Demario Douglas:

With nine days left before March comes to an end, Jerod Mayo and the Patriots still find themselves with some key needs ahead of next month’s NFL Draft.

While there has been some speculation that the club might be willing to entertain offers for the #3 overall pick, it sounds like New England plans on staying where they are next month.

One of the things that Eliot Wolf told reporters ahead of the Scouting Combine is that he’s a big proponent of keeping homegrown talent in the fold, and to far through free agency, that’s certainly held true.

If you practiced against him, you got better, or you got embarrassed, one of the two. He brought competitiveness, intensity, and focus.

Christian Barmore was a dominant game-wrecker with eight tackles (five solo), three sacks, five QB pressures, a forced fumble, and two TFLs.

“They play fast. There’s not much no-huddle, but the tempo that they play within the huddle,” Belichick on Denver’s offense.

Barmore has been fantastic in the second half of the season. He logged six tackles, a sack, two TFLs, and two QB hits.

“Defensively, Jones is a major problem. They have a good scheme. They put a lot of pressure on you with different looks and different blitzes

With the team about to face the Kansas City Chiefs, it sounds like the New England Patriots may get a key player back on offense this weekend.

The Chargers are the 4th worst-rated defenses in terms of covering TEs. And they’ve allowed the third-most yards per game (65) against TEs

Stevenson finished with 98 yards on 21 carries (4.7 yards per carry) and was gashing the Giants up the middle.

But if this had been the Patriots with Brady at QB, this would have been all over the network news.

There are rumors that Bill Belichick could be fired if the team loses on Sunday. Even Mike Reiss of ESPN isn’t totally discounting that one. 

When the Patriots stopped Washington and would have had the ball at the 43-yard line. But Mack Wilson was flagged for lining up offside,

“I think this has probably been his best week,” Belichick said. of Boutte ” “Performance, consistency, assignments, production.