New England Patriots Links 4/16/10 - Patrick Chung 'Working on Everything'

Robert Lee notes Pat Chung is not working on one specific aspect of his game to improve, he's working on everything.

"I want to get faster, stronger, more explosive, smarter. You have to be a coach of the game now, not just a student," Chung said.

"I’m never settling," Chung said. "I’m always [trying to improve]. I’ve come a long way with the veterans helping me and I’m always on a mission."

"From your rookie year to your second year is the most important, so I’ll save [off-season travel and] all of that stuff for later," Chung said.

Ian Rapoport notes Australian punter David King spoke to the media for the first time.

"It’s just a dream," King said today, while meeting with reporters. "I wanted to do something different than people do back home. You throw yourself out in the deep end, and it’s a long process. But you want to do something that’ll make people back home proud of you."

"I don’t have a great deal of knowledge," he said. "I do like the game, I’ll tell you that much. We don’t get a lot of it back home. But over the last few years, we’ve been getting more reception because of the Aussies playing in the league now. I’m just here to show the guys I can really kick a football, and hopefully I’ll learn the rest."

King has met with special teams coach Scott O’Brien, as well as with coach Bill Belichick. King specifically seemed to think the meeting with Belichick was pretty cool. "I had a good meeting with him, a little bit of a chat," King said. "He’s a great guy. I was surprised how easy he was to talk to. Coming from back home, this sport is huge. So you don’t get the opportunity to meet people of such stature." He just hopes he can land here.

"New England seems like a nice place to be."

TEAM TALK

• PFW Draft Prospect Notes: Defensive Line.
• Erik Scalavino hopes Damione Lewis finds a place on the team and can contribute. Another good guy on the Patriots D-line.
• Andy Hart sees a deep and interesting crop of pass-catching tight ends in this year's draft class and offers a list of prospects he'd select if given the chance.
• Patriots Today - Lewis, King arrive in New England. (3.30 min. video)

LOCAL LINKS

• Robert Lee clears up the confusion on which particular Australian punter named David King the Patriots signed, and even the team's official press release got it wrong yesterday.
• Christopher Price posted this little video clip of punter Zoltan Mesko hitting the team banner (and falling down) as the Michigan players are being introduced.
• Mike Reiss offers some quick hits from Damione Lewis.
• Ian Rapoport gets Bill Belichick's explanation of why he hosts prospects for in-house visits. (1.32 min. video)
• Mike Reiss gets Tedy Bruschi's thoughts on what life is like as a rookie with the Patriots.
• Albert Breer reports a signed Tedy Bruschi Patriots jersey, given to Roseville High School in California was stolen over the weekend.
• Mike Reiss notes Steve Muench of Scouts Inc. lists the first four picks the Patriots might select in the draft, assuming they don't trade out of position.
• Mark Farinella says the Patriots might be in the running for some fresh legs, and previews the running back prospects in the draft.
• Ian Rapoport thinks the Patriots' old RBs are running out of time, and the team will need new committee members in the draft.
• Monique Walker catches Patriots safety Patrick Chung as he talks about his rookie season and the offseason.
• Christopher Price notes RB Charles Scott (LSU) recently talked about his pre-draft visit in Foxboro, where "everyone has an understanding and one goal: to win football games."
• Karen Guregian sees Fresno State's Ryan Matthews as a well-rounded running back who could play every down if needed.
• WEEI profiles potential Patriot TE Jermaine Gresham (Oklahoma).
• Albert Breer profiles LB Rolando McClain from Alabama, his battle with Crohn's disease and his obsession about doing his job right.
• Monique Walker profiles another prospect the Pats won't get, RB C.J. Spiller (Clemson).
• Christopher Price presents his Hot List: Worst draft picks of the Belichick era.
• Mike Reiss offers the transcript of his weekly online chat. Lots of good questions and insight here as usual.
• Mark Farinella presents his 3rd annual edition of The Draft Name Game, a compilation of interesting and unusual names of college players eligible for the NFL Draft.   Here's Part II.
• Mark Farinella reports the annual Shriners All-Star Football Game for graduated high school seniors will take place at Gillette Stadium on Friday, June 18 at 7pm.

NATIONAL NEWS

• Tim Graham (ESPN) Rest of AFC East leaving Bills behind.
• Fox Sports AFC Draft Needs: Patriots.
• Tim Graham (ESPN) Despite Marshall deal, Jets team to beat.
• Tim Graham (ESPN) Parcells laughs off Jones video.
• Jeff Schultz (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) If Roethlisberger skates, Goodell will face a race debate.
• Dan Majors and Jonathan D. Silver (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) Roethlisberger documents give details. Statements from accuser, witnesses describe behavior of Steelers QB and his entourage in Georgia bar.