2019 Patriots' News

[Shoeshine Boy]

Veteran OT Jared Veldheer has informed the Patriots that he plans to retire, per a source.

 

[YankeeRebel]

Veteran OT Jared Veldheer has informed the Patriots that he plans to retire, per a source.

Yup Report: Patriots OT Veldheer retiring

 

[Yankee Traveler]

BREAKING NEWSSSSSSSSSSSS

Report: Julian Edelman, Patriots agree to two-year extension
ByTyler Sullivan 50 minutes ago


Julian Edelman and the New England Patriots are coming to terms on a multi-year contract extension that will keep the Super Bowl LIII MVP in Foxboro for the remainder of his career, according to Mike Garafolo of the NFL Network. Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network adds that the deal is for two-years and has him with the Patriots through 2021.

This is a solid birthday gift for Edelman, who is set to turn 33-years old on Wednesday. Edelman has been with the Patriots for his entire career and was heading into the final year of his two-year, $11 million contract he signed back in 2017 and was set to earn just $2 million in base salary with a total cap hit of around $4.5 million.

With this deal, Edelman now has himself cemented in Foxboro for the next three seasons and ESPN's Mike Reiss reports that the receiver is seeing an $8 million signing bonus and $12 million in guaranteed money.

Edelman is entering the tenth year of his NFL career and has spent all of that with the Patriots.

With this new deal in hand, Edelman will now look to build off a very strong 2018 campaign where he finished the regular season with 74 receptions for 850 yards and six touchdowns in just twelve games played. In the playoffs, Edelman was a trusted option for Tom Brady, especially in Super Bowl LIII where he caught 10 of is 12 targets for 141 yards in the win.

While speaking to reporters after Edelman's MVP performance in Super Bowl LIII, Bill Belichick noted how the then-Kent State quarterback even got on his radar.

"I’ve got to give [sportswriter] Rick Gosselin credit on that one for getting us started," Bill Belichick said after Super Bowl LIII of how Edelman piqued the interest of the Patriots. "I talked to Rick — as you know, Rick followed the draft very closely — and at one point, he said to me, ‘A kid you might want to take a look at is this quarterback out of Kent State. I don’t think he can play quarterback, but I’ve heard he’s a pretty good player.’

“So we kind of got going on him a little bit, and we were like, OK, what would we do with Julian? Is he a receiver? Is he a punt returner? Is he a defensive back? Is he maybe a guy that just can play multiple positions in the kicking game? So we went out and worked him out — how many times did we work you out? Two? So we sent one coach up there. And then we were like, well alright, let’s send someone else up there, because we weren’t really sure what to do with him. So, as it turned out, he came to the Patriots [as a seventh-round draft pick in 2009] and caught passes, which he hadn’t done before; returned kicks, which he hadn’t done before; and played defense, which he hadn’t done before; in addition to cover kicks and all the other things in special teams.

“Nobody has worked harder in my career than Julian to develop his skills and his craft in a position — other than, I’d say, Steve Neal — other than Julian, because he really didn’t have any background in it. We put him on defense and put him against good players in the slot, and obviously, he’s excelled as a receiver for a player that had no real college background doing that."

Now, Edelman will continue to prove to be one of the biggest NFL Draft gems for the Patriots for the remainder of his career.

New England Legends;

Bobby Orr
Carl Yastrzemski
Larry Bird
Julian Edelman

Did I miss one?

 

[BigKen]

New England Legends;

Bobby Orr
Carl Yastrzemski
Larry Bird
Julian Edelman

Did I miss one?

Ted Williams
Bill Russell
Bob Cousy
John Havlicek
John Hannah

too many to keep going

 

[nefansince75]

Ted Williams
Bill Russell
Bob Cousy
John Havlicek
John Hannah

too many to keep going

If you have Havlicek and Cousy you also need McHale. Yeah, he was that good.

 

[Southieinnc]

Saw a great piece on BST last night. A guy I've never heard of and apparently is long time analyst and critiquer of NFL teams made some very interesting comments.

"The defense of the NE Patriots in Super Bowl LIII was not a mirage." He went to say that the defense was literally a bunch of bricks in a messy pile in August and September. Belichick in his normal obsessive compulsive style took 14 weeks to place each brick in it's place, apply the exact amount of mortar and build an impenatrable, solid wall. His best point was that the defense never had the same 11 players on the field for three straight plays the entire year. The most that the same eleven were ever on the firld together was two plays in a row.

"The offense was a reflection of the greatest offensive line coach in NFL history." Dante Scarneccia is not only knowledgeable but has some type of magical ability to get into every lineman's mind and convince him that his opponent is not capable of stopping him from doing what he is required to do. DS had this OL convinced that Donal, Suh and Fowler were nothing more than high school second team players who did not have anything more than a media reputation and no skills.

A point that we've been discussing and I saw another show on NBC Sports Boston that discussed it, is the Patriots questionable wide receiver corps. This guy said that throughout his playing career, Tom Brady has been able to make average receivers a hundred times better than they were in college or with other teams. The only ones that he couldn't do it with were "stupid" or "obstinate". If any of the WRs on the roster now can understand how their routes are correctly done, Brady will make them look like an All-Pro. He thinks that Harry will will become the next Randy Moss only more powerful. He said that the only thing that will hold this kid back is if his ego gets larger than his head.

"I would not be at all surprised if the New England Patriots were 23 and 0.............August through February."

