TEAM TALK
- Andy Hart shares his notes from the Pats second OTA yesterday, and the first with the media in attendance.
- Erik Scalavino catches up with Danny Amendola, who concedes he sometimes feels like the new kid in class.
- Andy Hart reports that Aqib Talib is glad to be back for a second season in New England, after a brief trip to free agency.
- Andy Hart calls Kyle Love's parting shot at the Patriots interesting, coming from a former undrafted player who developed into a starter and received a contract extension from New England just last summer.
- Paul Perillo tackles this week's Ask PFW Mailbag: Fine tuning ahead.
- Conference Call Transcript: Tedy Bruschi.
- Player Interviews: Vince Wilfork (2.31 min.), Danny Amendola (3.12 min.) and Aqib Talib (3.27 min.)
- Patriots Today - First look at OTAs. (1.15 min. video)
- Patriots Today - OTAs news and notes. (2.59 min. video)
- Patriots Today - Amendola in New England. (2.36 min. video)
- Patriots Today - Rookies visit The Hall. (1.56 min. video)
- Patriots Today - Robert Kraft chats at owners meetings. (12.25 min. video)
- Locker Room Uncut - Checking in with the defense. (1.22 min. video)
- PFW In Progress - A break down of the first day of media access at OTAs and much more. (2 hour program)
LOCAL LINKS
- Mike Reiss gives us a rundown of the players who are either not expected to participate in the voluntary workouts or whose status is unclear.
- Field Yates passes along a handful of observations from the 90 minute OTA session Tuesday.
- Christopher Price shares his OTA notebook: Tom Brady spends quality time with Danny Amendola and Mike Jenkins.
- Karen Guregian reports the Brady-Amendola duo looked pretty good - no miscues, and Amendola was catching the balls thrown to him.
- Jeff Howe details Tuesday's practice, noting the return of Aqib Talib is significant in having the top of the depth chart nearly locked in.
- Field Yates tells us Aqib Talib is one of the few players who favor this time of year. "This is what you work for. You put in all the work, see what you get out of it during the season."
- Mike Petraglia notes Aqib Talib's only concern right now is with getting in shape and getting the basics of the defense down.
- Field Yates notes Danny Amendola is more concerned with studying the playbook and working with Brady, than with any comparisons to Wes Welker.
- Tom E. Curran says Brandon Spikes' absence is a "screw you" to the program; suggests Love release a chemistry issue.
- Jeff Howe reports LB Dane Fletcher was on the field for team drills, which is a good sign for the 3-year veteran coming off a torn ACL.
- Nick Underhill says Bill Belichick may not understand 'MyFace' and 'Yearbook,' but he may need to learn how to use a tablet.
- Nick Underhill sees Vince Wilfork approaching OTAs with the same passion he's always had.
- Karen Guregian notes Vince Wilfork chalks up the loss of Love and Deaderick to "business".
- Shalise Manza Young and Zuri Berry give an overview after the second day of OTAs. (3 min. video)
- ESPN Boston posts a few photos from Tuesday's Patriots OTAs.
- Boston.com posts some photos of yesterday's workout.
- Mike Reiss called into SportsCenter yesterday to discuss where we go from here after Rob Gronkowski's surgery. (1.41 min. video)
- Mike Rodak notes Robert Kraft was told Rob Gronkowski's surgery "was as good as a report that we could have hoped for."
- Tedy Bruschi spoke to reporters on a conference call to share his reaction on being elected to the Patriots Hall of Fame.
- Jim Donaldson writes Tedy Bruschi has long had the popular vote. Few players in team history have been adored more by the fan base.
- Mark Farinella has a nice piece on Tedy Bruschi, the face of the Patriots Super Bowl defenses.
- Mike Reiss answers his weekly reader mailbag: Questions heading into OTAs.
- Ron Borges explains why hosting a Super bowl in Boston is a longshot.
- Jeff Howe Patriots Notebook: Robert Kraft says he was told Gronkowski's surgery was a success with the hope that he'll play a full season; Tedy Bruschi will be enshrined into the Patriots Hall of Fame; OTA attendance for Tuesday.
- Erik Frenz counts down the top 25 players in the AFC East: No. 11 Jets LT D'Brickashaw Ferguson.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Jake Ballard taking part in OTAs for Patriots.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Goodell says league wants to make process of cutting players more "humane".
- Don Banks (SI) Teams not buying 'Easter Bunny' excuse for moving NFL Draft to May.
- Peter King (SI) MMQB Tuesday Edition - There's no good reason to move back draft; Mail.
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Goodell: Keeping draft in April would require looking for other venues.
- Jason Cole (Yahoo! Sports) NFL noncommittal with announcing dates of two new Super Bowls, other events.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) NFL considers making the Pro Bowl "more like a game show".
- Pete Prisco (CBS Sports) Power Rankings. Pats 4th.