Early on during Sunday’s loss to the Seahawks, Patriots linebacker and main communicator (green dot guy) Ja’Whaun Bentley was flexing his arm repeatedly, moving it around like a pitcher trying to get loose in the bullpen. Shortly thereafter, Bentley left the game and didn’t return. Early reports on Monday speculated that the injury wasn’t that bad and he’d probably be able to play on Thursday night against the Jets. Well,…

Image courtesy of AP Photos FOXBOROUGH – On a day where the 2014 Patriots were recognized for the 10 year anniversary of the Super Bowl win against the Seahawks, it looked as if there was going to be a little magic for the home team. The Patriots won the coin toss in overtime and got the ball. In the past, the story wrote itself for years when that would happen….

Surprisingly, during the last few years of the Bill Belichick era, special teams took quite a dip. Once a beloved part of the game for BB, under Cam Achord, the unit was undisciplined, lacked fundamentals and frankly hurt the team more than it helped it. After Sunday’s resurgence in Cincinnati under first year coordinator Jeremy Springer, it’s clear that if this Patriots team is going to win games, that unit…

For those of us that believed the Patriots weren’t nearly as bad as most fans think they are, Sunday’s 16-10 win over the Bengals wasn’t a complete shock. However, the fashion in which the team got Jerod Mayo his first NFL head coaching victory was pretty surprising. New England’s offensive line was a force in the run game, helping Rhamondre Stevenson to rush for 120 yards on 25 carries. The…

Jerod Mayo being head coach of the New England Patriots is a unique situation. Instead of a locker room having to get to know an entirely new person, Mayo’s preexisting relationships with guys on the team have made the transition from Bill Belichick to Mayo much easier for everyone. During an appearance on the ‘Chauxtalk’ podcast with Davon Godchaux, Godchaux told Mayo that guys are willing to ‘run for a…

Image courtesy of Icon Sportswire/Getty Images  With his father Bill seemingly taking every media job available overnight and brother Steve doing his thing with the University of Washington defense, there’s only one guy left in Foxborough holding the Belichick name. Brian has remained on Jerod Mayo’s staff and while his sister Amanda is still in the area as the head coach of the Holy Cross women’s lacrosse team, when it…

Image courtesy of Chauxtalk/YouTube In another sign of changing times in Foxborough, head coach Jerod Mayo recently appeared on Davon Godchaux’s podcast called ‘Chauxtalk.’ Here’s a recap of what Mayo had to say in response to questions from Godchaux. The podcast is centered around football, fashion and player financial advice. This was episode 16 of the show and  dropped on YouTube Wednesday: On what it’s like to be the first…

By Ryan Barry NEFJ Correspondent The Merrimack Warriors kick-off their 2024 campaign on Saturday afternoon in Colorado Springs, Colorado when they take on the Air Force Falcons of the Mountain West Conference. With Dan Curran leaving to take the Holy Cross job, new head coach Mike Gennetti leads the program after 19 seasons as an assistant in North Andover. Gennetti takes over a program that begins play as an FCS…