The Matt Corral era lasted all of a week and a half as the Patriots released Corral this morning to elevate Bailey Zappe as Mac Jones back up ahead of tomorrow’s season opener against the Philadelphia Eagles. The move is surprising considering the Patriots seemingly wanted to keep Corral around but ultimately they chose to elevate Zappe and the only way they could create a roster spot was to move…
Image courtesy of the New England Patriots If we’re being honest, when people talk about the most important pieces of the Patriots defense, Jahlani Tavai’s name doesn’t usually come up in the first sentence or two. But, now entering his fifth season in the league, Tavai is not a young pup anymore, he’s now embracing a bit of a leadership role when the opportunity presents itself and may be an…
Images courtesy of the New England Patriots We’ve got one first timer and some repeat guys for the 2023 season when it comes to the Pats’ team captains. Hunter Henry is a captain for the first time in his NFL career, while Mac Jones, David Andrews, Matthew Slater, Deatrich Wise Jr. and Ja’Whaun Bentley will have the honor again. Everyone but Henry was a captain last year, with Bentley being…
Jack Jones was the only player not spotted at Patriots practice on Thursday. Now we know why. According to Jeff Howe, Jones is now set to be “out for some time with the hamstring injury that he suffered yesterday in practice, according to a source,” he said in a tweet on Thursday night. During his Wednesday morning press conference, Bill Belichick was asked if Jones was now available with his…
Mac Jones approached the podium inside the Gillette Stadium media work room on Thursday afternoon smiling. Jones has clearly enjoyed this camp and seems to be fully ready to show he can be ‘the guy’ for New England moving forward. Jones was asked if he feels like he has anything to prove this season after the way 2022 ended and he quickly steered the conversation to 2023. “I’m not really…
AP Photo/Matt Rourke Former Patriots assistant Matt Patricia is now the Senior Defensive Assistant for the Philadelphia Eagles. Patricia of course was the Patriots primary offensive play caller last season. He was considered Bill Belichick’s right hand man. However after spending 15 years with the Patriots, the two sides parted ways in off-season. Now we are left wondering if he will impact Sunday’s game in any way? The short answer…
Image courtesy of Sports Illustrated While chatter will continue throughout the year – especially if the Patriots start slow – it doesn’t appear there’s an end in sight for Bill Belichick any time soon. During his media availability on Wednesday morning, Belichick was asked what keeps him going 49 years of coaching? “It’s what I do,” he said. That answer came following a question about the mystery of opening day…
MIAA Preseason Top 40 Countdown It’s August, and you know what that means. We again kick off our high school coverage with the 40-team MIAA preseason countdown. Over the course of the offseason, we pared down this list from one of closer to 75. It is always difficult to get the number down to 40. This is an exhaustive exercise each year, but fun to do. We will start —…
Image courtesy of WJAR Late on Tuesday afternoon, MassLive’s Chris Mason reported that gun charges against Jack Jones had been dropped by the Suffolk County DA. In exchange for the charges being dropped, Jones must serve 48 hours of community service and a year of pre-trial probation, according to the court documents. Back in June, Jones was arrested at Logan Airport after a Glock box, two guns and ammunition was…
It is the first installment of our College Dudes of the Week. We honor the top performances of the weekend in Division 1 College Football in New England. Week One featured several spectacular performances from some of the best players in the region. Here are the players who were flat out dudes! DUDE OF DUDES! Jordan Fuller, RB, Holy Cross: Fuller rushed for 120 yards on 13 carries. He scored…