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Getty Images Pliability has been the buzzword of the TB12 Method, Tom Brady‘s approach to fitness. But this offseason Brady trained a little more like an old-school football player, adding muscle mass. Brady said he decided to add muscle because he thinks it will help him take punishment. “I...

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is at his 20th training camp, and he hopes he has several more ahead of him. Brady said today, three days before he turns 42, that he still has just as much love for football as he ever has, and he sees no reason he should be thinking about retiring. “I have a...

Three days from turning 42, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is 16 regular-season games from becoming a free agent. Does he deserve a new deal that would extend his contract with the Patriots? “Have I earned [an extension]?” Brady said to reporters, via Darren Hartwell of NBCSportsBoston.com. “I...

Getty Images The Patriots have been in training camp for a little while now and that’s given quarterback Tom Brady a chance to get work in with the team’s post-Rob Gronkowski tight end group. How things are going with that group — Benjamin Watson, Matt LaCosse, Stephen Anderson, Ryan Izzo and...

Getty Images If, as it appears, the Patriots won’t give quarterback Tom Brady a new contract and if, as it appears, Brady will complete the final year of his contract, the Patriots will have a big decision to make in early 2020. After the 2019 season, the Patriots will have to decide whether...

Getty Images The family of Pro Football Hall of Famer Nick Buoniconti announced on Wednesday that he has died at the age of 78. Buoniconti was a 13th round pick of the Patriots in the 1962 AFL Draft after playing tackle at Notre Dame, but switched to linebacker and went on to make five...

Getty Images Former NFL cornerback Ty Law enters the Pro Football Hall of Fame this weekend. During a Tuesday conference call, he shared his thoughts on a new replay procedure that will be implemented for the first time on Thursday night, at the Hall of Fame game. And Law isn’t thrilled with...

Getty Images The makeup of the Patriots offensive line continued to shift on Tuesday. According to multiple reports, the team has signed undrafted rookie Martez Ivey to the 90-man roster. The move comes a day after J.J. Dielman was placed on the reserve/retired list by the Patriots. That left...

Getty Images The Patriots restructured the contract of right tackle Marcus Cannon, guaranteeing him $4.5 million in 2019, Michael Silver of the NFL reports. The Patriots also added incentives that could boost the total value of Cannon’s deal to $24 million. Cannon’s deal expires after the 2021...

Rodney Harrison entered the Patriots Hall of Fame on Monday. If future Hall of Fame coach Bill Belichick has his way, Harrison eventually will enter the Pro Football Hall of Fame, too. “I hope through the years here and soon hopefully there will be other Patriots in the NFL Hall of Fame,”...

Getty Images At a time when teams routinely cut players, the Dolphins cut offensive line coach Pat Flaherty. It sounds like the decision was less about Flaherty and more about his replacement, former Colts offensive line coach Dave DeGuglielmo. Coach Brian Flores explained the decision to...

Getty Images The Patriots signed J.J. Dielman to improve their offensive line depth last week, but they’ll need to turn in a different direction. The NFL’s daily transaction notice brings word that Dielman has decided to retire rather than continue with a bid to make the team. He has been...

Who is Trent Brown? The Raiders believe Brown is the player who protected Tom Brady‘s blindside last season. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have made Brown the highest-paid offensive lineman in history. Brown vows that’s who he is, too, not the player who the 49ers gave up on. Questions about his...

Getty Images With his 42nd birthday only six days away, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady apparently is feeling spry. A clip from Sunday’s practice shows Brady calling a run play when, presumably, he wasn’t supposed to. “No f–king run!” Belichick can be heard yelling in the clip of the exchange...

Michael Bennett was at Patriots practice on Sunday after returning from an excused absence to deal with personal matters and he said after the session that he was grateful for the way the team handled things. Bennett said he heard people speculate about his retirement while he was away from the...

Jimmy Garoppolo went through his first full practice since tearing an anterior cruciate ligament early last season. The 49ers quarterback wore a knee brace on his surgically repaired knee, evidence of where and how the team’s season came apart last season. Garoppolo has a big contract, inviting...

Getty Images The Patriots lost a premium pass rusher in free agency, so they traded for his replacement. And because they have a good idea what Michael Bennett can bring, they’re willing to wait for him. According to Mike Reiss of ESPN.com, the Patriots have excused the veteran pass-rusher...

Getty Images The Patriots unexpectedly made director of player personnel Nick Caserio available to reporters on Saturday. Expectedly, Caserio fielded plenty of questions about Houston’s failed effort to hire him to be the team’s next G.M. “I’d say I’m pretty honored and privileged to be in the...

Getty Images A week ago, veteran tight end Lance Kendricks was thinking about retiring. Then came a call from the Patriots. “This is a special place, obviously,” Kendricks told reporters on Saturday. “This is a championship team. They know how to play football. They know how to win games. They...

Getty Images Patriots running back Sony Michel‘s stint on the physically unable to perform list was a short one. Michel has been cleared to practice after starting camp on PUP while he recovers from a knee injury. A first-round draft pick who got plenty of playing time as a rookie last year...