Author: Kevin Stone
Patriots add position versatility & swagger with 4th round picks
Images courtesy of New England Patriots It’s impossible to know whether or not the newest Patriots receiver Javon Baker – the team’s 110th overall pick out of UCF – will be a future No. 1, but he certainly sounds like it. It’s been a long time since New England had a receiver with as much confidence and swagger as Baker, who was asked to describe his game to fans on……
Yale’s Amegadjie makes program & Ivy League history; ready to protect Williams
Image courtesy of ESPN Yale’s dominant offensive lineman Kiran Amegadjie was taken 75th overall pick by Chicago in the third round of the 2024 NFL Draft on Friday night. That’s the highest a Bulldog has been drafted since 1982 and the highest any Ivy League player has been drafted since 1998. Not only that, but he’s going to get to play for his hometown team inside Solider Field. “I can’t……
Pats take three offensive players to open NFL Draft for 1st time since 2006
Laurence Maroney, Chad Jackson and David Thomas. No, not the English Muffin guy. The tight end. Those were the three offensive selections the Patriots started the 2006 draft with. It’s also the last time the team took three straight offensive guys to begin a New England draft. Until this weekend. After taking (presumably) new QB1 Drake Maye third overall on Thursday night, the Patriots took Washington wide receiver Ja’Lynn Polk……
A perfect first Maye Day at Gillette
FOXBOROUGH – Around 12:15 on Friday on a perfect day to take a stroll around Patriots’ Place, one fan sat on a bench with a ‘Welcome Drake’ sign. By the time Maye, Jonathan and Robert Kraft walked out of the home team tunnel and onto the field for his introductory press conference and official jersey photo op, about 20-30 fans lined the gate outside the stadium cheering and whistling. A…
Maye was Patriots’ guy all along
FOXBOROUGH – Weeks ago. That’s how long the Patriots have known they’re taking Drake Maye at No. 3. Eliot Wolf and Jerod Mayo met with the media minutes after selecting the big UNC quarterback and ultimately, the next face of the franchise – for three years at least. While fans and media members wrestled with the future of the highest pick the Patriots have had since 1993, those inside the…
Interesting pre-draft notes on Thursday
Mike Reiss is arguably the most plugged-in media member this area has had since Will McDonough. So, it’s no surprise that Reiss had three interesting little nuggets of reporting on Thursday morning just hours before the biggest draft for the Patriots since 1993. The nugget about No. 34 is interesting since that pick has been linked quite a bit to a possible trade for Tee Higgins. But, if New England…