{"id":36956,"date":"2021-05-23T05:00:03","date_gmt":"2021-05-23T09:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/?p=36956"},"modified":"2021-05-22T13:53:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-22T17:53:12","slug":"new-england-patriots-news-05-23-never-a-dull-moment-in-foxboro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2021\/05\/23\/new-england-patriots-news-05-23-never-a-dull-moment-in-foxboro\/","title":{"rendered":"New England Patriots News 05-23, Never a Dull Moment in Foxboro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good morning, here is your <\/span><b>Sunday Patriots news 05-23 and AFC East Notes <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this morning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With rookie minicamp in the books, OTAs are starting and it won\u2019t be long until we start seeing football players doing football things&#8230;It has been a long time since the Super Bowl in February. But we are edging closer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have you checked out our team news feature for all 32 teams yet? It is a great resource to keep up with what is going on all across the NFL.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>\u00a0<\/b><b>Quick Hitters For the Pats, and the NFL:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b>Patriots Team Plane: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Patriots team plane is once again, the focal point in helping people during the COVID-19 pandemic. Last year, Robert Kraft sent the Patriots 767 to China to pick up a planeload of N-95 masks for medical and first-responder personnel.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week the Patriots plane brought half a million much-need COVID vaccines to the people of El Salvador. The Secretary of Communications for the El Sal government posted the arrival of Twitter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\">Hace siete d\u00edas, no compromet\u00edamos con alcaldes hondure\u00f1os a donar vacunas, al mismo tiempo recib\u00edamos otro lote.<\/p>\n<p>Hoy, continuamos recibiendo m\u00e1s lotes de este f\u00e1rmaco que nos ayuda en la lucha contra la pandemia del <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RhmEWC9jSr\">pic.twitter.com\/RhmEWC9jSr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Secretar\u00eda de Comunicaciones (@ComunicacionSV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ComunicacionSV\/status\/1394885074944991233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well done Mr. Kraft, once again.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Julio Jones: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where\u2019s that Twitter picture (at least a dozen years old) of Julio Jones renting a car at Logan&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Adrian Colbert: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Patriots are signing safety Adrian Colbert who spent time with the Niners and Seahawks before spending the past two seasons with the Dolphins and Giants. Although he is a deep safety, he\u2019s known for his hard-hitting style and was known as \u201cThe Punisher\u201d for his physical style of play.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s my thing,\u201d he said a few years ago during an interview. \u201cIt\u2019s me. I\u2019m not just coming in to make a normal tackle. I\u2019m not trying to just get you down. I\u2019m trying to punish you. I\u2019m trying to impose my will on you. I\u2019m trying to make people scared to come over the middle of the field.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He brings even more depth to the safety position and may challenge Joshuah Bledsoe for a roster slot.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Tyler Gaffney: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Patriots brought back a familiar face in re-signing former RB and current minor-league baseball player Gaffney to a contract. Gaffney was a member of the Patriots for parts of three seasons on both injured reserve and the practice squad. Although he never suited up for a regular-season or playoff game due to the team\u2019s depth at the time, he\u2019s the recipient of two Super Bowl rings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But he played well in preseason and stood out for the team with 35 rushes for 152 yards with a TD in the 2016 preseason. He played well in the Pirates minor league system but is giving the NFL one more shot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Tom Brady: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Talk about forgiving and forgetting&#8230;Brady has a new mini-series coming out with ESPN called \u201cThe Man in the Arena\u201d and it is due out this fall. It covers all 10 of Brady\u2019s Super Bowl seasons \u201cincluding 2007 unfortunately\u201d, Brady said in the teaser trailer that was released this week.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The thought here was that after the way the network treated Brady during the \u201cSpygate\u201d among other issues during his career, that he was the forgiving sort. And I wasn\u2019t alone in that sentiment as a good friend who also has the initials T.B.\u00a0 thought the same thing in a Facebook message.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The famous \u201cMan in the Arena\u201d speech was given by Teddy Roosevelt in 1910 at the Sorbonne in Paris, and is one of the most widely quoted speeches of his life. But it was actually titled \u201cCitizenship in a Republic\u201d and the excerpt which is among the best quotes that can be used in a variety of life\u2019s professions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.&#8221;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now&#8230;as Paul Harvey used to say, you know&#8230;the rest of the story.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Salary Cap Questions? Ask Miguel: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is no one with more knowledge when it comes to NE\u2019s salary cap than our old buddy Miguel Benzan aka <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/patscap.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">@Patscap<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. If you\u2019re going anywhere else for salary cap information, you\u2019re doing yourself a disservice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>4th &amp; 2 Podcast<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; If you haven\u2019t checked out our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/cottage-talk\/patriots-fourth-and-two-blog-talk-radio-feed\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PatsFans.com podcast, <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPatriots 4th &amp; 2\u201d in a bit, you haven\u2019t missed any. We really need to get our collective a$$es back in the studio.