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Yes, the bar is higher than we thought it would be. The first touchdown scored by receiver Antonio Brown as a member of a team other than the Steelers provided the biggest test yet of the NFL’s new procedure for reviewing pass interference calls and non-calls via replay. Brown appeared to push...

Getty Images The Patriots have struggled in Miami in recent years. But the Dolphins are going to struggle wherever they go this year, so that figured to matter less. The Patriots easily handled the Dolphins 43-0 Sunday, setting aside what has recently been a tough trip for them. Prior to...

Getty Images All players are required to be available to reporters after each game. That doesn’t stop players from sometimes violating it. On Sunday, new Patriots receiver Antonio Brown did. Brown, according to Tom Curran of NBCSportsBoston.com, exited the stadium on Sunday without talking to...

Getty Images The lawsuit filed last week against Patriots receiver Antonio Brown mentions that another football player was present on one of the evenings that culminated in an alleged incident between Brown and his accuser. That player wasn’t named in the lawsuit. Per a source with knowledge...

Getty Images The Dolphins announced they signed offensive lineman Bryan Witzmann on Saturday. Witzmann has played 37 NFL games with 20 starts. He appeared in 10 games with seven starts last year for Chicago. In two seasons with Kansas City, he played 27 games with 13 starts. Witzmann spent...

Getty Images The NFL didn’t do much last week to investigation the sexual assault and rape allegations against Patriots receiver Antonio Brown. On Monday, the league will do plenty. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that NFL investigators will meet with Britney Taylor on Monday. Last Tuesday...

Getty Images The Patriots and the NFL didn’t know that Antonio Brown would be sued for sexual assault and rape before he signed with New England. But Brown definitely did. Ian Rapoport of the NFL reports that Brown and his accuser, Britney Taylor, “engaged in settlement talks for months”...

Getty Images Yes, it’s true that the Patriots wouldn’t have signed receiver Antonio Brown if they’d known about the lawsuit that was filed one day after his contract was signed. Ian Rapoport of the NFL reported it on Sunday morning, and PFT has confirmed it. As if it needed confirmation. Or...

Getty Images Larry Garron, a member of the original Boston Patriots team of 1960, has died. He was 82. “This year marks the 60th anniversary season for this franchise and Larry has represented this organization and been a member of the Patriots family since Day One,” Patriots owner Robert...

Getty Images Antonio Brown is going home. Whether he plays football when he’s in South Florida this weekend remains to be seen. Mike Giardi of the NFL reports that Brown has joined his new teammates for their game in Miami against the Dolphins. That doesn’t mean he’s definitely playing...

Getty Images A former Steelers quarterback has unloaded on a former Steelers receiver. Hall of Famer Terry Bradshaw had a harsh assessment of Antonio Brown on Friday, in an interview with Joe Rutter of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. “I had no idea they catered to Brown as much as they...

Getty Images Word on Thursday was that the Patriots haven’t heard anything from the NFL that would keep them from playing Antonio Brown against the Dolphins on Sunday and it doesn’t look like that’s going to change. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the NFL will not place Brown on the...

The NFL won’t keep receiver Antonio Brown on the sidelines for Sunday. Will the Patriots? Predictably, coach Bill Belichick declined to delve into that subject during a Friday press conference with reporters. “Are the plans to have Antonio Brown play on Sunday?” Belichick was asked by a...

Getty Images The Dolphins placed offensive tackle Julién Davenport on injured reserve Friday, the team announced. Miami added him to its practice report Thursday with a knee injury. Davenport hyperextended his knee during Thursday’s practice, and medical testing also revealed a slight crack in...

Well, that didn’t last long. Xenith announced Sept. 4 that it had a helmet partnership with Antonio Brown for him to wear its Shadow model. PFT noted Wednesday that Brown no longer was wearing a Xenith helmet. The helmet manufacturer announced Friday it has ended its relationship with the...

Getty Images Week Two of the 2019 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the Buccaneers and it continues with 14 more games on Sunday, which means that the 28 teams in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. Questionable players are uncertain to play...

Getty Images The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced plans for an expanded class of inductees in 2020 by approving a proposal to put together a group of 15 candidates for selection in addition to the annual group of modern era nominees. That new group will be made up of 10 seniors candidates...

On Sunday, we explained that Antonio Brown directly controlled his ability to play in his first game with the Patriots. That continues to apparently be the case, but like everything else with Brown it’s subject to change. Ian Rapoport of the NFL reports that the Patriots have heard nothing from...

Getty Images Retired Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski isn’t playing football, but he’s doing a lot of talking. Appearing on earlier this week on CBSN, Gronk said that he “probably had like 20 concussions” in his life, and that he remembers five “blackout” concussions. He insists that all...

Getty Images Donte Moncrief‘s first game with the Pittsburgh Steelers is one he would like to forget as soon as possible. Moncrief managed just three catches on 10 targets in Sunday night’s regular season opener against the New England Patriots. His three catches netted just seven yards and...