Barkevious Mingo:

The Patriots landed the uber-athletic Mingo for a 5th round draft pick during the end of August in 2016. Mingo was a former 1st round draft pick #6 overall

The Patriots will enter the 2017 offseason with a ton of cap space ($61,248,593) but have 21 players hitting free agency.

The most immediate focus on Bill Belichick and defensive coordinator Matt Patricia… is how to breathe some life in what has been a moribund pass rush.

The most important stat per Belichick is points allowed by the defense. The Patriots are currently third in the NFL allowing only 16.5 points per game

One thing about Belichick is that he doesn’t care what people think, doesn’t pay attention to the media and will put himself out there for criticism.

The Patriots will welcome back both QB Tom Brady and DE Rob Ninkovich on Monday. Two of the current members of the roster will have to be cut to make room

In this episode, we looked back at the last two Pre-Season Games for the Patriots. We also had a discussion of potential cuts getting the Patriots down to their 53 man roster.

Here’s a look at this morning’s top stories for Tuesday August 30, 2016.

“These guys have got a couple months on me. It’s a challenge, but the guys here are really helping me come along, just get me ready to play.”

Bill Belichick and Nick Caserio look at the same player and ask, How can we take what he does best and make it work within the framework of our system?

Seemingly out of thin air, the Patriots landed Barkevious Mingo from the Cleveland Browns in exchange for a fifth-round pick.

Bill Belichick and the Pats, however, swung a deal for the Cleveland Browns former #6 overall pick Barkevious Mingo. He upgrades the depth on the edge.