FOXBOROUGH – Drake Maye’s life on the football field just got a lot safer. As has been the consensus for a while now, the Patriots did in fact take LSU tackle Will Campbell with the fourth overall pick in the NFL Draft on Thursday night. While offensive line isn’t always the sexiest pick, protecting Maye was priority No. 1 in the draft process. Campbell is ready to put his life…
FOXBOROUGH – For the final time until one of the most critical drafts in Patriots history, Mike Vrabel met with the media on Tuesday afternoon to discuss a bunch of different things before it all goes down next week in Green Bay. Not only is it imperative for the Patriots to get immediate help on the offensive line and at receiver, but the day two and day three picks that…
FILE PHOTO Former Patriots tight end Don Hasselbeck passed away on Monday at the age of 70. Hasselbeck’s son Matt broke the news on social media last night. Hasselbeck died after suffering cardiac arrest at his home. “He was a great husband, father, grandfather, friend, coach, player, coworker, artist, mentor, and storyteller,” Matt Hasselbeck wrote on social media. “Despite being an All-American at Colorado and a Super Bowl Champion with the…
Image courtesy of the New England Patriots The Patriots announced Julian Edelman, Logan Mankins and Adam Vinatieri as the three finalists for the Patriots Hall of Fame. One of the three will join Bill Parcells who is going in as a contributor. Patriots owner Robert Kraft announced that Parcells would be going into the Hall of Fame last week at the NFL Owners Meetings. Parcells became the 36th person to…
FOXBOROUGH – Meeting with the media for the first time since signing as a free agent, Garrett Bradbury was all smiles on Thursday afternoon. The former Minnesota Viking touched on a lot of different topics for about 10 minutes, ranging from replacing David Andrews, a unique connection with Drake Maye and what it’s been like working with new offensive line coach (and former BC assistant) Doug Marrone. Arguably the biggest…
FOXBOOUGH – It’s hard to believe, but along with Christian Gonzalez and Jabrill Peppers, Marcus Jones is now a veteran leader in the Patriots locker room. Jones is entering his fourth year in the league and thanks to all of the departures from the Patriots locker room, Jones is one of a few guys left that’s been here for three different eras now between Belichick, Mayo and Vrabel. Jones is…
FOXBOROUGH – For the first time since signing as a free agent, Harold Landry met with the media on Tuesday afternoon at Gillette Stadium. Players are in the building for the first part of the voluntary offseason workout and for Landry, it’s been a bit of a whirlwind getting re-acclimated to the area. Landry was drafted in April of 2018, which means it’s been a long time since he’s been…
Image courtesy of Sorinex Equipment The Patriots kicked off the first voluntary workouts of the Mike Vrabel era on Monday. Several high profile players were in town to begin the off-season program. The first phase of the off-season program is voluntary for the players but the expectation is that the majority of the team will participate. Among the players set to arrive at the Patriots’ facility on Monday are starting…
FOXBOROUGH – Making a return to Massachusetts after a stellar career at Boston College, Harold Landry has the chance to help make this Patriots defense elite. On Friday afternoon when defensive assistant coaches met with the media in various groups for about 10-15 minutes, I briefly caught up with new outside linebackers coach Mike Smith to talk about what stands out with Landry on film until he gets to work…
FOXBOROUGH – Josh McDaniels took the podium inside the Gillette Stadium media workroom right around 1:00 on Thursday with a huge smile. “Hello world,” he said. McDaniels looked like a man who was thrilled to be back in the building with a chance to try and help the organization get back to where it was once he left. The problem with that is there’s one giant piece of the puzzle…