助爱国者队获得超级碗冠军。在加盟NFL的11个赛季中的后六个赛季，伊佐一直效力于爱国者队。他曾三次入选全明星阵容，最后一次是在2004赛季结束后。 　　

　　伊佐曾在职业生涯参加的156场常规赛中完成了229次特勤组拦截和18次防守拦截。除此之外，他还完成了一次截球、一次迫使对方丢球和两次抢夺丢球。 　　

　　伊佐职业生涯的头五个赛季是在迈阿密海豚队度过的。在效力于爱国者队的六个赛季，伊佐有五个赛季的特勤组拦截数量都在队内排名第一。 　　

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FOXBOROUGH， Mass. （March 6， 2007） —— The Patriots re-signed unrestricted free agent linebacker Larry Izzo， keeping their special teams captain who played on New England＇s three Super Bowl championship teams. 　　Izzo， 32， has spent the last six of his 11 NFL seasons with the Patriots. He was named to the Pro Bowl three times， the last following the 2004 season. 　　

Izzo has made 229 career special team tackles and 18 defensive tackles in 156 regular-season games. He also has an interception， a forced fumble and two fumble recoveries. 　　

Izzo， who spent his first five seasons in Miami， has led the Patriots in special teams tackles in five of six seasons.