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While the New England Patriots’ decision to trade away Joe Milton wasn’t particularly surprising, as he was one of the most in-demand backup quarterbacks in the NFL, what did turn more than a few heads was the price the Dallas Cowboys surrendered, giving up just a 2025 fifth-round pick for the Tennessee QB and a […]

The New England Patriots enter the 2025 NFL Draft looking to become competitive again under new head coach Mike Vrabel. The franchise has its answer at quarterback in second-year starter Drake Maye and has been very busy in free agency. Now, the front office will have nine picks to continue to rebuild a roster with […]

Ahead of his eighth year in the NFL, Harold Landry III is excited to reunite with Mike Vrabel as a member of the New England Patriots. Having played for Vrabel with the Tennessee Titans, Landry believes the veteran head coach best utilizes his skill set. One month after signing with the Patriots in free agency, […]

The New England Patriots will have a new look on the sidelines this season after hiring Mike Vrabel as their next head coach. Vrabel also brought back a familiar face, reuniting with offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels. During an interview with reporters on Thursday, McDaniels expressed excitement to build the offense around quarterback Drake Maye, who […]

The New England Patriots could be stoked to land Travis Hunter in the NFL Draft. If that were the case, head coach Mike Vrabel would absolutely love it. After the Patriots landed the No. 1 pick, they squandered the opportunity late in the season. However, with the fourth overall pick, it could be possible that […]

With the N0. 4 overall pick in the NFL Draft, the New England Patriots have a lot of tough decisions to make on what direction they want their team to go in. That could also include trading one of their quarterbacks, as there have been rumors flying around about Joe Milton III and what the […]

NFL free agency has endured its first month, and New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel has made some good moves. On Sunday, Vrabel reflected on the team’s offseason, per Andrew Callahan of Boston Herald. “We won March. … Which is comical.” The Patriots made several quality additions since March 12. Defensively, the team got […]

The New England Patriots are a long way from the team that was the scourge of the NFL when Bill Belichick was the head coach and Tom Brady was the team’s leader under center. While the glory days of the Patriots are not quite ancient history, the team has been moving in the wrong direction […]

The New England Patriots are transitioning into a new era of the franchise. Drake Maye got them started on that path with a strong rookie season, and now Mike Vrabel has replaced Jerod Mayo as the team’s head coach heading into 2025. Vrabel has wasted no time putting his imprint on the team. He is […]

Under new head coach Mike Vrabel, the New England Patriots were bound to make no shortage of roster changes ahead of the 2025 season. With tons of money to spend and a new regime coming in with the intention of returning the six-time Super Bowl champions to the top of the NFL, new faces were […]

The New England Patriots were a last-place team in the AFC East in 2024, but they are determined to avoid that fate in 2025. The Patriots have been quite active in free agency, signing DT Milton Williams from the Philadelphia Eagles, WR Stefon Diggs from the Houston Texans, CB Carlton Davis from the Detroit Lions, […]

The New England Patriots endured three straight losing seasons for the first time since the early 1990s. Armed with the most cap space in the NFL, the team aggressively pursued free agents this offseason. After bolstering the defense early on, the Patriots addressed their lackluster wide receiver situation by signing Stefon Diggs to a three-year, […]

When Mike Vrabel was hired by the New England Patriots, many thought it was because of returning to his old team. However, quarterback Drake Maye played a pivotal role in Vrabel taking the job. Although the Patriots ended with a 4-13 record on the season, the potential with Maye is there. He threw for 2.276 […]

NFL Draft strategy began for the New England Patriots during free agency. For example, one that got away means the team may target that position in the draft. But if ex-Jets GM Mike Tannenbaum had the same role with the Patriots this year, the organization would likely be shocked about his pick — and bypassing […]

With the NFL Draft over a month away and the start of training camps just about four months out, there is still plenty of time for all 32 across-the-league teams to address their biggest roster needs before the start of the 2025 regular season. But even in just the first few weeks of the offseason, […]

While Mike Vrabel tries to rework the New England Patriots defense, Chad Johnson — for some reason — urged the organization to sign Stefon Diggs. Regardless, here is the Patriots’ biggest need they must address after the first week of 2025 NFL free agency. Vrabel inherited a mess of a team. The Patriots finished 4-13 […]

The New England Patriots beefed up their defense this offseason, improving all three levels with headline grabbing contracts. But the Patriots failed to add talent on the other side of the ball, as new head coach Mike Vrabel acknowledged the team whiffed on offensive free agents. Now that the initial free agency frenzy has ended, […]

New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel will have another reunion with one of his former Tennessee Titans players, specifically linebacker Jack Gibbens. The Patriots signed Gibbens on a one-year contract, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler on Wednesday. Gibbens will enter the fourth year of his NFL career. He went undrafted in the 2022 […]

The New England Patriots have surpassed the official start of NFL free agency without a premier signing on offense. Head coach Mike Vrabel expressed optimism that the franchise is just getting started. For what the Patriots missed out on offensively, they made up for on the defensive side of the football, with good use of […]

When news broke that Milton Williams was spurning the Carolina Panthers to sign a four-year, $104 million contract with the New England Patriots, it genuinely took fans by surprise. Now sure, technically no free agent actually agrees to a new contract during the first day of the legal tampering window, as it’s called the “legal […]

