Author: Kevin Stone
What would Bill Belichick be doing if he hadn’t become a coach?
Bill Belichick usually doesn’t do media stuff if he doesn’t have to, but he made an exception recently. ‘The 33rd Team’ is made up of former NFL players, coaches and staffers, so Belichick was on a podcast of theirs recently talking about a number of things. At the end of the 20-ish minute session, Belichick was asked what he’d be doing if he hadn’t become a football coach. The answer…
Jones arraigned on Tuesday, still a member of the Patriots for now
(Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool) Early on Tuesday morning in East Boston, Jack Jones was arraigned on weapons charges. Jones posted a $30,000 cash bail, pleaded not guilty and has a probable cause hearing on August 18, a day before New England will play Green Bay in a preseason game. The Patriots will have joint practices with the Packers that week as well. Jones’ attorney Rosemary Scapicchio spoke…
Pats cancel final minicamp practice, who had the best & worst spring?
It’s become common over the past few years for bill Belichick to cancel the final mandatory minicamp practice if he believes the team is in a good place. On Wednesday morning, he did so again as the team was headed off for some team bonding instead of heading back out onto the practice fields behind Gillette Stadium. With OTA’s and now minicamp in the books, we won’t get a look…
Patriots Journal – Minicamp (2nd edition)
Day two of Patriots mandatory minicamp is in the books. Here’s what we saw over the course of the two-hour session. One more left on Wednesday before the team heads home. -Julian Edelman was in the house. -Season ticket holders got to view practice and grab a few autographs, as well as meet Pat Patriot and some of the cheerleaders. Cool training camp-like atmosphere. -The team ran some conditioning drills…
Patriots Journal – Minicamp (1st edition)
Real football! Ok, not really, but kind of. On Monday, the Patriots began mandatory minicamp which in theory should have given us our first true look at the team, but there were still quite a few absences. Mac Jones had a good day but it got ugly down the stretch. That and more in our latest edition of the Patriots Journal with everything we saw for two hours… -James White…
Renegades complete another unbeaten regular season
Image courtesy of Faith Worrell, Boston Renegades Another year, another unblemished record. What else is new? The Renegades made it another perfect regular season at 6-0 by beating Pittsburgh on the road 32-12 on Saturday. Quarterback Allison Cahill threw for 205 yards and two touchdowns. The 205 helped bring her over the 25,000 yard mark for career passing yards as she continues to build a ridiculous resumé. Meanwhile, Ruth Matta…
Patriots Journal – OTA’s (3rd Edition)
The voluntary part of the NFL offseason is officially over. With one more voluntary OTA in the books on Friday, the team now turns its attention towards mandatory mini camp next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. While Friday’s OTA was another slower-paced session and only lasted about an hour, there was still some impressive performances. Here’s everything you need to know from the hillside at Gillette… -Lots of absences again today….