Lou Merloni:

Patriots quarterback Mac Jones appeared on Jones and Mego with Arcand on Monday at Gillette Stadium, with the signal-caller taking part in the first of likely many awkward exchanges heading into the 2023 football season.

Good morning, I’m giving Steve a breather this week as we get into this week’s column for 9/4, along with some various other NFL notes as we get set for the regular season to kick off this week.

WEEI radio host Lou Merloni learned the hard way on Monday not to bet against Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady.

It appears former Patriots LB Tedy Bruschi is headed back to his alma mater to get into coaching.

If you listened to WEEI on Friday, Kirk Minihane of “Kirk and Callahan” dropped some disturbing comments about Julian Edelman.