The Patriots have cut veteran tight end Ben Coates.

The Boston Globe reported this morning that the team has agreed to the terms of Lawyer Milloy’s agreement, but they’ll now need to sit down with Milloy and his agent Ray Anderson to work out the structure of the deal.

Don’t be surprised to see Michael Bishop at some point during next season.

When you think about it, the things that Drew Bledsoe, Terry Glenn, Shawn Jefferson and Ben Coates are capable of staggers the imagination.

Tebucky Jones is actually one hell of a guy.

Carroll has gone from the soft, mellow coach of the Patsies to a firm, strong leader who looks like a genius at present. And Parcells has gone from the pantheon of the greatest of the great NFL coaches to an overstuffed buffoon who is living down to his inability to be as good a GM as he is a coach.

The AFC East is heating up, and it appears that the race will come right down to the final week with the way things are going. Here’s a quick look at the rest of the AFC East teams.

Former Patriot Ray Lucas will return to the starting quarterback spot when the Jets come to Foxboro on Monday night, and Patriots head coach Pete Carroll knows that Lucas will be ready to go.

Head Coach Pete Carroll knows that it’s still not safe to take the Jets lightly.

For all those fans out in Patriot Nation that are concerned about the future of Lawyer Milloy, there appears to be good news on the horizon.