Patriots

Patriots: Collins Signing Highlights Underwhelming Linebacker Play

October 5, 2022
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The Patriots brought back Jamie Collins this week, the linebacker’s fourth stint with the team. He won Super Bowls in 2014 and 2018 with the Patriots and brought a high degree of athleticism to the group. His signing now, however, is not about a return to the glory days of an elite Patriots linebacking corps that featured Collins, Dont’a Hightower and Kyle Van Noy. It is about a group that…

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Patriots: Collins’ versatility and experience are the reasons he’s back

October 4, 2022
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The Patriots signed veteran linebacker Jaime Collins for a fourth time yesterday. Collins was not re-signed this past off-season after the team opted to get younger and faster on defense. The younger and faster experiment is in a holding pattern however after Collins was signed to the practice squad. The Patriots drafted in the second round of the 2013 draft. A former strong safety out of Southern Miss, Collins went…

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Patriots: Scrappy Zappe gives the Patriots a fighting chance in loss to Packers

October 3, 2022
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It is never easy to come into a game as a back up quarterback let alone the third string quarterback but Bailey Zappe proved in yesterday’s loss to the Packers that a young quarterback could enter that environment and compete. https://twitter.com/nfloncbs/status/1576715390268616704?s=46&t=UVyMZuFMcQlEimI6f4sRYw Zappe had to enter the game after veteran quarterback Brian Hoyer was knocked out with a concussion in the first quarter. You can tell early on that the Texas…

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Patriots Rewind: 7 Points on the Patriots 27-24 loss to the Packers

October 2, 2022
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The Patriots lost a heartbreaker to the Green Bay Packers in overtime, 27-24. The Patriots lost starting quarterback Brian Hoyer to a concussion in the first quarter, forcing rookie third string quarterback Bailey Zappe to come into the game. Zappe played admirably all things considered but it wasn’t enough. Here are seven points from today’s game. 1. Zappe plays: Kudos to you if you had Bailey Zappe playing today. Zappe…

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Patriots: Zappe forced into first NFL game; Pats hang tough, but lose to Green Bay in overtime

October 2, 2022
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Image courtesy of Mike Roemer/AP The 2022 season just keeps getting weirder. After a week of Brian Hoyer and endless backup quarterback talk, the veteran QB didn’t make it out of the first quarter when the Patriots traveled to Green Bay to face the Packers on Sunday. Hoyer was taken out of the game with a possible concussion after a big sack early on, thrusting rookie fourth round draft pick…

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Patriots Scouting Report: Making the passing game simple for Hoyer is a big key for the Patriots today

October 2, 2022
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Brian Hoyer is a veteran back up who knows the system so you would think that the Patriots will be able to do whatever they want on offense. That’s not the case however. While Hoyer might be well versed in the offense, the Patriots have to play to his strengths and run a game plan that suites him and the team. So what can you expect out of the Patriots…

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Patriots Four Down Preview: New England Patriots (1-2) at Green Bay Packers (2-1)

October 2, 2022
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By Tony Catalina Kickoff: The New England Patriots head to Lambeau Field to take on Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers. They will do so short handed as QB Mac Jones has already been ruled out. Brian Hoyer will be tasked with trying to give the Pats their second win of these against a hall of fame QB and a hostile environment.  The last time these two teams met in 2018 the…

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NEWFTBJ Staff Picks for Week 4

September 29, 2022
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Yeah I know we’re a little late to the pick party, but we dithered back and forth as to whether or not we wanted to do picks. Well, we decided we are. So here are Patriots, college and high school picks for the weekend. Patriots at Packers John: No Mac, no chance. Green Bay is not what they once were offensively but they’ll score enough to win what should be…

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Patriots: Coaches, teammates & Hoyer himself believe Pats can win with No. 5 under center

September 29, 2022
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Image Courtesy of Icon Sportswire/Getty Images Brian Hoyer was greeted with an “hey Axel,” by a member of the media on Wednesday afternoon. Hoyer responded with a “thanks a lot Slater.” If not for Mac Jones’ injury late in Sunday’s loss to Baltimore, many of us would have never known the backup quarterback’s real first name. Now, not only is Hoyer’s birth name common knowledge, but the veteran QB was…

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Patriots: Our first look at the Green Bay Packers

September 29, 2022
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By Mason Sousa, NEFTBJ Contributor Welp. This hurts. And by the looks of it Mac Jones was in a world of hurt on the final Patriots offensive play of the game in Week 3 as well.  It’s on to recovery of a high ankle sprain for Mac and it’s on to Green Bay for the rest of the New England Patriots. It’s one thing to lose a game, it’s another…

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