Getty Images When Jerod Mayo took over for Bill Belichick in January, his primary focus when building his staff was on the offensive side of the ball. He could afford to focus on the offense because he knew the strength of his team would be on the defensive side of the ball. It is not to say that Mayo did not care about the defense, he obviously does. He is…
Courtesy of the Akron Beacon Journal New head coach Jerod Mayo wanted to take the Patriots in a different offensively when he was hired as the new Patriots coach in January. He wanted to get away from the Weis, McDaniels multiple offense that defined the organization’s offensive philosophy under Bill Belichick for the past 24 years. Mayo hired former Pitt great, NFL quarterback and longtime assistant Alex Van Pelt as…
The Patriots have signed running back Rhamondre Stevenson to a four year, $36 million dollar extension. It includes $17 million in guarantees. The deal was first announced by ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Stevenson said during mandatory minicamp that the two sides were “pretty close”. Well, it appears his agent and Patriots Executive of Football Operations Eliot Wolf got the deal done. The Patriots drafted Stevenson in the fourth round of the…
According to ESPN’s Mike Reiss, Patriots guard Cole Strange tore his patellar tendon last season and that is why he has been out of action since the injury. Strange suffered in the injury in his left knee. As a result, Patriots coach Jerod Mayo deemed Strange “month to month” when he met with the media during OTA’s. The Patriots repped second year guard Sidy Sow at left guard this spring….
FOXBOROUGH- Tom Brady was inducted into the Patriots Hall of Fame on Wednesday night. It was an amazing ceremony befitting of the greatest player of all-time, the greatest quarterback of all-time and the greatest Patriot of all-time. NBC’s Mike Tirico emceed the event and he did a good job of hosting the three hour event. The induction reminded me of a Pro Football Hall of Fame induction ceremony but with…
The Patriots announced that they have signed second round draft Ja’Lynn Polk. Polk, 23, was selected by the Patriots in the second round of the 2024 NFL Draft with the 37th pick overall out of Washington. The 6-foot-1, 203-pounder played in 41 games in college and finished with 143 receptions for 2,231 yards with 18 touchdowns. Last season, Polk had 69 receptions for 1,159 yards and 9 touchdowns. He began…
Former Patriots running back Damien Harris was on the Athletic’s Football Show podcast recently with Robert Mays and talked about a variety of things including the offense during the 2022 season. Harris confirmed everything we pretty much already knew. It was a debacle. Harris said the players knew the offense under Matt Patricia and Joe Judge wasn’t going to work even before the season started. “We knew before our first…
New Patriots offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt met with the media on Tuesday morning prior to the Patriots final OTA practice. Van Pelt answered several questions including ones on the quarterback competition. Van Pelt made it clear. Veteran Jacoby Brissett is the team’s starter. For now. “Jacoby, again, is our starter. He’s playing excellent football for us in the spring. And Drake is coming on. Until that changes, we’re going…
The Patriots announced on Friday afternoon that they have third round draft pick Caedan Wallace. Wallace, 24, was selected by the Patriots in the third round of the 2024 NFL Draft with the 68th overall pick out of Penn State. The 6’5, 314-pounder was named honorable mention All-Big Ten Conference while starting in all 13 games at right tackle during the 2023 season. He also earned the school’s Lion’s Pride…
The Patriots have signed first round pick Drake Maye. The team announced the signing yesterday afternoon. Maye signed a fully guaranteed four-year, $36.63 million deal that includes a $23.46 million signing bonus according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Getting Maye signed earlier than later is important for several reasons. For one, he can now focus on learning the offense and playing football. Typically most top ten picks get their deals done…