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• Josh McDaniels: I’m not Bill Belichick and I can’t be, I’m just going to be myself

  27-05-2022 19:27 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  New Raiders coach Josh McDaniels owes much of his career to Bill Belichick, who was his boss in New England for a total of 18 years over two stints with the Patriots. But McDaniels says that he knows he can’t run his team the exact same way that Belichick has run the Patriots for more [more]
  
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• Fox CEO says reports of $375 million over 10 years for Tom Brady is “directionally right”

  24-05-2022 18:28 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Two weeks ago, Fox turned to sports world on its head by announcing that Tom Brady will become the No. 1 NFL analyst whenever he retires from playing. Not long after Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch announced the deal, Andrew Marchand of the New York Post (owned by Fox Corp.) reported that the deal has [more]
  
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• Jonnu Smith: I missed quality time last offseason, trying to take advantage of it this year

  24-05-2022 14:35 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Tight end Jonnu Smith‘s first season with the Patriots wasn’t as successful as anyone hoped it would be when he signed with the team as a free agent and part of the reason for that may have dated back to the offseason. Smith, who had 28 catches for 294 yards and a touchdown last year, [more]
  
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• Mac Jones is in best shape of his life after changing his diet this offseason

  23-05-2022 22:14 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Going into his second season, Mac Jones looks different. The quarterback has slimmed down, having worked with Patriots strength and conditioning coach Moses Cabrera this offseason to reshape his body. “He’s in the best shape of his life,” receiver Kendrick Bourne said Monday, via Zack Cox of NESN.com. “I think he’s been here all offseason [more]
  
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• Mac Jones: Joe Judge has knowledge that’s very beneficial to me as a QB

  23-05-2022 21:35 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Patriots head coach Bill Belichick has created plenty of mystery as to who will replace Josh McDaniels as New England’s offensive play-caller. But Joe Judge confirmed last week that he’s working with the quarterbacks, which means Judge is largely responsible for continuing Mac Jones‘ progression from the quarterback’s first season. Jones spoke to the media [more]
  
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• Bill Belichick on offensive play-caller: When we get to it, we’ll get to it

  23-05-2022 17:57 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  If you were expecting Patriots head coach Bill Belichick to provide some clarity about the roles of New England’s offensive staff on the first day of OTAs — why? Last week, Joe Judge confirmed that he’s been working with quarterbacks, though he was quick to add that he’s also been working with all of the [more]
  
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• Chase Winovich: Trade to Browns could be the best thing that ever happened to me

  23-05-2022 14:58 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Browns traded for defensive lineman Chase Winovich in mid-March in exchange for linebacker Mack Wilson, setting up two defensive players for a needed change of scenery. After recording 5.5 sacks in each of his first two seasons, Winovich saw his playing time reduced to just 10.5 percent of New England’s defensive snaps in 2021. [more]
  
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• Cole Strange asked “Is this a prank?” when Patriots called him on draft night

  20-05-2022 18:38 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Everyone was surprised when the Patriots drafted Chattanooga guard Cole Strange in the first round. Including Strange himself. In fact, Strange wondered if he was being pranked when he got a call from an unknown number and the voice on the other line said he was from the Patriots, letting Strange know he was going [more]
  
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• Ty Montgomery on his position: I’m an employee of the Patriots

  20-05-2022 13:21 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Ty Montgomery has not been a member of the Patriots for a long time, but he’s had no problem getting with the program. Montgomery spoke to reporters on Thursday and one of the questions he fielded had to do with what position he’ll be playing in New England. Montgomery has played running back and wide [more]
  
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• Crypto-promoting athletes go quiet during crash

  19-05-2022 20:38 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  One of Tom Brady‘s favorite products to push on the public is cryptocurrency. Recently, however, crypto has been crashing. The New York Times recently explained that some of the highest-profile athletes who have promoted cryptocurrency have clammed up during the sell-off. For example, Crypto.com declined to make 76ers center Joel Embiid available to the Times [more]
  
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• Eli Manning jokes Robert Kraft would have 10 Super Bowl rings if not for the Mannings

  19-05-2022 20:25 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Patriots have won six Super Bowls during Robert Kraft’s tenure as owner. Eli Manning recently reminded Kraft that it could have been more, if not for the Manning family. Manning was speaking at the event where Kraft received Sports Business Journal’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and he pointed out that Kraft’s Patriots lost to Manning-quarterbacked [more]
  
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• Is Tom Brady running the risk of overexposure?

