Tom Brady on his one regret with the
#Patriots
and
#Buccaneers
:
"I see like Patrick out there at quarterback, running around, laughing, having fun, I'm like, 'I used to be like that! What the hell happened to me?...I just got too serious."
(๐ฅ:
@thepivot
)
I don't care how good people think Drake Maye is. If the
#Patriots
are behind the 50 and down by a TD with 0:02 left in the game, you put Joe Milton in there. It shouldn't even be a discussion.
.
@AlbertBreer
says that
#Patriots
owner Robert Kraft's Hall of Fame bid is in danger. Some reasons include "The Dynasty" series and ESPN's article concerning Belichick.
Voters also don't like that he seems to be actively campaigning.
Mike Shanahan is seen as a better candidate.
#Patriots
WR DeMario Douglas on why he is switching his jersey number to 3:
"The number 3 is big to me because I was raised by three strong ladies: my mom, my grandma, and my great grandma."
#Patriots
WR Javon Baker on his chemistry with Drake Maye:
โItโs way better. Me and Drake got a lot to learn, and we just gotta keep stacking days, me and Drakeโฆ.Weโll be aight.โ
The Maye-Baker duo will be phenomenal!
(๐ฅ:
@Patriots
)
#Patriots
TE Jaheim Bell on HC Jerod Mayo:
I didn't even know he was the head coach until they told meโฆHe was like one of the players. I like coaches like that; that hang out with their players around the building. It's cool to be around a coach like that -- a player-led coachโ
North Carolina HC Mack Brown on new
#Patriots
QB Drake Maye:
"I asked him what he wanted and he said 'somebody to help me with my footwork, somebody to help me have a better presence in the pocket, somebody to help me with my throwing motion.' So he's all over it."
#Patriots
QB Drake Maye on what he wants to work on:
"Knowing all the details of [Alex Van Pelt's] the offense. Going out there as a deer in the headlights as a rookie is not good thing....Getting really detailed in the playbook and the formation....Working on my cadence."
#Patriots
WR DeMario Douglas started a YouTube channel where he documents his life as an
#NFL
WR.
In his first video,
@popshotta3
went to St. Augustine, Florida, to celebrate Easter with his family and friends.
He says that he will be uploading workout videos and other content.
REPORT: The
#Patriots
will be hosting their rookie minicamp May 10-12, per
@NFL345
.
We'll get our first chance to see the new rookies on the practice field.
.
@PhilAPerry
on who could become the
#Patriots
WR1:
"My guess is it ends up being Polk....t's been pointed out to me by those in the building that he has some high-end physical skills, which have them believing he'll be much more than a role player in their receiver room."
.
@AdamSchefter
says that JJ McCarthy has some support from the
#Patriots
. New England likes a few different QBs.
The
#Vikings
are in love with Drake Maye
The
#Giants
would be satisfied with either McCarthy or Maye, but have shown preference to JJ.
McCarthy could very well go 3
.
@PhilAPerry
on the
#Patriots
plan for Bailey Zappe:
"I see this QB room as needing to do 2 things before the season starts:
1. Get Jacoby Brissett ready to start Week 1.
2. Develop Drake Maye....Whether you like [Zappe] or not, he's pretty clearly not in their plans long term."
.
@FieldYates
on
#Patriots
WR Ja'Lynn Polk:
"Polk's a good athlete for sure...just runs good routes, makes contested catches, has awesome body control, very good after the catch. Very tough. Has a lot of maturity as well."
Yates adds that Polk will be a good WR for Drake Maye.
#Patriots
HC Jerod Mayo on having a mobile QB:
"When you have a QB that can move around, that puts a lot of stress on the defense. Running boots and things...that's the strength of a few guys in that QB room. Those extended plays are gong to put a lot of stress on the defense."
If Mac Jones can constantly make throws like this with the
#Jaguars
second-stringers, he can totally do it with starters. Probably even the
#Patriots
starters. I think we're seeing that it was the coaching staff's fault.
Drake Maye on if any of the other
#Patriots
QBs reached out to him:
"Jacoby's reached out to me, and I got to know him pretty well through Sam, so he's been awesome. Looking forward to work with him. And I know Joe Milton from college....I look forward to being in that room."
.
@AlbertBreer
on
#Patriots
QB Drake Maye's progress:
"His incremental progress thus far has been impressive (he takes steps forward, without many back). And when he ties his feet to his throwing motion to the play call, everyone sees the top-five pick talent."