The guy that said this is of course a Boston media type, but I think these guys are as excited as the rest of us are about this team.

The funniest comment was............."We've got almost 3 months of insuffrable waiting for the first preseason game."

I would be extremely surprised if we went 4-0 in preseason.....

 

[Yankee Traveler]

Confirmation.

Rob Gronkowski rumors: Bulging disk influenced retirement decision

 

[Carnzo]

New England Legends;

Bobby Orr
Carl Yastrzemski
Larry Bird
Julian Edelman

Did I miss one?

Can't believe nobody swung at the slow pitch softball you threw out there.
T.B.

 

[Yankee Traveler]

Can't believe nobody swung at the slow pitch softball you threw out there.
T.B.

You, my friend, are allowed to cut to the front of every line you are in for the rest of the week.

 

[nefansince75]

Can't believe nobody swung at the slow pitch softball you threw out there.
T.B.

Come on... We didn't swing because we prefer fastballs to powder puffs. The omission was too obvious.

 

[Carnzo]

Come on... We didn't swing because we prefer fastballs to powder puffs. The omission was too obvious.

Sure sure

 

[BigKen]

The OTAs from every conceivable angle, plus other stuff:

New England Patriots links 5/24/19 - Welcome to OTAs, the season of "I know it’s only practice, but..."

 

[SDGuy73]

On Instagram, Tom Brady posted this picture of him working with first-round pick N'Keal Harry. It is the first time the two have worked together in person. On Thursday, Harry has said he only had connected with Brady on social media.

 

[BigKen]

NFL announced today that Ben Watson has been suspenddfor 4 games for PED test failure in March. He had announced his retirement and his doctor injected a dose of testosterone to help heal some minorsinjuries (Yeah, right). Me thinks he got an injection of noxitril to help him get bigger and harder to start his retirement with a young lady or four. So Ben won't be with the team for the first four.

 

[BigKen]

NBC Sports Boston is reportringthat Tom Brady spent 'several' hours working out with N'Keal Harry today. He would not give the location but he sent several pictures of both of them on a beach. Needless to say, there will be news people on every knoiwn beach in MA and NH for the next few days.

Needless to say, this is newsworthy because mandatory mini camp is June 4-6 which is next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Working out with arryearly gives one the sense that TB wants to get a bit familiar with him before organized workouts.

Harry looks to be the guy that will take Josh Gordon's place for TB12 until Gordon can return.

 

[BigKen]

Watching Quick Slants, a Boston TV program that is top info about the Patriots. Hosted by Tom E. Curran for the past 5-6 years and has Phil Perry as his side kick. Hus first one was Kay Adams who left to host the NFL Network Good Morning Football. Then he had Jerod Mayo who is now the LB cioach for the Patriots. Quality football information.

Curran is on an NFL committee selcting the Greatest 100 plays of all time.

Hint.....#1? Could it be the Malcolm Butler INT in SB XL?

Intersting factoid on tonight's show......Patriots have more players 30+ years of age than any other NFL team. They have 15 players over 30 right now. Why? Because other teams are releasing players who are in the final 1-2 years of a big contract and they have drafted younger, cheaper players. Patriots can pick up quality players for a minimal slary and actuall have historically been able to get a true gem.

These two are extremely excited about the mandatory mini camp next week. Especially about all of the guys who were on IR last year coming back and this year's rookie crop.

 

[SDGuy73]

Curran is on an NFL committee selcting the Greatest 100 plays of all time.

Hint.....#1? Could it be the Malcolm Butler INT in SB XL?

David Tyree.

 

[SDGuy73]

It's ready for September 8th! Isn't it fitting that it's the night the Patriots host the Steelers? They have 6 banners.

 

[SDGuy73]

Alge Crumpler may have been one of the first to realize how talented Rob Gronkowski was ... as a blocker.


Crumpler, a four-time Pro Bowler, and 10-year NFL veteran, had been around the block a few times. But after watching Gronkowski during the 2010 preseason, he had a feeling the 6-foot-6 tight end would be a serious problem for opponents.

Incredibly relentless and overwhelmingly physical? That sounds like the Gronk we know.


"People hear about the blocking, but they never highlight his blocking," Crumpler said. "I have never seen them highlight Gronk pancake a guy. But I've seen Bill Belichick highlight it every single week on a Monday when we're reviewing the film."

So, does Gronkowski's résumé as a blocker and catcher make him the best tight end of all time? Crumpler pleaded the fifth on that question.

"I don't believe in the argument," Crumpler said. "I feel like when you have that argument there are people chipping away at you. It's like, he's great."

 

[SDGuy73]

It was only a matter of time before Julian Edelman's New England Patriots teammates weighed in on his private workouts with rookie N'Keal Harry.

Edelman took a page from Tom Brady's Instagram playbook Wednesday by sharing more photos of he and Harry catching passes from the Patriots quarterback during a recent workout.
Fundamentals and repetition.

It's good to see the Patriots' top draft pick getting work in with the Super Bowl MVP and his six-time Super Bowl champion quarterback, but apparently, Stephon Gilmore wants in on the action, too.

Gilmore obviously is just giving Edelman a hard time, and Brady is expected back in Foxboro next week when mandatory begins Tuesday.

But who knows: Maybe Brady's next private workout session will have one or two more participants.


I highly recommend watching the Edelman video in this link. On his 2013 free agency.
Julian Edelman's workout with N'Keal Harry has Stephon Gilmore feeling left out