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Getty Images Buccaneers tight end Rob Gronkowski hasn’t worked in Boston for more than two years. He still hasn’t forgotten the place where he got his NFL start. Via the Associated Press, Gronk has donated $1.2 million for the renovation of the Charlesbank Playground on the Charles River...

Getty Images Defensive lineman Deatrich Wise spent his first four seasons as a regular in the Patriots lineup before hitting free agency earlier this year and his time on the open market wound up sending him back to New England. Wise signed a four-year deal to stay in New England and said on...

Getty Images The Patriots have signed their first undrafted free agent of the offseason. An announcement on Thursday gave word that they have added former Michigan kicker Quinn Nordin to the active roster. Nordin gained attention as a recruit when Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh slept over...

Getty Images Jason McCourty will reunite with Brian Flores in Miami. McCourty, the veteran cornerback who previously played for Flores in New England, is signing with the Dolphins, according to Mike Garafolo of NFL Network. Although he said at the start of free agency that he was excited...

Getty Images This week the Patriots declined the fifth-year option on running back Sony Michel‘s contract. It’s possible Michel won’t be back for a fourth year in New England, either. Michel, a running back chosen in the first round of the 2018 NFL draft, could lose his spot on the 53-man...

Getty Images The Patriots were able to pick up Mac Jones with the 15th overall pick of the draft last week, setting him up to be the team’s quarterback of the future. After signing a four-year deal in free agency to return to New England, center David Andrews will be snapping to Jones sooner...

Getty Images For a time during free agency, it seemed like center David Andrews was on track to leave the Patriots. The two-time Super Bowl champion had decided to explore offers outside New England. Then the club re-signed Ted Karras, who spent his first four years with the Patriots before...

Getty Images The Bears are signing free agent receiver Damiere Byrd to a one-year deal, Mike Garafolo of NFL Media reports. Byrd joins a receivers room that includes Allen Robinson, Darnell Mooney, Anthony Miller, Riley Ridley and Javon Wims among others. Byrd, 28, spent last season with the...

Getty Images Patriots coach Bill Belichick announced after the draft that it would be Ernie Adams’ last with the Patriots, and now Adams has confirmed he is retiring. Adams, who was Belichick’s right-hand man as the team’s director of football research, says he now looks forward to being just...

Getty Images When the Ravens brought in tackle Alejandro Villanueva for a visit last month, word from Baltimore reporters was that the team was not expected to make a move until after the draft. Compensatory draft picks were central to that approach. The Ravens and other teams have prized the...

Getty Images When the draft ends, NFL teams commence a land rush for undrafted rookies. This year, the Patriots have not participated in what otherwise is a knee-jerk ritual. Mike Reiss of ESPN.com explains the reasons for the decision to wait. First, uncertainty regarding the pandemic has...

Getty Images The deadline for NFL teams to exercise their fifth-year contract options on 2018 first-round picks passed on Monday afternoon and 21 players had those options picked up. Panthers quarterback Sam Darnold is part of that group. Carolina traded for Darnold last month and announced...

Getty Images Fullback Jakob Johnson will not count against the New England Patriots’ 90-man offseason roster limit. According to Mike Reiss of ESPN.com, the Patriots have been given a roster exemption for Johnson due to his route to the NFL coming through the league’s International Pathway...

Getty Images Patriots quarterback Tom Brady owns seven Super Bowl rings, but he came up just short on the one accomplishment he really wanted: A perfect season. Brady acknowledged during the NFL’s draft-a-thon that he would trade two of his Super Bowl rings to have finished a perfect season in...

Getty Images The Patriots had a pair of first-round picks in 2018 and it looks like they’ve made different decisions about what to do with their fifth-year options on both contracts. According to multiple reports, they have exercised their option on left tackle Isaiah Wynn‘s deal for the 2022...

Getty Images It’s an end of an era in New England for a guy whom no one still really knows what he has done. Patriots coach Bill Belichick told reporters on Saturday that the 2021 draft will be Ernie Adams’ last draft with the team. Adams’ title is director of football research. It’s still...

Getty Images Eight quarterbacks have been selected so far in the 2021 NFL draft, the most through three rounds since the NFL began the “common draft” era in 1967. Friday night saw three quarterbacks selected, when Kyle Trask went to Tampa Bay at the end of the second round and Kellen Mond went...

Getty Images Patriots coach Bill Belichick offered some lengthy insight into how the Patriots grade players in the NFL draft. Namely, they don’t. Belichick says the Patriots’ evaluations aren’t about giving them a numeric grade but instead are about getting a full picture of each player the...

Getty Images Now that the new crop of high-end NFL players has landed in the league, the oddsmakers have begun to make assessments of their potential performances in 2021. With only two of the five first-round quarterbacks on track to start as of Week One, only two of the quarterbacks have...

Getty Images The first overall pick is the first favorite to win the rookie of the year award. But the 24th pick could be the one to watch. Via PointsBet, Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence has +250 odds to win the prize the night before Super Bowl LVI. That part was predictable. After that...