Tom Brady on his one regret with the
#Patriots
and
#Buccaneers
:
"I see like Patrick out there at quarterback, running around, laughing, having fun, I'm like, 'I used to be like that! What the hell happened to me?...I just got too serious."
(🎥:
@thepivot
)
I don't care how good people think Drake Maye is. If the
#Patriots
are behind the 50 and down by a TD with 0:02 left in the game, you put Joe Milton in there. It shouldn't even be a discussion.
#Patriots
CB Christian Gonzalez on his low 53.2
@PFF
grade:
"I don't really care, to be honest. Anything outside of these walls doesn't matter....There are some plays that I left out there that I wish I could have made....I could have turned a PBU into a pick. It'll come."
.
@AlbertBreer
says that
#Patriots
owner Robert Kraft's Hall of Fame bid is in danger. Some reasons include "The Dynasty" series and ESPN's article concerning Belichick.
Voters also don't like that he seems to be actively campaigning.
Mike Shanahan is seen as a better candidate.
#Patriots
WR DeMario Douglas on why he is switching his jersey number to 3:
"The number 3 is big to me because I was raised by three strong ladies: my mom, my grandma, and my great grandma."
#Patriots
WR Javon Baker on his chemistry with Drake Maye:
“It’s way better. Me and Drake got a lot to learn, and we just gotta keep stacking days, me and Drake….We’ll be aight.”
The Maye-Baker duo will be phenomenal!
(🎥:
@Patriots
)
.
@MikeReiss
on what the
#Patriots
need to do to improve:
"Draft a stud left tackle, turn over every rock (draft/free agency/trade) for a speedy seperator, and identify a center for the future. Those are the three top pieces needed to best support Maye."
#Patriots
QB Drake Maye envisioned himself running every play while watching from the sideline:
“‘Yeah, just playing the game on the sidelines is the biggest thing. That’s what I do and at the same time, also helping Jacoby see what I see on the sideline.’”
(Via
@ByMarkDaniels
)
#Patriots
TE Jaheim Bell on HC Jerod Mayo:
I didn't even know he was the head coach until they told me…He was like one of the players. I like coaches like that; that hang out with their players around the building. It's cool to be around a coach like that -- a player-led coach”
#Patriots
HC on why WR Javon Baker didn’t play against the
#Bengals
Sunday:
“He just has to continue to progress, and continue to develop, both on the field and off the field. That’s my responsibility ultimately.”
(🎥:
@Patriots
)
#Patriots
QB Jacoby Brissett is projected to have 0.0 points on
@ESPNFantasy
. Drake Maye is projected to have 11.2 points.
Does ESPN know something we don't?
North Carolina HC Mack Brown on new
#Patriots
QB Drake Maye:
"I asked him what he wanted and he said 'somebody to help me with my footwork, somebody to help me have a better presence in the pocket, somebody to help me with my throwing motion.' So he's all over it."
I'm not cheering for a tank this year. The
#Patriots
"tanked" last year and go their franchise QB. Now, you just try to improve. You don't need a top-10 pick to get a good LT.
I will be more than happy if the Pats sneak into the Wild Card and end up with a bottom-15 pick.
#Patriots
QB Drake Maye on what he wants to work on:
"Knowing all the details of [Alex Van Pelt's] the offense. Going out there as a deer in the headlights as a rookie is not good thing....Getting really detailed in the playbook and the formation....Working on my cadence."
#Patriots
WR DeMario Douglas started a YouTube channel where he documents his life as an
#NFL
WR.
In his first video,
@popshotta3
went to St. Augustine, Florida, to celebrate Easter with his family and friends.
He says that he will be uploading workout videos and other content.
REPORT: The
#Patriots
will be hosting their rookie minicamp May 10-12, per
@NFL345
.
We'll get our first chance to see the new rookies on the practice field.
.
@PhilAPerry
on who could become the
#Patriots
WR1:
"My guess is it ends up being Polk....t's been pointed out to me by those in the building that he has some high-end physical skills, which have them believing he'll be much more than a role player in their receiver room."
.
@AdamSchefter
says that JJ McCarthy has some support from the
#Patriots
. New England likes a few different QBs.
