FOXBOROUGH – During his usual Wednesday press conference, Jerod Mayo announced that Ja’Whaun Bentley was officially going on season-ending injured reserve. Not only is he a loss on the field, but as a four-time captain, there’s a level of leadership there that’s now missing too. Enter Kyle Dugger. Mayo also announced that Dugger has been named a defensive captain in place of Bentley, who will still be around the team…

FOXBOROUGH – The second Bill O’Brien stint as offensive coordinator of the Patriots didn’t go very well, but that wasn’t necessarily his fault. The Pats were a train wreck across the board in 2023 and O’Brien has shown (as he did previously at Penn State and with the Houston Texans as well) that he’s a very good coach. So far, the O’Brien era at Boston College has been off to…

AP Photo “The Bears are who we thought they were and we let them off the hook!” Remember those famous words from the late Dennis Green after his Arizona Cardinals blew a late lead against the Chicago Bears on Monday Night Football? Now replace Bears with Patriots and you will know exactly how Patriots fans feel this morning. After last night, the Patriots are who we thought they were. A…

Image courtesy of Associated Press Photos The last time the Jets beat the Patriots in regulation in New Jersey, Rex Ryan was the head coach. Until Thursday night. An ugly performance across the board led to a dominant 24-3 win for the Jets, their first regulation win in the Meadowlands over New England since 2010. The Jets did also beat the Pats in OT in 2013, but New England had…

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…