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Getty Images There are two potential explanations for the sudden rash of reports regarding a potential Julio Jones trade. One, Peter King had it initially and exclusively in Football Morning in America and others used it as a springboard for their own reporting (without crediting King). Two...

Getty Images The first big mystery of the draft comes at No. 3, when the 49ers will choose between Alabama quarterback Mac Jones and quarterback Trey Lance. There’s another mystery that may linger for months if not years thereafter. When and how was the pick between Jones and Lance made? Was...

Getty Images On Thursday night, we’ll finally learn which of the quarterbacks the 49ers will select with the third overall pick. On Friday or Saturday, we’ll possibly learn the next destination of their current starter. Peter King floats in his Football Morning in America column the notion...

Getty Images Bill Belichick can now change the name of his boat to VIII Rings and I Key. The Patriots head coach received the key to the city of Annapolis on Saturday, at halftime of an Army-Navy lacrosse game. “It feels so amazing to recognize a legendary figure in Coach Bill Belichick, who...

Getty Images Eleven days ago, the Patriots announced that “many of us” won’t be attending offseason workouts. For the first week of Phase One, however, many of them did. Mike Reiss of ESPN.com reports that a “significant group” of Patriots players showed up for the start of the voluntary...

USA TODAY Sports A week from today, Texas A&M quarterback Kellen Mond will have his name associated with an NFL team. For now, neither he nor anyone else knows the team that will select him or the round in which he’ll go. There’s a chance your favorite team will end up taking him. There’s an...

Getty Images Multiple Twitter accounts have noted this morning the 27th anniversary of the time when the coverage of the NFL draft sounded a lot like a pro wrestling pre-match interview. Adam Schefter of ESPN supplied the short version. The excellent @BackAftaThis account dusted off a longer...

Getty Images When the Panthers traded for quarterback Sam Darnold, a report emerged that they would pick up his 2022 option, at $18.858 million. They haven’t. On Friday, G.M. Scott Fitterer said they would address the issue of fifth-year options after the draft, and that they have a “strong...

Getty Images Rob Gronkowski is officially a Guinness World Record holder. Gronk visited his old stomping grounds at the University of Arizona today to talk to the football team and show off an impressive feat: He caught a football dropped from a helicopter 600 feet above the stadium. Wearing...

Getty Images In news that will be welcomed by the Patriots, Arkansas and Bret Bielema have settled their lawsuit. After Arkansas fired Bielema, he spent two years working for the Patriots. His salary in New England was $125,000, and Arkansas accused Bielema and his agent of scheming to take an...

Getty Images Tom Brady and Bill Belichick are back on the same page. Per a source with knowledge of the situation, the Patriots were one of a handful of teams to vote against the rule that dramatically expands the available jersey numbers to linebackers, defensive backs, running backs...

Getty Images Players on the Patriots released a statement saying that “many of us” would not participate in voluntary workouts at the team facility in accordance with the recommendations of the NFL players’ union. But the statement was unsigned, and it’s unclear how many Patriots will choose...

Getty Images Patriots cornerback J.C. Jackson has decided to accept his one-year tender offer from the Patriots. Jackson has signed the one-year deal that gives him a $3.384 million salary for the 2021 season, according to multiple reports. The Patriots put a second-round tender on Jackson as...

Getty Images When the Patriots gave cornerback J.C. Jackson a contract offer that would have qualified New England for a second-round pick if someone else had signed Jackson to an offer sheet the Patriots didn’t match, some thought that an offer sheet was indeed in the offing. Instead, the run...

Getty Images The McCourty twins may be splitting up. Devin McCourty remains under contract to the Patriots, but Jason McCourty is a free agent and he’s drawing interest from another team. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that McCourty is visiting with the Giants. It’s the first visit of the...

Getty Images The Patriots reinstated center Dustin Woodard to their roster earlier this week. They waived Woodard on Friday. New England made the former Memphis center a seventh-round draft choice in 2020, but he retired during training camp. He decided to return this season. But if Woodard...

Getty Images The Patriots typically don’t spend a bunch of money in free agency. This year, they uncharacteristically did. Meeting with reporters on Thursday, coach Bill Belichick was asked whether the spending spree reflects an indication that they didn’t surround Cam Newton with enough...

Getty Images When Julian Edelman arrived in New England in 2009, he was a seventh-round draft pick who had an uphill battle just to make the roster after playing quarterback at Kent State. Patriots coach Bill Belichick marvels at how Edelman carved out a spot for himself at the NFL level...

USA TODAY Sports Patriots coach Bill Belichick probably doesn’t hear from former Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski very often. If Belichick is ever going to hear from Gronkowski, it’s now. Belichick was born 69 years ago today. Over the weekend, we touched on the question of how long...

Getty Images The 2020 college football season was unusual, with COVID-19 canceling many games, teams playing shorter seasons, players having less practice time, players opting out, and some small programs canceling their seasons altogether. For Patriots coach Bill Belichick, that has resulted...