The New England Patriots’ first-year players will get their first real taste of life in the NFL this weekend. It’s rookie minicamp time in Foxborough.

Between Friday and Sunday, the youngsters — who already reported to Gillette Stadium on Thursday — will go through a series of club-led activities. They will participate in non-contact, non-padded workouts with the coaching staff, and also go through physical examinations and first introductions to the Patriots’ scheme and overall daily routine.

The NFL-NFLPA Collective Bargaining Agreement will also have a say in what players are permitted to do this weekend: they are allowed to...

The New England Patriots selecting Utah offensive tackle Caleb Lomu in the first round of last month’s NFL Draft was followed by the typical post-pick discussion. There was analysis of the player and his fit with the team, breakdowns about his impact on the depth chart, and talk about his future and which position he would end up playing.

There also was this:

Lomu’s short promo clip that aired on ESPN after the Patriots brought him aboard with the 28th overall pick quickly went viral. Speaking to reporters at Gillette Stadium on Thursday, he explained how the video and his...

The New England Patriots are set to enter the season with Will Campbell and Morgan Moses as their starting offensive tackles. Even with that duo in place, it didn’t stop them from selecting Caleb Lomu in the first round of the NFL Draft last month.

Lomu arrives in New England having made the majority of his collegiate starts at left tackle. With Campbell selected fourth overall in last year’s draft, Lomu’s long-term future projects best on the right side as a potential successor to the 35-year old Moses.

Lomu, meanwhile, feels comfortable on both sides.

“I just feel myself as...

The New England Patriots selected Utah offensive tackle Caleb Lomu with the 28th overall pick in this year’s draft. Traditionally, the Patriots introduce their first-round pick the day after the pick is made; this year, however, is different: Lomu will not take the podium for the traditional photoshoot with team owners Robert and Jonathan Kraft until the eve of rookie minicamp.

What did not change is the Patriots live-streaming the event. You can follow it live right here:

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Even though they are coming off a Super Bowl berth and fielding one of the most exciting young quarterbacks in football, the main story surrounding the New England Patriots in recent week has been the situation involving their head coach, Mike Vrabel, and NFL reporter Dianna Russini. Vrabel and Russini, both married to other people, were spotted at an adult’s only resort in Arizona in early March.

Since then, more photos and rumors surrounding the two have come out. The barrage of leaks has been constant, and prompting Vrabel to take a leave of absence from the team on the...

The New England Patriots already know their 2026 opponents, and have done so since the end of the regular season in January. What they do not know yet, however, is when they will play all of them.

With the NFL Draft in the rear view mirror and the calendar having turned to May, that mystery will soon come to an end. Even though no date for the release has been announced by the league just yet, it should come later this month and again be turned into a primetime event.

Before said event, the schedule release is traditionally preceded by...

The New England Patriots went on an unprecedented spending spree in 2025, investing $364 million to rebuild a roster that had fallen in disrepair over the previous two seasons. The first major signing was actually done before the opening of the market, however: Harold Landry was picked up on a three-year, $43.5 million contract following his release from the Tennessee Titans.

Now entering the second season of that pact, the veteran edge defenders finds himself under quite a bit of pressure.

Hard facts

Name: Harold Landry III

Position: Defensive edge/Outside linebacker

Jersey number: 2

Opening day age: 30 (6/5/1996)...

Two weeks before the NFL Draft, the New England Patriots opened the Gillette Stadium doors to prospects from local colleges. Among them was a player the would later select with their final pick, Boston College edge defender Quintayvious Hutchins.

It was not the first point of contact between the two sides after already having met at the Scouting Combine in late February. For the Patriots, however, it was a crucial step toward Hutchins eventually becoming a target in the draft.

“Had the opportunity to work him out at our local day, which was really cool for him and his agents...

When the dust had settled on the New England Patriots’ 2026 NFL Draft, they had brought in nine new players — from first-round offensive tackle Caleb Lomu to seventh-round edge Quintayvious Hutchins. In between, they filled some needs and bolstered the overall depth across their roster.

They also added some high-end athleticism, even though that was unsurprisingly primarily concentrated within their first three selections. Overall, using Relative Athletic Score, which operates on a 0-to-10 scale, we can see the Patriots’ draft haul breaks down as follows:

Adding these scores up and dividing them by nine to get an average, we...

Drake Maye is among the dozens of players participating in the New England Patriots’ voluntary offseason program, and he is not experiencing any limitations while doing so. That is good news for a quarterback who was nursing a shoulder injury in the lead-up to February’s Super Bowl against the Seattle Seahawks.

Speaking to the Associated Press’ Steve Reed at the Truist Championship Pro-Am in Charlotte on Wednesday, Maye said that there would be no issues stemming from the ailment.

As for the shoulder injury that hampered him down the stretch last season, Maye said he’s doing “great.”

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After already being eliminated from the playoffs, the Miami Dolphins traveled to Foxboro last January for the regular-season finale.

Miami hoped to end a challenging season on a high note against the Patriots. But after just one play, linebacker K.J. Britt knew that would be a tall task.

“I remember last year playing them — the last game of the season. It was cold, Week 18, we weren’t going to the playoffs, so everybody was like, ‘We going out with a bang,’ Britt recalled.

“I remember the first play of offense, I was on the sideline watching them fire off...