McGinest: Time for Brady to have talk with Gronk

BY NICK ST. DENIS

A year after catching flak for being filmed dancing on a badly sprained ankle following the New England Patriots' Super Bowl loss to the New York Giants, Rob Gronkowski TMZed it up again.

This time around, the tight end was filmed performing wrestling moves at a Vegas nightclub while sporting a cast on his twice-surgically repaired forearm, which was broken in two different places during the 2012 season and required surgery. It also ended his season. (photo: WBUR, Flickr)

With that, former Patriots star defender Willie McGinest thinks it's time one of the team's on-field leaders had a serious chat with Gronk.

Marshall Faulk 'not over being cheated' by Patriots

BY NICK ST. DENIS

Former NFL running back Marshall Faulk is still not over the St. Louis Rams' loss to the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXVI. Well, he is, but he isn't.

"Am I over the loss? Yeah, I'm over the loss. But I'll never be over being cheated out of the Super Bowl," Faulk told CSNNE's Tom Curran Tuesday. "That's a different story. I can understand losing a Super Bowl, that's fine . . . But how things happened and what took place." (photo: Marianne O'Leary, Flickr)

In 2008, the NFL confiscated several tapes from the Patriots of opposing coaches giving in-game signals in 2006 and 2007. Commissioner Roger Goodell destroyed the tapes and handed Patriots coach Bill Belichick and his team a fine while taking their first-round draft pick.

McGinest tells Welker 'how things go down' in NE

BY NICK ST. DENIS

Last month, former Patriots defender Willie McGinest criticized Wes Welker for his "diva attitude" in Welker's handling of his contract situation with New England.

Welker continued to hint at a possible holdout during media appearances throughout the first half of May, but he signed his franchise tender last week and has more or less returned to his company man status.

“I’m cool with Wes. I never had a problem with him in the beginning. I was just trying to give him the blueprint of how things go down (in Foxboro),” McGinest said last week, according to the Boston Herald. “If you’re franchised, and you have a chance to make $9.5 million, grab it. It’s more than half of your last contract. If they want to franchise you again next year, that number goes up. That’s $20 million in two years. That’s quarterback money."

McGinest went on to explain that the business side holds more weight for the Patriots than relationships on a personal level. Which is how it should be, as that's how great teams are built.

Ex-Pat doesn't like Welker's 'diva attitude', WR reacts

BY SAM HOLLINGSWORTH

Another retired Patriot is speaking out about his displeasure with a current, active Patriots player.

Willie McGinest, a three-time Super Bowl champion with New England turned NFL Network analyst, voiced his opinion on NFL Network recently regarding current Patriots receiver Wes Welker not signing his franchise tag and openly considering skipping out on mandatory minicamp.

“I just don’t like the diva attitude,” McGinest said on the NFL Network’s Total Access. “Let’s keep it real: prior to the Patriots, (Welker) is a guy who played three years, had 96 receptions and never had a 1,000-yard season.

“Due to a big part of the Patriots' offensive system and Tom Brady, he’s had five years where he’s had over 100 catches. Of those five years until he got hurt (in 2010), he had over 1,000 yards receiving (each year). Let’s just keep everything in perspective: a big part of that is due to the Patriots.”