New England Patriots News and Rumors

Saturday one-liners: From the “Who Doesn’t Belong and Whhhhhhyyyyy…

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

From the “Who Doesn’t Belong and Whhhhhhyyyyyyy?” file, Pop Warner football will honor on Saturday night the Patriots, Patriots TE Aaron Hernandez, former Patriots TE Ben Coates, Redskins RB Alfred Morris, and Nancy Kerrigan. The Bills’ new defens…

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Just six weeks after re-signing Julian Edelman, the Patriots and the receiver have made a slight alteration to the deal. Since Edelman is missing time during the offseason workout program and organized team activities due to a reaggravation of the injur…

Morgan Smith, patriotsgab.com

The Boston Herald reports the New England Patriots have signed their fourth round draft pick, wide receiver Josh Boyce to a four year deal. Boyce is the fifth draft pick to sign with the Patriots, leaving second round draft pick, WR Aaron Dobson, and se…

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NFL Films guru Greg Cosell breaks down the tape on the Patriots' rookie class

Friday morning one-liners

May 24 (yesterday)

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

Bills TE Scott Chandler feels he can be ready for training camp after tearing his ACL last season. Heath Evans isn’t a big fan of the Dolphins’ moves this offseason. The Patriots hope DE Michael Buchanan is another late round find. RB Chris Ivory is l…

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady says the loss of his favorite receiver, Wes Welker, didn’t come as a surprise. Because Brady has been around long enough to know that there are no safe jobs in the NFL. “I don’t think anything surprises me any more in …

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As much as Tom Brady likes Wes Welker as a friend and teammate, he did not ask the Patriots to retain the receiver around as part of the contract renegotiation and extension the quarterback signed in February.

Morgan Smith, patriotsgab.com

Defensive end Chandler Jones is heading into his second season with the New England Patriots and he is expecting big things. He recently gave an interview with Patriots Football Weekly and talked about his added weight. He played at 260 pounds his rooki…

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The AFC East blog continues its "Show and prove" series for the division in 2013. On Thursday, we take a look at New England Patriots starting cornerback Alfonzo Dennard. 2012 stats: 35 tackles, three INTs What he must prove: Dennard has to pr…

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

As the recently retired Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher looks back on his career, there’s one missed tackle in particular he wishes he could have back. Urlacher said on the Dan Patrick Show that it still sticks in his craw that when the Patriots beat th…

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The “Patriots Way” is a popular saying in Foxborough. It means several things, such as no distractions, establishing a strong football culture, and playing consistent and smart football. The Patriots, more than any NFL franchise, are machine-like in t…

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By Matt Pepin, Boston.com Staff When Patriots quarterback Tom Brady signed a new contract in February that gave the team more money to work with in the free agency market, many speculated it included a gentleman's agreement that the Patriots...

Patriots swap tackles

May 22 (3 days ago)

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By Shalise Manza Young, Globe Staff According to Wednesday's NFL transaction wire, the Patriots have claimed offensive tackle Kevin Haslam off waivers from the Chargers. Not surprisingly, Haslam played at Rutgers. Haslam is listed at 6 feet 5 inches,...

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

Maybe the Jaguars should just draft exclusively from Rutgers, and we can cut out the middleman. The Patriots claimed journeyman tackle Kevin Haslam off waivers. According to Field Yates of ESPNBoston.com, that makes Haslam the eighth Rutgers player on t…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

One of the most talked about moves of the offseason was wide receiver Wes Welker trading in life with Tom Brady for life with Peyton Manning. Welker’s new Broncos teammate Demaryius Thomas will stop by Pro Football Talk on NBCSN on Wednesday to talk abo…

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Belichick was the NFL's highest-paid coach from 2010-12.

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

During a wide-ranging and entertaining (except when I was talking) segment of Tuesday’s PFT Live, former Patriots V.P. of player personnel and Chiefs G.M. Scott Pioli reacted to the recent comments from former Dolphins assistant coach Tim Davis regardin…

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Although this is the first week Tom Brady and Danny Amendola have been on the field together during official workouts, the quarterback and one of his newest receivers began getting acquainted in early April.

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Robert Kraft is used to rooting against John Mara in February.