Image courtesy of Sports Business Journal The draft week rumor mill is pumping out some good stuff already. On Monday afternoon just before 2:00, Dianna Russini reported that the Patriots were taking calls on the No. 3 pick and while Eliot Wolf was ‘running point,’ Jonathan Kraft is ‘heavily involved’ in deciding the future of New England’s highest draft choice since 1993. Should he be? Of course, to a certain…

Image courtesy of Matt Slocum/Associated Press That didn’t take long. What, like, two months? Matt Slater is still a football guy at heart and a lifetime Patriot. So, it’s only fitting that the guy who was instrumental in maintaining culture in Foxborough for years is going to have the chance to help implement a fresher one in the Jerod Mayo era. ESPN’s Mike Weiss reported over the weekend that Slater…

Take a shot on the potential QB of the future or immediately fix multiple roster holes with a trade down? It’s the biggest question the Patriots have faced in 30 years and it’s a week away. Eliot Wolf met with a the media in a packed room at Gillette Stadium on Thursday morning, exactly one week from ultimately having to make a future-altering choice at about 8:30 or so next…

FOXBOROUGH – Patriots fans have a few new names to start learning this season and two of them met the media for the first time on Thursday. Defensive tackle Armon Watts and linebacker Sione Takitaki both spoke for about 10 minutes each following Day 4 of voluntary offseason training. Watts is entering his sixth season in the league, but this will already be his fourth team. Watts played his first…

The Patriots spent more money on Sunday morning and they spent it on one of their own guys again too. The new approach of taking care of your own is a good one if you’re a rebuilding organization and seemingly a fairly easy decision if you have talented guys, but it wasn’t always the case under Bill Belichick. Kyle Dugger – who was not happy with the ‘transition’ tag at…