Some of the few remaining members of the UNC football hive have suggested that Tar Heels coach Bill Belichick banned Patriots scouts from practice due to fears that they would misuse information gleaned from their access. That’s not the case. It’s vindictiveness and pettiness, plain and simple. The Boston Herald has confirmed that Pats scouts are personas non grata because …
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Bill Belichick has banned Patriots scouts from attending UNC practices to scout their players, multiple sources confirmed to the Herald. “Why would we let them in our home after how he’s been treated since he left? We will help our players, but being treated fairly is a two-way street,” a UNC athletic source told the Herald, via text. Patriots scouts …
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North Carolina football head coach Bill Belichick turned the New England Patriots away from a Tar Heels practice in August, according to league sources. The Patriots attempted to send a member of the scouting department to visit UNC, but North Carolina told the Patriots they were not permitted to attend. “It’s so petty,” a scout from a different NFL team …
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Well, now we possibly know what Patriots coach Mike Vrabel said what we said about Bill Belichick’s debut. Via John Middlekauff, Belichick has banned Patriots scouts from North Carolina practices. Indeed he has, with the message sent by his consigliere, G.M. Mike Lombardi. It’s a stupid move, a reflection of his infantile pettiness regarding his former employer. Belichick’s biggest selling …
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The fans tuned in for Bill Belichick. The scouts came for TCU. And the game showed that watching the Frog Horns’ talent was the right call. ESPN’s Pete Thamel noted how the Tar Heels had a “talent deficit” and that NFL talent evaluators came to watch TCU during Monday’s 48-14 beatdown in Chapel Hill, N.C., in coach Bill Belichick’s college …
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Lamar Jackson Isn’t Ranked a Top Three Quarterback in New League Poll Coming off a historically good season, Lamar Jackson isn’t even ranked as a top-three quarterback in his own conference in the eyes of NFL executives, coaches, and scouts. In this year’s ESPN poll, Jackson came in behind Kansas City Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes (No. 1), Buffalo Bills’ Josh Allen …
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Jeremy FowlerJul 12, 2025, 06:00 AM ET Close Jeremy Fowler is a senior national NFL writer for ESPN, covering the entire league including breaking news. Jeremy also contributes to SportsCenter both as a studio analyst and a sideline reporter covering for NFL games. He is an Orlando, Florida native who joined ESPN in 2014 after covering college football for CBSSports.com. …
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