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The New England Patriots finished with a 4-13 record for the second straight season. And for the second-straight season the Patriots will have a new head coach after the team fired Jerod Mayo following a rough first year in charge. While Patriots’ owner Robert Kraft takes full responsibility for the failure, he took popular opinion […]

The New England Patriots capped off their 2024 campaign with a 23-16 victory over the Buffalo Bills in Week 18 that actually hurt the team more than it helped them. After dropping from the No. 1 overall pick to the No. 4 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, Patriots owner Robert Kraft promptly fired […]

The New England Patriots beat the Buffalo Bills 23-16 to fall out of the number one pick in the draft. Head coach Jerod Mayo was fired after the game after just one season at the helm. Despite the disastrous four-win season, there is hope for the Patriots at quarterback with Drake Maye. Owner Robert Kraft […]

The New England Patriots are the story of the NFL on Monday after stunningly firing head coach Jerod Mayo shortly after their regular season finale. Getting a win on the final Sunday of the regular season wasn’t enough to save Mayo’s job, as he was out as head coach very shortly after the Patriots knocked […]

Following the New England Patriots’ 23-16 win over the Buffalo Bills, Patriots owner Robert Kraft had stones thrown at him courtesy of Bill Simmons. However, he isn’t the first to do so. Former Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski went scorched earth on Kraft for firing head coach Jerod Mayo. Simmons echoed the same sentiment and […]

The New England Patriots wasted no time getting their offseason started on Sunday as they fired head coach Jerod Mayo just hours after the regular season finale wrapped up. The move came as somewhat of a surprise after Mayo went 4-13 in his first season as head coach with a roster that nobody is going […]

Jerod Mayo is no longer the New England Patriots head coach as Robert Kraft and the front office are set to begin their first real head coaching search in 25 years. The Patriots fired Mayo shortly after their win in Sunday’s season finale against the Buffalo Bills. The victory was just the fourth of Mayo’s […]

The New England Patriots’ season didn’t go as planned, as Jerod Mayo’s team quickly fell out of the playoff picture early in the season. The Patriots changed quarterbacks and trudged through numerous weeks of uncompetitive football as one of the worst teams in the NFL. Now, just hours after the end of the Patriots’ season, […]

With the New England Patriots struggling for most of 2024, Jerod Mayo has become one of the NFL’s most scrutinized head coaches. However, despite his leadership being called into question, Robert Kraft and Eliot Wolf appear to be sold on the young coach for the time being. Kraft, specifically, is fond of Mayo and wants […]

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is one of the most successful owners in NFL history, having taken over a struggling and mistake-prone organization in 1994 and turning it one of the most dominant organizations in professional sports. With more than 30 years of ownership and leadership under his belt, Kraft was considered a favorite […]

One of the most famous cliches in the NFL is “any given Sunday.” The incredible parity in the NFL has helped the league gain popularity and become the massive enterprise that it is today. However, that parity only really exists on a week-to-week basis. Sustained success is a much more complicated goal, and something that […]

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft has become one of the most recognizable figures in sports for what he did to bring his team to football royalty. He’s certainly not short of championship hardware, but many fans don’t realize that Kraft has an extensive sneaker collection and is almost always lacing up a pair of […]

The New England Patriots had a tough start to their season campaign. After winning against the Cincinnati Bengals, Jerod Mayo’s squad endured two losses to the Seattle Seahawks and New York Jets. A lot of fans are suggesting that things would have been better with Bill Belichick but this new era with Jacoby Brissett and […]

What will it take to separate New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft from Spygate for an induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame? That’s a question ESPN’s Don Van Natta Jr. attempted to answer while speaking with over a dozen people involved with the Hall of Fame process and why they opposed Kraft. Head […]

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft held nothing back regarding Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones’ Hall-of-Fame induction. “He hasn’t been to the NFC title game in two decades and he gets in?” Kraft told a confidant via ESPN. “How does that work?” Kraft has searched for his ticket to Canton for quite some time. He […]

The New England Patriots started the Jerod Mayo era in impressive fashion. New England traveled to Cincinnati to take on the Bengals as heavy underdogs. However, the Patriots pulled off the upset and achieved a victory that a rookie head coach has not accomplished in more than 30 years. Jerod Mayo became the first head […]

The New England Patriots have won six Super Bowls since Robert Kraft became team owner. However, he only has five of the Patriots Super Bowl rings in his drawer. The ring the team won in Super Bowl 39 is currently with Russian President Vladimir Putin. And unfortunately for Kraft, that’s been the case for the […]

On Wednesday night at Gillette Stadium, Tom Brady became the 35th individual in New England Patriots franchise history to be inducted into the Patriots Hall of Fame. That much was a foregone conclusion. In fact, for the undisputed greatest player in franchise history — and arguably the NFL’s GOAT — this would be the bare […]

On Wednesday June 12th, seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady will become the 35th player inducted into the New England Patriots Hall of Fame. Even though historically, former Patriots have had to wait at least four years from the time of their retirement before they were enshrined, this is hardly groundbreaking news. Brady is without […]

Bill Belichick and Robert Kraft enjoyed an uber-successful quarter-of-a-century together as key figures in the New England Patriots’ dynasty. However, no good thing lasts forever, and it appears there are harsh and awkward feelings left between Belichick and Kraft, if a moment between the two at former Patriots quarterback Tom Brady’s roast is any indication. […]

