FOXBOROUGH – Both JuJu Smith-Schuster and Mike Gesicki have played at Gillette Stadium plenty of times, but always as members of the road team. This Sunday, both Smith-Schuster and Gesicki will get a chance to run out of the tunnel for the opener on the right side of the cheers when the Pats host the Eagles at 4:25. It’ll also be ‘Tom Brady Day,’ which is sure to add an…
To NEFJ supporters, friends and family: Change is inevitable in every aspect of life. On Super Bowl Sunday in February of 2020, John and Kevin sat in a Dunkin Donuts in Foxborough and hatched out a plan to become a one-stop-shop for all things New England football, A website that covered the Patriots, College and High School Football. We also wanted to make sure that we were one of the…
Image courtesy of UMass Athletics Who were those guys? UMass fans had to be asking themselves that question for the duration of a wild fourth quarter during the Week 0 opener in New Mexico on Saturday night. The Minuteman offense put up 41 points – including 28 in the final 15 minutes – to turn a 13-10 lead heading into that final frame into a wild, historic 41-30 victory. The…
Image courtesy of New England Patriots By Jon Lyons NEFJ Correspondent The Patriots concluded the preseason with a 23-7 loss to the Tennessee Titans on Friday night. Here are five players that stood out in New England’s final exhibition contest. Josh Uche Uche played early in the first quarter before sitting for the remainder of the game. The most important part of Uche’s night was his play against the run….
FOXBOROUGH – In his 42nd year at the helm, Foxborough High head coach Jack Martinelli returns an experienced Warriors team looking to improve from last year’s 6-6 season that included a loss to Grafton in the Division 4 semifinals. From Sam Berns Community Field, Foxboro is hosting their annual pre-season camp as they gear up for the 2023 season and the challenges the team will face now playing at the…
The Rhode Island High School Football kicks off this week and as usual, the top programs in the state are once Bishop Hendricken, LaSalle, Central and North Kingstown. St. Ray’s and Cumberland are among the favorites in Division Two but they will be challenged by Westerly and Portsmouth. Shea and Cranston West also figure to be in the mix and could surprise people. Moses Brown is going to look to…
Division One will be a four team competition between CVU, Burr & Burton, Middlebury and Hartford. There will be other teams in the division that compete but those four schools are the primary contenders. Bellows Falls will once again be one of the teams to watch in D2 however they will have some stiff competition despite the fact that they return a talented senior class. Windsor is a bear in…
Well, well, well…the offense has arrived. While it hasn’t been as ugly as the first few days last season, the first week or so of training camp so far had been “meh” offensively as the defense had little trouble making its presence known. That all changed on Wednesday. Both Mac Jones and Bailey Zappe were great and the offense was successful in various situations that we hadn’t yet seen them…
Image courtesy of UMass Athletics/Thom Kendall Santa Claus wasn’t in Amherst on a scorching Friday morning, but Don Brown was. Same thing, right? The Minutemen officially opened their 2023 training camp with a 10 A.M. practice. A few weeks ago when Coach Brown joined us on the New England Football Show, his excitement for what’s being built radiated through his computer screen. Now, the guys finally get to take another…
Every time there was a roar during the early portion of the Patriots’ first training camp practice on Wednesday morning, all you had to do was look at the wide receiver group. Whether it was a great catch by URI’s Ed Lee, Kendrick Bourne, Tyquan Thornton and DeVante Parker dancing or newcomer JuJu Smith-Schuster jumping up and down, interacting with fans, JuJu’s energy was infectious for everyone around him. From…