FOXBOROUGH- Condensed version of the nuggets from Saturday’s practice. Another hot one today on the practice fields. The temperature was already in the low 80’s at 10:30 am. Status report: (Group effort in the tent here. We have such a great media team covering the Patriots) NP: OT Calvin Anderson, S Joshuah Bledsoe, TE Jaheim Bell Non-participant: S Marte Mapu, DB Marcus Jones, WR Tyquan Thornton Limited- participant: OT Chukwuma…
BC opens Bill O’Brien era with 1st training camp practice
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Boston College gets commitment from Arlington OT Brady Bekkenhuis
Boston College remains hot with Massachusetts prospects in the class of 2026, as the Eagles got a commitment Saturday from Arlington offensive tackle Brady Bekkenhuis. Bekkenhuis is 6-foot-6, 295 pounds, and has the frame to play either interior offensive line or offensive tackle at the Power 4 level. He is athletic, and once he gets his hands on you, Bekkenhuis is going to finish that block. He can get it…
NEFJ Nuggets from Patriots training camp: Day 8
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…
UMass Minutemen open 2024 practice
By Ryan Barry NEFJ Correspondent AMHERST — The UMass Minutemen officially began their 2024 campaign on Friday morning at McGuirk Alumni Stadium. With a heat index of 90 degrees at the first horn of camp, players were still excited as ever to hit the field despite the steamy conditions. For UMass coach Don Brown, who enters his third season leading the Minutemen in the FBS era since his return in……
Pirates Preview: Massachusetts Pirates (9-8) at Green Bay Blizzard (14-3)
The Pirates shocked the IFL last week by knocking off the Frisco Fighters 53-50 in a come from behind win. Now they turn their attention to the number one seeded Green Bay Blizzard. The two teams last met on June 8th with the Blizzard prevailing 36-33. The Pirates lead the all-time series between the two teams 5-3. Here are three keys for the Pirates tonight if they want to advance…
Turnaround at Maine starts with playing Black Bears football
Image courtesy of Maine Athletics The Maine Black Bears opened training camp on Wednesday and the hope is that Jordan Stevens team can turn things around and get the program back on track. According to Stevens in last week’s CAA Media Day, the best way for the Black Bears to do that is to play traditional Maine football. They need to run the football and play fast and physical on……
Godchaux happy to get his extension and he can now focus on football
Nose tackle Davon Godchaux met the media after practice today and the number one topic of course was his newly signed contract extension. Godchaux openly talked about the extension he signed on Tuesday and why he deserved. Godchaux says his wife made him realize that you don’t always get what you want but he thankful for it. What Godchaux got was a two year extension for $21 million dollars. $16.5…
NEFJ Nuggets from Patriots training camp: Day 7
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…
Mayo says Pats players will still pick captains
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…