Daily news and links for Friday
TEAM TALK
- Roster Moves: Patriots release DT Wilfried Pene.
- Photos: Meet the 2025 New England Patriots through their official headshots.
- Highlights: Skittles intuition test with DeMario Douglas. (2 min. video)
- Highlights: Hunter Henry attempts to order all the Harry Potter movies. (1 min. video)
- Patriots Unfiltered: Spring leftovers, best fan experiences, offseason talk. (2 hours)
LOCAL LINKS
- Mark Morse’s Patriots positional analysis going into camp: Part 1 – QB/RB and WR and Part 2 – OL and TE.
- Clare Cooper takes us through the changes to the offensive line this offseason.
- Jordy McElroy thumbnails every NFL team’s potential breakout player in 2025. Patriots: Edge Keion White. ‘The talent of an emerging star is clearly there for the third-year defender, and he should have an opportunity to play more off the edge under Patriots coach Mike Vrabel.’
- Sara Marshall mentions how Josh Allen already put the Patriots’ defense on notice well ahead of the 2025 season.
- Brian Hines’ Patriots Mailbag: How can Josh McDaniels evolve his offense to help Drake Maye?
- Carlos A. Lopez posts an Instagram video of WRs Kyle Williams and Jeremiah Webb at UCLA training with Jets CB Sauce Gardner and Dolphins S Ashtyn Davis.
- Michael Bohlin says rookie WR Kyle Williams has made $19.5 Million veteran Kendrick Bourne expendable.
- Alex Barth reports the Patriots released International Pathway player, rookie DL Wilfried Pene.
- Justin Trombino explains why the Patriots should not part ways with veteran LB Anfernee Jennings.
- Karen Guregian notes Stefon Diggs’ latest ‘vacation’ video sends the right message.
- Ryan McLaughlin explains why Pats fans shouldn’t let offseason noise kill the Stefon Diggs hype.
- Ian Logue’s Patriots News: Interesting revelation from Edelman; Player waived.
- Matthew Schmidt highlights Albert Breer on what he thinks people around the league think of QB Drake Maye.
- Lauren Campbell passes along a report that the NFL suspended ex-Ravens kicker Justin Tucker for first 10 weeks of the season.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Henry McKenna (Fox Sports) Why Drake Maye’s second-year leap is the key to turning Patriots around.
- John Kosko (PFF) Ceilings, floors for every second-year NFL quarterback ahead of the 2025 season. Drake Maye ceiling: Trevor Lawrence. Floor: Daniel Jones. /Click for commentary.
- Zoltán Buday (PFF) 2025 NFL defensive line rankings. Patriots 13th.
- Henry McKenna (Fox Sports) Ranking the NFL’s top 11 best marriages between QBs and their teams. No Pats.
- Dalton Wasserman (PFF) 6 offensive linemen positioned to break out in 2025. No Pats.
- David Helman (Fox Sports) New NFL contenders? Ranking 18 teams’ playoff chances after missing postseason. Patriots 14th.
- Frank Schwab (Yahoo! Sports) Offseason power rankings: No. 23 Miami Dolphins seem to be in a downward spiral
- Lou Scataglia (NFLSpinZone) 3 dark-horse Super Bowl contenders for the 2025 NFL season. Patriots included.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Tight End University could become a traveling show.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Justin Tucker’s 10-game suspension was the result of negotiations, not a legal ruling.
- Eric Edholm (NFL.com) Top 5 NFL draft values of the millennium at QB: Who joins Tom Brady in front of the pack?
- Jimmy Traina (SI) Media Thoughts: Instagram played a key role in the creation of ‘The Roast of Tom Brady;’ More.
- Staff (NFL.com) NFL Top 100 premieres June 30 as X Originals series produced by NFL Films.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) After the collusion ruling, NFL has already made some changes.