New England Patriots links 6/27/25 - Drake Maye’s Year-2 leap looms large

Daily news and links for Friday

TEAM TALK

• Roster Moves: Patriots release DT Wilfried Pene.
• Photos: Meet the 2025 New England Patriots through their official headshots.
• Highlights: Skittles intuition test with DeMario Douglas. (2 min. video)
• Highlights: Hunter Henry attempts to order all the Harry Potter movies. (1 min. video)
• Patriots Unfiltered: Spring leftovers, best fan experiences, offseason talk. (2 hours)

LOCAL LINKS

• Mark Morse’s Patriots positional analysis going into camp: Part 1 - QB/RB and WR and Part 2 – OL and TE.
• Clare Cooper takes us through the changes to the offensive line this offseason.
• Jordy McElroy thumbnails every NFL team’s potential breakout player in 2025. Patriots: Edge Keion White. ‘The talent of an emerging star is clearly there for the third-year defender, and he should have an opportunity to play more off the edge under Patriots coach Mike Vrabel.’
• Sara Marshall mentions how Josh Allen already put the Patriots’ defense on notice well ahead of the 2025 season.
• Brian Hines’ Patriots Mailbag: How can Josh McDaniels evolve his offense to help Drake Maye?
• Carlos A. Lopez posts an Instagram video of WRs Kyle Williams and Jeremiah Webb at UCLA training with Jets CB Sauce Gardner and Dolphins S Ashtyn Davis.
• Michael Bohlin says rookie WR Kyle Williams has made $19.5 Million veteran Kendrick Bourne expendable.
• Alex Barth reports the Patriots released International Pathway player, rookie DL Wilfried Pene.
• Justin Trombino explains why the Patriots should not part ways with veteran LB Anfernee Jennings.
• Karen Guregian notes Stefon Diggs’ latest ‘vacation’ video sends the right message.
• Ryan McLaughlin explains why Pats fans shouldn’t let offseason noise kill the Stefon Diggs hype.
• Ian Logue’s Patriots News: Interesting revelation from Edelman; Player waived.
• Matthew Schmidt highlights Albert Breer on what he thinks people around the league think of QB Drake Maye.
• Lauren Campbell passes along a report that the NFL suspended ex-Ravens kicker Justin Tucker for first 10 weeks of the season.

NATIONAL NEWS

• Henry McKenna (Fox Sports) Why Drake Maye’s second-year leap is the key to turning Patriots around.
• John Kosko (PFF) Ceilings, floors for every second-year NFL quarterback ahead of the 2025 season. Drake Maye ceiling: Trevor Lawrence. Floor: Daniel Jones. /Click for commentary.
• Zoltán Buday (PFF) 2025 NFL defensive line rankings. Patriots 13th.
• Henry McKenna (Fox Sports) Ranking the NFL’s top 11 best marriages between QBs and their teams. No Pats.
• Dalton Wasserman (PFF) 6 offensive linemen positioned to break out in 2025. No Pats.
• David Helman (Fox Sports) New NFL contenders? Ranking 18 teams’ playoff chances after missing postseason. Patriots 14th.
• Frank Schwab (Yahoo! Sports) Offseason power rankings: No. 23 Miami Dolphins seem to be in a downward spiral
• Lou Scataglia (NFLSpinZone) 3 dark-horse Super Bowl contenders for the 2025 NFL season. Patriots included.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Tight End University could become a traveling show.
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