here's a pats thread for everyone to talk about patritos shit because nobody else cares

hopefully cooks is the exception but a lot of dudes have put up big #s with brees throwing to them in the superdome and then looked subpar elsewhere. 1st rounder + is a big deal, especially when the next pick they have (currently) is in the 3rd.

lots of dudes have put up big numbers with brady throwing to them outdoors

based on all i have read we're not talking about like lance moore or robert meachem--he can play the slot, run different routes, and make plays after the catch

feel like the pats have never picked up any sort of big deal receiver before its either via draft or cast offs

the cooks and gilmore transactions are both really unusual ones for the pats

wonder if belichick feels like the market has shifted

maybe. seems like he isn't into this draft class very much.

it makes me uncomfortable. i'd feel so much better if they'd just convinced amendola to cut his salary to league minimum and went into the season with justin coleman and prince amukamara on a 1 yr 7m deal as starting cbs

one thing i heard on the radio that was an interesting point was that when the falcons focused on taking away edelman in the super bowl the pats didn't really have anyone who could make plays after the catch. they figured out how to get the ball to mitchell and hogan outside but both those guys are sort of catch and fall down types. i think a lot of the cooks move has to be about getting in front of an edelman decline.

well this is interesting. seems relevant...
https://www.mockdraftable.com/player/brandin-cooks

https://twitter.com/wwe/status/848663050320175104

Awesome

whatcha gonna do when gronkamania runs wild on YOU

half of pats squad skip white house visit
hot 1st take: "half of pats squad in stinging trump snub"
ppl: hey, maybe these guys aren't as bad as we thought
actual story: "half of pats squad skip white house because they already went year before last"
ppl: oh, they're actually worse

looked like the entire secondary was missing. wonder why brady ditched out at the last minute. gisele just happened to tweet the same morning that everyone should go to the climate march on april 29..

http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/20/us/patriots-alan-branch-white-house-don-lemon-cnntv/

thank u alan branch

respect to a. branch, seems like a quality dude.

the hernandez stuff just gets stranger and stranger

i never thought i'd see an NFL player/murderer have a stranger story than O.J.'s

what happened

well here's one thing (person quoted is his fiancee's laywyer)

“This family doesn’t know if he had a gay lover in the prison. Or didn’t have a gay lover in the prison,” Leontire said during the sidebar conversation. “Allegedly one of the notes is to a gay lover. They have a right to know that.”

How Reche Caldwell went from the @Patriots to prison: https://t.co/AuZ6GvDYgN pic.twitter.com/SUtJ3T3nqe

— Only In Boston (@OnlyInBOS) May 10, 2017

O_O

i don't want to make light of someone going to prison but goddamn reche is making it hard

Swarmed by SWAT members, on his way to the ground, a still exasperated Caldwell yelled, "Damn, man, you blasted the door with a tank? Why didn't ya just knock? I woulda let y'all in."

"Good lord that boy was a bad criminal," says his mom, "and thank Jesus for that."

for most of this story he acts and sounds like bighead from silicon valley if he were trying to be a criminal

http://sportshub.cbsistatic.com/i/r/2017/06/12/6876c798-5ced-4d8f-8cbc-aec36a2eede3/thumbnail/770x433/48180f146f6f545f9b7c1137d7903d61/belichick-bling-super-bowl-ring-06-13-17.png

https://www.instagram.com/p/BVhgX8oD2e4/

that's...more of danny amendola than i ever wanted to see

Watched the first 5 games of the 2007 season, decided to make a thread of Brady's 50 TDs & just keep adding to it eventually.

— '06 Chad Jackson (@fearthe_beard11) July 14, 2017

click for videos/gifs. those tds to moss in 2x/3x coverage...just outrageous.

had no idea bout this gettleman stuff, seems like players hated him

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000820283/article/expanthers-stars-revel-in-dave-gettlemans-dismissal

rong thred

literally not one legit reason for gronk to be on the field for a single preseason snap

true patrito promotion

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DIFJGl6XgAI3d8v.jpg:small

i guess on the bright side this is prob among the more benign/constructive uses of defense budget money

lil prediction for yall: pats are going to be good this year. remember where you saw it first

what is the britishes for 'yall'

you lot

pats r gonna be good this year you lot

oi you lot, pats are going to be shit hot this year

tell you what, i fancy a bit of gridiron

thats what i meant

#Patriots WR Julian Edelman has suffered what is believed to be a torn ACL, per sources. MRI tomorrow to confirm.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) August 26, 2017

bummer for jules. maybe if he had wanted it more his knee would've stayed intact.

Wow, short season, RIP Pats.

as much as edelman is one of the guys you'd least want to lose, the pats have literally never been this deep at skill positions. this offense is still going to be a wrecking ball.

I'm sure the Pats will pull out some new diminutive WR out of some lab deep below Gillette Stadium to be the Welkerbot V.4 or TroyBrownbot V.2.

it's finally 'Dola's time to shine!

whos that undrafted rookie they got hes the new julian welker

danny gets promoted from hardly playing at all to splitting wr3 with mitchell. whether he gets significant playing time probably depends on how early in the season gronk gets injured, and whether dwayne allen is any good. before the injury tho there was a small chance he didn't make the roster at all, which is sad fpr a dude who takes a pay cut every year to stay on the team. it's funny to think back to those couple seasons when he was the entire rams offense.

the undrafted rookie wr everyone is excited about this time is austin carr, who i guess now is actually a roster shot despite seeming inevitably destined for the practice squad like the exciting camp rookie wrs usually are. he does not seem to be in the julian welker mould, sadly

too tall