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Former Star Sends Stern Warning To Patriots Players

Bonisiwe Shabane
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former star sends stern warning to patriots players

The New England Patriots ended up being very inactive ahead of the NFL trade deadline. It was a major surprise, but the only move the team made sent linebacker Josh Uche out of town. Looking ahead at the future, the Patriots have to figure out a way to begin developing and showing signs of improvement. They also need to figure out how to gel together as a team All season long, there have been reports of drama and miscommunication. Under first-year head coach Jerod Mayo, there has been a major disconnect within different areas of the team.

Now, one former New England star has spoken out with a stern warning for the players on the team. Jason McCourty did not hold back from telling the players to stop talking to the media. He thinks that they need to focus on getting on the same page with Mayo and keeping all issues in-house. The NFL Draft approaches. The New England Patriots pick third on night one. We already know that, right?

The debate begins when we begin discussing what they ought to do with their selection. Everyone has offered their opinion and will continue to do so from now until we arrive at the annual selection meeting. Mike Tannenbaum recently took a swing of his own. He, like so many, suggested the acquisition of a quarterback. That Mac Jones thing didn't work out, and no one's pumped about Bailey Zappe or Jacoby Brissett. There's another side to the coin though.

The guy he mentions comes with some concern. Buckle up everyone. This one's pretty interesting. If you're a younger or casual Pats fan and the name Mike Tanenbaum sounds familiar, that's because it should. He spent 16 seasons with the hated New York Jets, his final seven as their general manager and senior vice president of football operations. New England Patriots star receiver Stefon Diggs sent a warning to the team ahead of their Week 6 matchup against the New Orleans Saints.

Diggs and the Patriots are coming off a thrilling 23-20 win over division rival Buffalo Bills in Week 5 on the road. Heading into Week 6, New England is a 3.5-point favorite on the road against the Saints. Although the Bills are a better team than the Saints, Diggs believes New Orleans could be a bigger test than Buffalo. “Super important we turn the page, considering the New Orleans Saints is a really good football team,” Diggs said to reporters in the locker room on Oct. 8. “I know their record might not show it, but they’re very skillful up front and in the back end.

To be honest, it might be a bigger test than last week, just as far as having success and being able to replicate that process or do it all over again and work equally... “This opponent, I know their record does not say it, but they’re a good football team, they’ve been in one-score games plenty of times, and I don’t expect it to be no different,” Diggs... “We have to go in there with the right mindset.” Former New England Patriots cornerback, Asante Samuel, has sent a stern warning to Baltimore Ravens quarterback, Lamar Jackson, about the prospect of playing for Patriots’ Head Coach, Bill Belichick. Samuel has been known for his outspoken criticisms of his former team. He took to social media to share his views on Jackson’s rumored trade to New England.

With Jackson’s trade demand from the Baltimore Ravens now public, many in the sports world are eagerly anticipating the possibility of him playing for the New England Patriots. However, this excitement comes amidst a tough week for Patriots coach Bill Belichick. Belichick caused some controversy among fans when he claimed that the team’s future success was solely based on its past achievements. This statement was met with criticism from former linebacker Tedy Bruschi, causing Belichick to backtrack. To make matters worse, former Patriot Asante Samuel made his opinions known on Twitter this week, warning Jackson to steer clear of Belichick. Lamar Jackson, my brother trust me you don’t want to play for Belichick

The writing may already be on the locker room wall for New England Patriots running back Rhamondre Stevenson. After another costly fumbling performance in Week 3’s heartbreaking 21-14 loss to Pittsburgh, a former Patriots executive who helped build three championship teams issued a blunt assessment of Stevenson’s future in Foxborough. Scott Pioli, who spent eight seasons in the Patriots front office during their dynasty years, didn’t mince words when discussing Stevenson’s ball security issues on NBC Sports Boston’s postgame show. “Ball security is job security,” Pioli stated matter-of-factly. “So if you’re gonna turn the ball over, you ain’t gonna be around very long.” The numbers tell a troubling story for the fourth-year back.

Stevenson leads the NFL with seven fumbles this season, including two devastating turnovers against the Steelers that likely cost New England the victory. His most crushing mistake came at the goal line, where he fumbled while diving for what should have been a touchdown. After the game, even Stevenson acknowledged the harsh reality facing him. New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel acknowledged he was aware of the viral video of wide receiver Stefon Diggs going around. It's a video of Diggs on a boat with multiple women that has been circulating online. Diggs can be heard asking the women, "What's my name?" They then call him "daddy" before he passes what looks like a small ziplock bag to one of the women with unknown contents.

