New England Patriots News and Rumors
Patriots don’t use franchise tag for first time since 2008Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com At various points since the end of the season, we’ve heard talk about the Patriots using their franchise tag to guarantee the return of one of three key free agents from last year’s team. The deadline to use the tag has passed, however, and the Patrio… |
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Wes Welker still stands best chance to land a deal before free agency starts. |
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Patriots owner Robert Kraft answered questions about Tom Brady's new deal. |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com The Patriots are one of the teams we’ll be watching most closely heading into the franchise tag deadline, which makes them a good topic for Monday’s edition of PFT Live. Tom Curran of CSNNewEngland.com will join Mike Florio to talk about the options t… |
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The New England Patriots announced Monday that they have released Kyle Hix and Spencer Larsen. |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com Will the Bills meet G Andy Levitre’s price as a free agent? The Dolphins could land an early compensatory pick this year. Patriots QB Tom Brady’s intangibles get a rave review. The Jets are having a conference call with season ticket holders on Monday… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com Like Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco will have low cap numbers in the next two years. That’s where the similarities between their contracts end. Actually, Flacco’s cap number will be ridiculously low. Peter King of Spor… |
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Peter King, CNNSI.com I'll get to the news of the week in the never-ending NFL news cycle in a few moments, but let's start with the elephant in the room in the wake of the Tom Brady contract. A majority of you seem skeptical (and that's putting it mildly) that Brady did a g… |
