Daily news and links for Tuesday
TEAM TALK
- Transaction: Patriots sign T Jalen McKenzie to the practice squad.
- Evan Lazar tackles this week’s Patriots Mailbag: Should Drake Maye start for the Patriots this season? Plus: Alex Van Pelt’s offense, and fixes for the O-Line and defense.
- Alexandra Francisco has the story of Antonio Gibson and Jaylinn Hawkins enjoying ‘The Big E’ on their weekend off
- Press Conference: Jerod Mayo.
- WEEI Patriots Monday: Jerod Mayo – Jacoby Brissett.
LOCAL LINKS
- Taylor Kyles’ Film Room: Patriots offensive scheme shows glimpses of promise in ugly loss.
- Mark Daniels tells us help is on the way for both the offense and defense.
- Dan Kelley points out that the NFL isn’t off to a great start, and that’s good news for New England.
- Andrew Callahan and Doug Kyed report the offense gets mixed news at Monday’s practice: LG Sidy Sow participated in his first practice in more than a month, and LT Vederian Lowe was also present, but limited.
- Nick O’Malley notes Jerod Mayo changed his tune about Brissett vs. Maye after an all-night film session, “I couldn’t sleep, so I watched all the film … through the wee hours of the morning.”
- Chris Mason highlights Jerod Mayo saying he pinpointed what he believes is going wrong for the offensive line in pass protection.
- Tom Carroll relays Jerod Mayo about his conversation with the OL about their pass protection woes and more. Mayo said he showed the team a picture of a mirror in one of his slides to emphasize that it’s on them to improve
- Andrew Callahan’s Patriots extra points: Why Jerod Mayo mentioned the Steelers in a team meeting Monday.
- Justin Leger considers if the Pats should bring in a veteran QB to back up Brissett. Albert Breer makes the case that they should.
- Doug Kyed reports the Patriots signed OT Jalen McKenzie to their practice squad Monday. McKenzie, 25, most recently spent time with the Raiders. The 6-foot-5, 315-pounder went undrafted out of USC in 2022 and began his career with the Titans.
- Doug Kyed notes Christian Gonzalez doesn’t care about outside grades
- Justin Leger explains how San Francisco is banged up heading into Sunday’s game vs. the Patriots.
- Justin Leger revisits how 20 years ago, Corey Dillon produced the greatest statistical season by a running back in New England Patriots history.
- Conor Ryan writes how Mac Jones had a disastrous debut in the Jaguars’ blowout loss to the Bills last night.
- Jerry Thornton says it looks like we’ve got a positive ID on one of the Raiders Antonio Pierce accused of ‘making business decisions.’ Patriots fans are gonna love this. /We see you Jack Jones, lol.
- Pats Procrastination podcast: Clare Cooper and Chudders break down the breakdowns from Week 3. (38 min.)
- Locked On Patriots podcast: Mike D’Abate and Steve Balestrieri recap Pats-Jets: Jacoby Brissett, Drake Maye, time for a QB change? (38 min.)
NATIONAL NEWS
- Will Brinson (CBS Sports) Sorting the NFL Sunday Pile, Week 3: Vikings’ remarkable resurgence, Andy Dalton!, panic level for 1-2 teams. Patriots: Thursday’s ugly performance notwithstanding, this has been a “positive” start to the year for Jerod Mayo in his inaugural season. They should probably be 2-1 instead, but they’ve been largely competitive and we have yet to see Drake Maye under center, though the calls are getting louder. No panic needed given the expectations.
- Jeffri Chadiha (NFL.com) The First Read: Buy or sell five surprise teams off to hot starts? Risers/sliders from Week 3; MVP rankings
- Pete Prisco (CBS Sports) NFL Week 3 Post Pattern: QBs paying painful price for subpar O-line play, Brian Flores a genius; More.
- Nate Davis (USA Today) 32 things we learned in Week 3: These QB truths can’t be denied.
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Jerod Mayo: We have to support Jacoby Brissett, keep him clean and give him opportunities.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Patriots-Jets generates 13.37 million viewers, despite lopsided outcome. /Everyone loves a train wreck when it’s the Patriots going off the rails.
- Shanna McCarriston (CBS Sports) Five things you may have missed from Week 3: First career TDs, safety gets interception in third straight game; More.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) It’s way too early for marginal teams to be regarded as buyers at trade deadline.