Searching For The Next David Givens
In 2002, the Patriots selected receiver Deion Branch in the second round. The Louisville product became Tom Brady’s go-to pass-catcher and earned a Super Bowl MVP trophy after New England beat...
View ArticleCombine Snubs Who Showed ’Em, Part II
As we mentioned in Part I, kudos to Gil Brandt and his pro day blog on NFL.com. A very entertaining read. Below, we cite some more players who lacked invitations to the combine but whose performances...
View ArticleCombine Snubs Who Showed ’Em, Part III (Best Of)
College football players must feel disappointed when they don’t receive an invitation to the NFL combine to show off their skills. One consolation is that they can perform drills on their respective...
View ArticleLooking For Something In Returns
With Danny Woodhead going to San Diego and Julian Edelman visiting other teams, New England’s return game has an uncertain future. Yes, the Pats signed Leon Washington, but the former Seahawk is 30...
View ArticleAll In The Patriots Family
With New England currently owning a mere five picks in the 2013 draft, that means they’ll have to fill spring camp with rookie free agents. Let’s preview some potential undrafted newbies who could...
View ArticleA Belichick Draft: The Tendencies
New England begins this week with five draft picks: one each in the first, second and third rounds, plus two in the seventh. No one can read Bill Belichick’s mind (we imagine it’s full of X’s, O’s,...
View ArticleNavy Football Voice Bob Socci Is The New #Patriots Voice
Bob Socci 98.5 The Sports Hub announced today that Bob Socci (pronounced SO-See) will be the new radio voice of the New England Patriots, replacing the legendary Gil Santos. Socci has been the radio...
View ArticleThe Pats Draft We’d Like To See
Way back in February, we wrote about the various draft modes Coach Bill Belichick could choose. Of those, we’ve decided to stay put with the five picks available to New England this year for our very...
View ArticlePatriots Draft Review Panel
We at Boston Sports Media Watch couldn’t do much without the actual Boston sports media, so we figured we’d get a few of our locals involved in a New England draft review. Joining Bruce Allen and...
View ArticleWho’s The FA? UDFA!
New England has made an annual habit of holding on to at least one undrafted free agent (UDFA) who had to wait out seven rounds of the draft before booking a plane ticket. Below, we review some of the...
View ArticleTop Ten Potential Replacements For What’s-His-Face
The Patriots must seek another pass-catcher after a certain Tight End Who Shan’t Be Named got released due to alleged “troubles.” Troubles. Suddenly we’re speaking about Foxboro the same way we...
View ArticleSearching For The Next Mosi Tatupu
It’s been a busy summer for the New England Patriots, for many of the wrong reasons. Now that training camp lies just around the corner (yes, please), we figured we’d get away from all that nasty...
View ArticlePatriots Preseason Network Affiliates, Schedule, and Crew
The Patriots today officially announced the changes to their preseason telecasts. The longtime duo of Don Criqui and Randy Cross is no more, and the format is being changed to something new in the...
View ArticleForethoughts On Four Games
This season on BSMW, we’ll provide some thoughts going into each quarter of New England’s 2013 campaign. We begin with one of our favorite months of the year, August, due to the preseason. No...
View ArticleThe Exaggerated Myth of Bill Parcells in New England
Let me begin this post by saying that I LOVED having Bill Parcells as coach of the New England Patriots, and wished he had stayed on. When he was hired by the Patriots, I was ecstatic, having found...
View ArticlePlagiarist Ruins Perfectly Good Rolling Stone Feature
Why’d you do it, Rolling Stone? After already angering much of Boston last month with the cover story on Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the magazine this time ruins an otherwise sterling feature on Aaron...
View ArticleForethoughts On Four Games: First Quarter 2013
After a preseason that featured a contrast between early positive signs and a harrowing experience in Detroit (maybe not the first time that phrase has surfaced), New England starts the 2013 season...
View ArticleThree Up, Three Down on Patriots Coverage
It seems like a popular thing to do with various posts covering the Patriots is to list a few players who played well, and a few who were bad. They’re called “stock watch” or “three up, three down” or...
View ArticlePatriots Shadow Roster (We Think)
The term “shadow roster” sounds ominous, but it just refers to New England managing the back end of their active 53 players. Every team has a call list of available free agents, it just seems like...
View ArticleReceivers Who Could Fit In Foxboro
Over the past couple of weeks (in our shadow roster piece and quarterly report) we’ve discussed various wide receivers who might provide some depth to the position while Danny Amendola gets brought...
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