TEAM SHOTS

• Rookie mini-camp coverage on Patriots.com.  Patrick Chung will be introduced to the media today at 11am.
• Patriots release LB Bo Ruud.
  

LOCAL SHOTS

• Mark Farinella analyzes the Pats' draftees noting that the rookie orientation camp will begin to separate the pretenders from the contenders.
• Chris Gasper helps readers get to know Patriots newest safety Patrick Chung.
• Jeff Howe introduces us to Springfield native and Patriots DT Ron Brace.
• Mike Reiss reports that area scouts Jim Nagy and Marvin Allen have left the Patriots in recent weeks and hints that more changes are on the way.
• Jeff Howe notes Belichick's personal visit to scout Darius Butler affirms how UConn's coach Randy Edsell has improved Connecticut's program.
• Christopher Price reports that Matt Russell, the scout that discovered Matt Cassel, has signed on in Denver as the director of college scouting.
• Michael Felger answers his reader mailbag, focused on some draft day dissection.
• Mike Reiss details the Patriots rookie mini-camp schedule taking place this weekend and offers his analysis of the release of LB Bo Ruud.
• Mark Farinella notes the Colts signed Mansfield's Mike McDermott, a Holy Cross wide receiver and former Mansfield Hornet (woo-hoo!)

LONG SHOTS

• Tim Graham (ESPN) Your AFC East mailbag delivered.  Interesting just for his comments on the Childress 'steal' of Harvin from the Pats.
• Elizabeth Merrill (ESPN) McDaniels building Foxborough West?
• Pat Kirwan (NFL.com) A look back at how teams addressed various needs through the draft.  Says Pats still need veteran outside pass rusher.
• Don Banks (SI) Brace for impact: NFL rookies with an early chance to shine in 2009.
• Ross Tucker (SI) An open letter to every NFL rookie.
• Fox Sports offers it's NFL All-undrafted team.
• Patrick Reusse (Minneapolis Star Tribune) Favre, crowd pleaser geezer, is fitted for purple.