• Mac Jones is surprising the Patriots with his ‘swag’

    Mac Jones is surprising the Patriots with his ‘swag’

    Mac Jones won over Patriots coaches with his football smarts and passing accuracy, but his new teammates already see a different winning trait. “He has a swag to him that I didn’t know that he...
  • Quarterback question hangs over Patriots’ massive spending spree

    Quarterback question hangs over Patriots’ massive spending spree

    Is a new quarterback the Patriots’ next shocking move in NFL free agency? Before the Patriots spent over $200 million on free agents, they brought back Cam Newton on a one-year, $14 million
  • Cam Newton re-signing with Patriots for $14 million in surprise decision

    Cam Newton re-signing with Patriots for $14 million in surprise decision

    The Patriots and Cam Newton are going to give it one more shot. New England will re-sign the veteran quarterback to a one-year deal, the Boston Globe reported on Friday morning. The deal is worth
  • Jets are making this hard for Trevor Lawrence-obsessed fans

    Jets are making this hard for Trevor Lawrence-obsessed fans

    Are you really so committed to the cause, so tied to the tank, that this didn’t bother you? Have you really shut off all your feelings, all your emotions, all your stored-up resentment of the New
  • Jets choke against Patriots to keep Trevor Lawrence dream alive

    Jets choke against Patriots to keep Trevor Lawrence dream alive

    The tank lives. It looked like the Jets might do the unthinkable and win a game Monday night, but they blew it, falling 30-27 to the Patriots at MetLife Stadium. Former Jets kicker Nick Folk made a
  • Of course the Jets are a mess heading into Patriots showdown

    Of course the Jets are a mess heading into Patriots showdown

    Because, of course. The Jets finally get a crack at the Patriots when they’re down — for the first time in two decades — with New England entering Monday night’s game at MetLife Stadium having
  • Bill Belichick acknowledges why Patriots are in such a messy spot

    Bill Belichick acknowledges why Patriots are in such a messy spot

    Bill Belichick knows why he’s losing his breakup with Tom Brady. While the NFL’s oldest player has entered the MVP conversation and vaulted the Buccaneers to first place in the AFC South in his
  • NFL, networks keep glorifying and justifying showboating

    NFL, networks keep glorifying and justifying showboating

    How much space is left behind us before we fall off and forever disappear? Can’t be much. Even before the current rush to alienate the fair-minded and logical, let us never lose sight of what TV has always done to remove the sport from our sports. While front-and-center folks such as Cris Collinsworth and Kirk …
  • Tom Brady’s Buccaneers debut did not go that well

    Tom Brady’s Buccaneers debut did not go that well

    Tom Brady has pulled off a few historic comebacks over two decades with the New England Patriots, but the six-time Super Bowl champion could not complete another in his ballyhooed debut with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Brady’s pick-six to former Giants cornerback Janoris Jenkins early in the second half put the Bucs in a 17-point …
  • Cam Newton helping Patriots move on from ‘dour’ Tom Brady

    Cam Newton helping Patriots move on from ‘dour’ Tom Brady

    Who said the Patriots would miss Tom Brady? That may change once they actually play a game without one of the best quarterbacks of all time, but their honeymoon phase with Cam Newton appears to still be going strong as they enter the first week of the season. “I think, honestly, it’s been a match …