It took until the week of the final preseason game, but Jerod Mayo, Alex Van Pelt and the Patriots have a QB controversy on their hands sooner than many expected. Drake Maye didn’t put up any earth-shattering numbers during the preseason game against Philly on Thursday night, but the flashes of what could be are impossible to ignore. There was the deep ball to Javon Baker that should have been…

FOXBOROUGH – What a difference a week makes. After Pats fans were underwhelmed with the sample size they saw from Drake Maye in the first preseason game, Thursday night was a much different story. New England may have lost its preseason game to Philadelphia 14-13 on Thursday night, but the defense and more importantly Maye flashed and provided some much needed hope for the future. Maye had his first NFL…

The circus is finally leaving town. For the entirety of training camp, Matthew Judon’s contract extension – or lack thereof – has hung over the team and head coach Jerod Mayo. Should they trade him? Should they reward him for acting like a petulant child? Well, we have our answer. On Wednesday night, Ian Rapoport reported that the Pats are trading Judon to the Falcons for a 2025 3rd round…

FOXBOROUGH – The final day of training camp was also the most competitive and had the biggest crowd as Philadelphia rolled in for a joint practice. The Eagles fans traveled well, providing a great atmosphere to wrap up the open practice portion of the summer. As always, here’s everything I saw from the hillside for the two hour session… -RKK, Robyn Glaser and Deion Branch were all on hand for…

FOXBOROUGH – Monday was a light day as the Pats get ready to welcome Philly for a very important joint practice on Tuesday. The team only went about an hour and a half on Tuesday, unpadded of course. The Eagles will practice with the Pats on Tuesday ahead of Thursday’s second preseason game. Here’s everything that stood out hillside during the penultimate training camp session… -As usual Michael Jordan and…

CHESTNUT HILL – There’s no one currently living in New England that knows Drake Maye better than BC tight end Kamari Morales. Aside from Maye’s family, of course. Morales – who is playing his final year of college football at BC under Bill O’Brien – was a teammate of Drake Maye’s at North Carolina. Maye and Morales were close both on and off the field. Following Boston College’s eighth training…

FOXBOROUGH – After a sluggish, rainy, fairly boring 17-3 Patriots win over the Panthers on Thursday night, Jalen Coker walked down the visitors tunnel and back out onto the field. Right there in the corner of the end zone was a big support group waiting for him with open arms. Friends and family who have now become rabid Carolina fans, supporting No. 18 following his first NFL game about an…

Image courtesy of Jaiden Tripi/Getty Images FOXBOROUGH – Well, that certainly was something on Thursday night in Foxborough. The Patriots handed Jerod Mayo his first NFL win as a head coach, beating Carolina 17-3, but the real story was the lack of action the fan base got to see from Drake Maye. On the flip side, Joe Milton only fanned the flames of the chatter surrounding him early on in…

AP Photo/ Mark Stockwell The Patriots will host the Carolina Panthers in the preseason opener tonight at Gillette Stadium. It will be our first opportunity to see Drake Maye and the rookie class in action. It will also be our first look at Jerod Mayo as the coach of this team.  1. Drake Maye: The future face of the franchise has had an eventful training camp thus far. We have…