Tom Brady is not happy and Patriots fans have to stop pretending he is. The dime package is back. Every Sunday morning, I will give my thoughts on the week that was in football. From high to college to the NFL, I’ll share my insight on some of the top stories around the game. 1. I hate to tell you Patriots fans, but Tom Brady’s answers to Jim Gray’s questions…
Patriots Pulse Blog: The Patriots Not Picking Up the Fifth Year Options on Malcolm Brown and Danny Shelton is not a Surprise
The Patriots have decided not to pick up the fifth year options for defensive tackles Malcolm Brown and Danny Shelton. While this may seem surprising, it really is not that surprising. Let’s start with Brown. If the Patriots picked up Brown’s option for 2019, they would have to pay him $7.8 million. Bill Belichick does not want to do that. Instead, he would prefer to try and sign Brown to…
NFL Draft: Top 50 Prospects for the 2019 NFL Draft
Nick Bosa is the number one player on my board for the 2019 NFL Draft. It is never too early to look ahead to the 2019 NFL Draft. Defensive line, wide receiver, running back and linebacker are expected to be positions of strength in next year’s class. Here are my top 50 prospects for the 2019 NFL Draft. Remember, it’s early. Things will change. 1. Nick Bosa, DE, Ohio State:…
2018 NFL Draft: Winners, Did O.K and Losers
I used to do grades until I realized how foolish that is. Instead of doing grades, I have decided to just do my winners, did o.k teams and losers from this weekend. Let’s start with the winners. Winners New York Giants: The Giants stood pat and let the board come to them. As a result, they ended up with Saquon Barkley, Will Hernandez, Lorenzo Carter and Kyle Lauletta among others….
Patriots Pulse Blog: Breaking Down Day Three of the Patriots Draft
The Patriots may have found Danny Amendola 2.0 in Braxton Berrios. The Patriots were busy on day three of the NFL Draft. They made two additional trades and added six players to their roster. Here is my breakdown of the six players that were drafted in day three. 5th Round: Ja’Whaun Bentley, ILB, Purdue, 6-2 260 What I Like: Bentley is an old school plugger in run support. He reads…
Patriots Pulse Blog: Sony Michel’s Rose Bowl Performance is a Preview of What’s to Come
The Patriots selection of running back Sony Michel with pick number 31 of the first round raised some eyebrows on Thursday night. The Patriots didn’t need a running back. In fact, it is their deepest position on the roster. Despite that, Bill Belichick decided to was too hard to pass up on a talent like Michel. If you watched Michel play in the Rose Bowl, you can see why. Michel…
Patriots Pulse Blog: Breaking Down the Acquisition of Trent Brown and the Pick of Duke Dawson
The Patriots traded a third round pick in this year’s draft to the San Francisco 49ers for offensive tackle Trent Brown yesterday. They followed that up last night by trading down with the Bears and acquiring a fourth round pick this year and a 2019 second round pick. They then traded up and drafted cornerback Duke Dawson out of Florida at pick 56. Did you get all that? Ok. Good….
2018 NFL Draft: Second Round Best Available
The second and third rounds of the NFL are tonight. There are still several quality prospects still on the board. Here are the 32 best available players for round two. 1. Derrius Guice, RB, LSU: Guice still being on the board is a shock to me. Some team will be very pleased very early in the second round. 2. Will Hernandez, OG, UTEP: The mauler from UTEP will step in…
2018 NFL Draft: The Browns Once Again Whiff at the Top of the Draft.
Image courtesy of Photo: David J. Phillip/AP Oops. The Cleveland Browns did it again. They found a way to blow it again at the top of the NFL draft. Instead of taking a quarterback with more long term upside in Sam Darnold, they took an older quarterback who is four inches shorter and plays out of control in Baker Mayfield. I would say I am surprised that Cleveland passed on Darnold…
Patriots Pulse Blog: Breaking Down First Round Picks Isaiah Wynn and Sony Michel
The Patriots surprisingly stood pat on Thursday night and used both of their first round picks. With the 23rd pick, they took Georgia offensive tackle Isaiah Wynn. With the 31st pick, they took another Georgia Bulldog, running back Sony Michel. Here are my thoughts on both players Pick #23: Isaiah Wynn, OT Georgia, 6-2 313 What I Like: Wynn offers versatility. He played left tackle at Georgia but he can…