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Patriots training camp preview 2026: Cornerback

The New England Patriots’ cornerback room is coming off a prolific 2025 season, where the team’s starting trio at the position played a significant role in leading the team to the Super Bowl, quickly turning around the secondary. That’s the reason why we’re ranking them as New England’s best position group heading into 2026. In […]

Patriots 2026 scouting report for ED Xavier Holmes

The New England Patriots got solid production out of their rebuilt edge group in 2025, but they still entered this year’s offseason with the plan of upgrading. They hoped to achieve that goal by adding two high-profile players in veteran free agent Dre’Mont Jones and second-round draft choice Gabe Jacas. They were not the only […]

Patriots 2026 scouting report for C Jared Wilson

When Mike Vrabel took over the New England Patriots in January 2025, he inherited a team that has had issues along the offensive line for multiple years. And so, in his first draft as head coach, the team went out to fix the issue: with its first and third selections, it added to the O-line. […]

Patriots 2026 scouting report for LB Otis Reese

Despite the potential for improvement and multiple departures during the offseason, the New England Patriots did not invest any major resources in their linebacker group this offseason. This will, in turn, make for an intriguing competition come training camp and give relatively unheralded players a shot at a roster spot. One of those players is […]

Sunday Patriots Notes: Breakout candidates aplenty on young roster

The New England Patriots are scattered all over the country at the moment, but the summer break is slowly but surely nearing its end: in 10 days, the first group of players will report to training camp. For the time being, however, things are still relatively quiet. As a consequence, our weekly wrap-up of stories […]

Patriots 2026 scouting report for LB Christian Elliss

Since long-time head coach Bill Belichick’s departure in January 2024, the New England Patriots’ roster has undergone significant change. In fact, only 12 players from that season are still around. One of them is Christian Elliss, who joined the team as a waiver claim during Belichick’s final campaign and has carved out a valuable role […]

3-Point Stance: Don’t count on a Stefon Diggs return to Patriots

It’s been exactly four months since the New England Patriots released their 2025 receiving leader, Stefon Diggs, and the veteran remains unsigned as training camp approaches for most franchises in two weeks. Even though Diggs’ previously pending assault case was resolved in his favor in early May, no deal has materialized for the 32-year-old yet. […]

Patriots mailbag: What are the position groups to watch in training camp?

The New England Patriots have ended their offseason program and now break until training camp later this month. While players are out of the facility, plenty remains to break down. So, let’s get into this week’s #PostPulpit Mailbag. What offensive and defensive positional groups is going to be the most fun to watch battle it […]

Patriots 2026 scouting report for OT Marcus Bryant

One of Mike Vrabel’s first big goals as head coach of the New England Patriots was rebuilding the team from the trenches out. As a consequence, the team decided to invest some serious resources along the offensive line in 2025 — including three draft picks. Will Campbell and Jared Wilson, who both earned starting spots […]

Patriots 2026 scouting report for OT James Hudson III

One offseason after adding the likes of Will Campbell and Morgan Moses, the New England Patriots kept adding to their offensive tackle group. But while Caleb Lomu naturally received most of the attention, the first-round draft pick was not the only player added to further bolster the position’s depth. Among those brought aboard was a […]

Milton Williams voted top-10 defensive tackle in NFL personnel survey

Milton Williams’ four-year, $104 million contract with the Patriots paid him as one of the top defensive tackle’s in football. While the deal was a surprise to some at the time, Williams’ play quickly justified the investment. That was reflected in the latest ESPN survey of coaches, executives and scouts, as Williams was voted the […]

Patriots 2026 scouting report for ED Gabe Jacas

Leading up to the NFL Draft, one position was highlighted above all others when it came to New England Patriots needs: the defensive edge. And while they did not address it in the first round, courtesy of picking offensive tackle Caleb Lomu at No. 28 overall, they did go after a promising young player in […]

Patriots 2026 scouting report for LB Chad Muma

The New England Patriots revamped their linebacker depth this offseason, but they opted not to touch a player who they had acquired relatively recently: Chad Muma, a practice squad pickup the previous December, remained on the roster through this process of change. Does this mean he will be a factor in 2026? Not necessarily, but […]

Patriots 2026 scouting report for LB Namdi Obiazor

While they made no changes to the top of the depth chart, the New England Patriots overhauled their linebacker depth during this year’s offseason. One piece of that process was inserting some much-needed youth, although no major investments were made in that regard. The most prominent move was selecting TCU’s Namdi Obiazor in the fifth […]

Christian Gonzalez voted 3rd-best cornerback in NFL personnel survey

Even though he is not yet compensated like one — a topic that led to him skipping parts of the voluntary offseason program — Christian Gonzalez is among the best cornerbacks in the NFL. And don’t just take our word for it: the league itself also feels the same way. A new ESPN survey of […]

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Patriots 2026 scouting report for LS Julian Ashby

Long snappers getting selected in the NFL Draft is a rarity: over the last decade, only seven players at the position heard their names called. One of those is Julian Ashby, who the New England Patriots brought aboard on the third day of last year’s draft. For some, that might have been the last time […]

Patriots 2026 scouting report for FB Brock Lampe

The 2025 season saw the return of Josh McDaniels as New England Patriots offensive coordinator, and with him another comeback: the fullback position became part of the offensive composition again. The player the team hoped would spark that renaissance was then-rookie Brock Lampe, but a training camp injury prevented him from seeing the field in […]

Patriots 2026 scouting report for ED Quintayvious Hutchins

Even after signing free agent Dre’Mont Jones in March, the New England Patriots had an apparent need along their defensive edge. The draft was an obvious spot to address it, and the team did so twice: after selecting Gabe Jacas in the second round, it also added Quintayvious Hutchins in the seventh. Unlike Jacas, however, […]

Sunday Patriots Notes: Upgraded playmakers ranked top-10

We are in the midst of the NFL offseason, with little going on around the league as a whole and the New England Patriots specifically at the moment. Naturally, this week’s version of our Sunday Patriots Notes is therefore a shortened one. Naturally, there are always still a few things to talk about. So, let’s […]