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Getty Images A fourth member of the Patriots is opting out of playing the 2020 season and this one will leave a big hole in their defense. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that linebacker Dont'a Hightower will not be suiting up this year. He joins tackle Marcus Cannon, fullback Danny Vitale and...

Getty Images Bill Belichick has not held a press conference since the Patriots signed veteran quarterback Cam Newton. But the Patriots coach was asked about his new quarterback while watching the Premier Lacrosse League. Belichick, an avid lacrosse fan, joined NBC Sports’ broadcast of...

Getty Images Patriots fullback Danny Vitale has become the fifth known player to decide to sit out the NFL season. Jarrett Bell of USA Today reports that Vitale’s agent, Leigh Steinberg, confirmed the fifth-year veteran has decided to take the leave of absence option. Vitale and his wife...

Getty Images The Patriots have had a second player opt out of the 2020 season. Offensive guard Najee Toran has joined teammate Danny Vitale in taking the leave of absence option, Jim McBride of the Boston Globe reports. Cowboys cornerback Maurice Canady, Seahawks offensive lineman Chance...

Getty Images The Patriots introduced their coaching staff for 2020 on Monday. They hired four new assistants this offseason with quarterbacks coach Jedd Fisch, assistants Tyler Hughes (offensive) and Vinnie Sunseri (defensive) and special teams assistant Joe Houston joining the staff. Several...

Getty Images Veteran players from NFL teams are set to report to training camp on Tuesday for a first round of COVID-19 testing and that step is a reminder of what the league is dealing with as it tries to play a full season in 2020. The pandemic has already forced teams to call off in-person...

Getty Images The Patriots did some pre-camp roster trimming on Saturday. The team announced that they have released defensive back Lenzy Pipkins. Pipkins signed with the team in February. Pipkins entered the league as an undrafted free agent with the Packers in 2017 and appeared in 12 games...

Getty Images NFL teams have the option of keeping 90 players on their roster through August 16 if they work in split squads at training camp, but the Patriots won’t be taking that path. They released defensive back Lenzy Pipkins on Saturday and Jim McBride of the Boston Globe reports that they...

Getty Images Plenty of great players have spent plenty of years in the NFL without winning a Super Bowl. Recently, Simms and I devoted a PFT Live draft to the question of which veteran players we’d most like to see win a Super Bowl. Our choices are in the attached video. Watch it and then put...

Getty Images Plenty of teams will have cap issues in 2021, if the salary cap drops to $175 million as a result of financial losses due to pandemic football. The Patriots will not have cap issues in 2021, if the cap plummets by nearly $25 million per team. As Tom Curran of NBC Sports Boston...

Getty Images The newest Patriot has landed in Boston. And he’s already mastered the Patriot Way. Quarterback Cam Newton declined to speak to reporters who approach him at the airport on Wednesday. “No disrespect to nobody but I’m extremely ecstatic but I’m not talking,” Newton when pressed...

Getty Images Apparently no longer wanting to be retired again, free agent wide receiver Antonio Brown has demanded that the NFL inform of his status with the league via his instagram account. “@nfl I have complied with each and every ask of your investigations throughout the past 11 months,”...

Getty Images Free-agent receiver Antonio Brown made news on Monday by walking away from a game that currently doesn’t want him. He’s done it before, and there’s a good chance he’ll do it again. The reality is that Brown currently has no team and, more importantly, no clearance from the league...

Getty Images New Patriots quarterback Cam Newton continues to work out with his receivers one at a time. In his latest video, Newton’s throwing to Patriots receiver Julian Edelman. (He’s also seen licking his fingers before he throws, which is gross and probably not among the best practices...

Getty Images Patriots quarterback Cam Newton is a vegan, and he’s encouraging others to join him in eschewing animal products. Newton has made a video for a campaign promoting People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, which promotes a diet completely free of meat, dairy, eggs and other...

Getty Images There was word earlier this year that defensive lineman Michael Bennett wanted to play another NFL season, but he never signed with a team and says he won’t be doing so at some point later this year either. Bennett announced his retirement in an Instagram post on Tuesday morning...

Getty Images Antonio Brown says he’s done playing football. “Is it time to walk away i done everything in the game at this point the risk is greater than the reward,” Brown wrote on Twitter. “Thank you everyone who been part of this journey i sincerely thank you for everything! life goes on...

Getty Images A large group of NFL players took to social media on Sunday with pleas for the league to do more to protect the health of players upon their return to work in the next two weeks. Those posts were connected through the use of #WeWantToPlay and Patriots cornerback Jason McCourty...

Getty Images Patriots wide receiver Mohamed Sanu had a disappointing second half of the season after he was traded to New England last year. He’s working hard to keep that from happening again this year. Sanu hired a full-time coach to live with him this offseason for non-stop offseason work...

Getty Images Even in a pandemic, supply and demand still applies. With the Patriots announcing that they’ll have 20-percent capacity at this year’s home games (if permitted to do so by state and local authorities), available tickets on the open market have plummeted — and the prices for those...