
First announced by Jim McBride, the Patriots informed the players this morning that Cam Newton would be the team’s starting QB.
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First announced by Jim McBride, the Patriots informed the players this morning that Cam Newton would be the team’s starting QB.
New: Cam Newton officially was named the #Patriots starting quarterback by coach Bill Belichick during a team meeting Thursday morning, according to a league source. https://t.co/KG33MrjKen
— Jim McBride (@globejimmcbride) September 3, 2020
First reported by Ian Rapoport, the Patriots are releasing veteran WR Mohamed Sanu.
Source: The #Patriots are releasing veteran WR Mohamed Sanu. A surprise.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) September 2, 2020
A bit of a surprise this one, initially at the beginning of camp, I thought Sanu could be a cut candidate given his poor first season in New England along with his injury issues, but following a fairly strong camp, I had him as a lock, but no more.
The Patriots acquired Sanu in a trade last year with Atlanta, where the team exchanged their 2020 second-round draft pick for his services. On reflection, fans will look back at this being one of the poorer trades of Belichick’s last decade as HC.
The release didn’t make the wire today, so there’s still a chance a team may come in to trade for him, but one thing’s for sure, his time in Foxborough is now over.
My new Patriots salary cap number after accounting for Mohamed Sanu’s release is $37,088,635.
— Patscap's Patriots Cap Space Number is in Bio (@patscap) September 2, 2020
Per @patscap the release of Sanu will not inflict a dead cap hit and has created $5.75m in cap space.
Look out for my final 53-man roster projection which is being released tomorrow!
by Jason Pombo
After three seasons in Jacksonville, the Jaguars have released the 4th overall pick pick in the 2017 draft, Leonard Fournette. The 25-year-old Fournette is coming off a season in which he had a career high in a number of statistical categories. Fournette had a career high in games played, rushing yards, yards per carry, and receptions. But, Fournette’s departure in Jacksonville shouldn’t come as a surprise. He had previous issues with head coach Doug Marrone, and reportedly has been on the trade block for quite some time.
Fournette cleared waivers and can officially sign with any team. At this point in time, Fournette’s market is unknown, but according to BetOnline, the Patriots are co-favorites to land Fournette at 11-4 odds.
[Read more…] about Is Leonard Fournette really an option for the Patriots?Turns out I was wrong about Friday being the final open media practice of camp, reporters clambered into the training facility one final time today. So, for the second time, here are the final Tweets of Note from camp.
Final day of training camp: Chase Winovich is absent for the second consecutive practice. Michael Jackson, Beau Allen and Lamar Miller also out.
— Jeff Howe (@jeffphowe) August 30, 2020
Devin McCourty and Cassh Maluia are back.
DE Chase Winovich missed his second straight practice today (not overly concerned, no official word regarding his absence), CB Michael Jackson was also missing. A positive on Friday was the appearance of DT Beau Allen for the first time this Training Camp, which was short-lived as Allen was missing again today.
[Read more…] about Tweets of Note: 2020 Camp -#12 8/30Another week of Patriots practice in the books that ended with a walk-through session inside Gillette Stadium. Plenty of news to cover from the past week, so let’s get our Sunday check-in from training camp.
Some positive news out of the WR position was the return of N’Keal Harry from a number of missed sessions. The even more reassuring factor was the notable performances Harry put in against the defense. In a season where the team desperately needs him to make his second-year jump, Harry has started to show signs of his true abilities, whilst also building some chemistry with QB Cam Newton.
[Read more…] about Patriots Sunday supplement 8/30Following a successful workout with the Patriots on Wednesday, WR Andre Baccellia was officially signed by the team today.
Following WR Will Hastings’ exit on Friday, it was rumored that the team would bring in another body at the position.
After going undrafted this year, Baccellia signed with the Kansas City Chiefs on April 30, before being released on August 19.
Baccellia played in 48 games during his collegiate career at Washington and caught 107 passes for 1,183 yards and five touchdowns. A speedy receiver who also ran a 4.28 40 at his pro-day.
Unfortunately, now media access to practice has ended, we won’t get much coverage on the latest signing, my thoughts are that he probably won’t make the 53-man roster which is due to be cut down next weekend, a potential candidate for the PS though.
With news that the #Patriots plan to sign wide receiver Andre Baccellia, I watched a few games of his and I wanted to make a thread on him!
— Kyle (@GimRari) August 29, 2020
Follow the above tweet for a good thread and analysis by @GimRari on the Pats new wide-out, including some film review.
Earlier I found out that today would be the last media attended practice allowed during camp, so for one final time this season, here are today’s Tweets of Note.
Great way to close out camp access. Looks like they’re going thru a dry run of warmups. pic.twitter.com/NNVS49L3nw
— Mike Dussault (@MikeDussault19) August 28, 2020
The Patriots moved the practice into Gillette Stadium today for what we anticipated to be a full-speed scrimmage session. Unfortunately, it was a glorified walkthrough in shorts and shells.
[Read more…] about Tweets of Note: 2020 Camp -#11 8/28Four Catches, Fourteen Targets: Putting Kenbrell Thompkins’ Week 1 Numbers in Context | NEPatriotsDraft.com Quick look back from Oliver Thomas at NEPD. Gonna need him to make some plays tonight for sure.