• Jets mailbag: How vulnerable are the Patriots right now?

    Jets mailbag: How vulnerable are the Patriots right now?

    You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: the Jets. Can the Jets beat out the Patriots this year? — Patrick Grant With Tom Brady in Tampa, can …
  • It sounds like Patriots have NFL Draft plan to find Tom Brady’s successor

    It sounds like Patriots have NFL Draft plan to find Tom Brady’s successor

    The Patriots landed the steal of their sport’s history, snagging Tom Brady with the 199th pick in the 2000 NFL Draft. Two decades later, New England doesn’t appear likely to sit back and wait for Brady’s successor to fall into their lap. Though the Patriots — who hold the 23rd overall pick — currently sit …
  • Matt Cassel’s Patriots success fuels Bill Belichick’s post-Tom Brady optimism

    Matt Cassel’s Patriots success fuels Bill Belichick’s post-Tom Brady optimism

    With a few slight exceptions, the Patriots spent the last 19 years building an offense around one player. Now it’s time to get creative. With Tom Brady, who started 283 of 304 games for the franchise over the last 19 seasons, out the door and with the Buccaneers, Bill Belichick and his staff are left …
  • Bill Belichick is treating Tom Brady like any other ex-Patriot now

    Bill Belichick is treating Tom Brady like any other ex-Patriot now

    Patriots head coach Bill Belichick is ready to move forward from longtime quarterback Tom Brady. To open up a conference call Monday, Belichick referred to the statement he made on Brady at the start of NFL free agency and added that he’s sure “we’ll be talking about him for years and decades to come.” But …
  • Dolphins, scheming Patriots and the teams that will rule NFL Draft 2020

    Dolphins, scheming Patriots and the teams that will rule NFL Draft 2020

    The largest television audience ever to watch an NFL Draft should get used to hearing these eight words on loop: “The Miami Dolphins are now on the clock.” The draft set a record in 2019 with 6.1 million viewers across all networks and platforms – up 11 percent from the previous high set in 2018, …
  • Julian Edelman fires back at Patriots NFL Draft trade idea involving Tua Tagovailoa

    Julian Edelman fires back at Patriots NFL Draft trade idea involving Tua Tagovailoa

    If jokes about receding hairlines are any indication, Julian Edelman isn’t a fan of anyone who says the Patriots should trade him away. A week after FS1’s Nick Wright suggested on his show, “First Things First,” that the Patriots could use “Julian bleeping Edelman” in a trade for the Lions’ No. 3 pick, the wide …
  • Terry Bradshaw has become the chief Tom Brady antagonist: ‘Tired of soap opera’

    Terry Bradshaw has become the chief Tom Brady antagonist: ‘Tired of soap opera’

    First Terry Bradshaw said Tom Brady’s departure from the Patriots must have involved his “ego,” and now he seems even more bothered by the fact that three weeks later, the quarterback’s stunning move is still getting so much attention. “It’s just a lot of things. I’m a little bit tired of all this soap opera …
  • Bruce Arians was seriously paranoid about a Tom Brady about-face

    Bruce Arians was seriously paranoid about a Tom Brady about-face

    Even the victors of the Tom Brady free-agency sweepstakes didn’t believe he would leave New England until the ink was dry. NFL insider Jay Glazer, who has a “very tight” relationship with Bruce Arians, described the the Buccaneers head coach’s paranoia that the six-time Super Bowl Champion would jilt them in the 11th-hour. “Believe it …
  • Tom Brady was the ‘most unhappy 8-0 quarterback’ last season: Al Michaels

    Tom Brady was the ‘most unhappy 8-0 quarterback’ last season: Al Michaels

    Not even an undefeated start could cure Tom Brady’s Patriots unhappiness last year, according to NBC play-by-play man Al Michaels. After Brady confirmed his Patriots expiration date Wednesday during a two-hour interview with Howard Stern, Michaels told Mike Tirico on NBC Sports’ “Lunch Talk Live” that he recalled a November conversation with the 42-year-old quarterback …
  • Tom Brady reviews Rob Gronkowski’s ‘amazing’ penis

    Tom Brady reviews Rob Gronkowski’s ‘amazing’ penis

    Tom Brady saw plenty in the locker room during his 20 years with the Patriots, including Rob Gronkowski’s you know what. Discussing the former tight end’s “great physique” Wednesday in an extensive interview with Howard Stern, Brady recalled how Gronkowski “would get naked” in the locker room with the press present. “Literally throw his towel …