The New England Patriots entered the offseason with the most salary cap space in football as the team had nearly $120 million in its war chest. And once free agency began, the Patriots started spending. The team added multiple marquee names to the roster including former Eagles’ defender Milton Williams, who signed a $104 million […]

Before they get out of the free-agent chase, the New England Patriots have their eyes on game-changing talent. And they reeled in a former Mike Vrabel player. Looking ahead, here is the Patriots’ five-round post-combined 2025 NFL mock draft, according to the rarely reliable Pro Football Focus simulator. Coming off a dreadful 4-13 season, the […]

With well over $100 million in cap space, the New England Patriots have more money to spend during the 2025 NFL offseason than any other team in the league. And with a new head coach (Mike Vrabel), a second-year quarterback who looks primed to become the face of the franchise (Drake Maye), and a fanbase […]

Mike Vrabel will have a reunion with Harold Landry, banding together with the New England Patriots. The Patriots will sign Landry to a three-year deal for $43.5 million with $26 million fully guaranteed. The max value of the contract will be $48 million, per NFL insider Tom Pelissero. Landry represented the Tennessee Titans throughout the […]

The New England Patriots have hefty money to spend ahead of NFL free agency week. The league’s legal tampering period sets off Monday. Owner Robert Kraft, general manager Eliot Wolf, and new head coach Mike Vrabel have new Pats to pursue — with $129 million in cap space available. The Patriots can turn to multiple […]

If the New England Patriots were to make a substantial leap during the 2025 NFL season, it wouldn’t come as a huge surprise. In place are all the ingredients of a team ready to ascend to the next level. Young star quarterback with perennial Pro Bowl potential? Drake Maye’s your guy. New head coach with […]

The New England Patriots are now urged to draft an NFL Combine star. It’s not Travis Hunter either despite an intriguing update during the combine. The Patriots are also suggested to pass on Will Campbell too. The Pats and new head coach Mike Vrabel need offensive tackle help, with the LSU star Campbell projected to […]

The New England Patriots sit at a very pivotal point of the the 2025 NFL Draft. With the 4th overall pick at their disposal, the Patriots could find themselves in a position where they’re the recipient of quarterback hungry teams desperate to move up in the draft order to get their guy, or if a […]

With the Tom Brady/Bill Belichick days long gone, the New England Patriots are embarking on a new era. After team owner Robert Kraft hand-picked Jerod Mayo as Belichick’s successor, New England fired the first-time head coach after one season. The Patriots tapped former linebacker Mike Vrabel as the team’s new leader this offseason. Despite a […]

Drake Maye was one of the reasons why Mike Vrabel opted to become the next head coach of the New England Patriots, but it also made him deal with a harsh reality. The new Patriots head coach spoke highly of his QB in an interview with SiriusXM NFL radio on Tuesday, but recognized that there’s a […]

Mike Vrabel is ready for the New England Patriots to spend in NFL free agency. The Patriots head coach was pretty blunt when asked what his team’s approach would be in free agency this offseason as he met with reporters at the NFL Scouting Combine on Tuesday. “We want to be aggressive,” Vrabel said. “We […]

Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla is no stranger to thinking outside of the box. Whether it be showing videos of orcas attacking baby seals in film sessions, welcoming a ‘morgue’ atmosphere following a loss to the Pelicans, or taking pointers for championship winning soccer coach Pep Guardiola, Mazz has proven he’ll push any button […]

The New England Patriots won’t think about financial anxiety ahead of the NFL free agency period. Owner Robert Kraft, head coach Mike Vrabel and Patriots nation will love their latest money update unveiled Wednesday. The Pats are beyond healthy financially in 2025. But they have this new money edge, as noted by NFL insider Ari […]

While the New England Patriots mull over their plans for 2025, former standout Vince Wilfork is still haunted by a Super Bowl loss. Also, Wilfork recalled intense battles back in the day between Tom Brady and new head coach Mike Vrabel. Wilfork talked on the Green Light Podcast with Chris Long. He said Vrabel played […]

New England Patriots great Vince Wilfork is confident in the new regime. The Patriots will usher in a new era — or an old era, depending on how you look at it — with former longtime linebacker Mike Vrabel as their new head coach. They’ll also bring back former offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels in the […]

New England Patriots’ owner Robert Kraft is hoping that familiar faces can lead the team out of the AFC East cellar and back to prominence. After a second straight 4-13 season in 2024, the team fired first-year head coach Jerod Mayo and handed the reins to former Patriots’ linebacker Mike Vrabel. Then New England reunited […]

As the New England Patriots hired Mike Vrabel as their new head coach, it came at the expense of Jerod Mayo who only served one season at the helm. With the Patriots looking to improve in the offseason heading into the regular season, defensive star Deatrich Wise spoke about the coaching change. Wise was on […]

Since taking over as the head coach of the New England Patriots, Mike Vrabel has taken his time constructing the team’s new coaching staff. He decided not to keep most of the previous coaches but, interestingly, will retain former New York Giants head coach Ben McAdoo on his staff. McAdoo spent 2024 as the Patriots’ […]

The New England Patriots had a disappointing 2024 season. New England finished the regular season 4-13, which earned them the fourth overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. It also cost head coach Jerod Mayo his job, as he was recently replaced by former Titans head coach Mike Vrabel. Vrabel will not have one Super […]