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After three solid seasons with the New Orleans Saints, wide receiver Brandin Cooks became a hot commodity in the NFL leading to the 24-year-old ultimately landing with the defending Super Bowl champion New England Patriots. In 10 games with the Patriots, Cooks has found where he’d like to spend the rest of his NFL career, […]

The New England Patriots are 8-2 on the season heading into Week 12 with the defending Super Bowl champions looking like the best team in the AFC once again. Unfortunately, Tom Brady is a bit banged up ahead of the team’s divisional clash with the Miami Dolphins. According to Charean Williams of Pro Football Talk, Brady […]

The New England Patriots will face the Miami Dolphins twice over the next three weeks, and head coach Bill Belichick has nothing but kind words to say about their two quarterbacks, Jay Cutler and Matt Moore, who he referred to as “outstanding.” Given their respective performances this season, that’s probably not the word most fans, […]

As the New England Patriots prepare for their Week 12 meeting with the Miami Dolphins on Sunday, both Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski were not spotted by reporters during the open portion of the team’s Wednesday practice. According to the Boston Herald’s Adam Kurkjian, a definite reason was not provided for their absence. Additionally, Tom […]

New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick is not a fan of international games and volcanoes. No. You read that correctly. There’s no need to read that first sentence over again. Here is Bill Belichick on if he would want to go back to play another game outside the states: “Personally I wouldn’t be in any […]

The Green Bay Packers love talking about Martellus Bennett. Now with the New England Patriots, the former Packers tight end has heard several former teammates call into question his motivations. However, Martellus Bennett didn’t have to deal with the fury of Ha Ha Clinton-Dix … until now. Ha Ha Clinton-Dix is more than just an […]

San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan’s wife will have to continue waiting for quarterback Jimmy Garropolo to make his Niners debut. According to 49ers general manager John Lynch, they are in no rush of putting their shiny new signal-caller on the field this season. John Lynch said as much during an appearance on NBC […]

Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr said something interesting. Yes. It is wild that a gunslinger in the NFL saying something interesting is news, but this one can provide some fighting words. Derek Carr believes that Mexico belongs to the Raiders. For those unaware, Oakland is set to face the New England Patriots on Sunday in […]

In what will likely come to the shock of no one, New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski is really excited to play in Mexico against the Oakland Raiders. “It’s always cool to change up the atmosphere,” Gronkowski said during his media availability. “It always gets you excited heading into a new atmosphere not knowing […]

In what is a pretty neat story, New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick recently spent some time with the military service academies. He left his experience with them touched by the entire thing. According to Mike Giardi of NBC Sports Boston, Belichick was asked by Navy coach Ken Niumatalo to speak to his team […]

The New England Patriots are jumping across the border as they prepare for Sunday’s matchup with the Oakland Raiders in Mexico City, but they’re currently without wide receiver Chris Hogan and right tackle Marcus Cannon, Mike Reiss of ESPN has reported. WR Chris Hogan (shoulder) and OT Marcus Cannon (ankle) remain back in Massachusetts to […]

Shortly after the Green Bay Packers parted ways with veteran tight end Martellus Bennett last week, he was scooped up off waivers by his most recent employer, the New England Patriots. This move raised a few eyebrows given that he played last year with New England before signing with the Packers in the offseason, only […]

Throughout nearly the last two decades, New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick has led the franchise to much success over that span. Following Sunday’s convincing 41-16 win over the Denver Broncos, Belichick put himself in an elite company for all-time wins in NFL history, according to Mike Reiss of ESPN. Bill Belichick notched his 270th career […]

This past week has been an interesting one, to say the least for veteran tight end Martellus Bennett. He was released by the Green Bay Packers in what appears to an ugly parting of the ways and promptly claimed by the New England Patriots reuniting him with Bill Belichick and Tom Brady. Following his first […]

News surrounding tight end Martellus Bennett will never end, will it? We are still dealing with the entire medical team debacle he started after leaving the Green Bay Packers, and yet here we are, with the (now) New England Patriots talent claiming he didn’t want to be picked up on waivers. “When Bill called and said […]

The Green Bay Packers and Martellus Bennett didn’t exactly end their marriage on the greatest of terms. With fallout still being felt in various areas, the National Football League franchise will reportedly go after the bonus money it gave the tight end when he came to Green Bay. Via Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, the Packers […]

Poor Tom Brady. All the New England Patriots quarterback was trying to do was post a benign message on social media. Then, because beast, Denver Broncos linebacker Von Miller had a little fun at the future Hall of Famer’s expense. Here is Tom Brady’s completely harmless photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/BbSnE7nhnI4/ Miller posted a photo on Instagram from […]

When the Green Back Packers released tight end Martellus Bennett, everyone assumed the New England Patriots would scoop him up. Those people were correct. What people were not predicting, however, was several teammates coming out to say some iffy things about the veteran talent. Linebacker Ahmad Brooks claimed to have asked Bennett about the retirement […]

On Wednesday, the Green Bay Packers made a move that no one saw coming. The team decided to part ways with tight end Martellus Bennett who was Green Bay’s biggest free-agent acquisition in the offseason. Bennett signed a three-year deal with the Packers for $18.45 million after one season with the New England Patriots. It […]

