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Getty Images The Patriots have hired former linebacker Jerod Mayo as their linebackers coach, Tom Curran of NBC Sports Boston reports. Mayo spent nine seasons in the NFL with the Patriots, playing his last game in 2015. The Patriots lost Brian Flores, Josh Boyer and Brendan Daly from their...

Getty Images Rob Gronkowski made life miserable for plenty of defensive players before announcing his retirement as a Patriots tight end on Sunday, but one player can thank Gronkowski for helping him get a job this offseason. Cameron Wake met up with Gronkowski many times during his days as a...

Getty Images Patriots owner Robert Kraft remains center stage at the NFL owners meetings, but there is no doubt Rob Gronkowski‘s retirement announcement Sunday night took at least some of the attention from Kraft. Tom Curran of NBC Sports Boston called the tight end’s Instagram post...

Getty Images Agent Drew Rosenhaus joined PFT Live on Monday to discuss his client Rob Gronkowski‘s decision to retire after nine seasons in the NFL and confirmed that health was the biggest reason why Gronkowski made the call right now. Rosenhaus said he initially thought Gronkowski would...

Getty Images The NFL is going to break one tradition to honor an even longer one. The league announced that this year’s season opener will feature the Packers at the Bears on Thursday, Sept. 5. The decision to go with two of the legacy franchises in the league coincides with the league’s...

Getty Images Rob Gronkowski, who retired from the Patriots on Sunday, has a unique place in NFL history. Gronkowski’s combination of size and speed was unprecedented and allowed him to be both one of the best blocking tight ends in the game and one of the best downfield threats in the game...

Getty Images Steelers owner Art Rooney II covered a lot of ground on a Friday conference call with reporters. Like many old-guard owners, he seems to be reluctant to embrace change on issues of potential tweaks to the rules. In one very important area, however, Rooney seems to be on board...

Getty Images In January, former Patriots wide receiver Malcolm Mitchell said he wanted to keep playing despite knee injuries that have required 10 surgeries. Now Mitchell has decided to retire. Mitchell said at an event at his alma mater, Georgia, that he’s done playing football. The Patriots...

Getty Images Patriots owner Robert Kraft released a statement Saturday afternoon, apologizing for being charged with solicitation of prostitution. “In deference to the judicial process, I have remained silent these past several weeks,” Kraft said in his first comments since being named in the...

Getty Images Tight end Clay Harbor has appeared on The Bachelorette more recently than an NFL game, but he is hopeful that he still has a future as a player. Harbor spent the 2017 season on the Saints’ injured reserve list with a wrist injury that he aggravated during his appearance on the...

Getty Images The NFL usually does what it wants, and the Competition Committee doesn’t seem to want any tangible advice from those who aren’t actively employed by a football team to do football things about football. Because football. But that’s never stopped me from offering advice on how to...

Getty Images West Virginia quarterback Will Grier “put on a show” for scouts at the school’s Pro Day, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. All 32 teams were in attendance to watch Grier, including head coaches Pat Shurmur, Jay Gruden and Mike Tomlin and executives Kevin Colbert, Marty Hurney and...

Getty Images Free agent kicker Stephen Gostkowski has spent his entire NFL career in New England, and there’s reason to think he’ll remain there. Tom Curran of NBC Sports Boston reports that Gostkowski and the Patriots have made progress toward a new contract. Gostkowski completed a...

Getty Images The Patriots have some more cap space at their disposal. Field Yates of ESPN reports that cornerback Stephon Gilmore has restructured his contract with the team. Gilmore converted $8.5 million of his $9.5 million salary into a signing bonus in order to create $5.67 million in cap...

Getty Images Law enforcement officials in Florida seem to be intent on releasing to the public a very private and sensitive video involving Patriots owner Robert Kraft. Via NBCSportsBoston.com, Martin County, Florida sheriff William Snyder believes that the videos created when Kraft and other...

Getty Images Patriots defensive tackle Lawrence Guy and running back James White both just missed hitting performance bonuses in their contracts, but the team has decided to pay those bonuses anyway. Guy is getting a $400,000 bonus and White is getting a $250,000 bonus, Tom Pelissero of NFL...

Getty Images Prosecutors have offered to drop solicitation of prosecution charges against Patriots owner Robert Kraft in exchange for, among other things, an acknowledgement that his guilt would have been proven at trial. Kraft apparently won’t be taking the deal. Via NBCSportsBoston.com...

Getty Images As expected, Patriots owner Robert Kraft will not be accepting an offer that would result in pending charges of solicitation of prostitution being dismissed. CNN reports that Kraft won’t be entering into a deal that would see the charges disappear in exchange for an...

Getty Images Patriots owner Robert Kraft doesn’t want to do a deal that would dismiss pending charges of solicitation of prostitution in Florida. So he’s apparently going to fight the allegations. According to Ken Belson of the New York Times, Kraft’s lawyers have filed a motion to suppress...

Getty Images The best-run teams in the NFL continue to be the best at playing the compensatory pick game. The last two Super Bowl winners, the Eagles and Patriots, appear set to get the best compensatory pick value in the 2020 NFL draft. The Eagles are likely to get a third-round compensatory...