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Getty Images On Friday, Commissioner Roger Goodell convened a videoconference of owners to discuss the new TV deals. During the session, Goodell gave one owner significant credit for his role in the negotiations. Per a source with knowledge of the call, Goodell praised Patriots owner Robert...

Getty Images When the NFL announced the compensatory picks for the 2021 NFL draft last week, the Patriots did not have a fifth-round compensatory pick. When the NFL announced the official draft order on Friday, the Patriots did have a fifth-round compensatory pick. The league has confirmed...

Getty Images Free agent linebacker Raekwon McMillan is expected to sign a one-year deal with the Patriots, Ben Standig of TheAthletic.com reports. McMillan was scheduled to visit New England earlier this week. Washington also had interest in McMillan, per Standig. The Dolphins made McMillan...

Getty Images The Patriots are set to visit with a pair of defensive free agents on Friday. Field Yates of ESPN reports that cornerback Desmond Trufant and linebacker Raekwon McMillian are going to meet with the team. Trufant was released by the Lions after playing six games in his one season...

Getty Images The Buccaneers kept Rob Gronkowski on a one-year, $10 million deal. This came as a surprise to no one, not even the Bills, who admit interest in acquiring the tight end. “We spoke to his representatives about him, definitely,” Bills General Manager Brandon Beane said. “Again, just...

Getty Images The Houston Texans are continuing their run of adding former New England Patriots to their roster. According to Tom Pelissero of the NFL Network, the Texans are signing former Patriots wide receiver Donte Moncrief to a one-year deal. Last year was Moncrief’s only season with the...

Getty Images The last we heard anything about center David Andrews, he was exploring free agency. The Patriots moved to fill the position by signing Ted Karras, who returns to New England on a one-year deal worth $4 million. So where does that leave Andrews? Apparently back to New England as...

Getty Images The Texans continued making over their roster with a pair of moves at tight end on Thursday. According to multiple reports, the team released Darren Fells and made a trade with the Patriots that will send Ryan Izzo to Houston. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports a 2022...

Getty Images In a release officially announcing the signing of Joe Thuney on Thursday, Chiefs General Manager Brett Veach said he will “bring leadership and a different perspective to the offensive line group.” The release also referred to Thuney as a guard, which makes sense after he spent...

Getty Images The Patriots aren’t done signing free agents. This time it’s former Packers defensive lineman Montravius Adams, who has reached a deal with the Patriots, according to agent Drew Rosenhaus. The 6-foot-4, 304-pound Adams can play defensive end or defensive tackle and has also...

Getty Images Kicker Nick Folk is going to stay in New England. According to multiple reports, Folk has agreed to re-sign with the team. It’s a one-year deal with $1.225 million in guaranteed money. The total value of the deal can go up to $2.5 million if Folk reaches all incentives. Folk...

Getty Images A couple players who didn’t play for the Patriots in 2020 won’t be with them in 2021, either. Field Yates of ESPN reports that the Patriots are releasing wide receiver Marqise Lee and defensive tackle Beau Allen. Lee did not play last year, choosing instead to opt out because of...

Getty Images Veteran safety Patrick Chung has retired from the NFL. Chung, who opted out of the 2020 season, announced his decision on social media. A second-round pick in 2009 (he arrived with the pick the Pats received from the Chiefs for Matt Cassel and Mike Vrabel), Chung spent four years...

Getty Images The Patriots agreed to a pair of trades ahead of the start of the 2021 league year and they officially announced each of them on Thursday morning. New England has acquired tackle Trent Brown in a trade with the Raiders and they sent tackle Marcus Cannon to Houston in a trade with...

Getty Images Last year, linebacker Kyle Van Noy left the Patriots for the Dolphins. This year, the Dolphins cut Van Noy. He has announced that he’s heading back to New England. Van Noy became a start in New England, landing a solid free-agent deal with Miami. But Miami decided after a year to...

Getty Images With center David Andrews electing to explore free agency, the Patriots have brought back a familiar face. Ted Karras will sign with New England on a one-year deal worth $4 million, according to multiple reports. Karras was a Patriots sixth-round pick in 2016. He served as New...

Getty Images If someone wants to sign cornerback J.C. Jackson away from New England as a restricted free agent this offseason, they’ll have to pony up a second-round pick. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the Patriots have applied the second-round tender on Jackson. It carries a salary...

Getty Images Free agency only officially began today, but most of the top free agents already know where they are playing next season. The top six players on PFT’s top 100 were franchised and/or have signed a new deal with the team they were with last season. Only 12 of the top 50 remain...

Getty Images Safety Cody Davis is re-signing with the Patriots on a two-year deal. Davis had his son, Kane Davis, announce his new deal in a video posted to social media. Davis, 31, became a core special teams player in his first year in New England, playing one defensive snap and 256 on...

Getty Images The NFL released the list of 26 restricted free agents who received qualifying offers from their team and who are subject to the first refusal/draft choice compensation system of the NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement. Other teams have until April 23 to sign a restricted free...