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Getty Images Chris Simms made plenty of waves, without trying to do so, by placing Patriots quarterback Tom Brady at No. 9 on Simms’ 2019 top 40 quarterback countdown. Not everyone affiliated with this operation would rank Brady so low. During Friday’s PFT Live, Charean Williams, pinch-hitting...

Getty Images In running through the list of significant contributors to last year’s Super Bowl title for the New England Patriots, running back Kenjon Barner won’t rank anywhere near the top. Barner appeared in just five games for the Patriots last season and ultimately finished the year with...

Getty Images Jack Easterby has generated plenty of goodwill during his short stint as an NFL executive. In New England, he recently has generated plenty of ill will. Greg Bedard of BostonSportsJournal.com reports, via MassLive.com, that the Patriots are “livid” with the guy who arrived in New...

Getty Images Much of the Chris Simms Top 40 quarterback countdown has been uneventful. On Thursday, it became rather eventful. We crossed into the top 10, and at the bottom of the best are two guys who arguably are better than where they landed. At No. 10: Drew Brees. At No. 9: Tom Brady...

Patriots owner Robert Kraft won the prestigious Genesis Prize, known as the “Jewish Nobel,” the Associated Press reports. Kraft, a longtime supporter of Jewish and Israeli causes, and his contingent of 15 current and former Patriots players met with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on...

Getty Images Over the past couple of days, we’ve heard from plenty of people (including Ben Volin himself) regarding Volin’s report that Patriots director of player personnel Nick Caserio wants out of New England. Volin, in response to fan and media reaction to the claim that Caserio is ready...

Getty Images Although Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes won the NFL’s MVP award for 2018, he didn’t lead the league in passing yardage. In 2019, he’s projected to make it happen. Caesers Entertainment has installed Mahomes as a 7/2 favorite to throw for more passing yardage than any other...

Getty Images Bills fans always disliked Rob Gronkowski when he played for the Patriots, mainly because he caught 69 passes for 1,070 yards and 12 touchdowns in 15 games against Buffalo over nine seasons. The Patriots were 13-2 in those games. But now that he’s retired, the Amherst, New York...

Getty Images Tight end Michael Roberts obviously isn’t healthy. He failed his second physical in a week, Dov Kleiman reports, and the Packers waived Roberts with the failed physical designation Wednesday. The Lions traded Roberts to the Patriots, but the deal was rescinded last Friday after...

Getty Images Video of Patriots quarterback Tom Brady throwing with wide receiver Josh Gordon on Wednesday served as a reminder that Gordon’s rights remain with New England and that there have been reports indicating he could return to the team this season. There’s been no word of any...

Getty Images With Kawhi Leonard possibly leaving Toronto after only one season, an idea for a PFT Live draft emerged. What are the best one-year stints in NFL history? Simms won the rigged coin toss (as usual), and he also received unauthorized assistance from Stats. So I won this one by...

Getty Images The Patriots enforced a clause in Nick Caserio’s contract to keep him from interviewing (and presumably getting) the Texans General Manager job. They may have a bigger problem on their hands. According to Ben Volin of the Boston Globe, the top non-Bill Belichick personnel man...

Getty Images The Lions tried to trade tight end Michael Roberts to the Patriots, but the deal was rescinded last Friday and Roberts was placed on waivers instead. Now Roberts will be headed to one of Detroit’s divisional rivals instead. The NFL’s daily transaction report brings word that the...

Getty Images Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has a grossly below-market deal when it comes to football earnings. When it comes to earnings for jerseys, video games, and trading cards, he earns more than anyone else in the league. According to Daniel Kaplan of TheAthletic.com, Brady raked in...

Getty Images The Bills are trying to update their offense this season, and it will involve at least one hitch route. Via the Buffalo News, the Bills are seeking a pair of fans to get married at halftime of their Sept. 29 game against the Patriots. The team’s calling it the “Halftime Wedding...

Getty Images Patriots director of player personnel Nick Caserio has apparently crossed the Rubicon in Foxboro. So when will he make his formal exit from an organization with which he has spent a generation? His contract runs through the 2020 draft. After that, he’s free to leave. It makes...

On the surface, there aren’t many quarterbacks more different than Tom Brady and Cam Newton. One is the conventional ideal, the classic drop-back passer. The other is an impossible-to-put-in-a-box gift of talent, a unicorn who combines running and passing like few in the history of the game...

Getty Images Of the many bizarre twists and turns the Texans have taken over the past eight days, perhaps the most bizarre is this: The team won’t have a General Manager in 2019. So, basically, Brian Gaine was fired (and will be paid), and no one will take his place. The end result raises...

Getty Images In explaining that they would withdraw from the pursuit of Patriots director of play personnel Nick Caserio, the Texans made vague reference to certain contractual terms that tipped the scales. The terms, as it turns out, slammed the door. John McClain of the Houston Chronicle...

Getty Images By all accounts, the Texans wanted Nick Caserio and Nick Caserio wanted the Texans. Now that the Texans have agreed to abandon their pursuit of Caserio, the question becomes whether he wants to stay with the Patriots. Contractually, he has no choice. But if he decided that he...