#Patriots
G Mike Onwenu riding a bike in the locker room.
In the forefront of the video is the mini basketball hoop that Jerod Mayo placed in the locker room once he became HC.
(IG:
@BournePoly11
)
Great job, Eliot Wolf. You did something that every
#Patriots
fan wanted you to do. There is just one more player that the New England Faithful would like to be cut. And his name is:
BAILEY ZAPPE
Make it happen and we will love you forever.
#Patriots
CB Christian Gonzalez wants to be the primary DB against opposing teams' WR1s this year:
"Obviously I want that matchup. I think any corner wants that matchup."
Gonzalez looked very good against
#Dolphins
star WR Tyreek Hill last year.
.
@JimNagy_SB
on
#Patriots
TE Jaheim Bell:
"He is like a Swiss-army knife player....His analytic model was off the charts, one of the best in the last 10 years....He can carry the ball, he can line up in the slot, he can line up outside....He's a guy you can gameplan with."
Former
#Patriots
OC Bill OโBrien on Drake Mayeโs reps:
โI donโt think thereโs any other way to learn than by actually doing it. I donโt think you learn by standing next to the coach on the sideline. You learn by going out there and experiencing it.โ
(๐ฅ:
@WEEI
)
Per
@MikeGarafolo
, the reason the
#Patriots
are hesitant to trade down is that they don't expect to be this high in the draft soon and don't want another team taking what could be their franchise QB.
.
@MikeReiss
with some insight as to why the
#Patriots
might not want to keep Zappe:
โCould his presence somehow impede Maye's space to develop important bonds and grow with new teammates?โ
Another indication that Zappe could be a toxic player in the locker room.
.
@FieldYates
says that
#Patriots
fans don't have to worry about Ja'Lynn Polk being N'Keal Harry 2.0.
"He's the better athlete, I do think that about Ja'Lynn Polk....One things clear: Ja'Lynn Polk's mentality is a different stratosphere than N'Keal Harry."
#Patriots
QB Drake Maye says he had the most contact with Jerod Mayo and Alex Van Pelt leading up to the draft.
Maye on who he has the most contact with now:
"Coach T.C., Coach Van Pelt will check in every now and then. When I went up there I saw Eliot and Matt [Groh] first."
.
@MikeGiardi
is looking forward to watching
#Patriots
WR DeMario Douglas:
โI set the over/under for Douglas at 80 catches. Upon watching him this summer, I'd say he could surpass that, assuming the QB play is competent and the offensive line isn't an abject disaster.โ
#Patriots
LB Matt Judon working with free agent LB Justin Hollins.
Judon is putting in so much work this offseason. I can't wait for the end-result.
(IG: 3hunnid__)
.
@RapSheet
on the
#Patriots
starting QB job:
โJudging from the reports at training camp, people maybe started to wonder. The Patriots are very high on Drake Mayeโฆ.They havenโt completely ruled out the possibility that he would begin the season as the starter.โ
(๐ฅ:
@nflnetwork
#Eagles
WR AJ Brown has also recently followed
#Patriots
QB Jacoby Brissett and WR KJ Osborn on Instagram.
Could Brown to New England be a real possibility?
#Eagles
WR AJ Brown has changed his profile picture to Tom Brady. He was a diehard Pats fan growing up.
Eliot Wolf mentioned this morning that the
#Patriots
have been in talks with teams to trade for a veteran WR. Could Brown be coming to New England?
๐
.
@JosinaAnderson
on
#49ers
OT Trent Williams:
"San Francisco is between a real rock and a hard place, because Trent is not playing around. Something may have to give, unless you're allowing for big adjustments next season."
The
#Patriots
should absolutley try to trade for him.
#Patriots
WR DeMario Douglas reveals that he and Tyquan Thornton have been consistently working together all offseason. He says that Thornton has improved in his mentality and his bigger frame.
Eliot Wolf on Jacoby Brissett mentoring Drake Maye
"We were very upfront with Jacoby about the role....'We're likely going to draft a QB at some point in the draft and how do you feel about that?'...We're excited about his ability in the room to help whoever the young guy is."
#Patriots
QB coach T.C. McCartney on Bailey Zappe:
"He's been in some tough situations here over the years. Tough situation when you go in for your first preseason game [this year] and they boo. He's been the same guy every day and he's had a really good camp."
