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Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla setting the bar high for Mayo

There’s been a lot of talk about how Jerod Mayo will fail because he doesn’t have any head coaching experience. Well, there’s another local coach who’s now three wins from a championship that didn’t have any head coaching experience when he took over last season and look how it’s turned out. In fact, Mazzulla wasn’t even on the bench two years ago, he was a row behind Ime Udoka. Mazzulla…

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Damien Harris shares his thoughts on 2022 and Bill Belichick

Former Patriots running back Damien Harris was on the Athletic’s Football Show podcast recently with Robert Mays and talked about a variety of things including the offense during the 2022 season. Harris confirmed everything we pretty much already knew. It was a debacle. Harris said the players knew the offense under Matt Patricia and Joe Judge wasn’t going to work even before the season started.  “We knew before our first…

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Can virtual reality and ‘Madden’ reps really help Patriots’ QB’s?

One of the latest hot topics surrounding the Patriots is the use of virtual reality gadgets being used as teaching tools, particularly for the quarterbacks. The development of Drake Maye is obviously the most important thing that happens this season regardless of the team’s record. Assuming Jacoby Brissett is in fact the Day 1 starter until the team feels Maye is ready, reps will probably be hard to come by…

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AVP calls Brissett the starter but Maye is closing on him

New Patriots offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt met with the media on Tuesday morning prior to the Patriots final OTA practice. Van Pelt answered several questions including ones on the quarterback competition. Van Pelt made it clear. Veteran Jacoby Brissett is the team’s starter.  For now. “Jacoby, again, is our starter. He’s playing excellent football for us in the spring. And Drake is coming on. Until that changes, we’re going…

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Observations from the Pats’ final voluntary OTA

The second stage of the Jerod Mayo wrapped up on Tuesday and fittingly, it was the defense having its best day so far. Step 1 was the draft, Step 2 was rookie minicamp and voluntary OTA’s. The OTA part of the schedule wrapped up with the final session before mandatory minicamp starts next week. This one was the most competitive yet (out of three with no pads on, important to…

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Renegades respond to first loss since 2019 with 90 point performance

Image courtesy of Boston Renegades Following the franchise’s first loss since April of 2019 two weeks ago, Boston Renegades head coach John Johnson wasn’t changing his tone or the approach. After all, five straight championships allow you to stay true to the process. It was the right move, as Boston put on quite a show back home in Revere on Saturday night, putting up a ridiculous 90 points in a…

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Recruiting Roundup: Phillips Exeter

Since coming to Phillips Exeter four years ago, coach Panos Voulgaris has had that program on a steady climb up the NEPSAC ranks. Last year, Exeter went 7-2, and the only losses were to Choate by three points and Cheshire Academy by two points. So Exeter is playing competitive football with the elite of the elite NEPSAC programs. Don’t expect that to change anytime soon. When it comes to players,……

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Patriots sign third round pick Caedan Wallace

The Patriots announced on Friday afternoon that they have third round draft pick Caedan Wallace.  Wallace, 24, was selected by the Patriots in the third round of the 2024 NFL Draft with the 68th overall pick out of Penn State. The 6’5, 314-pounder was named honorable mention All-Big Ten Conference while starting in all 13 games at right tackle during the 2023 season. He also earned the school’s Lion’s Pride…

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