Daily news and links for Wednesday.
TEAM TALK
- Patriots 2025 Mock Draft Tracker.
- Mike Dussault rallies the fans to help the Patriots bring home the gold at the 2025 People’s Telly Awards.
- Alexandra Francisco reports DeMario Douglas enjoyed Monster Energy AMA Supercross at Gillette Stadium. Douglas served as Grand Marshal and took in a full VIP experience with some of his teammates.
- Media Availability: Marcus Jones and Harold Landry. (17 min. video)
- Patriots Unfiltered: Offseason workouts, draft talk, trade down scenarios. (2 hours)
- Photos: Patriots return to Gillette Stadium for the start of offseason workout programs.
LOCAL LINKS
- Tom E. Curran and Phil Perry discuss voluntary OTAs and Mike Vrabel’s approach to the offseason program. Players must ‘re-prove themselves.’
- Conor Ryan highlights Marcus Jones on how Mike Vrabel has already impacted team workouts, “Whenever we’re doing something, he likes to be hands-on.”
- Mark Daniels highlights versatile All-Pro Marcus Jones weighing in on the Travis Hunter dilemma.
- Conor Ryan notes Harold Landry credits Mike Vrabel as the reason he joined the Patriots.
- Mark Daniels lays out why New England should draft tackle Will Campbell at No. 4.
- Taylor Kyles’ Film Room: Top Day 2 WR fits for Patriots in this year’s draft.
- Nick Goss identifies some Day 2 WRs the Patriots should consider. This draft class doesn’t have the same level of elite talent at wide receiver, but there should be plenty of quality prospects in the second and third rounds.
- Jerry Thornton gives us his Patriots fan’s draft wish list for Day 2: Missouri WR Luther Burden.
- Phil Perry examines the team’s QB options if the team decides to take a flyer on late-round signal caller.
- Phil Perry looks at prospects who are the best fits for the Patriots at interior offensive line.
- Alex Barth’s Patriots Draft Preview: Linebackers. Which prospects are the best fits for the Pats?
- Conor Ryan tells us who the oddsmakers have the Patriots picking at No. 4 in this year’s draft: LSU OT Will Campbell, followed by Missouri OT Armand Membou and then Michigan DT Mason Graham.
- Jon Lyons posts his Patriots 7-round mock draft: 2 trades on Day 1 to help offense. Pats trade down, pick Penn State TE Tyler Warren at No. 8.
- Chris Mason reports NFL Draft whiz Lance Zierlein’s highest graded prospect is Boise State RB Ashton Jeanty over Travis Hunter and Abdul Carter.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Jeffri Chadiha (NFL.com) One burning question for each AFC team ahead of Round 1. Patriots: Will Josh McDaniels take Drake Maye to the next level?
- Kyle Koster (SI) Stefon Diggs reveals No. 8 will be his new uniform number in New England.
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Harold Landry: You never think you can lose with Mike Vrabel.
- Liam McKeone (SI) Devin McCourty revealed Bill Belichick’s NSFW reason for believing in Mike Vrabel.
- Chris Bumbaca (USA Today) Want to develop a NFL quarterback? You may want a young QB coach (or 2) for that. ‘Ashton Grant, a 29-year-old who spent two seasons as the assistant quarterbacks coach with the Browns, is now responsible for the development of 2024 third overall pick Drake Maye with New England.’
- Connor Orr (SI) NFL post-free agency power rankings. Bills 2nd, Patriots 21st, Dolphins 25th, Jets 26th.
- Mason Cameron (PFF) 2025 NFL Mock Draft: Giants land Travis Hunter, Browns secure a QB with a trade. Pats pick LSU T Will Campbell at No. 4.
- Rhett Lewis (NFL.com) 2025 NFL mock draft 1.0. Pats pick LSU OT Will Campbell at No. 4.
- Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz (USA Today) 2025 NFL mock draft. Pats pick Penn State DE Abdul Carter.
- Mason Cameron (PFF) 2025 NFL Draft: Best Day 2 fits for all 32 NFL teams. Patriots prospect to target: Alabama G Tyler Booker.
- Lance Zierlein (NFL.com) Ranking 11 position groups in 2025 NFL Draft from strongest (Edge) to weakest (Safety).
- Nate Davis (USA Today) 15 days to NFL draft: Which teams should draft a quarterback? Ranking all 32. Patriots 18th.
- Lance Zierlein (NFL.com) 2025 NFL Draft prospect tracker.
- Gilberto Manzano (SI) NFL draft edge rusher rankings: Abdul Carter stands above the rest. Carter carries some injury risk, but is clearly the most talented edge rusher in a draft deep in quality but short on blue-chip prospects.
- Conor Orr (SI) Shedeur Sanders’s stock isn’t dropping, this is just what the draft process does; Every year, players move up and down the board as the media is forced to relearn old lessons.
- Nate Tice and Charles McDonald (Yahoo! Sports) NFL mock draft. Pats pick Penn State Edge Abdul Carter at No. 4.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) On Olympic flag football, NFLPA likely will be siding with NFL over owners.