Brian Flores is enjoying his first season as safeties coach and his fifth coaching season in 2012. Flores spent the 2011 season as a defensive assistant and 2010 as an offensive assistant/special teams coach. Flores joined the Patriots coaching staff as a coaching assistant in 2008 after four seasons with the Patriots personnel department. He joined the organization in 2004 as a scouting assistant and was assigned pro scouting duties prior to the 2006 season. On Saturday, Robert Kraft joined several Patriots players and alumni at Newtown High School for a very special Play 60 event. Hundreds of children in the Newtown area participated in football drills and activities.
Dont'a Hightower is no longer a rookie and has already noticed a few differences between last season and this upcoming season with work ethic and preparation. Now, he has a chance to be a mentor to the new guys coming in.
It's been an offseason of major change at the wide receiver position for the Patriots. Between veteran free agents and rookies, who will emerge as Tom Brady's top weapons? We examine the turnover at receiver.
Wide receiver Donald Jones made the offseason move from the Bills to the Patriots. After a tough climb to the NFL, Jones is looking to build on what he accomplished during three seasons in Buffalo.