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Getty Images Free agent kicker Nick Folk is visiting the Patriots, Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports, and New England plans to sign him Monday. Folk will have to pass a physical and COVID-19 testing first. Rookie draft choice Justin Rohrwasser is the only kicker on the team’s roster...

Getty Images In 2017, Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz was the favorite to win the league MVP award until a December ACL tear ended his second season. In 2018, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes won the MVP as in his second season. In 2019, Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson won the MVP in his...

Getty Images After a year out of football, Buccaneers tight end Rob Gronkowski is healthy. He has shed the giant elbow brace. He’s feeling great. He’s moving well. By all appearances, he’ll be able to play like he used to play. So how often will he play? Peter King guessed in this week’s...

Getty Images Patriots quarterback Jarrett Stidham, the presumptive Week One starter before Cam Newton came to town, has not looked good during padded practices. A reason (or perhaps excuse) for that is now emerging. NFL Media reports that Stidham has a leg injury, that is causing “discomfort.”...

Getty Images In many respects, the “N” in “NFL” stands for “nepotism.” However, there’s something more to giving the sons of coaches jobs as coaches than simply exercising the privilege of hiring family members. As explained by Patriots coach Bill Belichick, young men who have spent years and...

Getty Images Patriots quarterback Jarrett Stidham was at Friday’s practice, but the day hasn’t brought much reason to think that he’ll be starting at quarterback when New England faces Miami in Week One. A report on Friday morning said Stidham is dealing with discomfort in his leg. Michael...

Getty Images From time to time on PFT Live, the control room torments me with one specific highlight from December 28, 1975, the day the Cowboys ended Minnesota’s season with the NFL’s first-ever Hail Mary play. The play had a controversial ending, given that Vikings cornerback Nate Wright...

Getty Images Changes have been plentiful on the Patriots Defense this offseason, but one position group was unaffected by the upheaval. The Patriots have cornerbacks Stephon Gilmore, Jason McCourty, J.C. Jackson, Jonathan Jones and Joejuan Williams are all back this season. Gilmore was the...

Getty Images When the Buccaneers traded for tight end Rob Gronkowski, it was believed that the Bucs would trade tight end O.J. Howard or tight end Cameron Brate. When the Bucs didn’t, another possibility emerged: Gronk would have limited snaps early in the year, with more playing time as the...

Getty Images For the first time in his NFL career, Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady is dealing with training camp in a hot, humid climate. A climate conducive to a condition known in the medical journals as “swamp ass.” It results in perspiration from the center’s undercarriage getting on the...

Getty Images With no preseason games and no joint practices, no NFL coach will get a chance to see how his players will perform against other teams until the regular season begins. For some coaches, this could mean allowing training-camp competitions to continue into September. In New England...

Getty Images Free agent defensive tackle Xavier Williams worked out for the Patriots on Wednesday, Mike Reiss of ESPN reports. Williams is a candidate to fill one of the Patriots’ open roster spots. The Patriots have depth concerns at the position with Beau Allen absent from practice...

Getty Images First-year Giants coach Joe Judge is making players run in response to mistakes made at practice. Judge is taking some heat for that. Hall of Fame tight end Shannon Sharpe said, for example, “This isn’t going to end well.” Likewise, former NFL receiver Brandon Stokley, who played...

Getty Images Wide receiver N'Keal Harry‘s big frame was one of the things that helped him stand out to the Patriots ahead of the first round of the 2019 draft, but that frame isn’t quite as big as he heads into his second NFL season. Harry is still listed at 6’4″ and 225 pounds, but said on a...

Getty Images The Patriots announced that, after consultation with the Massachusetts Reopening Advisory Board, they will play without fans through at least September. That means the Patriots will play their first two home games without fans. The team is scheduled to open with the Dolphins on...

Getty Images The Giants’ unlikely win over the Patriots in Super Bowl XLII continues to create unexpected controversies. The latest comes from a dispute regarding the authenticity of Michael Strahan’s game-worn jersey from what was his final NFL game. Via TMZ.com, Goldin Auctions currently is...

Getty Images The Patriots lost a lot of experience from their linebacking corps this offseason. Jamie Collins, Kyle Van Noy and Elandon Roberts all left as free agents before Dont’a Hightower elected to opt out of playing this season. That’s led to questions about how effective that group will...

Getty Images If Cam Newton is going to succeed Tom Brady as the Patriots’ starting quarterback, he will have to work for it. Newton, Brian Hoyer and Jarrett Stidham are splitting the reps at Patriots camp with no one clearly favored as the starter. Stidham, who as a rookie backing up Brady...

Getty Images The Patriots announced Monday they have signed offensive lineman Ben Braden, tight end Paul Butler and tight end Alex Ellis. Braden, 26, originally entered the NFL in 2017 as a rookie free agent with the Jets. He spent the entire 2017 season on the Jets’ practice squad and split...

Getty Images President Donald Trump recently suggested that he’d be willing to seek military advice from Patriots coach Bill Belichick. Belichick responded during a Monday appearance on WEEI radio in Boston. “A very nice compliment,” Belichick said. “I appreciate that. I am not sure — I am...