The
#Vikings
are in love with Drake Maye
The
#Giants
would be satisfied with either McCarthy or Maye, but have shown preference to JJ.
McCarthy could very well go 3
.
@PhilAPerry
on the
#Patriots
plan for Bailey Zappe:
"I see this QB room as needing to do 2 things before the season starts:
1. Get Jacoby Brissett ready to start Week 1.
2. Develop Drake Maye....Whether you like [Zappe] or not, he's pretty clearly not in their plans long term."
.
@FieldYates
on
#Patriots
WR Ja'Lynn Polk:
"Polk's a good athlete for sure...just runs good routes, makes contested catches, has awesome body control, very good after the catch. Very tough. Has a lot of maturity as well."
Yates adds that Polk will be a good WR for Drake Maye.
.
@MikeReiss
on the
#Patriots
starting Drake Maye:
"Would Drake Maye be an upgrade? At some point they're going to want to start the developmental clock in terms of getting him on the field and see if he can elevate those units. It feels like we're getting closer to that point."
#Patriots
HC Jerod Mayo on having a mobile QB:
"When you have a QB that can move around, that puts a lot of stress on the defense. Running boots and things...that's the strength of a few guys in that QB room. Those extended plays are gong to put a lot of stress on the defense."
If Mac Jones can constantly make throws like this with the
#Jaguars
second-stringers, he can totally do it with starters. Probably even the
#Patriots
starters. I think we're seeing that it was the coaching staff's fault.
Drake Maye on if any of the other
#Patriots
QBs reached out to him:
"Jacoby's reached out to me, and I got to know him pretty well through Sam, so he's been awesome. Looking forward to work with him. And I know Joe Milton from college....I look forward to being in that room."
.
@AlbertBreer
on
#Patriots
QB Drake Maye's progress:
"His incremental progress thus far has been impressive (he takes steps forward, without many back). And when he ties his feet to his throwing motion to the play call, everyone sees the top-five pick talent."
.
@AlbertBreer
says the
#Patriots
plan to start Drake Maye soon:
"My understanding is that the plan is for that to happen at some point in 2024—this won’t be a full-on redshirt year. They’ll be patient....He’ll earn his way on to the field relatively soon."
#Patriots
G Mike Onwenu riding a bike in the locker room.
In the forefront of the video is the mini basketball hoop that Jerod Mayo placed in the locker room once he became HC.
(IG:
@BournePoly11
)
Great job, Eliot Wolf. You did something that every
#Patriots
fan wanted you to do. There is just one more player that the New England Faithful would like to be cut. And his name is:
BAILEY ZAPPE
Make it happen and we will love you forever.
#Patriots
CB Christian Gonzalez wants to be the primary DB against opposing teams' WR1s this year:
"Obviously I want that matchup. I think any corner wants that matchup."
Gonzalez looked very good against
#Dolphins
star WR Tyreek Hill last year.
.
@JimNagy_SB
on
#Patriots
TE Jaheim Bell:
"He is like a Swiss-army knife player....His analytic model was off the charts, one of the best in the last 10 years....He can carry the ball, he can line up in the slot, he can line up outside....He's a guy you can gameplan with."
Former
#Patriots
OC Bill O’Brien on Drake Maye’s reps:
“I don’t think there’s any other way to learn than by actually doing it. I don’t think you learn by standing next to the coach on the sideline. You learn by going out there and experiencing it.”
(🎥:
@WEEI
)
Per
@MikeGarafolo
, the reason the
#Patriots
are hesitant to trade down is that they don't expect to be this high in the draft soon and don't want another team taking what could be their franchise QB.
.
@MikeReiss
with some insight as to why the
#Patriots
might not want to keep Zappe:
“Could his presence somehow impede Maye's space to develop important bonds and grow with new teammates?”
Another indication that Zappe could be a toxic player in the locker room.
The
#Patriots
may have been scouting Travis Hunter, per
@MikeReiss
:
“31 scouts and front office personnel [were] on hand Thursday night for Colorado's 31-26 win over North Dakota State, representing 18 different teams, and the Patriots were one of them, according to the school.”
