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TEAM TALK
- Andy Hart and Paul Perillo debate who should be the next Patriot inducted into the Hall at Patriot Place.
LOCAL LINKS
- Mike Reiss reports Danny Amendola will be working with Tom Brady next week.
- Bobb Burgess reports Danny Amendola is ready to embrace Patriots unique style of offense.
- Mike Reiss offers some quick-hit weekend thoughts from the Patriots and around the NFL.
- Karen Guregian reports Rodney Harrison loves the addition of veteran safety Adrian Wilson, calling the signing a "fantastic move" by Bill Belichick.
- Jeff Howe focuses on what a plus it is for the Patriots to start the offseason with their starting O-line intact.
- Mike Reiss reports Devin McCourty underwent surgery on his shoulder earlier this offseason, but he is expected to be ready for the start of training camp
- Tom E. Curran says Michael Jenkins will give the Patriots more savvy than speed.
- Field Yates puts Aqib Talib's deal in perspective, compared with the other top free-agent CBs recently signed.
- Mike Reiss notes the Pats Hall committee will meet this week to vote for their top three candidates for induction into the Patriots Hall of Fame.
- Christopher Price tells us what Tyrann Matthieu's visit with the Patriots really means.
- Jeff Howe Patriots Notebook: Former LSU CB Tyrann Mathieu will mke a formal visit to Gillette Stadium next Friday; Pats gave Kyle Arrington a 4-year, $16 million contract but Belichick never minds loading up at one position and letting the situation play out; Mathieu is also a good special teamer; Devin McCourty had routine shoulder surgery and is rehabbing at Gillette; It's unclear what his status will be for voluntary workouts begin April 15.
- Nick Underhill writes the Patriots are a classified file, wrapped in a cover-up, deep fried in a conspiracy theory this time of year.
- Mike Rodak charts the Patriots roster by contract length.
- Field Yates posts the players who have either deferred signing or option bonuses in their contract that had to be paid out by March 31.
- WEEI scouts potential Patriots in this year's draft: DE Damontre Moore (Texas A&M), S T.J. McDonald (USC) and S Jonathan Cyprien (FIU).
- Zuri Berry scouts the draft: S Don Jones (Arkansas) and S Eric Reid (LSU)
NATIONAL NEWS
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Amendola says multiple teams made him better offers than Rams.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Rodney Harrison thinks Pats got it right with Adrian Wilson.
- James Walker (ESPN) AFC East 2013 breakout players.
- James Walker (ESPN) WR status check: How does each team look at wide receiver, and what still needs to be done?
- Peter King (SI) MMQB: Palmer, Flynn moves make sense, but they're not guaranteed fixes.
- Dan Pompei (Nat'l Football Post) NFP Sunday Blitz.
- Dan Hanzus (NFL.com) ATL Mailbag: Who will be the next AFC powerhouse?
- Joel Correy (Nat'l Football post) The market isn't always what it's cracked up to be.
- Chris Burke (SI) 2013 NFL Draft Big Board 4.0.
- Scott Kacsmar (Cold Hard Football Facts) NFL Blacksmithing: How Super Bowl winners craft their receiving weapons.
- Steve Bateman (The Jet Set) The truth about the butt fumble. /Props to Nuf Ced for this April Fools Day-worthy link.