Daily news and links for Monday
TEAM TALK
- Mike Dussault reports the Patriots welcomed their rookie class to Gillette Stadium for their 3-day rookie minicamp.
- Evan Lazar breaks down the Patriots UDFA signings. Who has the best chance to make the roster?
- Transactions: Patriots sign eight of their 11 2025 draft picks and 16 rookie free agents.
- Photos: Best of rookie minicamp, Day 1 and Day 2.
- Press Conference transcript: Mike Vrabel (14 min. video)
- Press Conference: defensive coordinator Terrell Williams. (14 min. video)
- Media Availability: Will Campbell, Kyle Williams, and Jared Wilson. (23 min. video)
- Highlights: Patriots rookies are fitted for their helmets prior to rookie minicamp. (1.30 min. video)
- Highlights: Patriots players call their mothers on Mother’s Day. (2 min. video)
- Highlights: Patriots best plays against 2025 home opponents. (2 min. video) /Puts a little pep in your step : D
- Community: Hunter Henry hosts a bike giveaway for National Foster Care Month. (1 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Mike Reiss shares some quick-hit weekend thoughts: Patriots undrafted rookie Efton Chism III draws Kupp comparison; Vrabel’s Tennessee return; Welcome to New England rookies; More.
- Steve Balestrieri’s Sunday Patriots News: Rookie minicamp ongoing; More.
- Doug Kyed reports the Patriots signed 8 of their 11 draft picks, 16 undrafted free agents, and hosted 14 tryouts.
- Mark Daniels gives us 6 takeaways from rookie minicamp: Mike Vrabel was everywhere; All eyes on the O-line.
- Alex Barth’s rookie minicamp notebook: First look at the Class of 2025. Attendance, OL alignment, first impressions, standouts; More.
- Karen Guregian explains how Mike Vrabel was the Day 1 star of rookie minicamp.
- Doug Kyed’s Patriots rookie minicamp notes: RB TreVeyon Henderson absent.
- Andrew Callahan gives us the inside story of how Will Campbell became the Patriots’ 1st-round pick.
- Chris Mason hears from Louisiana native Will Campbell on his first visit to New England: “When I got out here and they picked me up from the airport I was like, ‘Dang, there’s a lot of trees out here.’ I wasn’t expecting that.”
- Karen Guregian relays rookie Kyle Williams discussing the significance of getting to meet Stefon Diggs.
- Matthew Schmidt looks at why unheralded weapon TE Jaheim Bell is garnering major buzz.
- Jarrett Bailey reports the Patriots beat out the Broncos to land rookie WR Efton Chism of Eastern Washington.
- Matthew Schmidt notes Jonathon Macri (PFF) listed off one breakout player for every NFL team heading into next season. Patriots: CB Marcus Jones.
- Doug Kyed reports defensive coordinator Terrell Williams missed rookie minicamp with a medical scare.
- Pats Procrastination podcast: Clare and Chudders discuss rookie minicamp and the newbies they have their eye on, what the structure of the roster begins to look like and more. (42 min.)
- A Clare Perspective podcast: Clare welcomes in Nick Stevens to talk all things Patriots draftermath and how the team is building around Drake Maye. (37 min.)
NATIONAL NEWS
- Jeremy Fowler (ESPN) Key intel on all 32 teams after the 2025 NFL draft: Buzz, fits. Patriots: “… Julian Edelman is the Patriots’ most recent 1,000-yard receiver — in 2019. Since then, New England has drafted seven wide receivers, including three on Day 2. The latest is third-rounder Kyle Williams, who might have the best chance of them all to surpass 1,000 yards.”
- Matt Bowen (ESPN) 2025 NFL draft: Best rookie team fits, perfect landing spots. Kyle Williams included.
- Field Yates (ESPN) Ranking 2025 NFL rookie impact for non-Round 1 draft picks. No. 5 RB TreVeyon Henderson.
- Bucky Brooks (NFL.com) Scouts Notebook: Ranking top NFL pass-catching groups. No Pats.
- Staff (Yahoo! Sports) 10 of NFL’s biggest 2025 offseason moves. No Pats.
- Jonthan Macri (PFF) Biggest surprises coming out of the 2025 NFL Draft.
- John Breech (CBS Sports) 2025 NFL strength of schedule for all 32 teams. Patriots 30th (3rd easiest).
- Around the NFL (NFL.com) Super Bowl champion Eagles to kick off season vs. Cowboys on Sept. 4.
- Kevin Patra (NFL.com) Top 10 games of 2025 season: Chiefs-Bills, Vikings-Seahawks rank high. No Pats.
- Eva Geitheim (SI) Highest paid NFL coaches in 2025.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) 49ers believe QB Mac Jones is still capable of being a starter. /Good luck with that.
- Thomas Valentine (PFF) Highest-graded player at every position from the 2023 NFL Draft.
- Max Chadwick, et al (PFF) 2007 NFL Redraft: Rebuilding the first round based on PFF grades and data.