Hurley: It Doesn't Feel Like The Patriots Are Back In Super Bowl Contention
Everybody loves to overreact to the NFL Draft one way or another. This is not that
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Everybody loves to overreact to the NFL Draft one way or another. This is not that
This year feels like a crossroads of sorts.
The Patriots are throwing a lot of draft capital at players they likely could have gotten later in the draft.
To say it was an interesting night for the Patriots would be an understatement, as the night was a curveball, even by Belichick's own standards.
The draft grades are out there. And for the Patriots, they're not looking so good.
The draft week trades have officially begun. Unsurprisingly, Bill Belichick has gotten the ball rolling.
Bill Belichick will turn to the draft to bolster a roster that still needs youth all over the field, particularly at linebacker, receiver, on the offensive line and at cornerback.
Bill Belichick is 70 years old. Yet the leader of the Patriots has given no indications that he's slowing down. In fact, he may be ramping up.
A layer of that operation was peeled back on Friday, when the Patriots' new director of player personnel spoke to the media to discuss the forthcoming NFL draft.
It seems Dorchester native Mark Wahlberg wants to bring Bill Belichick's story to the big screen.
The highest-ranking members of the Patriots' brain trust were in Tuscaloosa on Wednesday, getting an up-close-and-personal look at the best draft prospects coming out of the University of Alabama.
"More than anything, it bothers me that we haven't been able to win a playoff game in the last three years."
The tradition of Bill Belichick skipping that photo opportunity has returned.
There are plenty of questions about the Patriots coaching staff heading into the 2022 season, and Bill Belichick didn't offer up many answers when chatting at the NFL league meetings on Monday.
That text exchange, really, is the crux of Flores' lawsuit against the Giants and the NFL. But Giants owner John Mara says it's all baseless. Granted, Giants owner John Mara also hasn't done the legwork to confirm that it's baseless. Nevertheless, he avers the claim to be false.
The Malcolm Butler-Patriots reunion ranks among the most surprising and unlikely moments of the entire Bill Belichick era.
The list of opposing quarterbacks whom the Patriots will face next season just keeps getting better -- or worse, depending on how you look at it.
At this point in his career, Matthew Slater's name has become synonymous with the New England Patriots. Entering year 15, he wasn't prepared to change that.
The trio of Bill Belichick, Matt Patricia and Matt Groh was in attendance on Wednesday for the pro day being held at the University of Georgia.
J.C. Jackson won't be picking off passes for the Patriots anymore, bolting for a big money deal from the Los Angeles Chargers. It leaves a massive hole in New England's secondary, one that won't be easy to fill his offseason.
The Era of What Could Have Been has officially come to an end in Seattle. Russell Wilson has been traded.
The release of Kyle Van Noy is likely just the start of an offseason of change for the Patriots defense.
Another week has passed with no new coaches added to the offensive staff in New England. And with each week that passes, it looks more and more that the Patriots will head into the season with what they've got.
Josh McDaniels left New England for Las Vegas this offseason, and he brought a lot of Patriots coaches with him. And according to McDaniels, Bill Belichick knew they were going with him.
Bill Belichick's willingness to enter a season with Joe Judge and Matt Patricia as top assistant coaches on the offensive side of the ball has caught a lot of people in New England by surprise. Apparently, that's the case around the NFL, too.
