FOXBOROUGH – Kevin Byard has known Mike Vrabel for quite a while now. Romeo Doubs hasn’t, but he’s already all in with his new head coach. Two of the newest Patriots met the media on Tuesday afternoon following another day of voluntary offseason workouts. Each Tuesday and Thursday throughout the spring leading into mandatory minicamp in a few weeks, the team has made new signees available. All of them have…

FOXBOROUGH – It was a little later than usual, but the Patriots’ first round draft pick Caleb Lomu stepped onto the field at Gillette Stadium for the first time on Thursday. Lomu walked out of the home tunnel in-between Robert and Jonathan Kraft right around 4:00 p.m. The three took their time as Lomu looked around, gazing up at the image of himself in a Utah uniform on the giant…

FOXBOROUGH – It’s always a good sign when a free agent signing builds an immediate rapport with the franchise QB. New fullback (and maybe more) Reggie Gilliam met the media in a press conference setting for the first time inside the New Balance Athletics Center on Tuesday. Gilliam did sit down in a roundtable scrum soon after signing with the rest of the free agent class, but now that he’s…

I’m obviously biased, but this is the best sports fan base in the country. As far as being true a-holes to opponents, Philly probably takes first, then it’s a battle between Boston and New York and Detroit has an argument. Chicago is too nice. So, for some of the newest free agent signings for the Patriots, getting to be on the other side of fans’ attention will be a welcomed…