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The Patriots’ roster is getting thinner and thinner. A whopping eighth Patriots player opted out of the 2020 NFL season on Sunday with tight end Matt LaCosse bowing out, according to multiple reports, as the NFL prepares to try to play through the coronavirus pandemic. The former Giants tight end joins linebacker Dont’a Hightower, safety …

The Mets are bringing in a defensive reinforcement. They have traded for outfielder Billy Hamilton, acquiring the 29-year-old speedster from the Giants for right-handed pitcher Jordan Humphreys. Hamilton had yet to play for the Giants this season. With center fielder Jake Marisnick out with a hamstring injury, Hamilton provides the Mets with a strong defensive …

You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: the Giants. How much input will Joe Judge have in Jason Garrett’s offensive game plan? — Ian Brecher Good …

ATLANTA — The Mets sure resembled a team Saturday that had their hearts ripped out and shown to them the previous night. Zombies was more like it, as manager Luis Rojas’ crew fell into an early hole then never bothered to muster much of a fight in losing their fourth straight, 7-1 to the Braves …

It was J-G Pageau who skated to the faceoff circle for the Islanders with just over a minute left in the third period of a one-goal game against the Florida Panthers on Saturday evening. A member of the Islanders since February, when the organization acquired him from the Senators in exchange for a haul of …

The Giants see Nick Gates as a starter on the offensive line. Now they are paying him like one, too. Gates signed a two-year extension Saturday worth at least $6.825 million, with bonuses and incentives that could push the value north of $10.3 million, The Post confirmed. He was set to earn $675,000 in the …

NeNe Leakes of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” has been tweeting several cryptic messages alluding to mistreatment by Bravo. She posted videos of infamous fights from the Atlanta show, plus the Beverly Hills and New Jersey versions. One video was accompanied by headlines of former series stars Kim Zolciak-Biermann and Lisa Vanderpump getting Bravo spinoffs. …

Drew Brees still plans to stand for the national anthem, but his new stance on others who do not remains the same in the wake of the backlash he received for critical comments of those who take a knee to peacefully protest racial inequality and police brutality. Speaking to reporters on Saturday, the Saints’ quarterback …

Joe Judge is A Man With A Plan. A Plandemic, as it were. He brings to his first NFL head coaching job a precocious Belichickian unflappability, thoroughness and leadership that requires a plan for the possibility of him testing positive, for Daniel Jones testing positive, for Saquon Barkley testing positive, for Next Man Up anywhere …

ATLANTA — Meet the Mess, 2020 version. Just over a week into their 60-game season, the Mets have a glaring problem that will keep them socially distanced from even the expanded playoff format if they can’t find a fast solution. Just like old times, the bullpen is a raging inferno. Friday night it was Dellin …