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New England shows it deserves to be part of Army-Navy rotation

December 10, 2023

Well done, New England. Army-Navy week was a smashing success in every possible way. Players, coaches, PR staff members, athletic directors and other folks with ties to either academy that we spoke with or that spoke after the game had nothing but glowing things to say about their experience this week. Given the slightly important fact that the United States of America started here, there’s no reason why Foxborough and…

Patriots 21, Steelers 18 – Pats get surprising win on the road

December 8, 2023

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Image courtesy of Joe Sargent/Getty Images Who were those guys? After weeks of offensive ineptitude, Bailey Zappe, Bill O’Brien and the Patriots shocked the country on Thursday night, beating Pittsburgh on the road 21-18. Zappe was 19-28 with 240 yards passing and three first half touchdowns. In his return to Pittsburgh JuJu Smith-Schuster had four catches for 90 yards. Ezekiel Elliott got 22 carries and had 68 yards, he also…

Mike Tomlin, Steelers have done what Bill Belichick couldn’t in New England

December 6, 2023

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Image courtesy of Getty Images It may be a hard pill to swallow Patriots fans, but Mike Tomlin has done everything Bill Belichick couldn’t do after Tom Brady left. Tomlin – who has never had a losing season in his 17 years as as the head coach of the Steelers – has been able to keep Pittsburgh afloat and regularly in the hunt after Ben Roethlisberger departed. The Steelers’ franchise…

Hunter Henry takes pride in recently surpassing 100+ games played

December 5, 2023

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Things haven’t always been easy for Hunter Henry. Henry has had his fair share of injuries in his career and while having success as a Charger, he’s struggled like everyone else on offense since he became a Patriot three years ago. Still, Henry has shown leadership on and off the field as a captain this season. Most recently, Henry’s longevity was rewarded when he played in his 100th game against…

Chargers 6, Patriots 0 – Another ugly day in Foxborough as spiral continues for Pats

December 3, 2023

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Image courtesy of Maddie Meyer/Getty Images FOXBOROUGH – Another week, another new low. New England was shut out at home by a bad Chargers team 6-0 in a monsoon on Sunday afternoon. The loss dropped the free-falling Pats to 2-10 with a short week coming up and the Steelers on tap this Thursday night in Pittsburgh. This is the first time the Patriots have been shut out at home twice…

Bill O’Brien takes blame for poor offense, defends Bill Belichick

November 28, 2023

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The Pats-Giants game last weekend may have set football back about 40 years and certainly won’t be going on any clinic highlight reels any time soon. New England’s offense is worse than it was last year with Joe Judge and Matt Patricia running the show and it doesn’t seem like there’s an easy fix anytime soon. With a mediocre offensive line, a well below average group of receivers and no…

Giants 10, Patriots 7 – Another new low as Pats fall to 2-9

November 26, 2023

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Image courtesy of Al Bello/Getty Images Stunningly, things are actually getting worse for the 2023 Patriots. Mac Jones and Bailey Zappe combined for 136 total passing yards and three interceptions in an even-uglier-than-expected 10-7 loss to the Giants in New Jersey on Sunday. New England is now 2-9 for the first time since 1992 and just the fifth time in franchise history. Even though New York (4-8) only had 10…

Mac Jones remains mum on his role, insists confidence is still there despite uncertainty

November 22, 2023

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As Mac Jones stood at the podium in front of the media Wednesday morning, he didn’t look or sound like a guy that knows where he stands right now. Jones conveyed a messages of positivity and stressed controlling controllable’s, but his tone and demeanor screamed uncertainty. Jones may have slipped up just a bit when it comes to discussions that have gone on internally as to who will be starting…

Belichick still won’t name starting QB for Sunday’s game vs. Giants

November 21, 2023

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If you woke up and tuned into Bill Belichick’s press conference on Tuesday morning hoping to find out who the starting quarterback would be on Sunday, you could have just hit snooze and went back to bed. Belichick was asked multiple times, multiple different ways about the quarterback position during his 10 minute presser on Tuesday and the answer was the same each time, just presented a bit differently depending…

Patriots release Jack Jones after rocky two-year stint

November 13, 2023

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Well, that was awkward. After the incident this spring with Jack Jones at Logan Airport and then the past few weeks where he seemed to check out mentally, the troubled corner back is no longer a member of the Patriots. New England released Jones on Monday after he made the trip to Germany, but barely played in what seemed to be more punishment for he and JC Jackson taking the…

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