reporter: maybe the biggest step for lafell is last week in dallas. he was able to practice before the game and kind of get a feel for what it will be like. hopefully, you'll see today. they'll have to make a couple of moves, but hopefully we'll get him out about are in a field, are you, like a chic-fil-a sponsor? what's going on with you making sure people eat more chicken? you knew -- annoyed that you knew the i thought if i said it quickly. i was trying called the chic-fil-a about bringing over the cow and the cow was like think ant what it is. and i was like oh, 20 ate chickens. >> great job levin, i bow down to your riddle prowess. pats and jets kick off at 11:00, after the game -- 1:00. >>> now to our stop stories. a former police dispatcher has been arrested for murder. until the head in -- uncle in the head in hyde park. investigators are still looking for a cause. >>> investigators are also trying to figure out what caused a small plane crash in wooster. it happened just minutes after the plane took off from wooster airport. the pilot was kil

lafell was a big part of the pats on offense in 2014 over 950 yards. second on the team with seven touchdowns, second on the team with catches over 20 yards, also had two touchdowns,. coming up, during sports wraparound 11:45 i'll dig deeper into tom brady's challenge as the jets come to foxborough. plus middleboro has prompted us to take a look back at our fox 25 game day games of the week, folks, it's going to be a fun show, 11:45ish. >>> now to severe weather, hurricane patricia is no more, the storm fell apart over mexico. the country's communication and transportation secretary said today that everyone there dodged a massive bullet and no major damage has been reported. however that storm is causing flooding in parts of texas, some areas have already seen several inches of rainfall. will carr brings us the powerful images from the lone star state. >> reporter: they've been pounded by a lot of rain in a short amount of time, some areas getting 18, up to 20 inches of rain. 50 miles south of dallas we saw a union pacific freight train derailed, we're

brandon lafell making his debut on sunday. as for the new england defense, facing the best running back it's seen this year in chris ivory, one of the most dangerous backs in all of the nfl. fourth in the league with 460 yards rushing to go along with four touchdowns so far. >> ivory does a good job. he's fast. he can get the ball outside. he's a power fortunately downhill runner and good vision. he makes guys miss, too. it's not all just power. he's got a lot of power, but good speed, good quickness. >> his other arm and get his running. one of the things that sticks out is his speed. when he's able to hit the sideline and, go he's running pass, you know, quite a bit of games. so he's a tough running back. you know, he's probably running and playing as good as any back in the nfl right now. >> big sports extra ahead tonight. a complete breakdown of the jets and patriots. steve and mark in studio for a recap perform plus jackie in the house, time for her take. you can catch it all tonight after eagles and panthers on sunday ni

wide receiver brandon lafell is eligible to return to the active roster and that decision could come as early as tomorrow. >> you come in and you see tom throwing the ball 50 times. man, he is throwing the ball 50 times. bob: so, which team has the better quarterback? must be the one who' s guy has more td' s, fewer picks, and 500 more passing yards. not to mention for super bowl rings. let' s hear from the quarterbacks in the order of, first who' s awesome and second who' s not. >> that is a great robbery, i think. i think the first game was a monday night game when i went down there and the stadium was a great atmosphere for football. and we had a real great game against them. >> division games are always important, so in that regard, the division game, you know, you have to put your focus into you have to go out there. island tonight. i hope i was clear after the john farrell soundbite i was repeating what yankees fan said to him, not what i was saying. of course. i reacted as if he had just said that -- i was like, what? well, massachusetts is home to what a few millionaires and

frank: laconia is expected to antoinette: patriot wide receiver brandon lafell has been game against the jets. pats prepare for what could be their toughest test yet. lafell, who had 74 catches for over 900 yards a year ago, has been out all season with an injured left foot. he should be able to help, but it will take a total team effort to beat the nfl's top-ranked defense. tight end rob gronkowski says everyone will have to pull their weight. >> it is such a team game. it's not just about one individual player. it's about the offense as a whole. you see the receivers out there. they're making great plays. the runningbacks. everyone just works together as a team. when we get that win, everyone works together to do their job and everything is all good. antoinette: kickoff is at 1:00 at gilette. frank: that will be a good one. antoinette: can't wait. frank: coming up this morning, leaders of the roman catholic church holding a major summit. antoinette: the possible policy changes that may be in store for certain church members. >> i was 100% a danger to everybody around me. antoinette

lafell said ask bill, but he's certainly getting close. >> like i said, i've been chilling the last few months just rehabbing. bill allows me to go with the team to do my warm-ups good the became and get my mind back focusing on the game instead of just walking the game and actually being able to go and do walk-throughs, watching film with the team and getting my mind back ready to play. now that i'm back on the field running around, cutting, opening it up, getting able to run, catch balls, it feels great. >> for more on the pats and jets, check patriots all access right here on wbz. also take a look back at last sunday's sitdown with belichick and zolak. then on sunday, don't forget wbz's got you covered start to finish patriots game day at 1:30. kickoff is immediately followed by the post game show. >>> bc football team had a good week of practice, and they are hoping that it will lead to their first acc win of the eagles head to louisville. >> i can't explain enough how much it means to us to go down there and beat louisville to we're putting everything we have into the win and it is

fly into foxboro there is a bit of good news for pats fans, brandon lafell is set to make his season debut. he officially is activated for sund sat or he was activate and could help against their old friend derrell revis. without rex ryan the week is a bit more subdayed but tom brady is warning us the jets team is for real. >> they're very similar to us in a lot of ways. a big, tough physical team. you play in these elements, i think there is a lot of characteristics that make them tough to beat. so they play hard. they're off to a great start this year. defense. >> kickoff over in foxboro set for 1:00 today. head on to 7 news today in new england this morning. taking action. rhode island family filing a lawsuit against warner brothers, a popular horror movie at the certainty -- center of some controversy. >> milder start to the day. hopping the showers last and what to expect the rest of selling 18 homes? easy. building them all in four and a half months? now that was a leap. every favor i could, to track down enough lumber to get the job done. and i knew i could rely on american ex

