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Getty Images Patriots coach Bill Belichick didn’t rule out bringing back Brian Hoyer, but he’s going to have competition. According to Jim Ayello of the Indianapolis Star, the Colts brought Hoyer in for a visit last night. That would give the Colts an all-Patriots-discard depth chart at...

Getty Images A lot of undrafted rookies got bad news at some point on Saturday and almost all of them didn’t get reprieves a short time later. Gunner Olszewski was the exception. Olszewski was told by the Patriots that he was being cut as the team moved to 53 players, but a trade sending...

Getty Images The Colts have their backup quarterback. Brian Hoyer has signed with Indianapolis, with multiple reports calling it a three-year, $12 million deal with $9 million guaranteed. The three-year term of the contract is somewhat surprising, and it is of course quite possible that Hoyer...

Getty Images The rivalry really is back on. With the Patriots dumping quarterback Brian Hoyer and not closing the door on bringing him back, the Colts have pounced. Indianapolis has added Hoyer via a three-year $12 million deal. Per a source with knowledge of the terms, $7 million is fully...

Getty Images When Panthers safety Eric Reid took a cheap shot at Patriots tight end Ben Watson in their teams’ preseason game, it immediately raised questions about whether it was personal and intentional. The NFL seemed to accept Reid’s denial. Reid was fined $10,527 for the hit, which is an...

Getty Images The Patriots have lost center David Andrews for the year, and they now have to scramble to address an underrated position on the offensive side of the ball. “[T]hat’s an important position,” coach Bill Belichick told reporters on Sunday. “The relationship between the center and...

Getty Images Jarrett Stidham is now a Tom Brady injury away from being the Patriots’ starting quarterback, but his big preseason makes Bill Belichick comfortable with that. Belichick cut Brian Hoyer and left Stidham as the only quarterback behind Brady on the depth chart in part because...

Getty Images Somewhat surprisingly, the Patriots dumped quarterback Brian Hoyer on Saturday, leaving a rookie as the backup to Tom Brady. Somewhat not surprisingly, coach Bill Belichick publicly offered no real insight on the decision, or on the possibility of whether Hoyer’s absence is...

Getty Images Veteran receiver Demaryius Thomas has hit another career setback. Thomas has been released by the Patriots, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports. After spending the offseason rehabbing a torn Achilles tendon, Thomas appeared in the fourth preseason game and played well for the...

Getty Images The Patriots have placed center David Andrews on injured reserve, Field Yates of ESPN reports. That ends Andrews season. Andrews is dealing with blood clots in his lungs. Ted Karras takes over the starting center job. He has held a reserve role since 2016 and stepped in for...

Getty Images Many of the moves made by the Patriots on Saturday were reported well in advance of official word from the team, including the releases of wide receiver Demaryius Thomas and quarterback Brian Hoyer. Center David Andrews‘s trip to injured reserve also hit the news and he’ll be...

Getty Images Nearly a decade after arriving in Denver as a first-round pick, receiver Demaryius Thomas could be coming back. Per a league source, the Broncos could be bringing Thomas back to town. If it happens, Thomas will be working for a new coaching staff in a new offense. But plenty of...

Getty Images The New England receiving corps is shaping up, and one promising prospect is shipping out. The Patriots are waiving receiver Braxton Berrios, according to ESPN. Berrios, a sixth-round pick in 2018 who landed on injured reserve as a rookie, had been a candidate to have a role as a...

Getty Images The makeup of the Patriots tight end corps in the wake of Rob Gronkowski’s retirement has been a storyline throughout the offseason and it is starting to take shape ahead of Saturday’s deadline to drop to 53 players. According to multiple reports, the Patriots are cutting Stephen...

Getty Images Tom Brady has a new backup quarterback. Adam Caplan of SiriusXM NFL Radio reports that the Patriots will release Brian Hoyer on Saturday. That leaves fourth-round pick Jarrett Stidham as the only quarterback on the roster behind Brady. The move does not come as a great surprise...

Getty Images With one pass rusher in, another one is out. The Seahawks, after trading for defensive end Jadeveon Clowney, has released defensive end Cassius Marsh, according to Ian Rapoport of the NFL. A fourth-round pick of the Seahawks in 2014, he has played in Seattle, New England, and San...

Getty Images The Patriots used a second-round draft pick on cornerback Duke Dawson last season, but he suffered a hamstring injury and never got on the field. And now he’s leaving New England without having ever played a game. Dawson was traded to the Broncos, Ian Rapoport of NFL Media...

Getty Images Receiver Josh Gordon‘s conditional reinstatement has become an official reinstatement to play in Week One of the 2019 regular season. According to the NFL, Gordon is eligible to play when the Patriots host the Steelers on September 8 in primetime on NBC. Before word came from the...

Getty Images The Patriots obviously saw a need to upgrade their offensive line, and were willing to deal within the division to fix it. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the Patriots are acquiring center Russell Bodine from the Bills in exchange for a sixth-round pick. Bodine, 27, has 74...

Getty Images [Editor’s note: We’re keeping track of the moves as AFC teams make them this weekend, as they have to get to their 53-man roster limit by Saturday at 4 p.m. Check back throughout the weekend, as we’ll update throughout.] Buffalo Traded center Russell Bodine to the Patriots for a...