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Getty Images The Patriots activated defensive end Deatrich Wise from the physically unable to perform list Friday. The team placed him on PUP on Sunday after he sat out the minicamp last month with an ankle injury. Wise played all 16 games and made 30 tackles and 4.5 sacks in 2018. He has...

Getty Images He’ll soon turn 42, and he’s embarking on his 20th NFL season. Presumably, anyone who has wanted to buy something with Tom Brady‘s name or likeness on it have done so. And yet he’s still moving more merchandise than any other player in the NFL. The NFL Players Association recently...

The Chiefs and quarterback Patrick Mahomes took the league by storm in 2018. Can they, and he, do it again in 2019? That’s one of the biggest storylines of the 2019 season. Whenever someone like Mahomes emerges out of the blue and dominates the way he did, opposing defenses spend the offseason...

Getty Images Patriots coach Bill Belichick declared the Nick Caserio-to-Houston storyline “water under the bridge.” They’re going to pump some of it back to the surface tomorrow though. According to Ben Volin of the Boston Globe, the Patriots are going to make their personnel chief available...

Either the first day of Patriots training camp was exhausting, or Tom Brady‘s earned it. According to Tom Curran of NBCSportsBoston.com, the Patriots quarterback was a spectator Friday morning. “Just a day off,” Curran noted, trying to allay any panic that might ensue. The 41-year-old Brady...

Getty Images The Patriots are trying to find their own Taysom Hill. They switched quarterback Danny Etling to receiver Thursday, Mike Reiss of ESPN reports. “Everyone has a lot of different roles on this team, and I’m no exception,” Etling said, per Reiss. “I’m excited to continue to keep...

Getty Images When news that the Packers were releasing defensive lineman Mike Daniels broke on Wednesday morning, one of the responses was to wonder why the team waited until the start of training camp to make the move. General Manager Brian Gutekunst was asked about that in a press conference...

Getty Images We learned earlier this week that Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman will miss some time at training camp with a thumb injury and Thursday brings word about the exact nature of that injury. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that Edelman has a broken thumb. He suffered the break...

Getty Images The Texans wanted to hire the Patriots’ top personnel man this offseason. The Patriots didn’t let them. As far as Patriots coach Bill Belichick is concerned, that’s the end of the story. (Until it isn’t.) Via Phil Perry of NBCSportsBoston.com, Belichick was asked this morning...

Getty Images The Browns got the first crack at signing Gerald McCoy. They didn’t sign him. They’re now getting the first crack at Mike Daniels. Daniels, a late entry to the free-agent market after being cut by the Packers on Wednesday, is in Cleveland visiting the Browns, PFT has confirmed...

Getty Images The Steelers of the 1970s, which won four of four Super Bowls, put nine players and one head coach in the Hall of Fame. The Super Bowl-winning Patriots teams of the 2000s, which one three and appeared in another, will get their first Hall of Famer in two weeks. Former Patriots...

Getty Images Rob Gronkowski is not heading to training camp with the Patriots for the first time since 2009 and everyone knows that will mean some differences for the team. Special teams ace Matthew Slater said the team will miss Gronk’s “child-like joy that he brought each and every day” in...

Getty Images The Patriots have placed offensive lineman Brian Schwenke on the reserve/retired list, Mike Reiss of ESPN reports. Schwenke worked with the first team at left guard during the offseason program. His departure leaves Joe Thuney, David Andrews, Shaq Mason, Ted Karras, James...

Getty Images The Patriots are adding another tight end to the group of players vying for roles on the offense this season. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the team is signing veteran Lance Kendricks. Kendricks spent the last two seasons with the Packers and caught 19 passes for 170...

Getty Images How much does Bill Belichick love football history? So much that he’s doing a TV show to promote the greatest players ever. Belichick, who isn’t always the most media-friendly of coaches, will host six episodes of The NFL’s All-Time Team along with Rich Eisen and Cris Collinsworth...

Getty Images Wide receiver Josh Gordon is serving an indefinite suspension from the NFL that began late last season, but there have been reports that he could be reinstated in time to play during the 2019 season. If Gordon is reinstated, his rights would belong to the Patriots as they held...

Getty Images Mark Sanchez and Rob Ninkovich used to face off against each other when both played in the AFC East, but they will now be teammates at ESPN. The network announced on Tuesday that Ninkovich has been hired as an analyst ahead of the 2019 season. He is expected to appear on ESPN...

Getty Images The Cowboys haven’t reached the NFC Championship Game since winning their last Super Bowl in 1995. Yet, they remain America’s Team and the World’s Team for that matter. Nine of the 50 highest-rated sports TV broadcasts in 2018 were regular-season games featuring the Cowboys...

The Lions made Trey Flowers the centerpiece of their offseason, signing the former Patriots outside linebacker to a five-year, $90 million contract. He won’t be ready for the start of training camp, as the team announced he was on the active/physically unable to perform list. Players can be...

With the Patriots running a little short on wideouts at the moment, they’re looking at possible reinforcements. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, the Patriots are working out former Steelers wide receiver Justin Hunter. Hunter caught seven passes in 12 games with Pittsburgh the last...