The Patriots and Eagles are scheduled to play a pre-season game on August 19th but before they play the game, the two teams will hold joint practices in Philadelphia on August 16th and 17th. Bill Belichick has long been an advocate of joint practices. He believes it is a good way to evaluate his team against another team in a practice setting while at the same time getting a look at players on…
Former Patriots defensive end Jake Bequette announced yesterday that he is running for the U.S Senate. Bequette is running for the senate in Arkansas. Bequette played his high school football at Catholic High School in Little Rock and then went on to star the University of Arkansas. He was a third round pick of the Patriots in 2012. Bequette played four seasons in New England from 2012 to 2015 however he only…
With 19 days left (including today) in our 25 day celebration of the 1996 AFC championship team, what better time than now to shine a light on the guy who wore No. 19 throughout his Patriots tenure, Tom Tupa. That’s right, today is dedicated to a punter. Tupa actually had a remarkably long career in the NFL, entering the league as a third rounder (68th overall) when he was picked…
This is our third and fourth installment of the 25-day project and today we’ll be taking a look at one of the most important stretches during the season from October 20th through November 10th in two sections. During that time, the Pats rattled off four straight wins to go from 3-3 to 7-3. Two of the victories were critically important against Buffalo and Miami which was no easy task back…
By Kevin J. Stone/@kstone06 We’ve gone through the early part of the schedule and taken a look at one hell of a year from Curtis Martin in 1996, but today we’re going to flip the field and take a look at some of the key defensive contributors to that Super Bowl run. Arguably the best corner in Patriots history and possibly the best corner in the history of the game…
We’re going to take a break from a look back at the schedule today and focus on one of the key pieces from that season, Curtis Martin. The Rookie of the Year in 1995 after being selected 74th overall in the third round, Martin came right back with 1,152 yards on 316 carries in 1996. Martin also added 14 rushing touchdowns, 46 catches for 333 yards and three receiving touchdowns….
The Patriots went all in this off-season spending over $160 million dollars on new contracts. The shopping spree was very Un-Patriot like and a surprise given Bill Belichick’s tendency to be fiscally conservative when it comes to spending money. Fans thought for sure that the new free spending Bill would continue to spend money by trading for Julio Jones. Jones openly acknowledged he wanted to come to New England to…
Photo courtesy of Steven Senne/AP Cam Newton has been diagnosed with a bruised right hand after hitting it on a soft pad during a drill in Friday’s OTA’s. Newton missed the rest of practice and according to The Athletic’s Jeff Howe, is scheduled to miss all of next week’s OTA’s. It sounds like Newton is expected to be back for mini camp the week of June 14th. Newton’s injury allows…
Both Bill Belichick and offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels respectively praised the performances of Mac Jones and Cam Newton at OTA’s this week. Belichick met with the media yesterday and when asked about his assessment of Jones thus far, gave a surprising answer by his standards. “He has a pretty good understanding of the things that we do… He’s working hard. He puts in a lot of time. Certainly giving his…
Add Dan Marino to the long list of former Miami Dolphins that hates Bill Belichick and the Patriots. Marino joins the 1972 Dolphins and his late coach Don Shula in voicing their disapproval of the Patriots potential breaking one of their records. Marino recently said in an interview with ESPN’s Cameron Wolfe that he hopes Belichick doesn’t break Shula’s all time wins record. Shula won 347 games (including playoffs) in…