No matter who the Patriots quarterback is this season, their job may be a lot easier. Not because of the wide receivers or tight ends they signed and not just because of their outstanding offensive line, but because this group of running backs may be one of the best in the NFL and it was on display Thursday night. Led by rookie Rhamondre Stevenson (127 yards, 2 TD’s, one for…
If this were a prize fight, Mac Jones would be up 1-0 through the first round. After some see-saw days throughout training camp, Jones and Cam Newton took their competition to the game field on Thursday night for the first football game at Gillette Stadium since Tom Brady’s final game as a Patriot. New England beat Washington 22-13, but the only thing that mattered to the majority of the people…
The Patriots kick off the pre-season tonight against the Washington Football Team. There will plenty of storylines heading into the game but the focus will be on the players. Here are twelve players to watch tonight as the Patriots kick off the 2021 season. 1. Mac Jones, QB: All eyes will be on the rookie first round pick. The big thing I will be watching for is how he handles…
After coming off their worst season in 20 years, the New England Patriots kickoff its preseason schedule with a date with the Washington Football Team on Thursday night at Gillette Stadium (7:30 p.m.). With players coming and going this past offseason, there will certainly be plenty of things to look for in all three phases of the game for the Pats. Washington will be looking to build off their surprising…
FOXBOROUGH – For the final time before their first preseason game, the Pats were back at practice on a muggy Tuesday afternoon. This one was a bit different as the team was inside Gillette Stadium for the second time in five days, this time for a public practice. Here’s what stood out as the team prepared for the Washington Football Team… -As fans entered the stadium the very first song…
We’ve all been there at one point or another. Looking on LinkedIn, completely unsure of what the future holds, praying that something falls into your lap. Patriots kicker Quinn Nordin was just like us, debating on his next step in life after going undrafted out of Michigan when he got a phone call from the Patriots. Now, with veteran Nick Folk missing time in training camp, Nordin has taken an…
Photo by David Rosenblum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Follow me on twitter @zcarey13 The New England Patriots had one of the most opportunistic sequences to start their 2021 NFL Draft that I have seen in a while. In the first round, sitting at pick 15, Mac Jones fell to New England who scooped him up quickly after staying put during Justin Fields‘ slide. Mac had one of the best college…
After twenty years of elite quarterback play, Patriots fans finally experienced what the other 31 franchises have endured during that time period. Life is hard without a franchise quarterback. The Patriots had the epitome of a franchise quarterback in Tom Brady but as year one of the Post-Brady era reminded us, you cannot win championships without elite level quarterback play. No one envisioned Cam Newton of all people being Brady’s…
Image courtesy of Getty Images For years, the Patriots offense was centered around Tom Brady and throwing the football. Then, things shifted philosophically during the 2018 season. The emphasis was on running the football more. Bill Belichick used the team’s two first round picks in that draft on offensive tackle Isaiah Wynn and running back Sony Michel, both out of Georgia. Michel looked like a lead back during his rookie…
Nelson Agholor will be the Patriots de facto number one receiver this season. The wide receiver position has been much maligned in recent years for the Patriots..You can make the case that the position has been under scrutiny since Randy Moss and Wes Weller were on the team. Even when the team was winning Super Bowls the last six years, people questioned how good the Patriots receivers were. The position…