Mike Reiss of ESPNBoston.com reports:
The New England Patriots announced Wednesday afternoon that they’ve agreed to terms with running back Kevin Faulk.
The team did not release the terms of the deal, but a source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter the deal was for one year and will be signed Thursday. Another source said that Faulk [...]
Mike Reiss of ESPNBoston.com reports:
Free-agent cornerback Leigh Bodden has reached an agreement in principle to return to the New England Patriots, ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter reports.
Bodden, who spent today in Houston visiting the Texans, had also been keeping an open dialogue with the Patriots. While an agreement in principle has been reached with New [...]
Written by Stephen Verman, this will be the first in a series of articles breaking down each of the teams in the AFC East, looking at their strengths and weaknesses, and the tasks that lie ahead for each team in the offseason.
Buffalo Bills:
2009 record: 6-10
2009 record vs. Patriots: 0-2
Last season the Patriots won two close [...]
According to Leigh Bodden’s agent Alvin Keels, Patriots’ free agent cornerback Leigh Bodden is expected to visit the Houston Texans on a free agent visit. Bodden, 28, had 55 tackles and five interceptions in fifteen games for the Patriots last year.
While the Patriots have shown interest in retaining Bodden, losing him would create a need [...]
Bills’ free agent wide receiver Josh Reed is set to visit the New England Patriots tomorrow, according to Pro Football Talk:
Free agent wide receiver Josh Reed has scheduled a visit to New England.
A league source tells PFT’s Mike Florio that Reed will visit the Patriots on Sunday.
Reed is coming off a season in which he [...]
The highly anticipated contract extension for Vince Wilfork is finally here. And boy is it big. According to multiple reports, the Patriots have inked Wilfork for five years at $40 million, with $25 million in guarantees. $18 million will be in signing bonuses.
This is a huge move for the Patriots. First, it sends a great [...]
Christopher Price of WEEI.com reports:
WEEI.com has confirmed a report via a league source that the Patriots have expressed an interest in bringing back Le Kevin Smith. Smith, a defensive lineman who was taken by the Patriots in the sixth round of the 2006 draft, played three years in New England before being dealt to Denver [...]
The Patriots have made their first major move in free agency, and it involves keeping one of their own. Today, the Patriots announced that they signed outside linebacker Tully Banta-Cain to a three year contract extension. The deal will be worth an average of $4.5 million a year, with incentives that could bring it up [...]
And just like that, maybe Julius Peppers signing with the Bears isn’t set in stone. According to Ian Rapoport of the Boston Herald, the Patriots are making a hard push to sign the dynamic pass rusher:
The Patriots have an offer on the table for Panthers DE Julius Peppers, a source told the Boston Herald.
How much [...]
We’re officially nine hours in to the 2010 league year, and unlike last year, the Patriots haven’t been too busy with outside free agents yet. Their focus has been in retaining some of their own, namely Tully Banta-Cain, Leigh Bodden, Kevin Faulk, and Vince Wilfork.
With Banta-Cain, all indications are that a deal is in place [...]
