Danny Jaillet highlights ESPN analyst Marcus Spears, who believes New England will have one of the top-five most improved defenses for the 2025 season. “Mike Vrabel is bringing back that old ‘don’t walk in here and think you aren’t going to get your eye punched out.’ … I love the mentality,”
Ian Logue’s Patriots News: Key year for Maye, no plans for Kraft to sell.
Alex Barth discusses yesterday’s blockbuster trade between Miami and Pittsburgh. The Pats will face the Dolphins in Week 2 and Steelers in Week 3.
Jordy McElroy relays Julian Edelman talking about the moment he knew his career was done.
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Alex Ballentine (Bleacher Report) Every NFL defense’s best- and worst-case scenario in 2025. Patriots biggest need: Edge-rusher. Best-case scenario: Free-agent spending spree pays immediate dividends. Worst-case scenario: Free agents fizzle and there’s no bump from Vrabel.
Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz (USA Today) 10 NFL undrafted free agents who could make initial 53-man rosters as rookies. No. 1 WR Efton Chism III.
Communications (Chargers.com) Rodney Harrison to be inducted into Chargers Hall of Fame during a special Week 8 halftime ceremony on Thursday, October 23.
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