Author: Chris Warner

After a preseason that featured a contrast between early positive signs and a harrowing experience in Detroit (maybe not the first time that phrase has surfaced), New England starts the 2013 season with an intriguing mix of concern and potential. No matter what happens this year, we don’t expect boredom. The Patriots travel to Buffalo … Continue reading Forethoughts On Four Games: First Quarter 2013

This season on BSMW, we’ll provide some thoughts going into each quarter of New England’s 2013 campaign. We begin with one of our favorite months of the year, August, due to the preseason. No pressure. Low stress. Solid entertainment. The Patriots play at Philadelphia August 9, host Tampa Bay August 16, travel to what’s left … Continue reading Forethoughts On Four Games

It’s been a busy summer for the New England Patriots, for many of the wrong reasons. Now that training camp lies just around the corner (yes, please), we figured we’d get away from all that nasty business and start compiling a list of potential fan favorites for 2013. Whether or not you were a card-carrying … Continue reading Searching For The Next Mosi Tatupu

The Patriots must seek another pass-catcher after a certain Tight End Who Shan’t Be Named got released due to alleged “troubles.” Troubles. Suddenly we’re speaking about Foxboro the same way we described Belfast in 1982. In any case, our look at the ten players best suited to pick up the suddenly significant slack at tight … Continue reading Top Ten Potential Replacements For What’s-His-Face

New England has made an annual habit of holding on to at least one undrafted free agent (UDFA) who had to wait out seven rounds of the draft before booking a plane ticket. Below, we review some of the guys reportedly signed by the Pats who might want to check out properties in the Foxboro … Continue reading Who’s The FA? UDFA!

We at Boston Sports Media Watch couldn’t do much without the actual Boston sports media, so we figured we’d get a few of our locals involved in a New England draft review. Joining Bruce Allen and Chris Warner in the discussion are Mike Reiss of ESPNBoston’s Patriots blog, Chris Price of WEEI.com’s It Is What It … Continue reading Patriots Draft Review Panel

Way back in February, we wrote about the various draft modes Coach Bill Belichick could choose. Of those, we’ve decided to stay put with the five picks available to New England this year for our very own, very serious mock draft. Not much room to move around the board? Fine. Clean slate in 2014. For now, … Continue reading The Pats Draft We’d Like To See

New England begins this week with five draft picks: one each in the first, second and third rounds, plus two in the seventh. No one can read Bill Belichick’s mind (we imagine it’s full of X’s, O’s, and secret fishing spots off of Nantucket). What we can do, however, is look at some of his … Continue reading A Belichick Draft: The Tendencies

With New England currently owning a mere five picks in the 2013 draft, that means they'll have to fill spring camp with rookie free agents.  Let's preview some potential undrafted newbies who could get a second look from the Foxboro front office. These fresh-faced free agent decisions often come down to connections. Last year, for … Continue reading All In The Patriots Family

With Danny Woodhead going to San Diego and Julian Edelman visiting other teams, New England’s return game has an uncertain future. Yes, the Pats signed Leon Washington, but the former Seahawk is 30 years old, which typically qualifies as the running back/returner Rubicon. The good news? The 2013 draft has many special teams candidates who … Continue reading Looking For Something In Returns