When speaking with media members on Wednesday, Vrabel said that he wanted players to make good decisions on and off the field. "Obviously, we want to make great decisions on and off the field, and we're hoping that with our time here on the field today, and when you don't have a script and we're on... "So the message will be the same for all of the players. Try to make great decisions. Any conversations that I've had with Stefon will remain between him and I." The Patriots signed Diggs to a three-year, $69 million contract in the offseason.

He is currently rehabbing from the torn ACL injury he suffered with the Houston Texans last season. It's the NFL Draft's great debate: do you take the best player available? Or the guy that best fits your team need? The question has plagued draft experts for years, and been the source of some of the internet's dorkiest fights. In some ways, it was a precursor to the ongoing war between analytics nerds and ball-knowing boomers. And the best part?

There will never be a definitive answer. We're just going to stay stuck spinning in this washing machine forever, and then the sun will explode. But while we wait for that to happen, it probably doesn't hurt to ask Mike Vrabel's opinion. It's a particularly topical question for him right now, as he prepares to run his first draft as the Patriots head coach. Plus, he's probably going to have to face that exact dilemma, like, 25 minutes into the first night. Earlier this week, a Patriots reporter asked him just that, and his answer ...

kinda went in a different direction. "Would love for them to align," he said. "Having a need and having the best player be there, that doesn't always happen. And we certainly want to pick the best player as many times as we can. The player that we think at that point is the best player. And then we'll figure it out.

Maybe you look at one position where we may have some returning starters, or we feel like are starters, or we feel like there's depth at that position. To add premium players, when available, is something that you should always try to do." The first part of this answer is pretty boilerplate. I have no doubt that the Patriots would prefer that the best player available to them always fits their specific team need – they probably wouldn't be picking 4th overall this year if that... It's almost, dare I say it, Belichickian. The second part, though, is where things get interesting.

("Interesting.") Vrabel's known to be a competitive guy, and it's probably not all that surprising to hear him publicly talk about how most positions are still a competition. Even if he wasn't trying to just play some Coach Mind Games with his players, he's definitely not wrong – it's not like the Patriots have studs at every level of the field. And we'll just pretend he was talking about everyone, and not specifically the offensive line. NFL, American Football Herren, USA 2025: Bills vs Patriots JAN 05 January 5, 2025: New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye 10 warms up before a game against the Buffalo Bills in Foxborough, Massachusetts. MANDATORY CREDIT: Eric Canha/CSM/Sipa USA Credit Image: Eric Canha/Cal Media/Sipa USA Foxborough Gillette Stadium Massachusetts USA NOxUSExINxGERMANY PUBLICATIONxINxALGxARGxAUTxBRNxBRAxCANxCHIxCHNxCOLxECUxEGYxGRExINDxIRIxIRQxISRxJORxKUWxLIBxLBAxMLTxMEXxMARxOMAxPERxQATxKSAxSUIxSYRxTUNxTURxUAExUKxVENxYEMxONLY Copyright: xCalxSportxMediax Editorial use only NFL, American Football Herren, USA 2025: Bills vs Patriots JAN 05 January 5, 2025: New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye 10 warms up before a game against the Buffalo Bills in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

MANDATORY CREDIT: Eric Canha/CSM/Sipa USA Credit Image: Eric Canha/Cal Media/Sipa USA Foxborough Gillette Stadium Massachusetts USA NOxUSExINxGERMANY PUBLICATIONxINxALGxARGxAUTxBRNxBRAxCANxCHIxCHNxCOLxECUxEGYxGRExINDxIRIxIRQxISRxJORxKUWxLIBxLBAxMLTxMEXxMARxOMAxPERxQATxKSAxSUIxSYRxTUNxTURxUAExUKxVENxYEMxONLY Copyright: xCalxSportxMediax Editorial use only After picking Drake Maye with the third overall pick, the Patriots had one mission in the 2024 NFL draft—give Maye some real offensive weapons. They grabbed Ja’Lynn Polk at No. 37—after trading down—because he was a smooth route-runner with reliable hands and a high football IQ. Then came Javon Baker in the fourth round, a big-play machine from UCF who averaged nearly 22 yards per catch in college. On paper, it looked like a solid plan to fix their receiver woes.

But fast forward to the end of the season, and things didn’t go as planned. Polk managed just 12 catches for 87 yards and two touchdowns before landing on injured reserve. Baker? He had one catch—for 12 yards—in 11 games. YIKES! Talk about a rookie duo that was supposed to spark the offense but ended up being a non-factor.

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