Bill Belichick on #Patriots players missing games due to child birth:
"Must have been some post-Super Bowl celebrations ... we're really pumping 'em out"
#Patriots
Hunter Renfroe on the #RedSox COVID issues:
"MLB basically told us to stop the testing and just treat the symptoms. We're like "No. We're gonna figure out what's going and keep this thing under control.""
@loumerloni: MLB asked you to stop testing?
Renfroe: "Yes."
After 15 years, @LouMerloni announces his departure from being a host at @weei and hints at an opportunity of doing Play-by-Play full-time in the @SoxBooth.
Thank you, Lou, for everything.
Breaking News: A reliable source tells @FitzyGFY if Abdul Carter falls to the Patriots at #4 the Philadelphia Eagles could trade AJ Brown to New England to move up and take the star pass rusher
David Ortiz just called @Dan_Shaughnessy an "asshole" on the air when asked about not getting his Hall of Fame vote
"This is a guy who gives a hard time to everyone"
"Everyone knows he's an asshole"
Audio coming...
#Patriots QB Brian Hoyer on the rookie Mac Jones:
"Not many rookie QBs have ever gotten the reps and opportunity he has... He has earned the respect of his teammates. He has earned that respect by his preparation and play ..."
.@LouMerloni says the #Redsox offered Mookie Betts a 10 years, $300M deal in the 2019 offseason. Mookie countered with 12 years, $420M
Lou says Mookie and the Sox have been off by $100M or more in the past 3 negotiations not including this past offseason
#RedSox OF Hunter Renfroe on team's COVID issues:
"MLB basically told us to stop the testing and just treat the symptoms. We're like "No. We're gonna figure out what's going and keep this thing under control.""
@LouMerloni: MLB asked you to stop testing?
Renfroe: "Yes."
BREAKING: @GlennDOrdway has announced the end to his nearly 50 year radio career is coming this August
"I want all of you to know that at the end of the summer I am stepping away from my day to day chores of hosting OMF... I'm going to chill out a bit and enjoy life."
Bill Belichick on what he watched during the quarantine:
"I polished off The Sopranos. That was good."
@christianfauria: You finally finished it?!
Belichick: "I did. We saw Lawrence Taylor's cameo. I don't really know how it ends because it leaves you hanging"
#Patriots
David Ortiz on @Dan_Shaughnessy and not getting his HoF vote:
"You know that Dan Shaughnessy has been an asshole to everybody"
"He's got no damn power. You know that. Just the power of the pen to write what he believe on. But everyone knows he's an asshole. What can you do?"
.@FitzyGFY has heard from his #Patriots sources:
"Patriots are taking it slow with Cam Newton although the shoulder looks good"
"Jarrett Stidham is dropping dimes, making all the right reads, throwing darts. Jarrett Stidham is the best looking player at Patriots camp"
Will Clark has now confirmed what @WillFlemming told us yesterday:
The Giants offered to have Clark mentor Rafael Devers at first base after the trade from Boston. Devers didn’t show up... three days in a row.
Welcome to the Rafael Devers experience, San Francisco.
.@TedyBruschi on Antonio Brown's future and potentially returning to the #Patriots:
If the NFL clears him to play, “I think you got to kick the tires... I don't see how they can't consider the possibility of bringing him back based on how they are offensively"
"You can NOT move on from Jarren Duran because if you do, I don't know what you are for the next three years
@LouMerloni won't entertain the idea of Boston trading their star outfielder
#Patriots QB Mac Jones is 100% on to Buffalo
Mac Jones: "I'm kind of done with that [Colts] game. I don't know if you will have any more different questions for me"
@LouMerloni@christianfauria
"Once they let go of Cam back in the day, they lost a fan in me"
Drake Maye explains that he stopped rooting for the @Panthers once they moved on from @CameronNewton 😂
.@RobParkerFS1 says if Belichick is found guilty, he shouldn't be a 1st ballot Hall of Famer for his 3rd cheating violation
@LouMerloni: "Do you vote for Barry Bonds [for the Hall of Fame]?"
Rob Parker: Yes
"I think he's running back #1 right now" --@MikeReiss on #Patriots RB Damien Harris
Joe Thuney used the word "explosive" to describe him recently
Reiss notes Harris has been "hard to tackle"
"I'm going to end up being in the booth. Probably calling Red Sox games."
Congratulations to our host, @LouMerloni, for transitioning to the @SoxBooth for Play-by-Play next season!
.@DaleEArnold tweeted this afternoon he "wouldn't be surprised" if Tom Brady goes to the Miami Dolphins this season
Dale tells us he is hearing the parties are "working on it"
Remember: Dale was the first to report Brady to Tampa was a done deal
.@BrettFavre on QB Mac Jones:
"I thought that was a great pick when [the Patriots] drafted him... He's very similar in style, intelligence, accuracy, footwork [to Tom Brady]... If they can protect him they're gonna have a good one for a long time."