\u00a0 Russ, Derek, and I recorded a post-draft podcast a few weeks ago.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Russ Francis\/ Chuck Fairbanks:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The former Patriot tight end and head coach both should be in the Patriots team Hall of Fame&#8230;this will be on our Sunday posts until it happens.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Thoughts on Bringing Back Brian Hoyer:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Patriots resigned Brian Hoyer last week and the more excitable members of the fan base had collective apoplexy. But as always, there is a method to the madness that surrounds Bill Belichick, and while there are plenty who disagree with the signing (as is your right), there are several scenarios where it makes perfect sense.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First up is the Patriots\u2019 intricate offensive system. This isn\u2019t the easiest to learn for any QB, never mind a rookie 1st round pick such as Mac Jones. Hoyer is like the Josh McCown of the Patriots, while his physical skills aren\u2019t going to wow anyone, his mind, specifically his knowledge of the Patriots\u2019 offensive system is second to none as players go. And probably only Josh McDaniels and Belichick only know it better. So, he\u2019s like a coach on the field.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And this&#8230;being the spring, the Patriots\u2019 coaches are limited to how much time they can spend with the players. But fellow players can spend as much time as they want together. And Hoyer can in invaluable in that aspect working on every conceivable question for the rookie. It would surprise me greatly if I learned that Hoyer and Jones weren\u2019t spending an inordinate amount of time together this spring.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why not Cam you say? Well he should and probably will lend some of his experience, but this spring\/summer Cam is intent on improving upon a horrific 2020 season. He has his own work to do building rapport with a host of new TEs and WRs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I also believe (and to a lesser extent) that Hoyer is insurance in the case that the coaching staff believes that Jones isn\u2019t ready and Newton gets injured at the end of TC or very early in the season. Hoyer is hardly a world-beater but the team went to him last year and if Jarrett Stidham didn\u2019t play at the end of last season, then things aren\u2019t too rosy looking for him. Of course, he could come in and light it up this year. But don\u2019t hold your breath.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The feeling is here that if Jones shows great progress, and reportedly he\u2019s making a lot of it so far, then the Patriots will release Hoyer and bring him on in some type of coaching capacity. Doing so now would be counter-productive as he wouldn\u2019t be allowed to work with Jones as much in the off-season&#8230;that is against the rules and we know how the league would react to that&#8230;this isn\u2019t the Ravens as we all know.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Matthew Judon Signing Continues to Fly Under the Radar:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking of the Ravens&#8230;the Patriots\u2019 free agency signing of edge player Matthew Judon this spring continues to be a quiet one, lost in all the hoopla over talk among the new TEs, WRs, and QB frenzy during the draft. But not for Lawrence Guy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI was thrilled when I saw Judon got signed,\u201d Guy said to Zack Cox of NESN. \u201cI remember when I left Baltimore, I said to one of the coaches, I remember him when he came out, went to a (Division-II) school, and his growth over those years was impressive. And I knew he was going to be great. I remember when I left Baltimore, I looked at my coach and said \u2018this kid is going to be special.&#8217;\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Judon led the Ravens in sacks for the past two seasons and now joins his former teammate in Baltimore in New England. And he should be one of the cornerstones of a very revamped Patriots defense. Dont\u2019a Hightower is back, and if he\u2019s anything like when he was last on the field, he\u2019ll be the QB of the front seven. Kyle Van Noy is back and after adding Devin Godchaux, Henry Anderson, Raekwon McMillan, Montravius Adams in free agency and re-signing Guy, Deatrich Wise, and Carl Davis, and with the added experience that Josh Uche, Chase Winovich, and Anfernee Jennings should get this year, the front seven should be vastly improved. But Judon remains somewhat under the radar.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While New England went gaga over the signings on offense, Belichick rewarded Judon with a four-year, $56 million deal, making Judon the highest-paid defender in Patriots history. We expect that he\u2019ll have a big role in the defense.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">_______________<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSo, how was your week?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow me on Twitter @SteveB7SFG or email me at<\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/patspub.patsfans.com\/stevebpatsfans@gmail.com\"> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stevebpatsfans@gmail.com<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listen to our<\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\/patriotsfourthandtwo\"> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patriots 4th and 2<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> podcasts on Stitcher and Streamyard as Russ Goldman, Derek Havens, and myself from<\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/\"> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PatsFans.com<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> discuss the latest Patriots news and game analysis.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> the Patriots\u2019 coaches are limited to how much time they can spend with the players. 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