Community Picks: New England Patriots 0% vs Detroit Lions 0%

The Patriots traded a second-round pick for defensive end Kony Ealy and a third-round pick this offseason and they have reportedly taken a look to see what they could get back in another trade involving Ealy. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that New England has “gauged” the trade market for Ealy. Ealy had a slow start to his first training camp with the Patriots as he sat out the team’s first practice and then spent time working with the second and third teams as he worked to get comfortable with what the Patriots ask of their ends. Continue to Article

August 25, 2017 11:02:am EST

Now that we know Julian Edelman suffered a torn ACL in Friday's game against the Lions, the question is what's next for the Patriots offense? Edelman was Tom Brady's favorite target (181 passes went Edelman's way in 2016, including playoffs), and he was critical to their execution in key situations. Third down, two-minute offense, red zone . . . Edelman was on the field for all of them and factored heavily into Josh McDaniels' plan. Without him, the Patriots are still loaded with offensive weapons, but Edelman's clutch production, his competitiveness, his chemistry with Brady and his institutional knowledge of the system are irreplaceable. Still, Bill Belichick and his staff will have to move Continue to Article

August 25, 2017 10:41:am EST

The game, " Madden NFL 18 ," makes its debut Friday, August 25. Brady, the two-time AP NFL Most Valuable Player award winner who is the game's cover athlete, is statistically one of the best quarterbacks in the league. Continue to Article

August 25, 2017 10:27:am EST

FOXBORO -- Sometimes the new guys just don’t know any better. I suspect Mike Gillislee will get more familiar with the Patriot way, at least when it comes to discussing injuries, after Tuesday’s locker room session. Gillislee, who has a history of hamstring injuries and showed up to mini-camp with a pre-existing problem from prior workouts with the Bills, suffered yet another pull on the first weekend of training camp and had been unable to practice with the team until today. “It’s something that just happened,” said Gillislee. “I tried to burst on one those plays at the beginning of camp, it just happened and I was able to get an MRI and everything was good.” So good, in fact, that the former Continue to Article

August 22, 2017 5:49:pm EST