By John Sarianides According to Ian Rapopport of NFL.com, the Patriots offered the 32nd pick in the draft to the New Orleans Saints for wide receiver Brandin Cooks. The Saints rejected the offer because they want a higher pick in the first round. If I were Bill Belichick, I would continue to have conversations with Saints general manager Micky Loomis and head coach Sean Payton. Cooks is the perfect fit…

By John Sarianides  Brandon Marshall and the Patriots are rumored to have mutual interest in each other after the veteran receiver was released by the Jets last week. My initial reaction to that rumor? No thanks! Marshall is not a good fit for the Patriots on or off the field. On the field, the Patriots have four receivers in Julien Edelman, Chris Hogan, Danny Amendola and Malcolm Mitchell that are…

By John Sarianides ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported this morning that the Patriots will not be trading back up quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo this off-season. The Patriots were rumored to have been listening to offers for the fourth year quarterback but apparently they didn’t get an offer that was good enough to entice them to trade him. If the report is true, I don’t see how it makes sense to hold onto…

By John Sarianides The Patriots have decided not to place the franchise tag on inside linebacker Dont’a Hightower. Had they placed the tag on Hightower, he would have made over $14.7 million dollars in 2017. So what does this mean? It means that Hightower is going to hit the open market and if the Patriots want to retain him, they are going to have to compete for him. New England…

By John Sarianides 1. The Patriots are going to once again ask wide receiver Danny Amendola to take a pay cut again. I can’t say I’m surprised. Amendola is scheduled to make $6 in 2017. That’s way too much money for a receiver who only caught 23 passes last season. 2. The Rams are debating as to whether or not they should franchise cornerback Trumaine Johnson. The answer. YES! He is…

By John Sarianides The Patriots will have an interesting decision to make this off-season regarding the future of back up quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo. With one year left on his rookie deal, Garoppolo is scheduled to become a free agent next off-season. Conventional wisdom would suggest that with 39 year old Tom Brady still playing at a high level, the Patriots would be looking to trade Garoppolo. That may or may…

Has anyone seen my jersey?  By Michael Vallee -Evil Genius:  Looks like the verdict is in on Belichick’s controversial decision to trade Chandler Jones and Jamie Collins.  Jones started 16 games and registered 11 sacks while his replacement, Trey Flowers, started 11 games and finished with 9.5 sacks, including a monster 2.5 sack performance in the Super Bowl.  Not only did New England not miss a beat this year on…

By John Sarianides According to FOX Sports College Football Insider Bruce Feldman. Patriots tight end coach Brian Daboll is going to interview for the vacant Alabama offensive coordinator job. Daboll and Alabama coach Nick Saban have a lengthy history together. Daboll was a graduate assistant for Saban at Michigan State before Saban recommended Daboll to Bill Belichick for a quality control job with the Patriots.  Daboll has been a member…

By John Sarianides In honor of the NFL Network re-airing the five Patriots Super Bowl wins, we are going to give you five thoughts on each game. Super Bowl 36: Patriots 20 Rams 17 1. Tom Brady was truly a game manager in this game. He completed 16-27 for 145 yards and a touchdown pass. The Patriots rushed for 133 yards in the game. Antwan Smith had 18 of those…

By John Sarianides The Patriots have 14 unrestricted free agents they have to make decisions on this off-season. With $71 million dollars worth of cap space available, conventional wisdom would suggest the Patriots are going to re-sign most if not all of these pending free agents. Luckily, there is nothing conventional about Bill Belichick’s approach to free agency.  I don’t think the Patriots will retain all of their unrestricted free…