Image courtesy of Brown Athletics PROVIDENCE- Brown made major strides last season finishing 5-5 but the expectations are much higher this season for a team that returns seven fifth year players and 23 seniors overall. Despite the higher expectations, Coach James Perry doesn’t look too far ahead. He wants his team to focus on the day to day and to have short and long term goals. It was the first……
Our fourth annual preseason All-Division One teams are here. As always, a lot of work goes into this list and we hope we recognized all the players that deserve the recognition. We do our best to promote the players and the programs. Here are our three teams and our Honorable Mention team. First Team Offense QB: Thomas Castellanos, Jr. Boston College RB: Jordan Fuller, Sr. Holy Cross RB: Kye Robichaux,……
The Patriots were busy on Wednesday, signing seven players who they released to their practice squad and claiming four other players. The Patriots claimed LB Curtis Jacobs off waivers from Kansas City, OT Demontrey Jacobs off waivers from Denver, DT Eric Johnson off waivers from Indianapolis and OT Zach Thomas off waivers from the Los Angeles Rams. In order to add those players, the Patriots cut CB Isaiah Bolden, DT…
WALPOLE- It was a beautiful afternoon to renew a rivalry at Walpole’s Turco Field as crosstown rivals Norwood and Walpole met in a game scrimmage. The long time rivals both return talented squads and are among the favorites in their respective leagues. Here three observations from the scrimmage. 1. Mustangs return good senior class: Norwood returns a good senior class led by Jack Dwyer, Drew Bartucca, Danny Russo and Brian……
Image courtesy of Thad Brown/WROC It was a great day for New England College Football on Tuesday as several former FCS players from the region made NFL rosters. Former Holy Cross star receiver Jalen Coker made the Carolina Panthers roster while fellow Crusader teammate C.J Hanson made the Kansas City Chiefs roster. Another former Crusader, defensive end Benton Whitley made the New York Giants roster. Former Yale All-Ivy League wide……
Image courtesy of UConn Athletics UConn coach Jim Mora announced on Tuesday that Wisconsin transfer Nick Evers will be the team’s starting quarterback. The decision was made “couple of weeks ago” according to Mora. Evers beat out former Maine quarterback Joe Fagnano, former Wachusett standout Tucker McDonald and Texas true freshmen Cole Welliver. Mora did not want to make the decision publicly but he felt pressed into during Tuesday morning’s……
The Patriots have to get down to 53 players on their roster by today at 4 pm. The team has already started cutting players as a dozen players were released yesterday. After final cuts are made, the team can bring players back as part of their 16 member practice squad. Here is who we think will make the final cut. QB’s (3) Jacoby Brissett Drake Maye Joe Milton Thoughts: Zappe is…
It is time for Patriots coach Jerod Mayo to pick a starting quarterback and move on from the circus that he has created in many ways. Mayo’s mixed messaging all spring and summer has come to a head. Either put an end to the shenanigans and name Jacoby Brissett the starter or bypass Drake Maye’s development and throw him to the wolves. Enough with the back and forth! The Patriots…
The Patriots wrapped up the preseason with a 20-10 loss to the Washington Commanders on Sunday night. Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports Here are seven takeaways from the loss as the Patriots are onto Cincinnati. 1. Maye Day: Drake Maye took over for Jacoby Brissett after the first series and proceeded to lead the team on an 11 play, 88 yard drive that was capped off by an 18 yard touchdown…
Drake Maye could find himself in the drivers seat to be the Patriots starting quarterback after his performance in Sunday night’s preseason finale against the Washington Commanders. Jacoby Brissett started the game but only played one series after he was hit and driven into the ground, tweaking his shoulder. The team announced he was questionable in the second quarter. Drake Maye vs the Commanders: 13/20 143 total yards 1 TD,…