• Patriots trading Rob Gronkowski to Tom Brady’s Buccaneers in shocking return

    Patriots trading Rob Gronkowski to Tom Brady’s Buccaneers in shocking return

    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 …
  • Patriots may be forced to trade Joe Thuney at NFL Draft

    Patriots may be forced to trade Joe Thuney at NFL Draft

    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 …
  • Ex-Patriot Ben Watson: Jarrett Stidham can be team’s QB answer

    Ex-Patriot Ben Watson: Jarrett Stidham can be team’s QB answer

    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 …
  • Buccaneers’ Tom Brady still isn’t over his famous NFL Draft snub

    Buccaneers’ Tom Brady still isn’t over his famous NFL Draft snub

    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 …
  • 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 …