By Mason Sousa With the Heinz Field era coming to an end I thought it would be fitting to revisit some of the best times had in that stadium. Bane blowing it up as Hines Ward took an opening kickoff to the house comes to mind. But let’s focus on the top 3 times the New England Patriots went in there and had their best games against the Steelers. Week…
Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Getty Images The Patriots traded 2019 first round pick N’Keal Harry this afternoon to the Chicago Bears for a 2024 seventh round pick. The trade marked the end of one of the most disappointing careers in Patriots history. Harry joins a long list of wide receivers who were busts in the Bill Belichick era. Harry will now keep company with Bethel Johnson, Chad Jackson, Taylor Price, Aaron…
Stanley Morgan played in the NFL for 14 seasons. He spent 13 seasons with the New England Patriots and one season with the Indianapolis Colts. In his career, Morgan caught 557 passes for 10,716 yards and 72 touchdowns and was a four time Pro Bowler. So it begs the question. Why is he not in the Pro Football Hall of Fame? It is a good question that has been asked…
The NFL Hall of Fame announced on Thursday the 54 Senior Candidates, Coaches and Contributors for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Among them are Patriots Owner Robert Kraft, wide receiver Stanley Morgan and former executive Frank “Bucko” Kilroy. All three are Hall of Fame worthy and deserved to be enshrined in Canton. Mr. Kraft’s accomplishments speak for themselves. Since purchasing the team in 1994, the Patriots have won six…
Pat the Patriot and the old school red uniforms are back. Using a Back To The Future theme, the Patriots announced yesterday that the old school red uniform will be back this fall. Wait a minute, Doc. Are you telling me the red uniforms are back? pic.twitter.com/X1pd6kpdpG — New England Patriots (@Patriots) June 22, 2022 The NFL changed its policy on throwbacks last year and with the announcement that teams…
Rob Gronkowski, the greatest Tight End in NFL history, announced his retirement (again) on Tuesday. Gronkowski ends his career with 621 receptions for 9,286 yards and 92 receiving touchdowns in addition to one rushing touchdown. He won four Super Bowls, three with the Patriots and one with the Buccaneers. In honor of his retirement, here are the top five moments of his career: 5. Super Bowl LII The Patriots lost…
Rob Gronkowski is retiring again. The former Patriots and Buccaneers tight end made the announcement yesterday on his Instagram account. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Rob Gronkowski (@gronk) The announcement comes as a little bit of a surprise. Many industry insiders believed Gronkowski would ultimately come back after Tom Brady announced he was unretiring. Ultimately, Gronkowski decided to hang them up again and by all accounts…
Wide receiver Jakobi Meyers signed his second round tender on Monday. The one year deal is worth $3.986 million dollars for the 2022 season. Meyers waited to sign his tender which may hint at how he feels about the second round tender but nonetheless he is signed through next season. The Patriots now have time to negotiate with the 25 year old former undrafted free agent. Meyers had a career…
By Mason Sousa, Special Contributor Image courtesy of Photo by Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Now why the hell would a Patriots fan want to read what a pessimistic fan has to say? Maybe the haters would love it? But I think the diehard positive fan would too. You see the New England Patriots just finished the best team sport run in the history of professional sports led…
Mandatory mini-camp is over after Bill Belichick cancelled yesterday’s practice. The next time we see the Patriots together as a team will be the end of next month in training camp. We got a pretty good look at what the 2022 Patriots will look like at this week’s mini-camp. Here are my observations. Cole Strange will make an immediate impact. He is athletic, smart, tough and plays with a chip…