• After negotiating his own contract renewal, Onwenu looking to step up as a leader
  • Change coming to the UConn quarterback room
  • Patriots sign veteran linebacker Oshane Ximines
  • Hockomock League announces its first ever college showcase
  • Stevenson excited for AVP’s offense & open to staying in New England long term

Tackling the tough questions of training camp: What’s more valuable, joint practices or preseason games & are camp fights good or bad?

Photo: New England Patriots If you’ve ever played football or been to a practice in August at the high school, college or pro level, you’ve seen a fight or two. Maybe even 50. It’s bound to happen given the nature of the game and the size of the people playing it. Recently, the Panthers and Patriots had multiple fights over a two-day span of joint practices. Some will say that…

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Patriots: 5 observations from day two of joint practices with the Panthers

The Patriots and Panthers held day two of joint practices today. The practices were once again marred by another fight that broke out early in the practice. Unfortunately the fight spilled into the crowd at one point and that is a bad look for both teams as far as I am concerned. Enough about the fighting. There was plenty of stuff that happened on the field that we need to…

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Patriots: Final edition of sights, sounds & thoughts from training camp

What a way to end training camp. Day two of joint practices with Carolina on Wednesday saw another massive brawl, more progress for the offense and continued strong showing from the defense. That and more in our final edition of sights, sounds and thoughts from camp… -Another huge crowd was on hand and I’m sure they all went home happy that they decided to come out. Weather worked out nicely…

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Patriots: 5 observations from day one of joint practices with the Panthers

The Patriots and Panthers wrapped up day one of two days of joint practices. Here are five things that got my attention. 1. Defense dominates: I thought the Patriots defense ruled the day. They looked good in group and team periods. The defensive line got consistent pressure on Baker Mayfield and Sam Darnold in team and they controlled the line of scrimmage against the run game. The secondary did a…

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