Mar 01, 2026
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Daily news and links for Friday
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Daily news and links for Friday
- Evan Lazar shares five essentials from the Defensive Line, Edge and Linebacker drills at the Combine:
- Patriots draft countdown: Day 3 of media at the combine;Matt Smith and Mike Dussault discuss the upside and TE prospects.Guest: Patriots College Scouting Director Tony Kinkela.(25 min. video)
- Unfiltered Patriots: News, free agency analysis.Team/League Update (2 hours)
- Mark Daniels and Karen Gurejian share what they're hearing about New England in the mix.
- Ethan Hurwitz's Harvester Notebook: The Patriot DB assembly line is about to begin.
- Alex Barth highlights the strengths of the 2026 combine: defensive lineman, edge rusher and linebacker.
- Mark Daniels & Karen Guregian see the Pats with plenty of options to bolster the EDGE depth chart.
- Sarah Marshall explains what it takes for Mike Vrabel and Elliott Wolff to get on the page about the Patriots' approach to free agency.
- Keagan Stiefel points to interior free agents the Patriots could turn down.
- Keagan Stiefel says the Pats have to decide what to do with three free agents, including TE Jack Westover.
- Justin Leger identifies seven "Vrabel guys" the Patriots will target in the 2026 NFL Draft.
– Tom E. Curran Patriots 2026 Roster Reset: Overcoming WR group still in need of updates.
- Doug Kayed explains why the Patriots say Drake Maye's contract situation won't affect the 2026 season.
— Andrew Callahan puts himself at the forefront of the Maxx Crosby trade train and believes the Patriots need to push a “win now” approach this offseason.
- Conor Ryan talks to Tom E. Curran about how the Pats can move on from Stefon Diggs.
- Mark Daniels and Karen Guregian suggest the Pats keep AJ Brown and Stefon Diggs.
- Mark Daniels discusses how the Patriots-Khairis Tonga deal talks broke down before free agency.
- Sara Marshall finds out Elliott Wolfe is sending a direct message to WR Kyle Williams after his slow rookie season.
- Graham Welker sees the Patriots rushing to find Antonio Gibson's perfect replacement in the draft.
-- Andrew Callahan reports source: The Patriots are rated as a bottom 10 franchise in the NFLPA's 2026 report card.
- Pats Chat Podcast: Doug Kidd and Michael Hurley discuss the latest A.J.Brown, Stefon Diggs and more news from the combine.(69 minutes)
- Gilberto Manzano (SI) NFL Combine the sights and sounds Day 3: Steak 'n Shake, Ponds and CB depth.
- Matt Miller, et al (ESPN) 2026 NFL Combine: Top draft prospects, best workouts, risers.
- Danielle Flick (SI) Mix of highs and lows: Sonny Styles takes over the show.
- Aaron Schatz (ESPN) 2026 NFL Free Agency: Each team should sign one player.Patriots: Edge Jaelan Phillips (PHI).
- Alex Ballantine (Bleacher Report) Perfect 2026 free agent signing for every team.Patriots: IOL Isaac Seumalo./Click for comment.
- Gary Davenport (Bleacher Report) 8 NFL free agents who could break the bank in 2026.
- Eva Geitheim (SI) What the harvest revealed about who stays and who goes in free agency.
- Matt Okada (NFL.com) 11 free agents to hit the market in 2026.
- Steven Ruiz (The Ringer) The early offseason QB Notebook: He aha te tino uara a Malik Willis?
- Kalin Kaler (ESPN) NFLPA 2026 report cards.See the results for all 32 teams./Good thing the NFL won a lawsuit to keep the NFL from releasing the results./Insert winking emoji here.
- Eva Geitheim (SI) Here's the letter the NFL sent to teams after the NFLPA reports were leaked.
