Tom E. Curran

2 weeks ago | nbcsportsboston.com | Tom E. Curran

Schedule‚Äôs out. How‚Äôs it gonna go? We‚Äôll let ya know. Right now. As is tradition, here are 17 subplots for all 17 games on the Patriots' 2025 schedule. This will be endlessly billed as a ‚Äúrevenge game‚ÄĚ because of the myriad connections between Patriots and Raiders luminaries. Raiders part-owner Tom Brady was actually once a sixth-round pick of the Patriots! Then you have the Pete Carroll, Josh McDaniels, Jakobi Meyers, Bobby Spillane, etc., personnel overlap. So it does qualify.

1 month ago | nbcsportsboston.com | Tom E. Curran

Everybody loves, loves, LOVES the Patriots' 2025 draft class. A sampling of knee-jerk national draft grades shows New England didn’t just have the most-loved draft by a little. It was kind of a landslide. đŸˆđŸ§‘đŸ»â€đŸŽ“ IÂŽve compiled 20 evaluations of the 2024 NFL draft and totaled the team grades. Here is the spreadsheet. Sorted by GPA for all 32 teams. I also sorted the 20 evaluations by GPA. From left (soft graders) to right (hard graders).

1 month ago | nbcboston.com | Darren Hartwell |Nick Goss |Phil Perry |Tom E. Curran

The New England Patriots have a top-five pick for the second consecutive year. But will they keep it? New head coach Mike Vrabel and his staff enter Thursday's first round of the 2025 NFL Draft with the No. 4 overall pick and a host of needs, most notably at offensive tackle, wide receiver and edge rusher.

1 month ago | nbcboston.com | Tom E. Curran

Know why these next three days of player-picking will be fun? Because the Patriots need guys at fun spots. Would you rather talk defensive tackle, inside linebacker and slot corner? Or wide receiver, running back, tight end and left tackle? I'll take the latter. And the Patriots might be taking players at all those spots with their nine picks. It will be fascinating because now, truly, the Patriots are being re-made with a different vision from Bill Belichick's.

1 month ago | nbcboston.com | Tom E. Curran

At last year's NFL Owners Meetings, Robert Kraft made clear what he thinks is necessary to carry a team to long-term excellence. "In the end, you can't win in this league consistently unless you have a first-rate quarterback and a first-rate coach."Nobody's gonna fight him on that. But if all you have are those two - and with Drake Maye and Mike Vrabel, the Patriots tentatively think they do - you're still screwed. And right now, the Patriots don't have much more.