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Getty Images The Texans reportedly backed away from the pursuit of Patriots director of player personnel Nick Caserio because of contract language preventing Caserio from leaving New England. Some in league circles are now asking whether the Caserio clause complies with league rules. The NFL’s...

Getty Images On Thursday night, the NBA played its final game ever at Oracle Arena in Oakland. It was a memorable occasion, with the Toronto Raptors winning the league title on the Golden State Warriors’ home court. And so we used that idea for Friday morning’s PFT Live draft. What were the...

Getty Images The Texans and Patriots are friends again. Or at least friendly. After Texans CEO Cal McNair released a statement saying his team was done pursuing Nick Caserio, Patriots owner Robert Kraft responded in kind. “The Houston Texans and the New England Patriots have always had a...

Getty Images Three years ago, St. Louis lost its second football team. Last night, St. Louis won its first Stanley Cup. The Blues, after 51 years without an NHL title, took down the Bruins in Game Seven, 4-1. The visiting team withstood an onslaught in Boston throughout much of the first...

Getty Images The Patriots could, in theory, push their tampering case against the Texans with a level of zeal aimed at blowing up Houston’s pursuit of Nick Caserio, forcing the Texans to look elsewhere for Brian Gaine’s replacement. The Patriots could instead use the league’s procedures to...

Getty Images The Patriots and Lions are trading again, with Detroit offering some tight end depth. According to Justin Rogers of the Detroit News, the Lions are trading tight end Michael Roberts to New England in exchange for a future late-round draft pick. Roberts might not have made the...

Getty Images In early January, the St. Louis Blues had the worst record in hockey. Today, they’re carrying around the Stanley Cup. That stunning achievement sparked an idea for Thursday’s PFT Live. Which NFL teams have had the best in-season turnarounds? Simms and I picked three each, and for...

Getty Images Running back Sony Michel didn’t take part in the Patriots’ mandatory minicamp last week and there’s now a report regarding the reason for his absence. Jeff Howe of TheAthletic.com reports that Michel sat out after having arthroscopic surgery on his knee. The expectation is that...

Plenty of players don’t like the idea of an 18-game regular season. The greatest quarterback in league history (and possibly the greatest player at any position in football history) seems to have no qualms about the prospect of playing more football. Tom Curran of NBCSportsBoston.com posed to...

Getty Images It seemed like a fight possibly was coming between the Patriots and Texans over Nick Caserio, and the gloves officially have been dropped. The Patriots have filed tampering charges against the Texans, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN. The charges relate to Houston’s attempt to...

When Jon Gruden returned to coaching a year ago, he complained loudly about the “genius” who decided to give coaches less contact with players in the offseason. A year later, the Raiders aren’t taking advantage of all their available offseason practice days. The Raiders have become the latest...

Stephen Anderson spent last season with the Patriots, but he didn’t get a chance to actually play in any games. Anderson signed to the practice squad in early September and remained there for the entire regular season before being added to the active roster in January. Anderson was inactive for...

Getty Images As Cal McNair begins his tenure as the person ultimately in charge of the Texans, a new employee with a non-traditional football background quickly has secured plenty of football influence in Houston. He’s Jack Easterby. Not a coach or a scout or a football executive in any way...

Warner Bros. Whenever I record an episode of #PFTPM, I need to come up with a quasi-original way to get you to listen to it. Please listen to it. (Did that work?) Today’s edition looks at four open NFL issues and answers a bunch of your questions in a one-take, no-break, one-hour-plus...

Getty Images A pair of Patriots executives emerged as potential candidates foe the sudden G.M. job in Houston. For now, the Patriots have requested permission to speak to only one of them. Per a source with knowledge of the situation, the Texans have asked permission to interview New England...

Raptors coach Nick Nurse made a not-so-swift decision on Monday night, taking a time out at a time when Toronto had Golden State on the ropes, and was ready to punch the Warriors through. And so that sparked an idea for Tuesday’s PFT Live draft: NFL coaching decisions that backfired. Simms...

The Texans may want to hire Patriots executive Nick Caserio to be the new G.M. in Houston, but Caserio has to want the job. And the job has to carry enough authority to allow the Texans to hire Caserio over any objection of his current employer. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the Texans...

Getty Images The Patriots turned down the Texans’ request to interview Nick Caserio in early 2018. The Texans “hope” they get to talk to Caserio about their vacant General Manager job this time. The Texans have put in a formal request with the Patriots to talk to Caserio, John McClain of the...

Getty Images Rob Gronkowski was perhaps the greatest receiving tight end in NFL history, and the Patriots will miss him now that he’s retired. But even when he wasn’t running a route, Gronk was an integral part of the Patriots’ passing game. Gronkowski was also a great pass blocker, and Mike...

Coaches like Bill Belichick complained in March about not having enough time to work with players. And they also like to voluntarily relinquish some of the time that they have to work with players. The Patriots canceled their final two OTA sessions for 2019. That’s 20 percent of their available...