Image courtesy of Wrestling Fandom FOXBOROUGH – Everyone saw Mack Hollins’ entrance to the AFC title game in Denver. Everyone saw Vrabel and the team repeatedly yelling ‘Warriorsss! Come out and playyyy!” after the win at snowy Empower Field. Obviously, it’s been in reference to the 1979 film ‘The Warriors.’ But, it was actually a different type of Road Warriors example that Vrabel began using earlier this season. If you’re…

FOXBOROUGH – We’re onto Santa Clara. The Patriots officially began their prep for Super Bowl LX inside the Win Waste Innovations Field House on Thursday afternoon, with one final practice in Foxborough set for Friday before the team heads out to California Sunday. Before they depart, there will be a rally at 9:30 a.m. inside Gillette Stadium. The Pats are scheduled to arrive in Santa Clara around 3:30 p.m. out…

Ever wondered what it’s like for a reporter to travel to a road game? Me too. As a freelancer covering high school and college sports for the first 15 years of my career, hopping on a flight and covering the Patriots in any game – let alone the AFC Championship – was always a pipe dream. Until now. Also, for the record, John and I have both gone to MetLife…

The records will always say that it worked, but if you had eyes during the AFC Championship on Sunday, you know the ‘tush push’ ran by the Patriots would certainly give the Eagles a laugh. Drake Maye picked up a huge first down – luckily based on replay – with both Milton Williams and Khyiris Tonga in the backfield on 4th-&-1 during the 16-play, 64-yard drive that chewed up the…

Image courtesy of Newsday DENVER, CO – “This is not real. It’s a simulation.” As Garrett Bradbury stood in the giant visitors locker room at Empower Field – stilly fully padded – his smile was impossible to wipe away from his face. He was almost speechless. Bradbury chirped Will Campbell as he was interviewed, yelling ‘you’re 21! What do you know about this?!’ As he answered a few questions of…

FOXBOROUGH – Things always get blown out of proportion this week and during the bye week before the Super Bowl. Fans and the media are always looking for anything other than the actual game to grab onto and push as a narrative. Bulletin board material is usually floating around somewhere. This time around, it took until Thursday, but Broncos head coach Sean Payton may have unintentionally given the New England…

Image courtesy of MassLive By Alan Segel NEFJ Contributor  FOXBOROUGH – Perfection.  It is more than just a word. It is a condition, state or quality of being free or as free as possible from all flaws or defects. When it comes to sports, perfection is something extremely hard to achieve. It does not matter the sport; perfection just does not happen very often and usually not at all.  Here…

FOXBOROUGH – Whether it was the throng of extra media members packed into the media workroom at Gillette Stadium on Wednesday or the AFC Championship backdrop at the podium, it was hard to avoid things being much different this week. The Patriots welcomed dozens of outlets to Gillette to kick off the week and despite the frenzied feel, the team is trying to keep things as normal as possible. “I…