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Copied! Which of the rookies entering year 2 do you feel are ready to start in their respective positions on the team? @ShawMellors As far as being three-down players, I think Kyle Dugger and Michael Onwenu are the best places to start. Dugger started off closer to the line of scrimmage in more of a linebacker-hybrid role, but as the season progressed, he started to show real potential as a balanced safety who can pretty much play any role in the secondary. Dugger and Devin McCourty should make an excellent back end pair and are my penciled starters for 2021. The only question with ...

Patriots 2020 final report cards: What grade do you give for a 7-9 season? Updated Jan 11, 2021; Posted Jan 11, 2021 Handing out some final grades from the 2020 season. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)Getty Images Facebook Share When it comes to the New England Patriots during the Bill Belichick era, any season that doesn’t result in a Super Bowl feels like a disappointment. Falling short of the playoffs? It can feel like an outright disaster. Based on the perception around this team this season, it can be tempting to slap an “F” on the 2020 Patriots and call it a day. That, of cours...

Previewing the Jets’ opposition: New England Patriots Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Getty Images Since their last meeting with the Jets a few months ago, New England improved to 6-6 but then lost their next three to fall out of the postseason mix. With a loss to the Jets, the Patriots’ loss total will hit double digits for the first time since 2000. Can the Jets end the season on a high against a banged-up Patriots team? Quarterbacks Cam Newton was benched last week and Bill Belichick seemed less than enthused about entering the final game of the year with him as a starter, so expect him to ha...

Patriots release TE Jordan Thomas, who was on COVID-19 list Updated Dec 30, 2020; Facebook Share The New England Patriots kicked the tires on a tight end with upside when the claimed Jordan Thomas off of waivers earlier this year. It didn’t work out. On Wednesday, the Patriots announced that they had released Thomas. The news comes four days after the team reportedly put him on the Reserve/COVID-19 list. The 24-year-old tight end started the season with the Arizona Cardinals before landing with the Patriots as a reserve tight end. The 6-foot-5, 277-pound Thomas was considered a backup to r...

Bill Belichick spikes phone; Cam Newton gets yanked: 10 things we learned from Patriots blowout loss to Bills Updated Dec 28, 2020; Facebook Share So this is what it’s looked like from the other side for the past 20 years. The New England Patriots had nothing to play for Monday night against the Buffalo Bills -- and sure played like it in an embarrassing blowout to the Buffalo Bills on national television. Cam Newton got benched. Bill Belichick threw a phone. J.C. Jackson got torched by Stefon Diggs (and got benched as well). The defense couldn’t tackle or cover or prevent Josh Allen fro...