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The New England Patriots have had issues at wide receiver all season long, leading many to wonder why Bill Belichick isn’t playing rookie Kayshon Boutte. Boutte had an impressive end to training camp and the preseason before playing 55 snaps in the Patriots’ Week 1 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. However, we haven’t seen him […]

A few days after the New England Patriots’ stunning victory over the Buffalo Bills, Bill Belichick heaped praise on a pair of the team’s young players, giving strong words on Christian Barmore and Jalen Reagor for a pair of different reasons. Barmore, a third-year defensive tackle, recorded a sack, four pressures, three combined tackles and […]

The New England Patriots didn’t have extremely high expectations heading into the 2023 season, but nobody expected that six weeks into the season that there would be serious discussions about Bill Belichick and Mac Jones’ future with the team. However, when you crawl out to a 1-5 start and put together arguably the worst three-game […]

The New England Patriots’ coaching staff has been criticized for its handling of former Alabama Crimson Tide star and first round draft pick Mac Jones, now the team’s starting quarterback. Dan Orlovsky, a former Detroit Lions quarterback and current ESPN analyst. Recently Patriots coach Bill Belichick complained about ‘unusual’ officiating that plagued his team following […]

The New England Patriots pulled one of the upsets of the 2023 NFL season in Week 7, upsetting the Buffalo Bills 29-25. On Monday morning after the game, Pats head coach Bill Belichick talked about the stirring win, but he also took the opportunity to complain about the NFL officiating in the game by referee […]

Bill Belichick made history in the New England Patriots’ stunning and dramatic win over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday. He became the third coach in NFL history to win 300 regular-season games, joining legendary coaches Don Shula and George Halas as the only ones to achieve that mark. Following New England’s upset win, the Patriots […]

Bill Belichick knows that he’s not in the best situation right now. The legendary head coach, who is embroiled in a flailing 2-5 season with the New England Patriots, is receiving as much criticism as he has ever had for the struggles his team is facing on the field. If that’s bothering him, he’s not […]

In the past few weeks, it might’ve felt like this was never going to happen. But New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick secured his 300th win as an NFL head coach on Sunday. The Patriots’ shocking 29-25 win over the Buffalo Bills placed Belichick in an exclusive club. He joins Hall of Famers Don Shula […]

New England Patriots QB Mac Jones did something he’s never done before by marching the Patriots down the field to connect with Mike Gesicki for the game-winning touchdown in a massive upset over the Buffalo Bills in Week 7. Career first for Mac Jones in win over Buffalo This was Mac Jones’s first career win […]

The New England Patriots are… not good this season. After a rather underwhelming 2022 season, the team’s performance fell off a steep cliff. Even after giving up on the Matt Patricia/Joe Judge experiment, the team’s offense has somehow regressed. Meanwhile, their defense has already lost two of their best players for the season. Their poor […]

To say that the New England Patriots have been struggling is an understatement. Bill Belichick hoped to change the tides of the Mac Jones-led offense by acquiring Ezekiel Elliot but not a lot has changed since then. They went scoreless against the New Orleans Saints and lost in the clutch against the Las Vegas Raiders. […]

The New England Patriots are a complete and utter mess so far in the 2023 season. The Pats have limped out to a 1-5 record through six games, getting blown out in two of those losses, before losing to their former backup quarterback in Brian Hoyer in Week 6. Things likely aren’t going to be […]

The New England Patriots opted to go the unconventional route when choosing who would backup Mac Jones at quarterback last week, playing Malik Cunningham behind their struggling starter. Not only was the undrafted rookie signed to the roster off the practice squad ahead of the matchup against the Las Vegas Raiders, but he also played […]

With the New England Patriots struggling like never before under Bill Belichick, the rumblings about where Belichick could land next if he parts ways with the Patriots are starting to heat up. Surprisingly enough, the Washington Commanders are rumored as the favorite to land Belichick if his tenure with the Patriots ends, according to Bet […]

It’s never too early to start looking at which NFL head coaches might be on the hot seat. As we head into Week 7, there are already plenty of reasons to debate which coaches may or may not be roaming the sideline not just this time next season but perhaps even by the season’s end. […]

Former New England Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschi feels it’s time for head coach Bill Belichick to retire from the NFL. Bruschi felt Belichick shouldn’t pursue former Miami Dolphins head coach Don Shula’s 347 career victories (side note: Belichick is just 17 wins shy of tying Shula’s record). Bruschi shared his thoughts after the Patriots’ 21-17 […]

When the Las Vegas Raiders took on the New England Patriots in Week 6, Adam Butler was in line for a bit of a homecoming. However, while the Raiders came away with the victory, the reunion wasn’t as sweet as Butler was hoping for. The defensive end spent the first four seasons of his NFL […]

When it comes to the New England Patriots and their constant struggles this season, owner Robert Kraft and head coach Bill Belichick could have “hard conversations” according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. “I think there’s gonna be some hard conversations between Bill Belichick and Robert Kraft,” Schefter said on The Pat McAfee show Monday afternoon. “How […]

The New England Patriots dropped to 1-5 with a tough loss to the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday, and penalties plagued them throughout the game, which caused Patriots legend Tedy Bruschi to criticize Bill Belichick on ESPN’s Get Up. “To start the game with two penalties [on offense]. To finish the game with three penalties. […]

