Julian Edelman has made another appearance in the NFL Top 100 Players list for the 2019 season. Safety Devin McCourty joins him in his debut on the list.
Mazz thinks there were actually a few nuggets worth discussing at Super Bowl Opening Night as the New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams prepare for Super Bowl LIII this week.
Matt Patricia, the Patriots' defensive coordinator since 2012 (though he had been the chief defensive play-caller for the New England defense since Dean Pees' departure after the 2009 season), is now with the Detroit Lions as their head coach. That's given the Patriot sideline a 'new' defensive voice in unofficial-official defensive coordinator Brian Flores. Flores,…
Devin McCourty said in a new interview that the Patriots knew throughout the week leading up to Super Bowl LII that Malcolm Butler wasn't going to start in the game. Speaking to Ryan Dunleavy of NJ.com, McCourty shot down the rumors that came out about Butler possibly being benched for disciplinary reasons. He also denied…
Devin McCourty underwent shoulder surgery at an unreported time following Super Bowl LII. ESPN's Mike Reiss described the surgery as a "clean-up procedure." Reiss added that the surgery was "not considered major in nature." It's unclear when McCourty suffered the injury and how long he played through it, but he first appeared on the injury…
The Patriots boast one advantage over the remaining NFL playoff teams that goes beyond having Bill Belichick and Tom Brady: experience. But if you ask Belichick about the E-word, he'll tell you that it doesn't matter.
Bill Belichick famously chanted "No days off!" at the Patriots' Super Bowl parade last February. As many players learned back in 2009, he doesn't believe in snow days, either. And the head coach is sticking to his guns again on Thursday, despite the looming "bomb-cyclone" storm.
