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Getty Images The Patriots’ entire 2020 draft class has signed. New England signed safety Kyle Dugger today, Field Yates of ESPN reports. That means their entire 10-player draft class is now under contract. The Patriots are the first team to get their whole draft class signed, as New England...

Getty Images When the Patriots traded him to the Buccaneers on April 21, Rob Gronkowski said he weighed 250 pounds. The All-Pro tight end did not anticipate a problem gaining 10 pounds to reach his playing weight. A month later, Gronkowski is almost there. Gronkowski said in an interview with...

Getty Images The Patriots are facing the same lack of time to prepare as every NFL team, and have the additional pressure of building an offense from scratch with a quarterback to be determined. But the group that returns largely intact doesn’t take their communication for granted. Via Andrew...

Getty Images If the NFL plays a season without fans in the stands, it’s a given that the NFL will lose money. Mike Ozanian of Forbes.com estimates that loss at a staggering $5.5 billion. That’s the sum of lost ticket revenue, concessions, parking, and merchandise sales, if all games are...

Getty Images The Patriots have once again extended the contract of veteran defensive back Patrick Chung. Field Yates of ESPN reports that the Patriots and Chung have agreed to a two-year extension through 2023. The deal includes a $3 million signing bonus, and Chung can make up to $12.8...

Getty Images Before going all in on football nearly 20 years ago, after realizing that there was a way to make money (eventually) by writing and talking about the sport, I paid plenty of attention to other sports, too, including basketball. In the ’80s and ’90s, the NBA was a major draw for...

Getty Images One of the most pivotal decisions of Bill Belichick’s career was the move to cut safety Lawyer Milloy just five days before the start of the 2003 season. Belichick was widely criticized for the move, especially after Milloy signed with the Bills and Buffalo promptly crushed New...

Getty Images Despite the increased talk around the NFL that the Patriots are satisfied heading into the season with Jarrett Stidham and Brian Hoyer as their quarterbacks, Cam Newton‘s name keeps coming up. The betting odds at Draft Kings still have the Patriots as the team most likely to end...

Getty Images A year ago, the Patriots spent a third-round draft pick on West Virginia offensive tackle Yodny Cajuste and hoped he could make an impact on the offensive line as a rookie. It didn’t work out that way, but the Patriots still have high hopes. Cajuste spent his entire rookie year on...

Getty Images The Bills have done a very good job of keeping internal and external expectations reasonable in light of the departure of Tom Brady from the AFC East. Former Bills quarterback Jim Kelly has broken ranks in that regard. Asked during a recent appearance on CBS Sports Radio whether...

Getty Images As the NFL world begins to accept that Jarrett Stidham is the heir apparent to Tom Brady in New England, we’re increasingly hearing that the people inside the Patriots’ facility are confident that Stidham is up to the task. The latest Patriot to say so is fullback Rex Burkhead...

Getty Images Devin McCourty was a free agent this spring, just like Tom Brady was. So the Patriots safety was more worried about his deal than he was about Brady’s. McCourty re-signed with the Patriots, returning on a two-year, $23 million contract. Brady left for Tampa Bay. “I didn’t think...

Getty Images In honor of Big Cat’s college football video game barnstorming tour with coach Doug (or Gus) Duggerton, Friday’s PFT Live draft focus on specific NFL units from the past that we’d like to coach. Offense, defense, special teams. Which units would be the most fun to unleash on a...

Getty Images New Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Phillip Dorsett said in a meeting with reporters on Tuesday that he actually had the chance to come to Seattle a year ago before electing to stay with the New England Patriots. “I could have went a lot of different places but I just felt like...

Getty Images For most of Tom Brady‘s career, Matt Light was protecting him. Now Light is shocked by Brady’s latest move. Light, an 11-year starter at offensive tackle in New England, told Willie McGinest of NFL Network that Brady in a Buccaneers uniform is going to be hard to get used to...

Getty Images Joe Judge was the Patriots’ wide receivers coach in 2019, but he left to become the Giants head coach in January and the team hasn’t formally announced his replacement. There have been reports that Mick Lombardi would be shifting from assistant quarterbacks coach to take over for...

Getty Images Tom Brady was able to choose his own destination this offseason, but the offense he runs this season won’t be his alone. Buccaneers quarterbacks coach Clyde Christensen told Bob Kravitz of TheAthletic.com that Brady has been open to learning a new system in Tampa Bay after a...

Getty Images Washington tight end Thaddeus Moss, the son of Hall of Fame receiver Randy Moss, wasn’t drafted. But several teams wanted the former LSU Tiger. So why did Thaddeus choose Washington over other interested teams, including the Patriots and Bengals? In a videoconference with...

Getty Images Marqise Lee believes he needs only one thing to happen to have a big season: Stay healthy. He did that in 2017, catching 56 passes for 702 yards and three touchdowns. It earned him a four-year, $38 million extension with the Jaguars. Lee, though, has played only 111 total snaps...

Chargers.com Now that the Rams finally have unveiled their new uniforms, the seven new Nikefications of the NFL officially have been introduced. So how do the new uniforms rank? The options are the Rams, Patriots, Falcons, Buccaneers, Colts, Chargers, and Browns. In the comments, put them in...