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Lights Out: Patriots Smoke Chargers, Get Back to .500
Don’t look now, but the Patriots just might be peaking in December. Just like they used to. Cam Newton rushed for two touchdowns, threw for another and New England got a pair of special teams touchdowns in a systematic demolishing of the Chargers, 45-0, to improve to 6-6 on the season. It was of little matter that Newton somehow...
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Comeback Bid Falls Short in Houston for Patriots
It’s back to the drawing board for the Patriots, who fell to 4-6 on the season following a 27-20 loss to the Texans on Sunday. “It was a disappointing outcome for us today,” New England coach Bill Belichick said. “We had some opportunities throughout the course of the game and just couldn’t do enough with them.” Cam Newton completed...
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Newton, Belichick Talk After Patriots Lose to Texans
It is the first time since 2009 that the Patriots will have at least six losses in a regular season.
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Is the Patriots' Youth Movement Back On?
Despite New England’s 23-17 win over Baltimore Sunday, the team still faces a steep incline when it comes to making the playoffs for a 12th straight season and 18th time in the last 20 years. The Patriots are now 4-5, winners of two straight games but currently in 10th place in the AFC. The five teams directly in front of…
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Patriots Hold Off Ravens for Second Straight Win
So you’re saying there’s a path… At 4-5 following a 23-17 win over the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday Night Football at a rain-soaked Gillette Stadium, the Patriots remain on the outside looking in of the AFC playoff picture. But their potential path to the postseason doesn’t seem nearly as far fetched now as it did earlier this week, especially...
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Patriots Place Damien Harris, Beau Allen on IR Before Week 1 vs. Dolphins
The Patriots have placed running back Damien Harris and defensive lineman Beau Allen on injured reserve. To fill the open spots on the 53-man roster, linebacker Caash Maluia and running back J.J. Taylor were promoted from the practice squad. Harris and Allen were both absent from practice Monday. A 2019 third-round pick out of Alabama, Harris opened training camp in…
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Patriots Turn Focus to Dolphins
The Patriots open their season Sunday against the Dolphins.
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Patriots Kick Off Season in One Week
Fans won’t be allowed at games until at least the end of September due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Is This Patriots RB the Next Big Thing? Here's What the Experts Say
Without preseason games it is difficult to get a true sense of how players are coming along. Our Tom E. Curran and Phil Perry have been observing practice for the past two weeks and share their observations.
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Ranking the Patriots' Rookie Class Through Week 15
Following an impressive preseason in which rookies flashed up and down New England’s roster, contributions from the majority of those same first-year players on the Patriots have failed to materialize. Even without much of a youth infusion, New England remains 11-3 and in the driver’s seat to secure the No. 2 seed in the AFC playoff picture and the...
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Tom Brady ‘Questionable' for Sunday's Game With Elbow Injury
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is listed as questionable for Sunday’s game against the Dallas Cowboys after he was limited in practice Friday due to a right elbow injury. Brady, who has dealt with other injuries this season, is one of several Patriots listed on the injured report ahead of Sunday’s game.
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The New England Patriots: An Embarrassment of Riches
As evidenced by outscoring their opponents, 76-3, through two games, the 2019 version of the New England Patriots are pretty darn good. The team is filled with talent all over the roster and equipped with enough depth to overcome just about anything the football gods throw their way. The Patriots are so loaded, however, that there’s not enough room for...
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Tom Brady Made a Bold Hat Choice, and Twitter Had Strong Opinions
Tom Brady looked impressive in this first preseason appearance of 2019 Thursday night, but the jury is still out on his bold choice of hats.
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Patriots Hold Off Panthers, Improve to 3-0 in Preseason
Can the regular season get here already? Four Patriots players left Thursday night’s 10-3 exhibition win over the Carolina Panthers with injuries, including a painful-looking one involving special teamer Brandon King which required him to be carted off the field. Linebacker Kyle Van Noy, tight ends Ben Watson and Stephen Anderson, running back Damien Harris and wide receiver/punt return...
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Patriots Roster Projection 2.0: Who's on the Bubble?
We’re halfway through the preseason, and as far as preseasons go, it’s been a great one for the Patriots. For the first time in a long time, young talent is popping all across the roster as the team prepares for the all-important third game of the exhibition season on Thursday vs. the Carolina Panthers. Of course, the strength of this...
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Is Jakobi Meyers for Real?
By the time Jakobi Meyers had finished up yet another dominating performance in Saturday’s 22-17 win over the Tennessee Titans in preseason game No. 2 for the Patriots, you may still have been thinking to yourself that you’d seen the beginning of this movie before. An undrafted free agent receiver comes to Foxboro and wows in the preseason, only never...
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With Josh Gordon Back at Practice, Where Does the Patriots' Receiver Corps Stand?
Nobody does Friday afternoon news dumps like the National Football League. From the time Josh Gordon’s reinstatement was announced after 6 p.m. on Friday, the anticipation was building towards his return to Gillette Stadium, where the Patriots held practice on Monday afternoon.
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Patriots Rookies Keep Progressing in Preseason Win vs. Titans
Wide receiver Jakobi Meyers, defensive end Chase Winovich, cornerback Joejuan Williams, running back Damien Harris and quarterback Jarrett Stidham all had moments in New England’s 22-17 win in Nashville which bode well for not only the future, but the present as well.
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Things You Might Not Know About Tom Brady
He’s arguably the greatest quarterback of all time, but did you know that Tom Brady was first drafted to play baseball?