  19-05-2022 17:38 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  He spent nearly two decades as one of the original Stepford Patriots, saying only things that would not be met with disapproval from coach Bill Belichick. In the final years of Tom Brady‘s time in New England, the robot started to become self-aware. Now, there’s a chance that the robot could end up running amok. [more]
  
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• Steve Belichick: Josh Uche an important piece to the puzzle for us

  17-05-2022 21:23 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Patriots have a lot of unknowns on the defensive side of the ball after parting ways with a number of veterans this offseason and one of them is how linebacker Josh Uche will do with an uptick in playing time. Uche has been limited to 21 games and 414 defensive snaps over his first [more]
  
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• Mike McDaniel: We jumped at the opportunity to sign Sony Michel

  17-05-2022 18:28 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Dolphins already had several running backs competing to start for the team in 2022. And then the club went and signed Sony Michel last week. Michel played in a similar offensive system with the Rams to what new head coach Mike McDaniel’s implementing in Miami. McDaniel said in his Tuesday press conference that the [more]
  
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• Vince Wilfork elected to Patriots Hall of Fame

  17-05-2022 17:31 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Vince Wilfork is the newest member of the Patriots Hall of Fame. Wilfork was initially one of three nominees chosen by a panel of media, team staff and former Patriots, who also nominated Logan Mankins and Mike Vrabel. Fans then chose Wilfork over Mankins and Vrabel as the newest member of the team’s Hall of [more]
  
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• Patriots sign Chasen Hines, Andrew Stueber

  17-05-2022 12:14 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Patriots kicked off the week by signing a couple of their draft picks. The team announced the signings of sixth-round pick Chasen Hines and seventh-rounder Andrew Stueber. Both offensive linemen agreed to four-year deals in New England. Hines started 17 games at guard while at LSU. He came to the school as a defensive [more]
  
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• Patriots cut QB D’Eriq King after trying him out at multiple positions

  16-05-2022 23:27 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  D’Eriq King, a quarterback who was once discussed as a potential first-round draft pick, went undrafted last month and has now been cut after a brief opportunity with the Patriots. King was waived today, after practicing at multiple positions at the Patriots’ minicamp. Shortly after signing with the Patriots, King said he was excited about [more]
  
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• Joe Judge: It’s been a pleasure working with Mac Jones

  16-05-2022 21:43 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Patriots offensive assistant coach Joe Judge confirmed on Monday that he’s working with the team’s quarterbacks, though New England is still avoiding giving their coaches proper titles. Either way, one of Judge’s most important tasks is continuing the positive development 0f second-year quarterback Mac Jones. The 15th overall pick of the 2021 draft, Jones was [more]
  
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• Antonio Brown wants to retire as a Steeler

  16-05-2022 18:59 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Free-agent receiver Antonio Brown has drawn no interest this year, especially in light of his refusal to have surgery on his ankle until he gets a commitment from his team. It appears that he’s thinking about not playing again, anywhere. He expressed out of the blue on Monday that he wants to retire as a [more]
  
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• Joe Judge: You’ll see me on the field working with QBs

  16-05-2022 18:51 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Patriots are staying away from coaching titles and labels heading into the 2022 season since Bill Belichick declared in March that he’s not “big” on them. But there is more clarity emerging from New England, at least for Joe Judge. The former Giants head coach was the Patriots’ special teams coordinator from 2015-2019, adding [more]
  
