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…

Image courtesy of Sports Illustrated  This was always going to be the case, no matter how much Pats fans wished for a different outcome. On Thursday morning – minutes before he was set to speak to the media after he wasn’t scheduled to speak initially – Adam Schefter broke the news that Mayo had told the team Jacoby Brissett would be starting Week 1 against Cincinnati. No matter how much…

Getty Images Friday night lights are right around the corner, but the dog days of training camp are still biting for about a week or two. High school players around New England officially kick off the regular season next weekend, but hot, grind-it-out practices and a few scrimmages are still the focus as teams forge their identities. These two weeks each summer are also a time where young athletes grow…

All the guessing and prognosticating is done. We now know what the 2024 Patriots look like…for now. New England released 16 players on Tuesday to get down to the 53-man limit after making a bunch of moves on Monday too. The Patriots also placed Kendrick Bourne, Sione Takitaki and Cole Strange on PUP, which means they’ll be out for at least the first four games of the season. Christian Barmore…

Ready or not, the Patriots are on to the regular season. New England wrapped up the preseason with a 20-10 loss against the Commanders, but more important than the result were some developments that will have the sports radio talk shows in town buzzing for the next two weeks… The Good Drake Maye was fantastic given the disastrous offensive line play. Maye had an 18  TD pass to Kevin Harris…