Tom Curran of Comcast Sports New England tweets that former St. Louis Ram and Jacksonville Jaguar Torry Holt will be signing with the New England Patriots. ESPN’s John Clayton says it’s a one-year deal worth up to $1.7 million. Holt had said before that he’d like to be reunited with Mike Martz in Chicago, but [...]
The mass exodus of New England Patriots tight ends continues. After losing Ben Watson to the Cleveland Browns, the Patriots have now watched Chris Baker sign a two-year deal with the Seattle Seahawks. We doubt that anyone from the Patriots organization was actually on hand to actually witness the signing, that’s just the way we [...]
Former New England Patriots tight end Ben Watson has completely lost the spirit of winning. Earlier today, the former first-round draft pick signed a three-year, $12 million deal ($6.35 million guaranteed) with the Cleveland Browns. PHOTO CAPTION: Ben Watson signals for the alley oop dunk Clearly, Watson’s decision was made easier when the Browns acquired [...]
The Baltimore Ravens and wide receiver Derrick Mason were not able to agree on a two-year deal before free agency started on Friday. The Ravens wanted to retain him and Mason wanted to come back, but no deal was struck. Furthermore, it seems Mason has lost all his leverage after the Ravens traded for wide [...]
The New England Patriots have made NT Vince Wilfork a very rich man. And in turn, Wilfork gives them a stud nose tackle. Adam Schefter of ESPN says that the Patriots have signed the mammoth beast to a five-year, $40 million contract with $25 million in guarantees and $18 million of that in a signing [...]
ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that the Arizona Cardinals have spent much of Friday mulling trade options for veteran WR Anquan Boldin. PFT is hearing that the interested teams include the Baltimore Ravens, Kansas City Chiefs and New England Patriots. It was reported earlier this week that the Cardinals would take a third rounder for him, [...]
A source tells the Chicago Sun Times that a deal between former Carolina Panther DE Julius Peppers and the Chicago Bears is imminent. The deal is believed to be for six years for between $12-$14 million per year with the first three years guaranteed. Adam Schefter is also reporting that a deal is done and [...]
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Chicago Bears are expected to complete a deal with free agent DE Julius Peppers “later this afternoon.” Peppers visited with the Bears first, but was expected to receive offers from the Philadelphia Eagles and New England Patriots if a deal couldn’t be reached in Chicago. The Bears seem to [...]
According to Jason La Canfora of NFL Network, if Julius Peppers doesn’t sign with the Chicago Bears, the New England Patriots will give the Philadelphia Eagles some competition for his services. The big rumor has been that if Peppers didn’t sign in Chicago, he was off to Philadelphia for his next visit. “Pats and Eagles [...]
This isn’t a surprise. The Oakland Raiders have franchised defensive lineman Richard Seymour to the tune of $12.398 million for next year. Even if it was stupid to trade for a “right now” type of player when your team isn’t remotely close to “winning now,” it would have just compounded the problem if they had [...]
CSNNE.com’ Tom Curran posts on Twitter that the New England Patriots have franchised their massive DT Vince Wilfork. “Vince Wilfork has been franchised according to a league source. Paperwork filed today,” he tweets. Wilfork is now guaranteed $7.003 million this season on a one-year contract. Wilfork has said in the past that he wants no [...]
Multiple league sources tell the Boston Globe that they wouldn’t go near free-agent DE Julius Peppers on the open market this offseason. According the sources, for the amount of money he’s going to command, he is much too risky considering his inconsistency and questionable desire to play football. “I wouldn’t touch him, for that money [...]
It’s funny how all of Philadelphia is up in arms over the Eagles allowing Donovan McNabb to enter the final year of his contract, yet no one noticed that the New England Patriots are in a similar situation with Tom Brady. Obviously, there are differences. No one thinks Brady is going anywhere while the Eagles [...]
After six years of NFL service, New England Patriots defensive tackle Vince Wilfork is scheduled to hit unrestricted free agency. But what if the Pats decide to franchise the stud? “I did honor my six-year deal. Now, that six-year deal is up. It’s time for me to move forward, with the Patriots or not with [...]
New England Patriots QB Tom Brady has pulled out of the Pro Bowl and will be replaced by Houston Texand QB Matt Schaub, who threw for more than 4,700 yards this season and should probably have been voted in to begin with. Brady was banged up quite a bit this year and there is no [...]
There are rumors that New England Patriots QB Tom Brady and Philadelphia Eagles QB Donovan McNabb are in touch regarding good places to golf this offseason. Both got an early jump on the competition and should be able to solidify some good tee times. Donovan and the Eagles were thoroughly outclassed Saturday night by the [...]
We mentioned a couple of days ago that CBS’ Charley Casserly reported in a thick New York accent that New England Patriots cottaback Tom Brady had three broken ribs. Patriots head coach Bill Belichick opted to politely disagree…..sort of…..ok, not really. “There’s so much stuff out there that is so inaccurate that it’s comical,” Belichick [...]
It looks like the New England Patriots will be without their star wide receiver Wes Welker for the playoffs and possibly the beginning of next season. Initial tests are indicating that the league leader in receptions (122) tore his ACL and MCL in Sunday’s loss to the Houston Texans. PHOTO CAPTION: Welker laughs at something [...]
On CBS’ pregame show Sunday, Charlie Casserly reported in a thick New York accent that New England Patriots QB Tom Brady has been playing with three broken ribs. Shalise Manza Young of the Providence Journal takes it a step further and says that Brady actually busted those ribs in the preseason. “More on Brady: he [...]
After the New England Patriots defeated the Carolina Panthers on Sunday, Panthers CB Chris Gamble told the Boston Globe that WR Randy Moss quit. “We knew he was going to shut it down,” Gamble said. “That’s what we wanted to do him. That’s what we did. … He’d just give up a lot … Slow [...]
We have been discussing this for a while, but it hasn’t really been talked about. Finally, someone actually comes out and says what is becoming more and more obvious. Maybe New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick isn’t the genius that everyone thinks. Phenomenal coach? Undoubtedly. But as Bob Ryan correctly points out in this [...]
New England Patriots wide receiver Joey Galloway is now ex-New England Patriots wide receiver Joey Galloway. He has been a healthy scratch for the last three games and contributed next to nothing this season. He’s 38 and instantly becomes an unrestricted free agent.
Good idea or bad idea? Case-by-case basis?
Fred Taylor had to have ankle surgery this week after he tweaked it pretty good against the Ravens. He underwent a two-hour surgery due to ligament damage in the ankle, but he thinks he’ll play again this season. But, will he? One can never know, but it sounds like he screwed his ankle up pretty [...]
The overrated New England Patriots might be in some trouble this weekend when they kick off against the Atlanta Falcons. All week the Patriots were wondering if Wes Welker would be healthy enough to play on Sunday. Now they have to worry if Randy Moss will be ready to go. PHOTO CAPTION: The middle of [...]