. >> brandon lafell eligible to come off the list this week. the patriots have three weeks to make a decision whether or not they want to acts vate him. he had off-season foot surgery. now we know why the colts rusty gate play was such a mess. if you never practice it and one of the most important people in this picture here never practiced it, you u really shouldn't run it. >> clay ton gathers gets injured in the second quarter. insert whalen who had never done it before. he is now new center in a play he has never prabbed before. grif never got the heads up that this is happening. it is not in the play books. if he is not there for an audible that is added, he can't know. >> you don't know it, you don't practice it. you don't play it. >> five postseason games in a row murphy has hit a turn. six this postseason. these, folks, are the cubs. they get a strikeout. the ball gets away from the catcher and a run scores. then they try to make this catch and it winds up in the ivy. another run would eventually score. the poor cubs just can't help bein

well, after practicing with the team for the last three days, brandon lafelle hopes to play this weekend but there is still no guarantee just yet that he is even going to see the field for this sunday's afc east show down down. >>> now name' back on the field are youing around, cutting, open opening up, getting ready to run . >>> brandon is ready to play after starting the season on the purpose list with a food injury. it's bill belichick's decision if he is ready for this sunday's game against the jets ander did el revis . >>> that guy is unbelievable. he is one of the best in the game. i practice against this guy a lot last year even when i was >>> revis not the only jet patriots have been raving about this week. the five and 0 pats believe if they can stop chris ivory, they stop the 4 and 1 jets . >>> they are the number one rushing team in the league right now. obviously they put a lot of stock in him frances rivera requiry leads the league with an average of 115 rushing yards per game. the pats know the jets will try to win riding ivory's legs . >>> i am excited about this game, esp

bob: patriot wide receiver brandon lafell has been activated for tomorrow' s game against the jets re-enforcements as the patriots prepare for what could be their toughest test yet. he had 74 catches a year ago and have been out all season with an injured foot. he should be able to help. it will take a total team effort to beat their defense. >> it is such a team game. it is not just about one individual. it is about the offense as a whole. you see the receivers making great place. everyone works together as a team. everyone does their job. bob: later tom brady explains what makes the jets so much like the patriots. >> next on newscenter 5 -- bob: how fishermen saved a toddler caught up in the migrant crisis. >> have more water. fest. >> i think it is wonderful. bob: the pursuit of a world everyone is saying, "hey! you gotta get fios!" but why? well, fios is a 100 percent fiber optic network, so you can get 100% out of all your devices. so whatever speed you need, fios has it with the fastest internet and wi-fi available, from 50 to 500 mbps. but the main reason to get fios? we're rated number 1 i

who was supposed to be the replacement dante high tower are all questionable while receiver brandon lafell who knows. pats have until 4:00 p.m. saturday to activate him. now two weeks after being diagnosed with nonhodgkin's lymphoma john far really has been begin a clean bill of -- john farrell has been given a clean bill of health. >> i talked with tito every single day, every single day i will tell you that we shared a text and i can't thank him enough for the. >> he showed. question go on and on. letters from diehard yankee fans. it has a way of stripping down all those walls when you see the human side of people coming out it certainly gives you a boost. >> all right. some playoff baseball. game six al cbs s blue jays trailing three games to two. david price the pitcher against the royals well, the royals helped their cause making it a world series. how about the home run gives them a 2-0 lead. joey bat his second home run of the nightified the game up at 3. they're in the top of the eighth. we'll have more coming up at 11:00. folks fox 25 game day on paper it was a good one. one loss

. >> reporter: on the practice field today receiver brandon lafell who has missed the entire season and dante high to youer who has been out since the dallas cowboys game. in gillette stadium, brian salman, fox 25 sports. 92 wednesday, october 21st, 2015. >> wait a minute cubs win world series? >> yes that was the news of the day in back to the future two. the cubbies are about to get bounced by the mets tonight. hopefully they didn't jinx this bounced on jason hammel. taking one deep with two outs two strikes. the cubs playing from behind. blue jays staved off elimination this afternoon with an offensive outburst. framingham native got it going with a solo home run in the second inning. jays scored four more in the sixth with a good outing. headed to game six in kansas city in the alcs. blue jays win it today 6-1. two more minutes to vote for our week 7 high school football game of the week. really tight race between lawrence at north andover and hanover. there has been about 26,000

. >> jadiann: brandon lafell could make his season debut soon. he practiced with the team for the first time. he's been out dealing with a foot injury. the team has three weeks to acted evaluate him from the -- activate him from the physically unable to perform list. >> he's a dependable. consistent player. a incredible playmaker. he did covers the top guys every week, so i got a firsthand look at that last year every day in great to have him here but he moved on. now he's our competition again. >> talk about a super accomplishment. the watertown high school field hockey team set a national high school record. women's team. watertown has won 154 straight games. the raiders beat melrose to set the all-time record for consecutive victories. watertown wraps up the regular season tomorrow. >> jadiann: i hope they do well on the next game, too. >> christa: that's quite a run. >> jeremy: sure is. congratulations to them. temps are mild, in the middle 50s. a few showers marching into new england this morning. grab the rain gear for just a few isolated s