A day after the Green Bay Packers parted ways with tight end Martellus Bennett, the New England Patriots jumped at the opportunity to bolster their receiving corps by bringing the 30-year-old back in the fold. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL.com, the Patriots have claimed Bennett off of waivers. Source: The #Patriots have claimed former […]

The injury bug has bit the New England Patriots at some key spots this season, and right now starters Chris Hogan, Malcom Brown, and Marcus Cannon are all dealing with ailments. Before the regular season began, Tom Brady’s top receiving target Julian Edelman was lost for the season with a torn ACL. Then, yesterday the […]

If the New England Patriots are to win back-to-back Super Bowl titles this season, they will have to do it minus star defensive linebacker Dont’a Hightower. Something that will make the road to a title a bit tougher. According to Field Yates of ESPN, Hightower has been placed by the team on injured reserve, essentially […]

Everyone assumes the one player the New England Patriots would never trade is quarterback Tom Brady. After all, he is arguably the greatest gunslinger in the history of the sport. Oddly enough, Tom Brady doesn’t exactly agree with people that he’s untouchable. In fact, he can envision a time when the Patriots force him out. […]

Are you ready for your brain to start oozing from your ears? Too bad. Here it comes. According to Jay Glazer, San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch asked New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick if he would be willing to trade Tom Brady during the offseason. I repeat, and this is real: 49ers general […]

The New England Patriots are the modern NFL dynasty with five Super Bowl titles over the last 16 years. With quarterback Tom Brady and head coach Bill Belichick heading into the sunset of their careers, it is fair to wonder which franchise will emerge to become the next dominant franchise. There are several teams on […]

This is likely a news post no one ever believed they would be reading, but here we are. New England Patriots quarterback, and certain Hall of Fame player, Tom Brady believes he can learn a few things from journeyman gunslinger Brian Hoyer. Yes. You read that correctly. “It’s fun talking football with him, even in […]

Herm Edwards thinks New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady still has a lot left in the tank. Herman, who was a guest on ESPN’s First Take, disagreed with Max Kellerman’s take that Brady will begin to “fall off a cliff” soon. The former New York Jets coach insisted Brady is different and would prove history […]

The general presumption among football observers and fans after the San Francisco 49ers traded for Jimmy Garoppolo was that the quarterback would immediately take over the reins under center for head coach Kyle Shanahan. It turns out, that’s that is not what’s going to happen. During a press conference on Wednesday, Kyle Shanahan revealed that […]

The New England Patriots have come to terms to bring journeyman quarterback Brian Hoyer to the National Football League franchise. Brian Hoyer gets 3 year deal with #Patriots — Bill Williamson (@BWilliamsonNFL) November 1, 2017 Prior to the move by the Patriots, during an appearance on “Zolak & Bertrand” on 98.5 The Sports Hub in Boston, […]

The New England Patriots made headlines when it shipped backup quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo to the San Francisco 49ers on Monday. The surprise of that move goes on two levels, though. Apart from leaving the Patriots with one quarterback — for now — in Tom Brady, the trade also baffled plenty of observers as all it […]

Six teams are scheduled for byes in Week 9, and whether you’re going to get hit by starters resting this week or not, there are hidden gems ready to become waiver wire pickups that will bolster your chances of booking a spot in the fantasy football playoffs. Our list this week includes some rising talents […]

The San Francisco 49ers made perhaps what will be the most significant deal heading toward Tuesday’s NFL trade deadline. San Francisco acquired Jimmy Gar0ppolo from the New England Patriots and as a result, may have finally found their franchise quarterback. Unfortunately for Brian Hoyer, the addition of Garoppolo resulted in the subtraction of his job […]

According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the New England Patriots have traded quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo to the San Francisco 49ers for a 2018 second-round pick. Major QB shakeup: 49ers trading 2018 2nd-round draft pick to New England for Patriots’ QB Jimmy Garoppolo, sources tell ESPN. — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 31, 2017 Garoppolo is in […]

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady might be the greatest player at his position in the history of the sport, but even he gets frustrated when certain things aren’t going his way. One of those things? Not being able to finish drives when the team reaches the right side of the 50-yard marker. “(Struggle) is […]

The New England Patriots continue to roll with Tom Brady and company getting their sixth win of the 2017 NFL season on Sunday against the Los Angeles Chargers. Although the Patriots have now won four straight games, the team may have suffered a loss with wide receiver Chris Hogan going down with an injury. Hogan went […]

New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman used to play quarterback in college for Kent State. Having hindsight at our back, we now know that Bill Belichick used a seventh-round draft pick to select him, then changing his position to receiver. How that all came about is actually interesting and something Julian Edelman disccuses in his […]

The New England Patriots just got a little worse on the defensive side of the football. Something, you know, the team couldn’t actually afford to have happen. Talented linebacker, Dont’a Hightower has been ruled out for the remainder of the season. According to a report from NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport on Thursday morning, a shoulder injury […]

A wave of byes will be working against fantasy football owners for the next two weeks, with a total of 12 teams scheduled for rest over that span. This means owners will be extra busy looking for the best waiver wire pickups. To help you with that, here’s a look at some potential diamonds in […]

Fog is, at least apparently, a rather polarizing topic. Just ask New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and Atlanta Falcons receiver Julio Jones, as the two had different opinions on the heavy fog that settled in when the two teams played on Sunday. Julio Jones doesn’t let a silly little thing like weather bother him: […]