(Via
@MikeReiss
)
Eliot Wolf said that the
#Patriots
were not even close to trading the
#3
overall pick.
"We were listening throughout the process. We weren't stringing these teams along. The opportunity to pick Drake superseded anything that anyone offered."
(Via
@AdamSchefter
Podcast)
NEWS:
#Patriots
WR Demario Douglas is switching his uniform number from 81 to 3. Douglas wore number 3 in college.
The last player to wear the number 3 was LB Mack Wilson, Sr.
The moment when Javon Baker was told that he was going to be drafted by the
#Patriots
with their fourth-round pick.
The first three rounds were torture for Baker and his family, watching other WRs get picked ahead of him. But finally, he got the call.
(YT: Javon VON Baker)
If the
#Patriots
hadnโt drafted Drake Maye, Iโd be completely happy with Joe Milton. He has great pocket presence, can slip tackles, has good accuracy, and a hell of an arm. I donโt know what else youโd want.
REPORT: The
#Patriots
have invited Peru State DT/P Devin Adams to rookie minicamp, per
@HurwitzSports
.
He is 6โ1" 289 lbs.
In college, he was 2x DPOY, a 2x All-Conference DL & Punter, and a 2x First Team All-American.
Punter isn't a huge need, but a monster on D-Line is great.
#Patriots
HC Jerod Mayo on pick 3:
"With Bill, we probably would have traded back....Our path for so long has been accumulating more picks because it was our process...But we also believe when you're at a position at No. 3, you have to get it right and get a cornerstone player."
.
@FieldYates
sees Jacoby Brissett starting for the
#Patriots
this year, unless things go off the tracks.
"[Brissett] might be enough to keep you in it early in the season....If this team is 2-5, or if this team is struggling to score offensively, you can pull the Drake card."
#Patriots
RB Antonio Gibson loves his teammates:
โThe locker room is very accepting. I feel like it's more of a bond here, they do a lot of things together. Nothing against my brothers on the other side, but everybody communicates with each otherโfrom offense to defense.โ
Despite not making the
#Patriots
53-man roster, Bailey Zappe liked TE Jaheim Bell's post celebrating him making the roster.
Even though he's no longer in New England, Zappe is a good teammate.
It is interesting that Bailey Zappe is the only
#Patriots
QB that didnโt reach out to Drake Maye. I desperately hope that Zappe is a good teammate to him and doesnโt get toxic.
I understand wanting to win the QB1 spot, but this isnโt how you do it.
Drake Maye on if any of the other
#Patriots
QBs reached out to him:
"Jacoby's reached out to me, and I got to know him pretty well through Sam, so he's been awesome. Looking forward to work with him. And I know Joe Milton from college....I look forward to being in that room."
Jacoby Brissett reacting to
#Patriots
fans cheering for Drake Maye and Joe Milton, but not for him:
โThatโs the only person yโall cheer for, is Drake?...Oh, they just cheer for the young peopleโฆ.Thatโs that damn flip.โ
๐
(๐ฅ:
@Patriots
)
#Patriots
QB Jacoby Brissett was asked what he thinks about mentoring Drake Maye:
"That's all out of my control. I'm excited to have him on the team, and other guys we drafted and picked up....Competition brings out the best in all of us."
(๐ฅ:
@MikeReiss
)
.
@BleacherReport
says that the
#Patriots
should execute a trade with the
#Jaguars
in order to better build around Drake Maye.
JAX receives: 2025 fourth-round pick
NE receives: OT Cam Robinson
Robinson played 9 games last year due to injuries, but is a stalwart player.
If the
#Vikings
truly are desperate enough to "move heaven and earth" to trade up to 3, like
@jeffphowe
said, then they probably won't hesitate to offer Justin Jefferson to the
#Patriots
.
.
@mlombardiNFL
believes that the
#Patriots
will come out of the first round with a QB. He doesn't know whether it will be Drake Maye or JJ McCarthy, but it will be one of them.
New England doesn't want to trade down and risk missing out on a good QB,
People are wondering which WRs the
#Patriots
should cut or trade to make room for the new ones.
However, they should just move Jalen Reagor from WR to special teams. That opens up a spot for the rookies.
He made a strong case for himself by returning kicks last year.
Joe Mazzula on a Blake Griffin return to the
#Celtics
:
"When he told me at the end of last season that his family was the most important thing, I stopped talking to him...because I know what itโs like to be away from your kids and from your family.โ