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• Matt Patricia coaching Patriots’ offensive line

  16-05-2022 18:50 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Patriots head coach Bill Belichick has been even less forthcoming than usual this offseason about which of his assistant coaches will have which responsibilities, but Matt Patricia revealed today that he’s working with the offensive line. Patricia, who was the Patriots’ defensive coordinator before becoming the Lions’ head coach, now has the title of senior [more]
  
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• Patriots defensive coaches mum on their roles for 2022

  16-05-2022 18:08 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  If you’d like to know what roles the Patriots coaches have for 2022, you’re not going to find many answers. At the league meeting in March, head coach Bill Belichick said he’s “not big on titles” when asked who would take over the role of offensive coordinator now that Josh McDaniels is the Raiders head [more]
  
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• NFL schedule has Patriots at Arizona on a Monday, followed by at Las Vegas on Sunday

  15-05-2022 14:07 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  NFL teams dislike having long road trips on a short work week, but that’s exactly what the 2022 NFL schedule gave the Patriots in December. New England is at Arizona in Week 14 for a Monday night game on December 12, and then at Las Vegas for a Sunday night game on December 18. With [more]
  
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• Patriots sign three draft picks, cut Liam Shanahan

  14-05-2022 06:05 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Patriots announced the signings of three of their 2022 draft selections. They signed third-round choice Marcus Jones and sixth-round picks Kevin Harris and Sam Roberts on Friday. Jones, 23, was named the 2021 Paul Hornung Award winner as the nation’s most versatile player as a defensive back, wide receiver and returner at the University [more]
  
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• Patriots PR staff wins Rozelle Award for first time in franchise history

  13-05-2022 21:49 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Professional Football Writers of America (PFWA) voted the Patriots public relations staff as the winner of the 2022 Pete Rozelle Award. The Patriots PR staff, the 33rd winner of the award, earned the Rozelle for the first time in franchise history. The other 2022 nominees for the Rozelle Award were the Ravens, Broncos, Lions [more]
  
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• Will Bills fans overrun SoFi Stadium for Week One visit to Rams?

  13-05-2022 18:56 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The 2021 regular season ended with 49ers fans swarming SoFi Stadium for a game against the Rams. Will the 2022 season start with a similar hostile takeover by Bills Mafia? With Buffalo drawing the assignment to face the Rams on the night they celebrate their championship and embark on their defense of it, it will [more]
  
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• New England Patriots schedule 2022: Dates, times, TV, opponents for Weeks 1-18 

  13-05-2022 18:42 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The 18-week 2022 NFL schedule has been released, and second-year quarterback Mac Jones will seek a second consecutive playoff appearance (the Patriots were eliminated in the Wild Card round with a blowout loss to the Bills in the 2021 season). Keep reading to see the Patriots’ full schedule including dates, times, opponents, primetime games and [more]
  
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• Monday Night Football: Broncos at Seahawks kicks off ESPN’s schedule

  13-05-2022 02:34 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  ESPN will debut a new broadcasting team this season, having lured Joe Buck and Troy Aikman from Fox to join sideline reporter Lisa Salters and rules analyst John Parry. Michelle Beisner-Buck also joins the team to present feature content. The crew will hit the ground running, getting Russell Wilson‘s return to Seattle in his Broncos [more]
  
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• 13 teams have maximum of five primetime games

  13-05-2022 02:27 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  One of the most popular aspects of the NFL’s schedule to examine is its primetime games — and not just when they are. Who is featured in the key time slots is just as important, as well as how many times they’re set to play in that window. This season, 12 teams have a maximum [more]
  
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• 12 teams have maximum of five primetime games

  13-05-2022 02:27 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  One of the most popular aspects of the NFL’s schedule to examine is its primetime games — and not just when they are. Who is featured in the key time slots is just as important, as well as how many times they’re set to play in that window. This season, 12 teams have a maximum [more]
  
