Daily news and links for Friday
TEAM TALK
- NFL Free Agency 2025: Frequently asked questions. Free agency begins at 4pm ET on Wednesday, March 12. Salary cap set at $279.2 million.
- Evan Lazar and Mike Dussault’s 2025 Free Agent Preview: Wide Receivers – Interior Defensive Line.
- Community: Before attending NFL Combine, Mike Vrabel made special visit at children’s hospital.
- Behind the scenes with Mike Vrabel and the scouting team at the NFL Combine. (2.17 min. video)
- Patriots Unfiltered: Free agency preview, league news, NFL Draft talk. (2 hours)
LOCAL LINKS
- Tom E. Curran assesses the defensive line in his roster reset series. This unit ranked dead last in sacks last season.
- Mark Daniels takes a look at who the Patriots should target when free agency starts next week. The team needs to add several veteran building blocks to get out of the gutter, and it’s time to put money where their mouths are.
- Phil Perry outlines nine offseason options for the Patriots at three key positions: Offensive tackle, wide receiver and edge rusher. Here’s his Plan A, Plan B and Plan C for each position.
- Tom E. Curran and Phil Perry rank the Pats’ biggest offseason needs and which groups they should focus on most.
- Mark Morse shares his thoughts on the Patriots and Free Agency. 1. Be prepared for disappointment. /Woof!
- Jerry Thornton gives us his Patriots fan’s free agency shopping list.
- Keagan Stiefel discuses a new report that cites the Patriots’ approach to free agency. The team plans to be… wait for it… aggressive. /Insert eye-roll emoji here.
- Matt Dolloff thumbnails 5 free-agent linebackers that could fit Mike Vrabel’s Patriots.
- Andrew Callahan profiles 5 potential free agency targets at cornerback for the Patriots.
- Mark Daniels identifies 5 free agent kickers, suggesting the Patriots should sign one of them.
- Alex Barth gives us the scouting report on Penn State TE Tyler Warren. It’s a strong tight end class in the 2025 NFL Draft, and Warren stands out among his peers.
- Jason Ounpraseuth notes the Patriots are expected to be a ‘driver’ of WR Chris Godwin’s market and should be prepared to overpay.
- Nick O’Malley notes the Patriots missed out again as former 1,000 yard WR Christian Kirk was traded for dirt-cheap. Houston acquired him for a 2026 7th-round pick.
- Conor Ryan highlights Albert Breer who says the Patriots didn’t meet Chiefs’ asking price in the Joe Thuney trade. “I am a little surprised they weren’t willing to go to that price.”
- Mark Daniels passes along an ESPN report that the Patriots are tendering restricted free agent LB Christian Elliss at the first-of-first-refusal amount of $3.263 million.
- Mark Daniels reports NFL sack leader, Bengals DE Trey Hendrickson has been permitted to seek a trade.
- Clare Cooper writes ‘A Clare Retrospective’ after four years at Pats Propaganda.
- Doug Kyed’s Patriots NFL Mock Draft 3.0: Pats trade down, pick Arizona WR Tetairoa McMillan at No. 9.
- Phil Perry’s Patriots 7-round Mock Draft 4.0: Pats pick LSU OT Will Campbell at No. 4.
- Nick O’Malley has the story of James White landing his first coaching gig. White will join an Illinois football staff led by head coach Bret Bielema, who spent two seasons with New England.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Analytics Team (NFL.com) Next Gen Stats: Biggest free agency needs in AFC. Patriots: OT, WR, RB, CB, LB.
- Matt Verderame (SI) One good free agent fit for every team; Plus, the Colts get competition for Anthony Richardson. Patriots: OG Mekhi Becton.
- Vinnie Iyer (Sporting News) NFL free agency rankings: WR – QB – RB.
- Liam McKeone (SI) Ranking the top five wide receivers available in 2025 NFL Free Agency.
- Mike Kadlick (SI) Ranking the top five defensive players available in 2025 NFL Free Agency.
- Frank Schwab (Yahoo! Sports) NFL Power Rankings: Most interesting teams heading into free agency. Pats No. 1.
- Kevin Patra (NFL.com) Seahawks GM John Schneider talking to ‘a ton of teams’ about a DK Metcalf trade.
- NFL Explained (NFL.com) NFL Explained: Evolution of free agency. (23 min. video)