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TEAM
TALK
- Patriots updated Mock Draft Tracker.
- Evan Lazar’s 2026 free agent forecast: Safety – Running backs.
- From NFL Network: Jaylinn Hawkins joins ‘GMFB’ to discuss the Patriots 2025 season. (11 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Karen Guregian looks into whether the Patriots are truly locked in on the path toward sustained success.
- Tom E. Curran’s Patriots 2026 roster reset: Time to get Maye’s tight end of the future?
- Mark Daniels profiles 5 free agent tight ends and 5 free agent pass rushers.
- Sara Marshall believes the Pats might luck out in pursuit of next pass rusher with under-the-radar names.
- Graham Wilker explains there’s no reason for the Pats to consider signing non-needle moving WR Wan’Dale Robinson.
- Peter Collins explains how the Patriots’ offseason is taking shape: It was not what Wolf and Vrabel promised. It was what they prioritized.
- Jennifer Streeter points to DT Khyiris Tonga as one player the Patriots cannot lose in free agency.
- Mike D’Abate finds the Pats mentioned as potential trade partner for Jaguars star WR Brian Thomas Jr.
- Karen Guregian lauds long-time director of scouting administration Nancy Meier who worked her final NFL combine before retiring.
- Pats Chat podcast: Doug Kyed and Michael Hurley discuss all the Pats intel from the Combine, the team’s plans for free agency; Diggs, Crosby, Brown, and More (including Doug’s “blue” sweatshirt). (70 min.)
- Patriots on CLNS podcast: Taylor Kyles and crew recap the combine and look at which Wide Receivers stood out from Indy. (7 min. video)
- Patriots Daily podcast: Taylor Kyles andMike Kadlick dip mock their 1st draft of the season, with commentary on the first 4 rounds. (18 min.)
- Pats Interference podcast: Andrew Callahan and Doug Kyed explain why Stefon Diggs is likely to stay in New England. (8 min.)
- Foxborough Fellas podcast: Patriots Combine tracker: Building the Big Board; More. (2 hours)
NATIONAL NEWS
- Kevin Patra (NFL.com) 2026 NFL franchise tag window closes today.
- Gilberto Manzano and Matt Verderame (SI) Projected contracts, landing spots for the NFL’s 50 best free agents in 2026. Patriots included.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Pats will have to pay up if they want to keep K’Lavon Chaisson.
- Frank Schwab (Yahoo! Sports) NFL free agents: Top 5 quarterbacks – running backs – receivers – interior defensive linemen.
- Jordan Dajani (CBS Sports) Five teams that could be hit the hardest in free agency. Bills included.
- Nick Shook (NFL.com) 2026 All-Combine Team, Offense: 14 NFL draft prospects who lit up in Indy.
- Kyle Stackpole (CBS Sports) 2026 NFL combine results: Full list of official measurements and testing numbers from Indianapolis.
- Daniel Flick (SI) QBs among the prospects who helped themselves the most at the NFL Combine.
- Joel Corry (CBS Sports) Agent’s Take: Which path will Lamar Jackson take for a new Ravens deal? Josh Allen’s or Dak Prescott’s?
- Lance Zierlein (NFL.com) 2026 NFL mock draft 2.0. Pats pick Texas A&M WR KC Concepcion at 31.
- Ryan Wilson (CBS Sports) 2026 NFL mock draft 7.0. Pats pick Clemson CB Avieon Terrell at 31.
- Jordan Reid (ESPN) 2026 NFL mock draft: Rounds 1-2. Patriots take Texas A&M Edge Cashius Howell at 31 and UConn WR Skyler Bell at 63.
