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…
Well, this is an easy one. Usually when there’s smoke around trade talks around draft time, there’s a few different fires. Now, with various national reports (more so speculation) that the Patriots are still looking at making a trade for a No. 1 receiver, Tee Higgins is the obvious big target. Higgins is now one of just two players that were franchise tagged that have not signed. Higgins requested a…
FOXBOROUGH – Hunter Henry and Jabrill Peppers were all smiles when they each sat down at a table inside the Gillette Stadium media work room on Tuesday afternoon. The Patriots officially began voluntary offseason workouts on Monday and both guys were eager to get things going. Peppers is entering his third year with the team and has become an unquestioned leader of the locker room. Henry re-signed after serving as…
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…
Getty Images According to a report from Albert Breer, the Patriots are hosting North Carolina QB Drake Maye for a 30-visit on Friday. About a half hour later, Ian Rapoport reported that LSU QB and Heisman Trophy winnerJayden Daniels will be in town on Monday. The debate has raged on since December about whether or not Maye or Daniels should go third overall in the NFL Draft, with Michigan’s JJ…
With the draft three weeks from tonight, the Patriots will be hosting their local pro day. Here is what we have so far in terms of which local draft prospects will be attending, Brian Abraham, EDGE, Albany Anthony Frederick, WR, Bryant Kenny Dyson, EDGE, Bryant Daniel Abraham, LB, Villanova Joe Andreessen, ILB, Buffalo (Bryant) Jalen Coker, WR, Holy Cross Jordan Colbert, S Rhode Island Nick Correia, G, Rhode Island Bryce…
Image courtesy of the UFL and the Michigan Panthers The United Football League kicked off this weekend and the combined XFL and USFL spring league has plenty of New England flavor to it. Former Andover standout, Boston College and Brown quarterback E.J Perry is once again the starting quarterback of the Michigan Panthers. Perry got off to a slow start throwing the ball completing passes 12-of-24 passes for 176 yards…
New England’s newest receiver KJ Osborn isn’t delusional. He knows being a part of a rebuilding organization is going to be difficult. Still, he wants to be a part of the solution. On Wednesday morning, Osborn met with the media virtually for the first time and was asked about the current state of the franchise and his decision to sign here. “It’s going to be a grind,” he acknowledged. “Oh…
On Monday afternoon, one of the newest Patriots’ offensive weapons Antonio Gibson met with the media for the first time virtually. Gibson is clearly excited to join the organization and feels like a fresh start in New England was exactly what he needed right now. “Much respect to Washington, they gave me my opportunity and I’m forever thankful, but I feel like a fresh start was needed,” he said. “Things…
As seemingly every big free agent name flew off the board early on, Patriots fans started to wonder why the team was so quiet, especially when it came to receiver. After losing out on Calvin Ridley, the Patriots added a not-too-shabby consolation prize on Sunday afternoon, signing former Viking KJ Osborn according to Tom Pelissero. Osborn was taken in the fifth round of the 2020 NFL Draft (176 overall) and…