Meghan Ottolini

1 week ago | audacy.com | Meghan Ottolini

Mike. Vrabel. Spoke. Very. Deliberately...in his first pre-draft press conference as a head coach of the New England Patriots. Everyone wants to know, is New England taking Will Campbell at No. 4 overall, or are they trying to trade back? Vrabel stayed tight-lipped but did offer that he sees a solution to the Patriots' gaping hole at left tackle. The question becomes where that left tackle is in the draft.

1 week ago | audacy.com | Meghan Ottolini

As the Boston Celtics and look ahead to the impending first round of the playoffs, it's clear the best course of action with a banged-up Jaylen Brown is to follow the principle laid out by the Hippocratic Oath: first, do no harm. Brown's play against the New York Knicks Tuesday looked like a warning sign. In what was supposed to be a tune-up game for the bulk of the starters and rotation before the pre-postseason taper period, Boston's second-biggest star looked slow and ginger.

2 weeks ago | audacy.com | Meghan Ottolini

Mike Vrabel has a reputation for being frank, sometimes to the point of sarcasm. Early indications in his tenure as New England Patriots head coach is that he expects the same forthrightness from his team, and the culture he's building through early meetings is one that cuts out the bull crap. Pardon the language. Earlier this week, a video of Vrabel addressing Patriots players in a meeting leaked on social media, and he outlined five simple rules:1. Respect the team2. No hoods up in meetings3.

2 weeks ago | audacy.com | Meghan Ottolini

There's a lot that's new for Patriots players participating in Organized Team Activities (OTAs) this week, from names on the roster and coaching staff to different concepts in all three phases of the game. Recently signed linebacker Harold Landry may not be well-acquainted with the hallways around Gillette Stadium, but he really knows the guy playing the music from the speakers hanging around doorways. Landry played six seasons with the Tennessee Titans under Mike Vrabel.

3 weeks ago | audacy.com | Meghan Ottolini

This year will mark the first season Todd Downing is an NFL wide receivers coach, but he's no stranger to recently-signed Patriot Stefon Diggs - and he has high character expectations for the wideout. "I think the fun thing, watching his maturation throughout the course of his career, is that he's now in a position where he's now fully ready to lead," Downing said Thursday. Downing worked with Diggs during the 2018 season in Minnesota, when both were with the Vikings.