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Steve Balestrieri Archive

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Patriots Week 11 Report Card In 28-22 Loss To The Rams

November 19, 2024 | Steve Balestrieri

" He looks like a stud,” Rams' coach Sean McVay said. "You can see just the impact that he has on his teammates.

Patriots News 11-24 And Players To Watch vs. Miami

November 24, 2024 | Steve Balestrieri

Look for the Patriots and Maye to go to the quick passing game and attack the middle of the field. The TEs will feature this week.

Patriots Week 12 Report Card In 34-15 No-Show Loss To Miami

November 26, 2024 | Steve Balestrieri

The tight ends were (no surprise) a bright spot for the offense. They were targeted 12 times and had 10 catches for 103 yards and a touchdown. 

Patriots News 12-01 And Players To Watch vs. The Colts

December 01, 2024 | Steve Balestrieri

This week, they (Henry and Hooper) are facing a Colts defense that is among the worst in the league at defending tight ends.

Patriots Week 13 Report Card In Last Minute Loss To Indy

December 03, 2024 | Steve Balestrieri

They outgained Indy 422-252. But the Patriots were only 2-6 in the red zone, while Indy was 3-4. Penalties were once again an issue.

Patriots News 12-08 And Where They’re At On Bye Week

December 08, 2024 | Steve Balestrieri

" But as long as our focus is on setting a foundation and getting better every week, I feel pretty good about it.” - Jerod Mayo

Patriots News 12-15 And Players To Watch In Arizona

December 15, 2024 | Steve Balestrieri

Fair or not, it falls on Maye to get it done in the red zone. But AVP has to get creative and loosen things up for the rookie quarterback.

Patriots Week 14 Report Card In Ugly Loss To Arizona

December 17, 2024 | Steve Balestrieri

Maye completed 19 of 23 passes overall for 202 yards with an average of 8.8 yards per pass with a TD and an INT for a passer rating of 99.6.

Patriots News 12-22 And Players To Watch In Buffalo

December 22, 2024 | Steve Balestrieri

“Yeah, I feel for Bar,” (Christian Barmore) Mayo said during his Friday press conference at Gillette Stadium. “He did everything right:

Patriots Week 16 Report Card In 24-21 Loss To Buffalo

December 24, 2024 | Steve Balestrieri

Jonathan Jones deserved a game-ball for his work in this game, covering the Bills’ most explosive player, Khalil Shakir, who was in the slot.

Patriots News 12-28 And Patriots Routed 40-7 By LA

December 29, 2024 | Steve Balestrieri

" We just didn’t play well enough in any phase of the game. No complementary football. That’s what you get." — Jerod Mayo

Patriots News 1-05, Drake Maye Should Sit Today

January 05, 2025 | Steve Balestrieri

"Because they have every right to do that,(boo) in my opinion. It’s professional sports. If you don’t want to (hear) that, go coach in Alaska"

Patriots News 1-12: A New Head Coach Soon?

January 12, 2025 | Steve Balestrieri

His culture? "I've always thought (a team's best players have to be its hardest workers)," Vrabel told Scott Pioli

Patriots News 1-19, With Vrabel In Place, Next Are the Coordinators

January 19, 2025 | Steve Balestrieri

"We’re going to remove entitlement from our football team. We’re going to get everything that we’ve earned." - Mike Vrabel

Patriots News 1-26: With the Coordinators, It’s Back to the Future

January 26, 2025 | Steve Balestrieri

"He's exciting, talented, ready to learn and ready to continue to develop. He's athletic and mobile," Vrabel on Drake Maye.

Patriots News 2-2, Maye’s Excited To Work With McDaniels/Vrabel

February 02, 2025 | Steve Balestrieri

Coach McDaniels... the success he's had, I'm fortunate to be able to have a guy come in who has done it at a high level and learn from him

Patriots News 2-9, Super Bowl Week, Free Agency Looming

February 09, 2025 | Steve Balestrieri

"Coach McDaniels has been one of the best in the business as a coordinator, and looking forward to running the offense that Tom Brady did.”

Patriots News 2-16, Breaking Down The Roster

February 16, 2025 | Steve Balestrieri

The coaches made it clear that they want “violent players,” and Peppers will thrive in that system. He brings the lumber on every play.

Mock Draft 1.0 Pre-Free Agency: Best Player Available

February 24, 2025 | Steve Balestrieri

Matt Miller said on “X”: “For me, it's Abdul Carter 1st overall and then there's a gap to every other prospect in this class.”

Patriots News 3-02, The Combine and Free Agency

March 02, 2025 | Steve Balestrieri

I have been able to do that and moved Ben [McAdoo] over to defense to help Terrell and his staff just look at it from an offensive perspective

Patriots News 3-09, Free Agency Shopping List

March 09, 2025 | Steve Balestrieri

Read would be a nice fit opposite Christian Gonzalez. Reed, 28, has been the New York Jets No. 2 cornerback opposite Sauce Gardner

Patriots News 3-16, FA Fills Multiple Roster Holes, Andrews Gone

March 16, 2025 | Steve Balestrieri

“I just want to be known as doing it all, versatile, Swiss Army knife, like I said, line up anywhere and be productive." -Milton Williams

Mock Draft 2.0, Early Free Agency Edition

March 17, 2025 | Steve Balestrieri

“I love his speed and the way he opens up coverages, but if you take him, you have to get him the ball more. He’s special as a runner.”

Patriots News 3-23, Team Building 101, What About Bentley?

March 23, 2025 | Steve Balestrieri

I really like the defensive line, but it is a BIG if Christian Barmore’s health issues (blood clots) are behind him.

Patriots News 3-30, How Vrable and Wolf Rebuilt The Team

March 30, 2025 | Steve Balestrieri

"That’s somebody ...creating a standard of what it is to play with speed and violence and physicality and effort and relentlessness." 

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