New England Patriots links 2/24/25 - 2025 NFL Scouting Combine begins this week

Daily news and links for Monday.

TEAM TALK

• Patriots 2025 Mock Draft Tracker.
• Evan Lazar’s Combine Preview: Eight storylines from a Patriots perspective in Indianapolis. 1. Top QBs Shedeur Sanders and Cam Ward continue pre-draft process.
• Patriots All Access: Team building, Drake Maye Mic’d Up at Pro Bowl. (19 min. video)

LOCAL LINKS

• Mike Reiss shares some quick-hit weekend thoughts: The new Patriots regime will head to the combine as they contemplate what to do with the No. 4 pick in the NFL draft; Drake Maye checks in; More.
• Brian Hines’ Sunday Patriots Notes: New coaching staff could lead to new Ja’Lynn Polk in Year 2.
• Ian Logue’s Sunday Patriots News: Will the Patriots explore moving Stevenson? Plus: Recent roster decisions, interesting comments from Drake Maye; More.
• Doug Kyed’s Patriots 2025 NFL Scouting Combine primer: What to know.
• Keagan Stiefel’s Patriots Manifesto: How New England can pull off the perfect 2025 offseason.
• Andrew Callahan puts together his idea of what the Patriots’ perfect offseason looks like: Trade for D.K. Metcalf, free-agent splashes and a top-6 pick.
• Tom E. Curran assesses the tight end situation heading into the offseason. Pats need depth behind Hunter Henry.
• Phil Perry makes the case for Arizona WR Tetairoa McMillan: Maye’s security blanket of the future?
• Karen Guregian suggests a BC pipeline might be in the Patriots future.
• Greg Dudek relays Phil Perry naming Georgia EDGE Mykel Williams as an “under-the-radar” draft prospect who could work himself into the conversation for Patriots with the No. 4 overall pick.
• Adam London tells us what Chad Graff projected how the Pats would move forward if Tee Higgins never becomes truly available in free agency. “My early guess (with more reporting hopefully to come soon) is that the Pats will aggressively pursue a trade. That could be as ambitious as calling New Orleans about Chris Olave or Seattle about DK Metcalf. Or it might have to be settling for a deal with the Los Angeles Rams for Cooper Kupp.”
• Adam London relays ESPN’s Aaron Schatz who recommends a bold offseason trade of QB Joe Milton III for the Patriots: “There could be interest around the league in Milton because of the overall weakness of this year’s quarterback draft class ... ”
• Sean T. McGuire suggests five free agents with Mike Vrabel ties who the Pats could target.
• Steve Balestrieri’s Patriots mock draft Pre-free agency: Best player available. Pats pick Penn State EDGE Abdul Carter at No. 4.
• Michael DeVito’s 7-round Patriots mock draft: Pats load up offense for Drake Maye. Pats pick Colorado CB/WR Travis Hunter at No. 4.
• Jordy McElroy’s 7-round Patriots mock draft: Two major trades land Patriots top prospect and Cooper Kupp. Pats trade down, pick Arizona WR Tetairoa McMillan at No. 8.
• Karen Guregian reports Dante Scarnecchia has taken on a special assignment, to prep the BC kids as they navigate the NFL’s scouting combine,...