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Patriots hiring Ashton Grant as quarterbacks coach

January 23, 2025

Courtesy of the Cleveland Browns The Patriots are hiring Ashton Grant as the team’s new quarterbacks coach. For the second time in two years, New England is raiding the Cleveland Browns coaching staff for an offensive assistant. Last off season the Patriots hired Alex Van Pelt, T.C McCartney, Scott Peters and Robert Kugler off the Browns staff. Patriots coach Mike Vrabel worked with Grant in Cleveland last season so he…

Bill Belichick back in Massachusetts, but this time he was recruiting high school players

January 23, 2025

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Image courtesy of St. Sebastian’s Football Former Patriots coach Bill Belichick was back in Massachusetts on Thursday but this time he was recruiting for the University of North Carolina. As far as we know, Belichick made stops at Xaverian, Catholic Memorial, St. Sebastian’s, Arlington High School and Dexter-Southfield. He offered St. Sebs 2026 offensive tackle Marky Walbridge a scholarship. We will find out tomorrow if Belichick is still in the…

Alex Van Pelt not returning to the Patriots

January 23, 2025

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Photo credit Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe/Getty Images According to sources, former Patriots offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt will not be returning to the team. Van Pelt was not terminated after Jerod Mayo was let go earlier this month. There was speculation Van Pelt could return but with the team hiring Josh McDaniels on Tuesday, the Patriots decided to go in another direction. Van Pelt did a good job developing rookie…

Catholic Memorial’s Ramar Thomas is officially on the radar after committing to Boston College

January 22, 2025

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Courtesy of Ramar Thomas instagram We have been telling you about Ramar Thomas for months. Now you know why. The Catholic Memorial freshmen quarterback/athlete received his first college offer on Friday and by Sunday evening, he was committed to Boston College, continuing the CM to BC pipeline. Thomas was originally offered by the Eagles in early December and was on campus this past weekend for an unofficial visit. Quarterback coach…

5 reasons why hiring Josh McDaniels is a great move

January 22, 2025

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Getty Images The Patriots have brought back a familiar face to run the offense under Mike Vrabel. Josh McDaniels is back as the team’s offensive coordinator. is a great move for a myriad of reasons. His reputation as a developer of quarterbacks is well documented and he is a terrific play designer and play caller who will put players in position to succeed. Here are five reasons why this is…

Patriots hiring Josh McDaniels as offensive coordinator

January 21, 2025

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According to sources, a familiar name is returning to Foxboro. The Patriots are hiring Josh McDaniels as their new offensive coordinator under Mike Vrabel. This will McDaniels third stint as the Patriots offensive coordinator since 2006. McDaniels was the presumptive front runner after Vrabel was hired. He did not coach last season but has kept his family in the area and still has close ties to the franchise. McDaniels interviewed…

Patriots to retain special teams coordinator Jeremy Springer

January 21, 2025

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AP The Patriots announced earlier today that they are retaining special teams coach Jeremy Springer. Springer did a great job turning the Patriots special teams around after two tough seasons. According to PFF, the Patriots had the second ranked special teams unit in the league this past season. A dramatic improvement when you consider just how bad the special teams were in 2022 and 2023 under Can Achord and Joe…

Patriots Draft: Players to watch in the national championship game

January 20, 2025

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The national championship game features the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Ohio State Buckeyes. There are several players to keep an eye on for the Patriots in the draft. Here players to watch for both teams. Specially players that fit the Patriots and what they will like to do. Notre Dame Riley Leonard, QB, 6-4 216: Leonard is a good athlete and has been more of a runner than…

2024 NEFJ CIAC All-State Teams

January 20, 2025

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It was another fantastic year for high school football in Connecticut. From start to finish, it was an exciting season filled with parity. Here are our first, second and third teams as well as this year’s honorable mentions. Congrats to everyone on a great year, we’re already looking forward to a stellar 2025. First Team Offense QB: Nick Conlan, West Haven, Sr. RB: John Manning, Windsor, Sr. RB: Michael Walters,…

2024 All-Founders League Teams

January 19, 2025

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It was another sensational season on the gridiron in the Founders League and there were several fantastic performers that deserved to be honored. So, without further ado. Here are our All-Founder League teams for the 2024 season. PLAYER OF THE YEAR: JEREMIAH WASHINGTON, CHOATE LINEMAN OF THE YEAR: WILL BLACK, CHOATE OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: BLAKE HEBERT, BRUNSWICK DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: ISAIAH REESE, PHILLIPS-EXETER FIRST TEAM…