Image courtesy of Maddie Meyer/Getty Images FOXBOROUGH – No one knew what Pop Douglas was going through before the game Sunday. Not even his head coach. As we’ve all seen and heard by now, Douglas revealed postgame in an interview with NFL Network that he was dealing with tragedy after his uncle was shot and killed on Saturday night. Pop went on to have a career day, catching four passes…

Image courtesy of Charles Krupa/AP Photo FOXBOROUGH – If you had told a Patriots fan three months ago that halfway through the season the Pats would be tied for the No. 1 seed in the AFC, they probably would have laughed at you. Well, thanks to a missed extra point from old friend Parker Romo and one big third down conversion from Drake Maye to Hunter Henry in the final…

Image courtesy of the New England Patriots FOXBOROUGH – Ordinarily, most NFL players would head home our out to celebrate with friends or family after a big win that kept their team in first place. Not Mack Hollins. Last Sunday, after the Patriots handled the Browns relatively easily, Hollins wasn’t in a hurry to leave Foxborough. Quite the opposite, actually. Hollins had 25 Special Olympics kids as his guests at…

The third in a trio of moves on Tuesday evening wasn’t all that surprising. The Patriots signed Marcus Jones to a well-deserved three-year extension earlier in the day, then traded Keion White around dinner time. About an hour later, reports started to circulate that New England was trading veteran safety Kyle Dugger to the Steelers. Mike Vrabel’s reshaping of the organization rolls on with exactly a week to go until…