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Some leftovers from Thursday's weekly Patriots chat: Shamarko (Boston, MA): What impact can a healthy Ras I Dowling make to the Pats secondary? Could he challange for a starting position? Shamarko, there was a play in Tuesday's organized team a...

Every Thursday on ESPNBoston.com, there is a Patriots chat in the early afternoon. Today's chat kicked off at noon, can be recapped here, and included some of the following topics: 1. Outside wide receivers -- Michael Jenkins, Aaron Dobson and mor...

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady's celebration at the Kentucky Derby with connections to Orb was given widespread attention (video here), and Brady was asked about it this morning in an interview with the "Dennis and Callahan Show" on sports radio WEEI...

Every Thursday on ESPNBoston.com, there is a Patriots chat in the early afternoon. Today's chat is scheduled to kick off at noon, and questions can be asked in advance. Catch up then....

In this week's edition of "Reiss' P.A.T.", Mike Reiss checks in from OTAs at Gillette Stadium, visits with Bryan Morry, the executive director of the Patriots' Hall of Fame, and answers your Twitter questions....

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Eleven months ago, Bill Belichick seemed amused when asked a question about potentially breaking an "unwritten rule" by claiming injured tight end Jake Ballard on waivers from the Giants. The long story short: The Giants were ...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- One leftover from Tuesday's organized team activity was the status of second-year running back Brandon Bolden, who wasn't on the practice field with his teammates. Bolden's absence Tuesday was health-related, as he has been ta...

The Patriots signed 19 rookie free agents after the draft, and their contracts were analyzed by colleague Field Yates. This was one of the largest rookie free-agent classes for the Patriots in recent memory, in part because of the 90-man roster limit...

On Tuesday morning, five areas of interest for the Patriots' organized team activity were listed. Here is a follow-up based on what we saw on Tuesday's session: 1. Early signs of Brady-Amendola synergy. This came through as clearly as it could in ...

ESPNBoston.com's Mike Reiss was on SportsCenter this afternoon to discuss the integration of Danny Amendola into the Patriots' system (video above). Amendola, who has already worked some with Brady this offseason, said at Tuesday's OTA that he's s...

Every Tuesday on ESPNBoston.com, questions from Patriots followers are answered as part of a weekly mailbag. This week's mailbag has been posted and includes some of the following topics: 1. Brandon Spikes' absence from voluntary organized team ac...

ESPNBoston.com's Mike Reiss called into "SportsCenter" on Tuesday morning to discuss where we go from here after Ron Gronkowski's fourth surgery on his forearm. While it's a "less than ideal situation," according to Reiss, there was initial optim...

With OTAs underway, there are plenty of questions to answer.

Some areas that I'm most interested to watch at Tuesday's organized team activity open to reporters: 1. Early signs of Brady-Amendola synergy. The Tom Brady/Wes Welker connection produced incredible results in 2007 and from 2009-2012, but now it's...

The Patriots filled their final two spots on the 90-man roster on Monday, inking Rutgers rookie free-agent receiver Mark Harrison and Notre Dame kicker David Ruffer. Harrison is a bigger target (6-3, 231) and becomes the seventh Rutgers player on ...

Patriots linebacker Brandon Spikes was absent from the team's first organized team activity, held at Gillette Stadium on Monday, a league source confirms. The reason for the absence was unclear, but as colleague Mike Reiss noted on Sunday, Spikes has...