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• Thanksgiving Day games: Bills-Lions, Giants-Cowboys and Patriots-Vikings

  13-05-2022 02:10 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Cowboys’ Thanksgiving Day game annually produces the highest ratings of the regular-season schedule. The Cowboys-Raiders game on Thanksgiving last November in Week 12 drew 40.8 million viewers. That far outpaced the second-place game, the Cowboys and Chiefs drew 28.7 million viewers in Week 11. It doesn’t matter who the Cowboys host. Everyone watches in [more]
  
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• Chiefs-Cardinals, Raiders-Chargers highlight Sunday afternoon schedule in Week 1

  13-05-2022 00:40 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The three biggest games of the league’s opening weekend all were previously reported: The Bills and Rams will kick off the 2022 NFL season with a Thursday Night Football game at SoFi Stadium; the Bucs will play at the Cowboys in the first Sunday Night Football game, which is a rematch of their season opener [more]
  
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• Gino Cappelletti, Versatile Boston Patriots Star, Dies at 89

  13-05-2022 00:08 via nytimes.com
  
  Playing wide receiver and kicking field goals and extra points, he played in all 10 years of the A.F.L.’s existence and scored a league-record 1,100 points.
  
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• Patriots great Gino Cappelletti dies at 89

  12-05-2022 21:49 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Gino Cappelletti, an original member of the Boston Patriots and one of the greatest players in the history of the American Football League, has died at the age of 89. A wide receiver, defensive back and kicker, played all 10 of the AFL’s seasons before it merged with the NFL, and never missed a game [more]
  
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• Report: Patriots-Vikings on Thanksgiving night

  12-05-2022 18:34 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Kirk Cousins, beware. The Patriots reportedly will make their return to fourth Thursday in November since the notorious Mark Sanchez butt fumble game of 2012. According to Karen Guregian of the Boston Herald, the Vikings will host the Patriots on Thanksgiving night. The game will be televised by NBC. We have not independently confirmed this [more]
  
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• Kurt Warner on Tom Brady’s broadcasting career: You can’t be a nice guy and be good in this business

  12-05-2022 17:38 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Tom Brady, if you haven’t heard, will become the No. 1 analyst at Fox after he retires from playing. Sam Farmer of the Los Angeles Times has spoken to multiple quarterbacks who have been there and done that. Some interesting quotes came from Hall of Famer Kurt Warner, who has done limited booth work on [more]
  
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• Report: Patriots, Raiders working on Jarrett Stidham trade

  12-05-2022 15:37 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Quarterback Jarrett Stidham‘s run with the Patriots appears to be nearing its end. Albert Breer of SI.com reports that the Patriots and Raiders are working to finalize a trade that would send Stidham to Las Vegas. The trade would also include a swap of late-round draft picks. Stidham was a 2019 fourth-round pick and he [more]
  
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• Danny Woodhead advances in U.S. Open qualifying

  12-05-2022 04:56 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Former NFL running back Danny Woodhead advanced in local qualifying for the U.S. Open on Wednesday. Woodhead shot an even-par 71 at Omaha Country Club to earn one of five final qualifying berths at the site. Local qualifying for the U.S. Open is being held across 109 sites between April 25 and May 23. Those [more]
  
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• Patriots claim Matt Sokol off waivers

  11-05-2022 23:32 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Patriots have added to their tight ends room. New England has claimed Matt Sokol off waivers after he was cut by the Lions, according to the transaction wire. Sokol has bounced around in the early part of his career. He’s appeared in two games, both for the Chargers in 2020. He was on the [more]
  
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• What should be expected from Tom Brady as a TV analyst?

