Author: John Sarianides
Patriots: In a surprising turn of events, Nick Caserio is coming back to the Patriots after signing a multi year deal
The Patriots announced last week that Director of Player Personnel Nick Caserio has agreed to terms on a new contract that will keep him in New England. Caserio has been with the organization for 19 years and was promoted to Director of Player Personnel in 2008. If you remember last summer, there was speculation that Caserio was being courted by the Houston Texans and that when his contract expired after…
Opinion: The XFL is back. Will it work this time?
By Kevin J. Stone/@kstone06/@newftbj Can the XFL work this time? It’s a question that’s been asked since Vince McMahon announced that the league would be coming back. Of course, the first league failed after just one season, but circumstances are different now, and there are reasons to believe that this version can last – or at least last longer than a year. First and foremost, the means to watch these…
Patriots: Stephon Gilmore wins Defensive Player of the Year
By Kevin J. Stone/@kstone06/@newftbj On Saturday night before Kansas City ultimately ended a 50-year drought, the NFL held the now annual “NFL Honors” awards ceremony to officially cap the 2019 season. While we’ve grown accustomed to seeing other stars around the NFL accept awards at this event while Patriot players are holed up in their hotel rooms getting ready for yet another “biggest game of their life”, this year –…
Patriots: Richard Seymour not getting into the Hall of Fame this year is a travesty
Richard Seymour narrowly missed out on being elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame this past weekend. For the second year in a row, he finished in the top ten for modern candidates. Seymour has been on the ballot for three years and while he is inching closer to getting in, the voters just don’t seem comfortable with putting him in Canton right now. If Seymour were to get…
Patriots: Tom Brady is playing mind games and quite frankly, I am over it
Photo courtesy of Tom Brady’s twitter account. The football world was abuzz on Thursday when Tom Brady posted this picture of him walking into an empty stadium on his Instagram account. Rumors started circulating that this was Brady walking into Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. Others interpreted the picture as Brady possibly hinting at retirement. A few people mentioned that he was paying homage to Kobe Bryant who had a…
Patriots: Dante Scarnecchia’s retirement leaves a huge void on the Patriots coaching staff
Offensive line coach Dante Scarnecchia has retired after spending the past 34 of his 36 years in the NFL with the Patriots. During his illustrious career, Scarnecchia coached under head coaches Ron Meyer, Raymond Berry, Dick MacPherson, Bill Parcells, Pete Carroll and Bill Belichick. Scarnecchia was the only coach in league history along with former Steelers running backs coach Dick Hoak to coach 30 plus years with organization. The 71…