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Patriots quarterback Tom Brady leads off Peter King's "Monday Morning Quarterback" piece on SI.com, with King speaking to Brady about his offseason and also his charity of choice, Best Buddies. Brady tells King: "Going into my 14th year, I have ne...

When evaluating quarterbacks for their system, the Patriots look closely at hand size. Bigger is better. Former Patriots vice president of player personnel Scott Pioli, on a panel at the MIT Sloan Analytics Conference this year, explained how the ...

How will the Pats spend all that cash saved on Tom Brady's deal?

Some quick-hit thoughts on the three-year contract extension (through 2017) signed by Patriots quarterback Tom Brady: 1. Brady's salary-cap charge of about $22 million in 2013 and $22 million in 2014 was a huge figure, a result of the team renegot...

Continuing to monitor the trend of quarterback Tom Brady and the shotgun snap -- which has been utilized less this season than past years -- let's update the numbers after Sunday's loss to the 49ers (small margin for error): Usage of the shotgun ...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has played a game in every NFL city except San Francisco over the course of his 13-year career, a result of missing the Patriots-49ers game in 2008 with a torn ACL. Meanwhile, Texans quarterback ...

In establishing solid offensive balance in their season-opening win over the Titans, the Patriots went away from the shotgun, which has been a staple of their attack in recent years. Of 67 offensive snaps (including penalties), quarterback Tom Bra...

During his day-after-game conference call on Thursday, Bill Belichick was asked if there was a number of quarterbacks with which he was most comfortable on his final 53-man roster. In 2000, he carried four. The majority of years have had three. Bu...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The 2012 preseason was one in which the coaching staff gathered more data in their evaluation of second-year quarterback Ryan Mallett, who played the highest total of snaps among signal-callers. After Wednesday's preseason...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The competition for the Patriots' backup quarterback job was under the spotlight Monday night, with second-year player Ryan Mallett taking a step forward after a more shaky preseason opener. Mallett engineered the drive of the...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Cleaning out the training camp notebook: 1. The Titans reportedly have decided on second-year quarterback Jake Locker as their starter for the Sept. 9 opener against the Patriots. Jim Wyatt of the Tennessean first reported the...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Ryan Mallett got right to the point. "I was lost sometimes last year," he said Friday at Patriots training camp. Turns out it was a lot to ask of a rookie quarterback to come into the team's complex system, without the bene...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- One of the positional battles to watch this preseason is for the No. 2 quarterback spot behind Tom Brady. Four-year veteran Brian Hoyer has held the job the past three seasons. Ryan Mallett, the 2011 third-round draft choice, ...

Brady, who called his job "the best in the world," is a maniacal stickler for details.

Tom Brady restructured his contract to give the Patriots $7.2 million in cap space, according to a source.

In his "Monday Morning Quarterback" piece on SI.com today, Peter King provides a progress report on second-year Patriots cornerback Ras-I Dowling. "The hip rehab is going very well. He'll be ready for most if not all of his offseason work," King w...