By John Sarianides The New England Patriots have restructured tight end Rob Gronkowski‘s contract. Gronkowski was scheduled to earn $5.25 million in 2017 but thanks to a restructuring of his current contract, Gronkowski could potentially earn $10.75 million which would make him the highest paid tight end in the NFL. Gronkowski has been grossly underpaid throughout his career considering his production so he deserves the pay increase. In order for…

By John Sarianides When Steve Addazio took the Boston College job in 2013, he said he wanted to build a fence around Massachusetts and keep all of the talent in the state at home. While Addazio and his staff has missed out on some local talent, last week was proof that they have indeed put up a fence and Massachusetts talent is choosing stay home and play at the Heights. …

By John Sarianides May and June are notoriously slow football months unless you want to talk about OTA’s, mini camps and spring recruiting in college football. As a result, you have to resort to writing hypothetical pieces like this. I believe that if the Patriots win the Super Bowl next season, Tom Brady will retire. I used to think he will play three more seasons but given his wife’s recent…

FYI. Hue Jackson is full of crap! Spare me with the quarterback competition nonsense.  By John Sarianides 1.Did people around here really believe that Jason McCourty was going to sign with the Patriots because of his brother? Come on. Money talks people. 2 years and $6 million was enough to convince McCourty to sign with the Browns. He wasn’t going to get that money here. 2. Speaking of the Browns. I…

By John Sarianides I am not going to lie. Tom Brady being on the cover Madden 18 scares the hell out of me. The curse is real folks. The list of those on the Madden cover that have gotten injured is long. Just ask Rob Gronkowski. Brady can down play it all he wants, like he does in this video but the fact of the matter is, the curse is…

By John Sarianides On Monday the NCAA approved a three day early signing period which will take place between December 20th to the 22nd. The 72 hour window to sign coincides with the mid year junior signing period. So what does this all mean? It means that recruits can now sign their national letters of intent with a school before National Signing Day which is the first Wednesday in February….

By John Sarianides The Patriots signed 19 undrafted free agents this week. Of the 19 players, there are five that I think could contend for a roster spot with a solid spring and training camp. Here are the five players to keep an eye on.  1. Harvey Langi, ILB, BYU: Langi has a legitmate shot of making this roster if he has a good training camp and pre-season. At 6-2…

By John Sarianides The Patriots announced that they will be picking up the fifth year option of wide receiver Brandin Cooks. The decision makes a lot of sense for a variety of reasons. For starters, it means that Cooks will now be in a Patriots uniform for the next two seasons. It gives Bill Belichick an opportunity to see how Cooks fits into the Patriots offense and if he produces…

By John Sarianides  The Patriots drafted UCLA offensive tackle Conor McDermott with the 216th pick in the sixth round.  Here is my scouting report on McDermott. Conor McDermott, OT, 6-8 3/4 307, UCLA Initial Quickness: McDermott is decent out of his stance but he comes up too high. He is a waist bender and that could be a byproduct of the fact that he is 6-8. McDermott needs to work on…

By John Sarianides The Patriots drafted Arkansas defensive end Deatrich Wise Jr. with pick the 131st in the fourth round. Here is my scouting report on Wise. Deatrich Wise Jr. DE, 6-5 274, Arkansas  Vs. Run: Wise is a one gap, nine technique defensive end. Has long arms and shows an ability to stack a tackle and shed him. Strong at the point of attack and can anchor down against…