Image courtesy of Tlumacki/bostonglobe.com By John Sarianides The Patriots officially opened their mandatory three day mini-camp yesterday but they will hit the field today in soggy Foxboro. Here are five things I will be watching. 1. Quarterback Reps: Brady is healthy and eligible to play going into this season but it will still be interesting to see how the Patriots divide up the reps between the three quarterbacks. Mini-camp can be…

By John Sarianides With the NFL season less than 100 days away, it is time to start thinking about fantasy football. Here my pre-season top 20 quarterbacks. This is my list so feel free to disagree and challenge my rankings. 1. Aaron Rodgers, Packers: When you combine passing yards, touchdowns, interceptions and the occasional rushing touchdown, Rodgers is still the best fantasy quarterback in the NFL. Projected Round: 1st or 2nd 2….

By John Sarianides Ten thoughts from the world of football.  1. I hope Arthur Blank does the right thing and signs Michael Vick to a one day contract so that he can retire as a Falcon.  2. I don’t care what Josh Norman thinks of Odell Beckham Jr. and Dez Bryant! Why is it even a story? Norman babbling about them is nothing more than a publicity stunt on his…

By John Sarianides The Patriots signed veteran receiver Andrew Hawkins on Wednesday to a one year deal. The first question that popped in my head was. Where is he going to fit in? The speedy Hawkins gives the Patriots another slot receiver that can take the top off of a coverage but how is he going to make a roster that already includes Julien Edelman, Chris Hogan, Brandin Cooks, Danny…

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….