New England Patriots backup quarterback Malik Cunningham got on the field a few times in the Pats’ Week 6 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders. While he didn’t do all that much in his first game as Mac Jones’ primary backup, it seems as though he did enough to intrigue head coach Bill Belichick. Cunningham […]

The New England Patriots were losers once again on Sunday, falling to the Las Vegas Raiders, 21-17, to drop to 1-5 on the season. Here are the five people most to blame for the Week 6 loss. Mac Jones, at least in the first half Jones wasn’t as bad on Sunday as he was the […]

When the New England Patriots signed Malik Cunningham to their active roster ahead of Sunday’s game against the Las Vegas Raiders, many thought Bill Belichick had something up his sleeve. It turns out Belichick did. Cunningham ended up being the Patriots’ primary backup quarterback for the Week 6 loss, supplanting Bailey Zappe and Will Grier […]

The New England Patriots have dug into a hole that seems hard to escape. Bill Belichick has been throwing everything inside his playbook but it does not seem to be enough. He was visibly upset in the middle of their game against the Jimmy Garoppolo-led Las Vegas Raiders. The NFL’s mastermind of schematics pulled a […]

Fresh off of two of the worst losses of the Bill Belichick era in New England, things seem to only be getting worse for not only the Patriots, but more specifically, for their starting quarterback Mac Jones. Jones has been benched in each of the last two losses, and from the sounds of it, he’ll […]

Nothing has gone right for the New England Patriots early on this season, and while their play on the field certainly showcases that, this can be traced back to free agency this past offseason when the team opted to replace Jakobi Meyers with JuJu Smith-Schuster. This was a confusing decision at the time, but a […]

347 is the number that Bill Belichick is after. It represents the number of combined regular season and postseason wins by Hall of Fame head coach Don Shula, the current NFL record which has stood since Shula retired in 1995. As things stand right now, Belichick is 18 wins shy of Shula’s record, but given how […]

The New England Patriots will trot out Mac Jones at starting quarterback again in Week 6 versus the Las Vegas Raiders. Despite his recent struggles, Jones is still getting support from his coaches as the team looks to right the ship. Both Bill Belichick and Bill O’Brien stated their faith in the Patriots quarterback earlier […]

Jakobi Meyers’ departure from the New England Patriots this offseason was a bit of a shocker, especially as they signed JuJu Smith-Schuster right after. As many remain disappointed in the move, Bill Belichick shared his side of the story on Wednesday. Belichick explained that the team still had interest in Meyers when he hit free […]

Since 2000, Bill Belichick has helped the New England Patriots reach new heights. But as the Patriots continue to falter this season, Robert Kraft is considering a massive change. In his time as head coach, Belichick has won 263 games and led New England to six Super Bowl championships. However, the Patriots have gotten out […]

The New England Patriots have been blown out in back-to-back games in embarrassing fashion, and that has raised a lot of questions about Mac Jones’ future as the starting quarterback of this team. Despite those questions, all signs have pointed to Jones being the starter under center again for the Patriots in Week 6 against […]

Bill Belichick’s career with the New England Patriots could be in jeopardy for a surprising reason according to longtime New England sports personality Bill Simmons. Simmons spoke about the topic on his podcast recently and suggested that the former Tom Brady coach could leave for greener pastures on a hunt for an elusive NFL head […]

Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots have struggled mightily to open up the 2023 season. The Patriots recently suffered back-to-back losses of over 30 points, leading some to wonder just how much of New England’s former dynastic success can actually be attributed to Belichick. However, Belichick’s former quarterback Tom Brady is not here for […]

The New England Patriots are traveling to face the Las Vegas Raiders this week, meaning that Bill Belichick will go against his former disciple Josh McDaniels, and with the game looming, McDaniels downplayed the storylines. “The horse is dead,” Josh McDaniels said, via Vic Tafur of The Athletic. It is clear that McDaniels does not […]

The New England Patriots got decimated by the Dallas Cowboys and New Orleans Saints. The Mac Jones-led offense only scored three points in both of those games. Shannon Sharpe and the rest of the First Take crew outlined how much Bill Belichick needed a quarterback like Tom Brady to lead the charge in their latest […]

Former New England Patriots star Devin McCourty doesn’t have the brightest of outlooks for Bill Belichick’s 2023 roster. In fact, it’s the opposite as he shared a rather gloomy prediction for the team. After the Patriots suffered another massive beating in Week 5, this time at the hands of the New Orleans Saints to whom […]

In the world of sports, debates and controversies are as integral as the games themselves. One such debate that has gripped the New England Patriots for the past few weeks is the one revolving around the Patriots’ starting quarterback (for now), Mac Jones. After an abysmal Week 5 loss to the New Orleans Saints, many […]

The New England Patriots fell to the New Orleans Saints, 34-0, in Week 5. It was ugly. It was bad. It was a gross display of football from the Patriots, who fell to 1-4 and received the second-worst loss of the Bill Belichick era a week after they had the worst loss in his 24 […]

For years, Bill Belichick has been the face of the ruthless New England Patriots run of success in the NFL. Belichick led the Patriots to each of their six Super Bowl victories, and ran the most efficient operation the league has ever seen in an era where building a continuous winner was supposed to be […]

There is no debating that Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots are enduring a rough stretch. In fact, it’s the roughest stretch of Belichick’s coaching career. But this is the six-time Super Bowl winning head coach we’re talking about. Surely The Hoodie has a plan to get this franchise back on track, right? Well, […]