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Getty Images As the Texans begin to line up candidates to replace Brian Gaine as the team’s General Manager, the process may be starting, as many of theses processes do, with a top choice in mind. John McClain of the Houston Chronicle believes the top choice may be Patriots director of player...

Getty Images The Patriots have grown accustomed to shorter offseasons and more wear and tear on players’ bodies, thanks to always advancing in the playoffs. Over the last six seasons, the Patriots have played in 16 postseason games — a full extra season. A fan on Reddit who attended a recent...

Getty Images The Patriots have said goodbye to a few tight ends this offseason and Jacob Hollister‘s departure didn’t draw the most headlines, but he may be in position to have a pretty big impact on the 2019 season for the Seahawks. Seattle sent a conditional 2020 seventh-round pick to the...

Getty Images One of the most compelling (and for the teams most maddening) realities of the NFL is that most games are close games, with the potential outcomes going either way. Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers recently illustrated that point in relation to his team’s 2018 season. “We could...

Getty Images The Texans’ abrupt decision to fire General Manager Brian Gaine this afternoon came as a surprise, and firing him after only one season raises the question of whether ownership was ever completely committed to Gaine. Adding to those questions is that the Texans hired Gaine last...

Getty Images To say the Patriots are a dominant team is an understatement. In 2019 they’ll wrap up the most dominant decade in NFL history. In the decade of 2010 to 2018, the Patriots are 129-37, a winning percentage of .777. As noted by Rene Bugner, New England could go 3-13 in 2019 and still...

Getty Images No cornerback had a better year than Stephon Gilmore did. He earned All-Pro honors for the first time and, for the second time, received Pro Bowl recognition. Even better, Gilmore won a Super Bowl ring with the Patriots. Gilmore, who is entering his eighth season, said he feels...

New England Patriots via Twitter The Patriots celebrated their Super Bowl LIII championship Thursday night, receiving their rings during a party at owner Robert Kraft’s house in Brookline, Massachusetts. The team posted photos and a videos on its website. Brian Flores, Rob Gronkowski, Chris...

On Thursday, Tom Brady explained that he has sought trademark protection for the “Tom Terrific” nickname as a defensive maneuver, gobbling up the rights to the term to ensure that others won’t use it and profit from it, in relation to Brady. That’s not the only strategy that Brady’s lawyers have...

Getty Images Receiver Josh Gordon has been through plenty since arriving in the NFL nearly seven years ago via round two of the supplemental draft. While he still has plenty of hoops through which to jump in order to return to the NFL, he now has the one thing that all NFL players aspire to...

Getty Images Longtime Bengals defensive end Jonathan Fanene has been charged with eight felony county and five misdemeanors in American Samoa, on charges of assaulting his wife and sister after he was accused of an affair. Fanene also lost his job as director of the American Samoa Department...

Getty Images Patriots running back Sony Michel is not participating in the team’s mandatory minicamp. According to multiple reporters on the scene, Michel has not been spotted on the field during any of the minicamp or in the last couple of weeks of Organized Team Activities. As noted by Tom...

Playing for Jim Harbaugh at Michigan, defensive end Chase Winovich was known for brash comments. Now that he’s a rookie playing for Bill Belichick in New England, he’s taking a more tight-lipped approach. But Winovich says that’s less about following Belichick’s lead than about realizing that...

Tom Brady‘s attempt to trademark the name “Tom Terrific” drew some ire from fans and former teammates of Baseball Hall of Famer Tom Seaver and Brady shared some thoughts on the matter Thursday. The trademark filings was related to using the name for trading cards, other collectibles and...

Getty Images Patriots long snapper Joe Cardona got a promotion Thursday, from his first team. According to Field Yates of ESPN, Cardona was promoted by the Navy from lieutenant junior grade to lieutenant. The promotion took place during an event at Gillette Stadium. Patriots coach Bill...

The Patriots released Austin Seferian-Jenkins this week in a move that takes one of their post-Rob Gronkowski tight end options off the table. Benjamin Watson is another of those options, but he will miss the first four games of the year with a suspension. Matt LaCosse, Stephen Anderson, Ryan...

Getty Images The NFL Competition Committee is looking at possible tweaks to the pass interference replay rule adopted at league meetings in March and one of the issues they’re dealing with is how to handle Hail Mary plays. Falcons president and Competition Committee chairman Rich McKay said...

Getty Images Free agent Allen Bailey is visiting the Falcons today, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. The defensive lineman previously has visited the Patriots, Panthers and Seahawks. The Chiefs made Bailey a third-round pick in 2011, and he has spent his entire career with Kansas City. He’s...

Tom Brady‘s bid for a trademark on a nickname some use for him has been met with opposition from Baseball Hall of Famer Tom Seaver’s fans and former teammates. Trademark lawyer Josh Gerben noted that Brady’s company TEB Capital recently filed for trademarks on “Tom Terrific” for use on various...

Rob Gronkowski retired, Austin Seferian-Jenkins was released and Benjamin Watson is suspended for the first four games of the regular season, so there’s a pretty big opening at tight end for the Patriots early in the 2019 season. Matt LaCosse is at the top of the in-house list of candidates to...