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    Report: Patriots plan to sign Jared Veldheer

    Getty Images The Patriots are reportedly set to make a veteran addition to their offensive line. NFL Media reports that the team plans to sign tackle Jared Veldheer later this week. Veldheer visited with the team last week. Veldheer spent the 2018 season with the Broncos and made 12 starts at...
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    Poll shows strong support for changing the overtime rule

    Getty Images Whenever the possibility of adjusting overtime to guarantee the team that kicks off to start the process a chance to match or first-drive touchdown, plenty of fans shout, “Play defense!” They seem to be a vocal, but yet distinct, minority. A poll posted Friday on Twitter, which...
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    Patriots rookie Damien Harris feels the Belichick-Saban connection

    Getty Images The Patriots chose former Alabama running back Damien Harris in the third round of the draft, and it didn’t take Harris long to feel the connection between his new coach and his old coach. Harris said that as soon as he got on the phone with Bill Belichick after he was drafted, he...
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    Gronk skips Kentucky Derby for retirement party

    Last year, the horse named Gronkowski missed the Kentucky Derby. This year, his human counterpart also didn’t make it. Via Mike Jurecki of AZCardinals.com, former Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski skipped the Kentucky Derby and opted to celebrate his football retirement with family and close...
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    Tom Brady adds late-night TV vandalism to his offseason schedule

    Getty Images Tom Brady‘s still accurate — whether describing his own financial situation or joining in a late-night television feud. The Patriots quarterback was a guest on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Thursday night, answering questions from a non-football interviewer. As many non-football...
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    Which quarterbacks most need the Belichick treatment?

    Getty Images Martellus Bennett became the latest former Patriot to peel back the curtain regarding the extent to which coach Bill Belichick gives the business to quarterback Tom Brady. Which provided the impetus for a PFT Live draft on Friday. Which NFL quarterbacks would most benefit from...
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    James White: There’s always ways to get better

    Getty Images Running back James White barely played during his rookie season with the team and that left him with a lesson to impart to third-round pick Damien Harris. White said Harris should be prepared to get “yelled at more than everybody else” during a year “built for learning” about what...
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    Nick Brossette among 11 undrafted rookies joining Patriots

    Getty Images The Patriots drafted Damien Harris in the third round of this year’s draft and they added another former SEC running back as an undrafted free agent. The NFL’s daily transaction report brings word that the team has signed former LSU back Nick Brossette to their 90-man roster...
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    Travis Kelce on overtime: The rules are the rules

    Getty Images Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and the rest of the team’s offense didn’t get a chance to enter the field during overtime in the AFC Championship, because the Patriots won the toss, took the ball, drove down the field, scored a touchdown, and won the game. Appearing recently on...
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    Patriots sign Shilique Calhoun

    Getty Images In addition to a slew of undrafted rookie free agents, the Patriots also signed a veteran linebacker to the roster on Thursday. The team announced that Shilique Calhoun has agreed to a deal along with 11 other players. Calhoun was a third-round pick by the Raiders in 2016. He...
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    Stephen Jones supports changing overtime rule

    Getty Images The NFL’s owners will get together later this month, and they’ll revisit the proposal from the Chiefs to guarantee a possession for the team that kicks off to start overtime, even if the team that gets the ball first scores a touchdown. Cowboys COO Stephen Jones, a member of the...
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    Patriots’ trades from Jimmy Garoppolo pick turn into six players

    Getty Images The Patriots are turning the Jimmy Garoppolo trade into quite a haul of talent. New England traded Garoppolo to San Francisco during the 2017 season for the 49ers’ 2018 second-round draft pick. That pick turned out to be the 43rd overall pick in the 2018 NFL draft. But the...
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    Judge again blocks release of Robert Kraft video

    Getty Images The question of whether the surveillance video containing images of Patriots owner Robert Kraft engaged in sexual activities has been the subject of more litigation than the groundbreaking (thank you, thesaurus) case that resulted in Potter Stewart’s brilliantly simple standard for...
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    Tuesday’s PFTOT takes closer look at a handful of current issues

    Getty Images If you like PFT Live, you’ll like (or at least not hate) PFTOT. It’s more PFT Live, with no breaks and, usually, a quintet of topics that we either didn’t get to during PFT Live, or that we still want to talk about. Today, we took a look at the Steelers’ draft class, Washington’s...
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    Patriots bring Jared Veldheer in for a visit

    Getty Images The Patriots kicked the tires on some offensive line depth Tuesday. According to Field Yates of ESPN, veteran tackle Jared Veldheer visited the Patriots. The 31-year-old Veldheer has started 113 games, most recently with the Broncos. He was drafted 69th overall by the Raiders in...
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    Cardinals didn’t shop Josh Rosen until after they drafted Kyler Murray

    When it comes to protecting the ultimate reality show’s ultimate reality show, certain sacrifices need to be made, apparently. A story regarding quarterback Josh Rosen‘s clunky exit from Arizona contains a telling revelation regarding the effort to trade the 10th overall pick in last year’s...
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    Jarrett Stidham couldn’t think of a better situation than going to Patriots

    Getty Images Quarterback Jarrett Stidham took his final pre-draft visit to the Patriots earlier this month and he’ll be spending a lot of time in New England in the future after the Patriots made him a fourth-round pick on Saturday. Stidham said he “couldn’t think of a better situation” than...
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    Janikowski retires as highest-paid kicker ever

    Getty Images When Sebastian Janikowski announced his retirement on Sunday, he did so as the highest-paid kicker in NFL history. Janikowski made $53.3 million in his NFL career, topping second place Adam Vinatieri by $6 million. It may come as a surprise that Janikowski made so much more than...
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    Chase Winovich already knows the Patriots way

    Getty Images Chase Winovich is going to fit in just fine with New England. The Michigan defensive end could fill an immediate need for pass rush for the Patriots, but he has already proven to be able to read his keys. Via the Detroit Free Press, the third-rounder was asked shortly after being...
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    Contentious Robert Kraft hearing continues Tuesday

    A garden-variety misdemeanor solicitation charge is morphing into the trial of the century. Or at least the pre-trial of the century. A lengthy hearing that started on Friday in the case against Patriots owner Robert Kraft will continue on Tuesday. Kraft hopes to block the admission into...
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