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…

FOXBOROUGH – Apologies for not posting our Day 10 nuggets on Monday, I was deathly sick and only caught the last 35-40 minutes of practice. Anyway, there were more encouraging signs on Tuesday, which was the final practice before the first preseason game at home against Carolina on Thursday night. Here’s everything from the soggy hillside behind Gillette… -Surprisingly decent crowd given the weather, it was bigger than some of…

FOXBOROUGH – Another scorcher and another good day for the offense on Friday. Jumping right into it for this edition… -As usual, Sidy Sow and Michael Jordan are the first guys out at about 10:30. -Busy day for VIP guests as Ian Rapoport from NFL Network, Scott Pioli (also NFL Network now) and former BC/Falcons QB Matt Ryan were all in the house to check out practice. James White was…

FOXBOROUGH – One week from the first official game under Jerod Mayo, the Pats were back out behind Gillette on Thursday morning for the seventh training camp practice. It was brutally hot – something Jonathan Jones said the team “needed” – but the Pats were not in pads after a day off. We got a lot of red zone work though and there were some more encouraging signs for the…

Throughout the last 25 years, Bill Belichick had players vote for team captains, although many believe he would sometimes fudge the ‘vote’ to get certain guys in leadership roles. Whether he did or didn’t get involved, it’s hard to argue that the Patriots have always had some pretty damn good leaders with the title of ‘captain’ since 2000. So, with Belichick now gone, how is new head coach Jerod Mayo…

Getty Images Earlier this week, Davon Godchaux’s agent Drew Rosenhaus, Jason Rosenhaus, Matt Groh, Eliot Wolf and Robyn Glaser were all spotted having a lengthy discussion during Patriots training camp. After practice, Godchaux, Drew Rosenhaus and Jerod Mayo held a 5-10 minute talk on the Friends and Family hill too. Well, apparently those discussions were productive and positive. Adam Schefter reported on Wednesday afternoon – a day off for the…