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The team website called it a “brawl.” Others watching the Titans-Patriots joint practices called the incident between Stephon Gilmore and A.J. Brown a “little fight” and a “fracas.” Titans coach Mike Vrabel, who helped break it up, disagreed with the word “fight” that started with Gilmore and...

Malcolm Butler can joke about it now. With Bill Belichick’s team in town for a joint practice, the Titans defensive back revisited his benching in Super Bowl LII while he still was a member of the Patriots. The Patriots mysteriously sat Butler, who played only a single special teams snap...

When Patriots quarterback Tom Brady wasn’t trading barbs with Titans head coach Mike Vrabel at Thursday’s joint practice, he was throwing to wide receivers who he is still getting to know. The Patriots have been shorthanded at wideout throughout training camp with Julian Edelman and Demaryius...

For eight years, Mike Vrabel stood across the line from Tom Brady in practice. For eight years, the two trash talked. Nothing has changed now that Vrabel is the head coach of the Titans. Before Thursday’s joint practice, Brady awarded Vrabel a small trophy with the score of the Titans’ 34-10...

Getty Images The Patriots have been practicing without Demaryius Thomas and Julian Edelman throughout all of camp and their receiving corps is even thinner for Thursday’s joint practice with the Titans. First-round pick N'Keal Harry warmed up with the team, but remained out of practice for the...

Getty Images A day ago, Titans coach Mike Vrabel was engaged in some friendly trash talk with former teammate Tom Brady. Today, he had to break up an actual fight. According to Jim Wyatt of the Titans official website, a “brawl” including 15 to 20 players broke out, which Vrabel and Titans...

Getty Images Patriots head coach Bill Belichick said that he hoped traveling to Detroit last week for joint practices against the Lions would help the team put itself in position to improve on last year’s 3-5 road record. The Patriots are out of town again this week for practices with the...

Getty Images Raiders receiver Antonio Brown, an excellent player, has nevertheless carried plenty of headaches with him to Oakland. His situation inspired Wednesday’s PFT Live draft. Which NFL players are worth the headache? Simms and I drafted three each. They’re named in the attached video...

Titans head coach Mike Vrabel turned 45 on Wednesday and he got to turn the clock back as a birthday present. Vrabel’s team hosted the Patriots for a joint practice and that meant Vrabel got to get in some jawing with Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. That was a frequent occurrence at Patriots...

Getty Images Danny Etling‘s time with the Patriots came to an end on Tuesday, but he’s already on another roster. Field Yates of ESPN reports that Etling has been claimed off of waivers by the Falcons. Etling was a seventh-round pick by the Patriots after two years as the starting quarterback...

Getty Images The Patriots deliberately trolled the Falcons two years ago, designing rings containing 283 diamonds after the Patriots erased a 28-3 deficit with the biggest come-from-behind win in Super Bowl history. Recently, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady possibly trolled the Falcons again...

Getty Images They played against each other in a Super Bowl, and have a family connection, so Michael Bennett was already aware of how good Tom Brady was at playing football. But the new Patriots pass-rusher said what he’s been most impressed with about his new quarterback is the way he learns...

Getty Images Some think Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski inevitably will return to football. On August 27, he’ll be making an announcement of some sort, but undoubtedly not an announcement that he’ll return to football. At an invitation-only event held in New York City, Gronk will unveil his...

Getty Images Giants receiver Golden Tate may indeed have been telling the truth when he explained that he began taking a fertility drug, that he realized in a matter of days that the drug is a banned substance under the PED policy, and that in the interim he was randomly tested under the PED...

Getty Images The New England Patriots activated reserve safety Nate Ebner and cornerback Ken Webster from the physically unable to perform list on Monday. The activations of Ebner and Webster leave just four players remaining on either the PUP or non-football injury lists for New England. Wide...

Getty Images It’s been almost a year since Patriots tackle Isaiah Wynn suffered the Achilles tear that ended his rookie season and Wynn took a step forward in practice just ahead of the anniversary. Wynn did competitive work in practice on Monday for the first time this summer when the team...

Getty Images At a recent press conference, Patriots head coach Bill Belichick declined to answer a question about whether inside linebackers coach Jerod Mayo has been calling the defensive plays. It appeared that Mayo was calling the plays against the Lions last week and safety Duron Harmon...

Getty Images The Patriots’ attempt to find their own version of Taysom Hill, or perhaps a new Julian Edelman, is over. According to Field Yates of ESPN, the Patriots have waived rookie quarterback/wide receiver Danny Etling. Last year’s seventh-round pick, he hung around on the practice squad...

Getty Images The still-unfolding Antonio Brown situation seems like one of the craziest off-field NFL situations to ever happen. But there have been others. On Monday’s PFT Live, Simms and I drafted the most memorable of the most nutty off-field predicaments. Bottom line: Brown has a long way...

Getty Images The Patriots re-signed offensive lineman Cole Croston on Monday, Field Yates of ESPN reports. They waived cornerback D'Angelo Ross with an injury designation to make room. Ross will revert to injured reserve if he clears waivers. Ross was an undrafted free agent out of New...