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Ben Volin

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Senior NFL Writer at The Boston Globe

Senior NFL Writer at the Boston Globe. AP NFL voter. Covering the NFL since 2007. [email protected]

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  • Who will fill the Patriots’ leadership void, and other leftover thoughts from minicamp - The Boston Globe

    1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Ben Volin

    The Patriots held their final minicamp practice of the spring last week inside the field house next to Gillette Stadium. It came five months after they finished their 2024 season with a waste of a win over the Bills that cost them the No. 1 overall draft pick.

  • Winners (Jets) and losers (Steelers) of the NFL offseason program - The Boston Globe

    1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Ben Volin

    ▪ New York Jets: Did you read that story about the Jets’ dysfunction? No, and that’s the point. Their first offseason post-Aaron Rodgers, and their first season under new coach Aaron Glenn, was completed with as little media attention and fanfare as possible. Justin Fields quietly ran the offense and bonded with his teammates. And neither of their star players, Garrett Wilson and Ahmad Gardner, made a stink about their contracts. “I feel pretty good about how the talks have been going,” Gardner said.

  • Stefon Diggs looks terrific, and other top takeaways as the Patriots conclude their offseason program - The Boston Globe

    2 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Ben Volin

    FOXBOROUGH — The Patriots’ minicamp practice on Tuesday was their last one of the spring, wrapping up four weeks of practice and eight weeks of the offseason program. The practices were beneficial for new coach Mike Vrabel in getting his players ready for training camp in late July. The Patriots installed new playbooks, established their practice routine, and developed chemistry with a roster and coaching staff that has dozens of new faces.

  • With Aaron Rodgers off the free-agent board at last, the other top stories from the NFL’s OTAs - The Boston Globe

    2 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Ben Volin

    ⋅ Several star players are still grumpy about their contracts and have skipped the voluntary OTAs, among them Trey Hendrickson, Jalen Ramsey, Terry McLaurin, T.J. Watt, Micah Parsons, and Jonnu Smith. If they skip minicamp, they face cumulative fines up to $104,768. Of course, that money could be more than offset by a new contract, but it’s still something to consider.

  • As Patriots players learn Josh McDaniels’s offense — the coaches are learning too - The Boston Globe

    3 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Ben Volin

    FOXBOROUGH — Patriots offensive line coach Doug Marrone, 60, is a football lifer. He played 10 years in college and the pros, and has coached since 1992, with two stints as an NFL head coach. “We as coaches, we go through the same thing [as players], the details and the fundamentals and learning and everything,” Marrone said Monday.

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15 Jun 25

Winners and losers of OTAs https://t.co/CyEEvGjMHC

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14 Jun 25

Winners and losers of the NFL offseason program https://t.co/CyEEvGjeS4 via @BostonGlobe

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