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A fourth-round pick?! That’s all the New England Patriots were able to acquire for Rob Gronkowski on Tuesday, when they traded perhaps the best tight end in NFL history to Tom Brady’s Buccaneers. It seems Bill Belichick and the Patriots had no other options but to pull the trigger on the deal that also featured …
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Rob Gronkowski is returning to his old quarterback, not his old team. In a shocking move Tuesday, the New England Patriots traded Gronkowski to the Buccaneers, along with a seventh-round pick in this week’s draft, for a fourth-rounder, according to ESPN. The deal came together after Gronkowski alerted the Patriots he wanted to return to …
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The Patriots franchise-tagged a building block on their offensive line in March, but he could still be on the move this week. The team and left guard Joe Thuney “haven’t been close” to an extension, ESPN reported Sunday, opening up the possibility the Patriots could trade him for a draft pick if the price is …
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It’s a new dawn in Foxborough, and the big question for the Patriots is who will succeed six-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady, who is now quarterbacking the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after 20 years in New England. As the 2020 NFL Draft — which begins Thursday — gets closer, speculation has increased about whether the …
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Tom Brady just won’t let it go – maybe that’s why he has six Super Bowl rings. The Buccaneers quarterback commemorated the 20-year anniversary of him being selected in the sixth round by the Patriots in the 2000 NFL Draft – 199th overall – by posting the list of signal-callers taken ahead of him to …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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, …