TEAM TALK
- Patriots Today - Belichick and company Play 60. (2.37 min. video)
- New England Patriots fans have until Wednesday, May 15 to cast their vote for the player or head coach they feel is most deserving of hall of fame enshrinement.
LOCAL LINKS
- Tom E. Curran warns the injury status of Gronkowski, Edelman and Hernandez could hamper progress to the Pat's air-attack when camp begins next month.
- Christopher Price hears from an NFC scout on 4 draftees who could contribute immediately.
- Mike Reiss poses five questions on LeGarrette Blount to Pat Yasinskas, who covers the NFL South for ESPN.
- Jeff Howe has a nice piece on Ryan Mallett and Zoltan Mesko participating in a football camp for youths with disabilities.
- Luke Hughes posts some pics of Bill Belichick, Zoltan Mesko and Ryan Mallett coaching disabled youths at a Harvard Football Clinic yesterday.
- Mike Rodak reports Ryan Mallett is set to graduate from Arkansas with a degree in sociology. He's been shuttling back and forth from Arkansas and Foxborough.
- Mike Reiss posts the transcript of his weekly online chat.
- Field Yates continues his scouting reports for the Patriots 2013 draft choices: S Duron Harmon.
- Christopher Price passes along a report that RB Felix Jones will work out for the Patriots this week.
- Erik Frenz counts down the top 25 players in the AFC East: No. 25 - Patriots RB Stevan Ridley and No. 24 - Bills C Eric Wood.
- Mike Reiss posts the video of Tedy Bruschi discussing Steelers safety Ryan Clark's remarks about Tom Brady on SportsCenter. (1.20 min. video)
- Nick Underhill notes the oddsmakers never list the New England Patriots as underdogs in their early 2013 betting lines.
- Jill Radsken posts a picture of Bill Belichick and Linda Holliday at a gala yesterday. File under 'things men do for their women'.
NATIONAL NEWS
- James Walker (ESPN) Will Rob Gronkowski miss Week 1?
- Danny Tuccitto (Football Outsiders) Four downs: AFC East.
- Chris Brown (BuffaloBills.com) Beating Brady blueprint started by Pettine.
- Oliver Thomas (Yahoo! Sports) Veteran pass rush a luxury, not a necessity for New England Patriots.
- Gregg Rosenthal (NFL.com) What NFL coach could last 20 years in his current job?
- Chris Burke (SI) Where the best remaining free agents fit after the draft.
- Experts (NFL.com) Instant debate: Which team has the best backup plan at QB?
- Jack Bechta (Nat'l Football Post) I just got drafted: Now what?
- Don Banks (SI) Are better days coming for minority hires? Many anxiously await.