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Getty Images As quarterback Tom Brady inches toward the first free agency of his career, there could be a fundamental difference between the manner in which his current team and his potential suitors value him. Patriots coach Bill Belichick, who runs the show in New England when it comes to...

Getty Images There are plenty of questions about the Chargers going into the season. But at the moment, that one in particular seems to be getting asked most often. Chargers General Manager Tom Telesco knows that speculation about soon-to-be free agent quarterback Tom Brady has dwarfed most...

Getty Images The following are PFT’s top 100 free agents for the start of the 2020 league year. The rankings include prospective unrestricted and restricted free agents, as well as released players. The list will be updated as events warrant, with signings, tags and re-signings denoted when...

Getty Images Longtime Patriots assistant coach Dante Scarnecchia announced in January he was retiring. But he’s still doing some things for the organization. According to Ben Volin of the Boston Globe, the veteran line coach is on his way to Indianapolis as we speak. Unless he’s just really...

Getty Images Tom Brady is scheduled to become a free agent next month. Will he make it to the market? That’s perhaps the biggest question as free agency fast approaches. Brady’s agent, Donald Yee, is expected to meet with the Patriots during the Combine, Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports...

Owner Stephen Ross recently dismissed the idea of Tom Brady playing for the Dolphins, saying, “We’re a team that is now rebuilding, and I don’t know why he’d really want to come to the Dolphins.” Dolphins coach Brian Flores, who previously coached in Miami, was less dismissive Tuesday. “Look...

Getty Images Alabama head coach Nick Saban and Patriots head coach Bill Belichick have a well-documented friendship and that may have helped one of Saban’s assistants make a move to New England. Bruce Feldman of TheAthletic.com reports that Joe Houston is joining the Patriots as an assistant...

Getty Images Safety Patrick Chung is under contract with the New England Patriots for the 2020 season. Fellow safety and special teams standout Nate Ebner is not under contract with the Patriots but wants to be back with the team this fall. However, the possibility exists that if they are both...

Getty Images The Patriots have been able to remain one of the top teams in the league for a couple of decades, largely based on the presence of Bill Belichick and Tom Brady. But with one of them uncertain to remain in New England, the future for the team could get decidedly cloudier. Former...

Getty Images With the NFL and NFL Players Association closing in on a new CBA that will expand the playoffs from 12 teams to 14, it’s tempting to consider how seven teams per conference would have played out if seven teams per conference had previously been in place. So we’ve gone 10 years down...

Getty Images It’s one thing to subtly express interest in Patriots quarterback Tom Brady now, weeks before free agency opens. It’s quite another to pursue Brady once March 18 arrives and other quarterbacks get gobbled up by other teams while the #TommyVanityTour unfolds over the ensuing days...

Getty Images Antonio Brown never played a game for the Raiders. Still, he wants them to pay him. The unemployed receiver filed a grievance against the Raiders over lost wages, including $30 million in guarantees, during the 2019 season. An arbitrator will hear that grievance in May, according...

Getty Images Monday’s leak that the Panthers expect quarterback Cam Newton to pass a physical in March is less about Newton playing for the Panthers than it is about the Panthers possibly trading him to someone else. From Carolina’s perspective, Newton getting healthy in March is meaningless...

Getty Images John Elway did it to the Colts in 1983. Bo Jackson did it to the Bucs in 1986. Eli Manning did it to the Chargers in 2004. And Joe Burrow may be thinking about doing it in 2020. That’s only four guys making draft-day power plays in all the years the NFL has drafted players...

Getty Images Monday’s PFT Live spent plenty of time addressing the report that the Raiders plan to make Patriots quarterback Tom Brady an offer in free agency. We also spent time trying to come up with ideal Brady matches. And we tried to be more specific than just putting Brady on a specific...

Getty Images The Patriots and Tom Brady are in a bit of a holding pattern at the moment, and until the Scouting Combine kicks off the unofficial/official tampering season, it’s likely to stay that way. But when it’s time to make a decision about his future, the Patriots quarterback may forego...

Getty Images Fifty-two weeks to the day after former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow explained his lack of interest in the AAF, Tebow explained his lack of interest in the XFL. “There was some communication,” Tebow told reporters on Sunday regarding the XFL at a press conference held in connection...

Getty Images Leonard Williams came into the NFL with high expectations when the Jets made him the sixth overall pick in 2015 and Williams moved right into their starting lineup as a rookie. While Williams was a fixture in the lineup, he never became the kind of disruptive force that the Jets...

Getty Images For exactly one more month, the Patriots officially have exclusive negotiating rights with quarterback Tom Brady. It would be foolish to assume that, unofficially, other teams already aren’t making their proposals known to Brady and/or his agent, Don Yee. But the only team that...

Getty Images During the Scouting Combine, plenty of NFL business unrelated to the Scouting Combine gets done. Free-agent receiver Antonio Brown claims that the business this year will include him meeting with teams. “I’m excited and looking forward to seeing them guys at the Combine,” Brown...