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USA Today
8 hours ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Ex-Patriots two-time Super Bowl champ's level-headed 2025 prediction
Former New England Patriots linebacker Rob Ninkovich gave an honest and more level-headed prediction for the Patriots' 2025 season. He expects the team to be significantly better than it was last season, when it only won four games with Jerod Mayo as head coach. Now that they have Mike Vrabel overseeing things, Ninkovich believes the Patriots should be able to turn things around. While he wasn't willing to go as high as 12 or 11 wins, he did predict that the team could win nine or even 10 games. "11 wins? They just had four wins. Let's be realistic," Ninkovich said on Dudes on Dudes podcast. "...I think they're a nine or 10-win team." The Patriots went to great lengths to improve their roster in the offseason with key free agent additions, including Stefon Diggs, Carlton Davis, Milton Williams, Morgan Moses and Robert Spillane. They also had arguably the best 2025 NFL draft, at least on paper, over every other team in the league. Time will tell with the results on the field, but there are many reasons for optimism. Follow Patriots Wire on Twitter and Facebook.
USA Today
9 hours ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Watch: Patriots rookie Kyle Williams works out with All-Pro rival
New England Patriots rookie wide receiver Kyle Williams was seen working out against a potential future rival in the New York Jets' two-time All-Pro cornerback, Sauce Gardner. A video was posted to athletic trainer Akil Bordelon's Instagram stories featuring Williams, Gardner, Miami Dolphins safety Ashton Davis and Patriots rookie wide receiver Jeremiah Webb. The work between Williams and Gardner could be a preview of the 2025 season with the Patriots and Jets squaring off twice on the regular season schedule. Williams, who has received high praise since being drafted, was viewed as the best pure separator in the 2025 NFL draft class. Few could test him as well as Gardner, who is one of the best young corners in the league. Getting a good look at an elite opponent from another team can only mean good things for Williams. Williams' trajectory is certainly promising, as he looks to make an impact early in his career. Training camp will be the real test with 12 players currently vying for a spot on the 53-man roster. How well can Williams stand out in the crowd? The answer to that question will decide the trajectory of his rookie season. Follow Patriots Wire on Twitter and Facebook.
USA Today
11 hours ago
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Patriots QB Drake Maye and groomsmen turn heads in epic wedding photo
New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye turned heads with an epic wedding photo. The second-year signal-caller got married over the weekend to his fiancée, Ann Hudson. It was a beautiful ceremony with the couple tying the knot less than a month before Maye is scheduled to report back to Foxborough for training camp. In less than a year, Maye has gotten hitched, played in his first Pro Bowl game and paired with a new head coach. He recently went viral for posing with 10 groomsmen to create a legitimate 11-man offensive unit. It was a fun picture that had fans talking on social media. Maye is getting his fill of celebrations before business picks back up in the summer. The Patriots will enter their intense preparation for the 2025 season at training camp, starting on July 23. For Maye, the expectations will weigh heavier than ever before. Whether he lives up to them or not remains to be seen. Follow Patriots Wire on Twitter and Facebook.
Boston Globe
13 hours ago
- Business
- Boston Globe
Mayor Wu says interest is growing in downtown office-housing conversion program
'We're still going by trying to expand the footprint of what kinds of buildings will qualify for that,' Wu said. Advertisement Actual construction, though, Wu rattled off several other city housing initiatives: a $110 million 'Housing Accelerator Fund' to help jump-start market-rate housing stalled by high borrowing and construction costs, selling off surplus city-owned sites, streamlining permitting for big projects, implementing citywide zoning, and a newly launched 'co-purchasing' pilot program to help households team up to buy multifamily properties. Advertisement 281 Franklin Street is the first office-to-residential conversion to begin construction in downtown Boston. Lane Turner/Globe Staff And she fielded a separate question from Thomson about buttressing the city's competitiveness, by indicating that perhaps the most important attraction for businesses is 'making sure Boston is a city where employees, where people, want to build their lives.' There was little indication of how some of Wu's more progressive policies — increased requirements for affordable housing, for example, or climate-friendly construction — faces resistance in some corners of the business community. A number of prominent executives have donated to her most prominent challenger in the fall election, Josh Kraft, a former nonprofit executive and one of Patriots owner Robert Kraft's sons. To introduce Wu at the AIM event, M&T Bank regional president Grace Lee talked about how the mayor stood her ground before confrontational members of Congress in March, over immigration policies. 'Mayor Wu bore the weight of our city, the weight of our state [and], I felt, the weight of our nation,' Lee said. 'Everyone that needed a voice, she stood up for.' Wu hearkened back to that moment in Washington when Thomson asked about the mayor's controversial rollout of more bike lanes, a rollout that Kraft targeted 'When I was sitting in that congressional hearing room in D.C.,' Wu recalled, 'and the questions were coming fast and furious and trying to, you know, call me names, and this and that, I quickly realized, ... none of these congressional Republicans have been in a bike lane meeting in the city of Boston.' Advertisement This is an installment of our weekly Bold Types column about the movers and shakers on Boston's business scene. Jon Chesto can be reached at
USA Today
14 hours ago
- Business
- USA Today
Robert Kraft's true feelings on last two years under Bill Belichick, Jerod Mayo
Patriots owner Robert Kraft: 'The last two years were the worst 31 years of my ownership. We have to change that.'More with Kraft, plus a conversation with @realchriswebber:🎧 New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft openly admitted that the team needs to change after back-to-back regular season finishes with a 4-13 record. He even went as far as calling the last two years the worst years in his 31 years of ownership over the Patriots. Bill Belichick was in his final year as head coach when the team fell off a cliff in 2023. Then Jerod Mayo, a first-year head coach, was brought in and expected to clean up the mess. Things didn't turn out well for him. The rising young coach was quickly fired at the end of the season, with Kraft admitting he was put in an "untenable" situation. "The last two years were the worst years of my 31 years of ownership. We have to change that," said Kraft, when appearing on The Adam Schefter Podcast. There is hope that the Patriots can finally turn their luck around with the arrival of coach Mike Vrabel. The team has put a more experienced coaching staff in place, while also making significant roster upgrades on both offense and defense. They also still have a promising young quarterback with Drake Maye under center. Perhaps these ingredients will finally yield the success that Kraft and fans desperately want right now. Follow Patriots Wire on Twitter and Facebook.