.
@FieldYates
says that
#Patriots
fans don't have to worry about Ja'Lynn Polk being N'Keal Harry 2.0.
"He's the better athlete, I do think that about Ja'Lynn Polk....One things clear: Ja'Lynn Polk's mentality is a different stratosphere than N'Keal Harry."
#Patriots
QB Drake Maye says he had the most contact with Jerod Mayo and Alex Van Pelt leading up to the draft.
Maye on who he has the most contact with now:
"Coach T.C., Coach Van Pelt will check in every now and then. When I went up there I saw Eliot and Matt [Groh] first."
.
@MikeGiardi
is looking forward to watching
#Patriots
WR DeMario Douglas:
“I set the over/under for Douglas at 80 catches. Upon watching him this summer, I'd say he could surpass that, assuming the QB play is competent and the offensive line isn't an abject disaster.”
#Patriots
HC Jerod Mayo interrupted QB Jacoby Brissett’s press conference to give him a Tennessee sweatshirt to wear.
Brissett lost a bet when his Vols lost to Mayo’s NC State 51-10 this weekend.
(🎥:
@Patriots
)
#Patriots
LB Matt Judon working with free agent LB Justin Hollins.
Judon is putting in so much work this offseason. I can't wait for the end-result.
(IG: 3hunnid__)
#Patriots
OC Alex Van Pelt on if the O-Line affects when Drake Maye will start
"Right now, we're just trying to win games on Sundays. I'm gonna say no."
According to the coaching staff, Drake Maye isn't playing because he isn't ready, not because the team isn't ready for him.
.
@RapSheet
on the
#Patriots
starting QB job:
“Judging from the reports at training camp, people maybe started to wonder. The Patriots are very high on Drake Maye….They haven’t completely ruled out the possibility that he would begin the season as the starter.”
(🎥:
@nflnetwork
HC Jerod Mayo on why the
#Patriots
didn’t for for it on 4th and 1 in overtime yesterday:
“Just a gut feeling. I know it’s the easy way out, but it was just a gut feeling for me.”
(🎥:
@TheGregHillShow
)
.
@JosinaAnderson
on
#49ers
OT Trent Williams:
"San Francisco is between a real rock and a hard place, because Trent is not playing around. Something may have to give, unless you're allowing for big adjustments next season."
The
#Patriots
should absolutley try to trade for him.
#Eagles
WR AJ Brown has also recently followed
#Patriots
QB Jacoby Brissett and WR KJ Osborn on Instagram.
Could Brown to New England be a real possibility?
#Eagles
WR AJ Brown has changed his profile picture to Tom Brady. He was a diehard Pats fan growing up.
Eliot Wolf mentioned this morning that the
#Patriots
have been in talks with teams to trade for a veteran WR. Could Brown be coming to New England?
👀
Tom Brady on Bill Belichick joining Instagram:
“Alright guys, party’s over. Bill’s here. It was a good run, but we gotta shut it down. Welcome, coach.”
(IG:
@TomBrady
)
#Patriots
#Patriots
WR DeMario Douglas reveals that he and Tyquan Thornton have been consistently working together all offseason. He says that Thornton has improved in his mentality and his bigger frame.
#Patriots
WR KJ Osborn on Instagram:
“Trust the Process.”
Osborn wasn’t used much in the
#Bengals
game, only getting 6 targets. He’s hoping to become a bigger part of this offense.
(IG: kj_osborn_)
Eliot Wolf on Jacoby Brissett mentoring Drake Maye
"We were very upfront with Jacoby about the role....'We're likely going to draft a QB at some point in the draft and how do you feel about that?'...We're excited about his ability in the room to help whoever the young guy is."
#Patriots
QB coach T.C. McCartney on Bailey Zappe:
"He's been in some tough situations here over the years. Tough situation when you go in for your first preseason game [this year] and they boo. He's been the same guy every day and he's had a really good camp."
(Via
@MikeReiss
)
#Raiders
WR Davante Adams just posted a picture of him waving goodbye:
"This was a fun one."
If Adams is looking for a trade, should the
#Patriots
attempt to get him?
(IG: taeadams)