The Eagles up front heard all the noise last year. It was impossible not to hear it given how loud it was at times. BC’s offensive line was in shambles and simply never recovered. Well, 2022 is over with and through three spring practices in 2023, the confidence all of the big guys have in each other up front is glaring. There’s depth, size, agility and some downright nastiness in…
Image courtesy of Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports The Patriots made their first big addition of 2023 on Wednesday. With the “official” start of free agency, New England signed former Pittsburgh and Kansas City wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster to a three-year, $33 million dollar contract. Smith-Schuster is 26 and was a second round pick by the Steelers in 2017. Smith-Schuster had a strong rookie year (58/917/7) before exploding for 111/1,426/7) in…
Image courtesy of Holy Cross Athletics On Thursday evening, Holy Cross will be back on a field as a team for the first time since the soul-crushing defeat in the FCS playoffs. With guys like Matt Sluka and Jalen Coker back offense and some familiar faces on defense, there’s little reason to believe that HC can’t have another magical season and make another deep playoff run. Now, in fairness, going…
Image courtesy of BC Athletics When spring ball rolls around, 99.9999999% of people never think about kicker unless it’s an absolute glaring hole. For BC fans, the thought that kicker could be a big time position battle before the 2023 season begins hasn’t been a topic of conversation, but it very well could be a critical spot. For now, it’s Connor Lytton’s job to lose. During his first season in…
Following the second day of spring practice on Tuesday morning, BC head coach Jeff Hafley talked about the assimilation process for his new coordinators, particularly on offense. While nothing has changed schematically on the defensive side of the ball, the offense has been giving the defense fits early on since everything is brand new. “Chud wasn’t really part of the scheme and structure of everything we were doing, so it’s…
Image courtesy of Atlanta Falcons If Boston College needs any help recruiting for ‘O-Line U’ in the offseason, the staff should just have potential recruits look at Chris Lindstrom’s new contract. With NFL free agency starting, the Falcons announced an extension for one of the NFL’s best offensive linemen on Monday. Lindstrom signed a five-year, $105 million extension with $63 million of that contract guaranteed. The deal makes him the…
FOXBOROUGH – It’s almost time UMass fans. Year two for the return of Don Brown and a higher bar for the program is what the Minutemen are looking at when taking the field for the first day of spring practice in three weeks. That “high bar” may only be three-ish wins for now (it’s going to be a slow build, start preparing yourselves again now), but there clearly needs to…
FOXBOROUGH – While the MHSFCA Coaches Clinic at Gillette Stadium every year is mostly just a giant networking event and a place to talk ball, Saturday’s luncheon is always special. Not because of the pasta, garlic bread or meatballs served at Gillette Stadium, but because one special player is recognized every year by the association and Gold Athletics with a Leadership Scholarship. This year’s recipient was Chelmsford’s Joe Mitri. Mitri…
FOXBOROUGH – Before spring ball starts back up on Tuesday, Boston College head coach Jeff Hafley, director of recruiting Jason Tudryn and new co-defensive coordinator Sean Duggan were all at Gillette Stadium for the 25th MHSFCA Coaches Clinic on Saturday to give presentations. Following Coach Haf’s presentation on secondary play that had standing-room-only attendance, he was nice enough to give us an exclusive interview about a number of things revolving…
FOXBOROUGH – With spring ball rapidly approaching and the sling off, Don Brown was putting his passion for football on display Friday night. Brown was one of many presenters over the two-day MHSFCA New England Football Coaches Clinic at Gillette Stadium. Brian Belichick kicked things off with a presentation about defensive run force, fits and gaps around 4 P.M. at the event hosted by the Patriots, specifically Fred Kirsch, Gary…