  11-05-2022 15:46 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The big, unexpected news from Tuesday came during a corporate quarterly earnings call. That’s when it was announced that Tom Brady will join the Fox Sports broadcast booth, whenever he retires from football. Lost in the chatter regarding his $375 million contract is the question of whether he’ll be any good at his next job. [more]
  
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• Nelson Agholor mum on who’s coaching Patriots’ offense: “Ask Coach Belichick”

  11-05-2022 10:56 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  After Josh McDaniels left to become head coach of the Raiders, Patriots head coach Bill Belichick said no one would get McDaniels’ former title of offensive coordinator, and Belichick also refused to say who will call the offensive plays. The word is out to the Patriots’ players that they shouldn’t say, either. When Patriots receiver [more]
  
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• Nelson Agholor: Mac Jones has definitely trained his butt off

  10-05-2022 21:44 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Patriots quarterback Mac Jones had a successful rookie season, piloting the team to a 10-7 record with a playoff appearance. But the expectations are higher for the 15th overall pick of last year’s draft as he enters 2022. According to one of Jones’ receivers, the signal-caller has been putting in the necessary work to improve. [more]
  
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• Nelson Agholor: Year Two in New England’s system is when guys get going

  10-05-2022 19:56 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  After putting together the best season of his career with the Raiders in 2020, receiver Nelson Agholor signed a two-year, $26 million deal with the Patriots in free agency. But his first season with New England was a disappointment. Agholor caught just 37 passes for 473 yards with three touchdowns in 15 games with 13 [more]
  
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• Report: 10 years, $375 million for Tom Brady

  10-05-2022 18:48 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  When Fox first landed NFL rights nearly 30 years ago, it paid the league $400 million per year. Fox will pay Tom Brady nearly that much for a decade of talking about football. Andrew Marchand of the New York Post reports that Brady’s deal with Fox will pay $375 million over 10 years. Brady’s amount [more]
  
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• What will Fox pay Tom Brady?

  10-05-2022 15:43 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The current explosion in revenue for those who play football and/or talk about it surely will work to the benefit of Tom Brady. While details of his postdated Fox deal have not yet been leaked, it’s safe to assume that he’s getting a lot of money. Surely, he’ll walk through the door as the highest [more]
  
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• Tom Brady will become No. 1 analyst at Fox when his NFL career ends

  10-05-2022 15:29 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  We don’t know when Tom Brady will stop playing football. When he does, we know what he’ll be doing. Brady will become the No. 1 analyst at Fox Sports. Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch made the announcement on Tuesday. “Over the course of this long-term agreement, Tom will not only call our biggest NFL games with [more]
  
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• Report: Sony Michel signing with Dolphins

  10-05-2022 02:00 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Running back Sony Michel had free agent visits to the Dolphins and the Saints post-draft. He is signing with the Dolphins, Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports. Michel joins a crowded running backs rooms that includes Chase Edmonds, Raheem Mostert, Myles Gaskin and Salvon Ahmed. The Patriots made Michel the 31st overall choice in 2018, [more]
  
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• Patriots announce signing of eight UDFAs

  09-05-2022 22:45 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  With their rookie minicamp coming up this weekend, the Patriots have formally announced that they’ve signed eight undrafted free agents. The group is headlined by former Miami quarterback D’Eriq King, whose choice to head to New England was previously reported. King said last week that the Patriots plan to play him at multiple positions, with [more]
  
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• Asante Samuel Jr.: J.C. Jackson is what we definitely need

  09-05-2022 21:50 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Chargers have made several moves to improve their defense this offseason, notably signing J.C. Jackson to a five-year, $82.5 million deal at the start of free agency. Fellow Los Angeles cornerback Asante Samuel Jr. said on Monday that Jackson has already been helpful with his advice through the early portion of the offseason program. [more]
  
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• Patriots drafted more offensive players than ever before under Bill Belichick

  09-05-2022 20:10 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The 2022 NFL draft was the 23rd draft that Bill Belichick has run for the Patriots. And never before had Belichick added so many players on offense. As noted by Mike Reiss of ESPN, the Patriots drafted seven offensive players, the most of any team in the NFL this year, and the most in any [more]
  
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