Tom Brady’s Netflix roast was one for the ages, with the three-hour show featuring fellow New England Patriots icons Bill Belichick, Rob Gronkowski, Robert Kraft, and Julian Edelman being featured in a major way. Let’s take a look at the most savage jokes from the evening. All of the jokes made about Giselle’s affair Tom […]

So, so many things could have gone wrong during a live comedy roast of a notoriously volatile and competitive NFL superstar like Tom Brady that it’s almost a letdown that only one moment in particular seemed to set him off. What’s even more surprising is that it wasn’t one of the vicious barbs made about […]

Legendary NFL quarterback and former New England Patriots superstar signal-caller Tom Brady was at the center of the comedic crosshairs on Sunday during Netflix’s The Greatest Roast of All Time: Tom Brady. As everyone knows, nothing is off the table when it comes to events like this. The more awkward, the better is the mantra […]

Bill Belichick may be out of an NFL job, but he sure isn’t taking time off. The man who owns eight Super Bowl rings and is widely considered the greatest coach in league history is reportedly set to become a major media star in his first season without a coaching job since 1974. In January, […]

Bill Belichick is possibly the greatest coach in NFL history, and yet, he was left without a proverbial chair when the music of the coaching carousel stopped this offseason. While many will point to Belichick’s age (71) and propensity for control throughout the New England Patriots organization, Robert Kraft, the Patriots’ owner, reportedly had a […]

The New England Patriots are reloading after their disappointing 2023-24 season. New England parted ways with longtime head coach Bill Belichick and now finds themselves deep in the NFL free agency period. Moreover, Robert Kraft provided insight into the team’s offseason approach. Kraft believes the Patriots will have success, but it requires a combination of […]

Robert Kraft joined the chorus of many who didn’t enjoy the entirety of “The Dynasty: New England Patriots,” the documentary series that covered the Patriots’ historic two-decade-long run. Speaking to reporters at the NFL’s league meetings on Tuesday for the first time since the docuseries was released, Kraft believed it focused too much on the […]

Robert Kraft wasn’t shy in sharing his desire that the New England Patriots select a quarterback in the 2024 NFL Draft. Speaking to reporters at the NFL’s league meetings on Tuesday, Kraft didn’t place a demand that chief roster decision maker Eliot Wolf and head coach Jerod Mayo select a quarterback with the No. 3 […]

The New England Patriots fell short in the Calvin Ridley sweepstakes in the first week of NFL free agency, but Robert Kraft said the reason they didn’t get him wasn’t because they failed to offer enough money. Rather, Kraft said there were other factors that prevented Ridley from signing with the Patriots. “There was one […]

Familiarity still plays an important part in bridging the eras of dominance and rebuilding. Robert Kraft and Jerod Mayo both want the New England Patriots to be back in title contention. While it may take a while for a winning record or a postseason berth, the best they can do is bring in veterans to […]

Perhaps no quarterback-team duo has had more success than what Tom Brady and the New England Patriots accomplished during their run together during the 2000s and 2010s, winning six Super Bowls during his tenure and also recording a perfect 16-0 record in a regular season. Brady shockingly left the Patriots back in 2019 and went […]

Bill Belichick tipped his cap to Matthew Slater once again on Tuesday, joining the chorus of those showing the New England Patriots icon in praise after he announced his retirement. The former Patriots head coach doubled down on a previous sentiment of where Slater ranks among these special teams players in the history of the […]

The New England Patriots have developed a reputation for being thrifty when it comes to their spending. With Bill Belichick and Patriots owner Robert Kraft running the show in recent years, they have seen a lot of success despite not shedding much cash. Now, a new era has arrived for the team as Jerod Mayo […]

With Bill Belichick leaving the organization, the New England Patriots will have a new head coach for the first time since 2000. But as the Patriots prepare for the Jerod Mayo era, Robert Kraft thinks New England is in good hands. Mayo was elevated from his role as linebackers coach to replace Belichick. He has […]

There are only a few names that have become synonymous with a franchise. Bill Belichick has been exactly that for the New England Patriots. The coach still remains the most noticeable figure for sports fans. When he left, it felt like a big hole needed to be filled by Jerod Mayo because he was going […]

Jerod Mayo was officially introduced as the new head coach of the New England Patriots on Wednesday, becoming the 15th head coach in franchise history. He also made history in the process. Mayo is the first Black coach in the 65 years of the Patriots’ existence, an honor that he admittedly takes pride in. As […]

Robert Kraft made his first head coach hiring in 24 years official on Wednesday when he introduced Jerod Mayo as the New England Patriots’ next head coach. But the hiring of Mayo brings some similarities to Bill Belichick for the Patriots owner. Kraft explained that he had a similar conviction to hiring Mayo as he […]

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft recently gave some insight on the decision to hire Jared Mayo after the departure of longtime head coach Bill Belichick. He spoke on the importance of having trust in his next hire since he views the organization as a family. Coaching the Patriots isn’t for everybody. There are high […]

The New England Patriots introduced new head coach Jerod Mayo on Wednesday as he and owner Robert Kraft spoke to friends, family, the media and members of the Patriots organization. The duo appear excited to begin this new chapter of the franchise and Mayo’s history with the organization certainly made things easier for Kraft upon […]