Daily news and links for Tuesday.
TEAM TALK
- 2025 Combine Primer: Everything you need to know. More than 300 of the top prospects will be put through on-field drills, medical testing, exams and interviews with team personnel and the media in advance of the 2025 NFL Draft.
- Everything But Football: How Marcus Jones creates content off the field. (8 min. video)
- 2004 – Yes, It’s A Dynasty: Episode IV, “Coronation”. (48 min.)
LOCAL LINKS
- Doug Kyed previews the Patriots at the NFL Scouting Combine: 11 NFL Draft prospects to watch.
- Andrew Callahan gives us the Patriots’ to-do list at the NFL Scouting Combine. 1. Interview the top prospects: Hello, Abdul Carter. Nice to see you, Travis Hunter. Take a seat, Mason Graham.
- Alex Barth’s NFL Combine preview: 8 stories to watch from a Patriots point of view. 1. Will Campbell’s arm length.
- Karen Guregian suggests 5 Patriot-centric Combine storylines worth monitoring. 1. The view from the braintrust.
- Phil Perry explains what he’d like to hear from Mike Vrabel when the Patriots head coach addresses the media on Tuesday morning. ‘Vrabel must promise respectability from Pats in 2025.
- Mark Morse spotlights potential Patriots prospects to watch at the NFL Combine.
- Phil Perry previews this week’s NFL Combine by highlighting seven players who could be intriguing fits for the Patriots in the draft.
- Sara Marshall notes the Patriots continue to be connected to Colorado’s CB/WR Travis Hunter heading into the 2025 NFL Draft.
- Nick O’Malley highlights NFL Draft guru Mel Kiper, Jr. who predicts the Patriots ‘will be getting a few calls’ about trading back.
- Conor Ryan highlights NFL insiders cautioning teams like the Patriots against targeting WRs in first round. /No shit.
- Phil Perry makes the case for LSU OT Will Campbell: Protecting Maye is Patriots’ top priority.
- Conor Ryan profiles BC T Ozzy Trapilo who the Patriots could target in the second or third round.
- Tom E. Curran points out the WR room desperately needs a facelift and wonders if the Pats can overcome its abysmal track record at receiver.
- Sara Marshall mentions how the Patriots could make a big splash in free agency by trading a mid-round pick in the 2025 NFL Draft for pass rusher Joey Bosa.
- Conor Ryan reports LeGarrette Blount is selling his Super Bowl ring on Heritage Auction for $122,000.
- Locked On Patriots podcast: Mike and Murph examine Patriots’ potential 2025 NFL Draft strategy. Is the team eyeing a defensive overhaul with generational talents like Travis Hunter and Abdul Carter? This episode dives into listener-submitted mock drafts, analyzing how these prospects could reshape the defense. (42 min.)
NATIONAL NEWS
- Albert Breer (SI) NFL Scouting Combine 2025: Key story lines to watch this week. NFL Network’s Daniel Jeremiah and former ESPN draft analyst Todd McShay break down the top prospects and there are plenty of them at running back, defensive line and tight end.
- Ryan Wilson (CBS Sports) 2025 NFL combine: Key prospects to watch in Indianapolis this week; biggest snubs still likely to get drafted.
- Frank Schwab (Yahoo! Sports) NFL Combine: Top 10 storylines to watch, including Cam Ward vs. Shedeur Sanders.
- Staff (Yahoo! Sports) NFL scouting combine live updates: Coaches, GMs take the podium in Indianapolis as 2025 draft season gets underway.
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Abdul Carter won’t work out at Scouting Combine.
- Garrett Podell (CBS Sports) Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders won’t throw at NFL combine, opts to wait until pro day.
- Gregg Rosenthal (NFL.com) Top 101 NFL free agents of 2025: Tee Higgins, Sam Darnold among best available players in free agency.
- Cody Benjamin (CBS Sports) 2025 NFL All-Free Agent Team: Chiefs, Eagles, Vikings headline best veteran talent on the market.
- Daniel Jeremiah (NFL.com) Top 50: 2025 NFL Draft prospect rankings 2.0.
- Frank Schwab (Yahoo! Sports) NFL free agency: Top 25 overall free agents, including Tee Higgins and Sam Darnold
- Matt Verderame (SI) NFL Free Agency 2025: Top three landing spots for Jets CB D.J. Reed.
- Jordan Dajani (CBS Sports) Five teams that could be hit hardest in free agency this offseason. Breaking down the teams poised to lose notable talent in the coming weeks. No Pats.
- Garrett Podell (CBS Sports) 2025 NFL WR market: Top free agents, best team fits, projected deals for Tee Higgins, Stefon Diggs, other vets.
- Chris Trapasso (CBS Sports) Grading every team’s 2024 rookie class after Year 1. Patriots 18th, Grade: C-. Year one hit: Drake Maye.
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Rams hire Alex Van Pelt, announce full 2025 coaching staff
- Bryan DeArdo (CBS Sports) Packers submit proposal to ban ‘Tush Push’ play for 2025 season, per report.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Sean McDermott expresses safety concerns about the “tush push”.
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) NFL could consider onside kick alternatives again this offseason.