Alex Cora responds to the below tweet from Dan Shaughnessy:
"I deserved to be suspended because I broke the rules.
I don't deserve to have my players get COVID. I'll leave it at that."
#DirtyWater#RedSox
Way to go, anti-vaxxer, Red Sox. One of six teams not on board. Now they have lost Xander Bogaerts. Official dumpster fire. Great leadership. They totally deserve what is happening to them.
.@LouMerloni asked Bill Belichick about lack of praise for WR N'Keal Harry from him and teammates and if it's unfair to read into it:
Belichick: *long pause* "All I can do is answer the questions, Lou. I can't tell you how to think. That's your job"
#Patriots
"My feeling is they are going to blowout the coaching staff"
Mike Giardi doesn't see Jerod Mayo and the rest of the Patriots coaching staff sticking around for the 2025 season
.@GlennDOrdway takes a few minutes to recognize @GerryCallahan’s efforts for the @TheJimmyFund over the years
GO: “No one put their heart and soul into this like Gerry ... I feel it is unfair he is not here”
“He’s rooting for us and rooting for the kids” —@JFCactivities
Belichick was asked about Tom Brady's greatest throw and if one stands out:
"The one where you [@christianfauria] fell down in the Super Bowl"
#Patriots
“They make it fun having cancer” —Carly Tobin, 7 years old from Natick on @DanaFarber
“Everyone here, I thank you so much”
Carly is an inspiration. And many other Carlys need your help.
877-738-1234 or text “K CANCER” to 20222
#Patriots QB Mac Jones tells us his girlfriend helps him with the playbook:
“She does a good job. Most of the time we just walkthrough in the yard. She’s actually helps me a lot.”
On Kyrie Irving's future:
"From everything that I've heard, it's about a 95% possibility him [Kevin Durant] and Kyrie going to New York City." -- @stephenasmith#Celtics#NewYorkForever
Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) on Kemba Walker:
“Barring an unforeseen change of events here, Kemba Walker is going to leave Charlotte. He's going to head to Boston"
#Celtics
(Via SportsCenter)
BREAKING: @bradfo reveals to @JonesandMego that Chaim Bloom had the opportunity last year to trade Chris Sale (while on the IL) and dump the remainder of his contract in return for players, but Bloom declined! #dirtywater
According to @MikeGiardi, Mike Vrabel's commanding presence is already shaking things up in Foxboro. Is the culture shift happening faster than we thought? 🔥
"The money's gone and guess what? They're sitting on it. And they want to spend it" -@WillFlemming
Red Sox broadcaster @WillFlemming is expecting some fireworks!
Former #RedSox manager Terry Francona on the firing of Alex Cora:
"Personally, because Alex is such a good friend of mine, you feel like you got kicked in the stomach a little bit"
2017 LeBron: “I’ve heard a couple athletes say that you expect that when you go to Boston … I can’t recall ever hearing something that was racism toward me.”
2022 LeBron: I hate Boston “because they are racist as F—K”
Mac Jones -- former child model -- joins us at 2:30 to talk about kicking the Cleveland Browns ass yesterday
Don't miss it! @LouMerloni@christianfauria@WEEI
#RedSox OF Alex Verdugo opens his call with us on @WEEI by congratulating @GlennDOrdway:
"What's going on, Glenn? First of all, just wanted to say congratulations on an amazing career. Heard you were retiring so wanted to get that out of the way first."
#DirtyWater
Panthers DE Brian Burns is still whining, asking for apology from Mac Jones
@Rodney_Harrison: "I've done worse [than what Mac did]...I don't think it was intentional...I wouldn't apologize to that dude. At the end of the day, the Patriots kicked their butt up and down the field"
According to @fboutsiders, the #Patriots are involved in four of the five most likely Super Bowl 56 matchups
1) Bucs vs Pats 9.9%
2) Cardinals vs Pats 7.8%
3) Cowboys vs Pats 5.2%
5) Packers vs Pats 4.2%
Also: 15) Rams vs Pats at 2.1%
Tom E. Curran says the Patriots should bring back Mac Jones as a bridge QB, draft Marvin Harrison Jr., and draft a QB in the late to early second round.
Agree or disagree?
BREAKING: @GlennDOrdway has announced the end to his nearly 50 year radio career is coming this August
"I want all of you to know that at the end of the summer I am stepping away from my day to day chores of hosting OMF... I'm going to chill out a bit and enjoy life."
Are Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown friends?
@GoodmanHoops: "No. They're not buddies, no. They like each other but they don't hang out off the court."
#Celtics
#Patriots RB Rex Burkhead (@RBrex34) on his QB Jarrett Stidham:
"What struck me is how quickly he picked up the offense from the get go"
Said Stidham made changes and audibles like it wasn't his first year in the offense