by Scott Benson
scott@patriotsdaily.com
The first blow of free agency has been struck, and has been the trend since February 1, the Patriots have taken another one on the chin.
PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM
At this writing, reports that Asante Samuel has signed a first day deal with the Eagles have begun to trickle in. 
The Pro Bowl cornerback has apparently reached a six-year [...]

by Scott Benson
scott@patriotsdaily.com
The NFL’s new year began shortly after midnight this morning and that means the league’s free agency period is underway. The Patriots are already making news.
Asante Samuel, the 4th round pick who became a Pro Bowler, is now poised to become the highest paid cornerback in the league. He’s reportedly scheduled to visit [...]

WEEI and Mike Reiss are each reporting that linebacker Rosevelt Colvin has been (or will be soon) released. Colvin was due to count $7.6 million against the cap next season, do doubt the main reason for this move.
Ironically, Colvin was a guest on WEEI’s Dale & Holley program this morning, and made mention of his [...]

by Scott Benson
scott@patriotsdaily.com
The Patriots have hired veteran NFL coach Dom Capers to be the team’s special assistant/secondary coach.
Capers will replace the departing Joel Collier, but even at first glance, you have to wonder if there’s more to it.  
Like, what’s a ’special’ assistant? Coach Bill Belichick may have answered this one in his team-issued statement, “I [...]

by Scott Benson
scott@patriotsdaily.com
Mike Reiss of the Boston Globe has left his local and national contemporaries in his wake this morning with an exclusive interview with Patriots coach Bill Belichick and Vice-President Scott Pioli on the ‘Spygate’ controversy that has swirled around the team since the Patriots were nabbed breaking league rules in September.
For the first [...]

by Dan Snapp
dan@patriotsdaily.com
So 10 days past the debacle, and already the conspiracy theories are out. Some fans can’t accept a legitimate loss, and grasp any straw available, even the last one. The claims this time (I’ll spare you the links) are that the refs swallowed their whistles in the waning minutes, and that there was [...]

By Bruce Allen
bruce@patriotsdaily.com
Let me first start by saying that this column was going to be written even if the Patriots had won on Sunday night. The only difference is that the column would’ve been entitled “The Most Miserable Perfect Season in History.”
On the field, this Patriots team was a fan’s dream. They were talented, charismatic [...]

by Scott Benson
dan@patriotsdaily.com
Here at PD, we’re intent on moving beyond the high-tech lynching of Pats coach Bill Belichick because, frankly, we’d just as soon get back to the simple life of following our favorite football team without the disapproving finger being wagged at us from every hysterical, profit-driven, bottom-feeding direction.
We’re football fans, not Al Qaeda [...]

by Dan Snapp
dan@patriotsdaily.com
I might have to give up the merit badges, the keys to the Patriots Daily executive washroom, even the cherished Troy Brown-inscribed rose-colored sunglasses.
Sorry, guys. Try though I might, I just can’t get worked up over the loss. I know this goes against the grain of the fandom, but I’m actually, well, OK [...]

by Christopher Price
chris@patriotsdaily.com
GLENDALE, Ariz. — In a cramped interview tent just outside of University of Phoenix Stadium late Sunday night, Randy Moss paused slightly for a moment while he pondered the question: Would he be back next year as a member of the Patriots?
“If I am in a New England Patriots uniform next year, I [...]

by Scott Benson
scott@patriotsdaily.com
I turned off the TV before the final seconds ticked from the Super Bowl clock and I haven’t turned it back on since. How long do you think I can hold out?
I hit Reiss’s Pieces pretty hard afterwards, waiting for some post game comment and reaction, but I haven’t been back or looked [...]

by Scott Benson
scott@patriotsdaily.com
I’ve had that headline since, like, the fourth week of the season, and I can’t believe I’m using it now.
It may, perhaps, be the worst loss in profesional football history, this 18-0 powerhouse, favored by two touchdowns, losing to the lowest seed of the allegedly inferior NFC in the only game that really [...]