by Scott Benson
scott@patriotsdaily.com
As I mentioned in my previous post, I’ve been doing a little vacation traveling this week. So when I returned home yesterday I had received a few e-mails from readers who said that a former Pats employee had posted an alleged tell-all parting gift on a God-forsaken gambling blog located somewhere on the [...]
by Scott Benson
scott@patriotsdaily.com
I’m vacation traveling today, but before I head out, I wanted to mention a Sunday morning blog entry from former Herald sportswriter Michael Gee.
These days, I find myself checking his Homegame blog more often than I ever did his Herald writings. Whether that says more about me, or Gee’s time with the Herald, [...]
by Chris Warner
chris.warner@patriotsdaily.com
In 2002, with the team fresh off of their first Super Bowl win, my best friend and I attended our first Patriots training camp session at Bryant College in Smithfield, RI. We had many questions: could the team repeat? Would Tom Brady thrive for a full season? Would seventh-round receiver David Givens win [...]
by Scott Benson
scott@patriotsdaily.com
If recent history is any indication, discarded Oakland Raider Lamont Jordan is about to set the NFL’s single season rushing record for the Patriots.
This story and more as we pull the curtain back on the first Sunday Links of the new season. Let’s get started.
In the Globe notebook, Christopher Gasper has Jordan hooking [...]
by Dan Snapp
dan@patriotsdaily.com
The New England Patriots may be the first 18-1 rebuilding team in league history.
OK, not rebuilding in the traditional sense. They’re still Super Bowl favorites after all, even after the shocking loss to the Giants.
No, the Pats will be rebuilding their egos, their pride, hopefully rebuilding their reputation (“Never!” sez the collective punditry). [...]
by Scott Benson
scott@patriotsdaily.com
Last day of the off-season. The NFL fan’s version of the last day of school. Inquiring minds want to know…..
1. Will the Patriots have all of their draft choices signed before the start of camp? It sure looks possible, with second round choice Terrence Wheatley inking his pact yesterday. Jerod Mayo’s the sole [...]
by Scott Benson
scott@patriotsdaily.com
Last time on our show, we previewed the first quarter of the Patriots 2008 schedule, in which they will match up with four of the worst teams in football last year. In today’s installment, we’ll run through the schedule’s second leg, which begins with the Patriots playing their second straight game on the [...]
by Scott Benson
scott@patriotsdaily.com
Well, we’re under two weeks before they don the pads on Route 1 in anticipation of another season of Patriots football. Even the midst of another lovely summer, the Pats thoughts begin to flood now, from roster machinations to rookie contracts to position battles all the way to the Great Unknown; how quickly [...]
by Scott Benson
scott@patriotsdaily.com
Ben Coates was never a favorite at this address, but even I won’t dispute that the tight end fully earned a place in the Patriots Hall of Fame, as the team announced today.
It just shouldn’t have come at the expense of Jim Nance.
“I guess it was just my time,” said Coates in a [...]
by Scott Benson
scott@patriotsdaily.com
Five random questions while trying to think of an angle for a new post:
1. Where did the summer go? This week we learned that the Patriots will open their 49th training camp on Thursday, July 24th in Foxborough. All due respect to the calendar and everything, but that means it’s almost fall. This [...]
