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The Patriots conducted the mini-camp practice in shorts, shells, and helmets with no contact on Monday.

Bill Belichick stated that the Monday OTA was very good and that they would be scaling back the speed at this OTA. 

This is a compilation of various reports from the Patriots’ open media day of the Organized Team Activity.

Todd King was a native of Dracut MA, the next town over.  He was born in Lowell and attended Central Catholic HS in Lawrence.  A son of Merrimack Valley.

Now that the Patriots’ Official Schedule is out, we can look at it and project wins and losses.

While waiting for the Patriots’ rookie camp to occur, it seems everyone is doing a “way too early” 53-man roster projection.

With the draft in the rearview window, I am cleaning off the notepad with some thoughts about what happened to the Patriots and who they picked.

With the 2023 New England Patriots draft in the books, I will take a look at the draft overall and the Day 3 picks.

Day 2 has come and gone and the Patriots made just two selections and no trades despite having 11 picks still in the basket. 

I have been following the draft prospects since the 1st week of January.  I think I had one mock draft with Christian Gonzalez going to the Patriots.  In my final Mock Draft, I posted 4 scenarios for the Patriots’ first selection.  Little did I know that both #4 and #1 would end up happening.

The NFL Draft is a crapshoot and a guess.  If I get 7 correct it’s considered a win.

It is finally Draft Week and the Patriots Draft brain trust is up against the fence to deliver a quality 2023 Draft.  The pressure is on.  Which way will they go?

The radio talk shows are salivating over a potential full and open QB competition.  They want the controversy to drive their ratings and give them easy fodder to fill the 4-hour timeslot. This would be absolutely stupid.

Some Patriots-related thoughts this afternoon, as well some news Morsels.

The Pro Days are now complete and the teams are now bringing prospects into their facilities for further evaluation both physically and mentally.  Some are coming because of medical issues the teams want to check.  They are limited to  30 players.