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TEAM TALK
- Andy Hart covers day 2 of minicamp. Brady, the other two QBs and a handful of receivers & tight ends spent 'quite some time' working together after practice.
- Paul Perillo reports Brandon Spikes was the only Patriots not to attend OTAs but he reported for mini-camp and plans to be very much a part of the 2013 Patriots.
- Press Conference Transcripts: Bill Belichick (plus 10.02 min. video), Tom Brady (plus 11.58 min. video) and Robert Kraft.
- Player Interviews: Rob Ninkovich (1.15 min.), Vince Wilfork (3.55 min.), Michael Jenkins (6.55 min.), Danny Amendola (3.41 min.) and Adrian Wilson (2.26 min.)
- Patriots Today - Brady chats football. (11.58 min. video)
- Patriots Today - Wilfork talks Tebow. (1.34 min. video)
- Patriots Today - Kraft speaks. (8.07 min. video)
- Patriots Today - Mallett maintains his focus. (2.58 min. video)
- Patriots Today - MHK Awards bring smiles. (2.53 min. video)
- PFW In Progress - The arrival of Tim Tebow and other mini-camp topics. (2 hour program)
LOCAL LINKS
- Jeff Howe takes the idea of Tom Brady playing tag-team with Tim Tebow off the table. Brady calls it a 'very hypothetical question'.
- Field Yates passes along some interesting observations from the 2nd minicamp practice.
- Christopher Price details the action from Wednesday's minicamp. The offense had a crisp session with Brady and Mallett, in spit of some glitches.
- Tom E. Curran has been impressed by one WR in particular who has made some spectacular catches in OTAs and minicamp: No. 83 Lavelle Hawkins.
- Mike Reiss tells us five things not to be overlooked from Day 2 of minicamp. Ninkovich loves having Spikes around.
- Mike Reiss highlights Danny Amendola talking about a play where he made the right route-running decision that had Tom Brady all fired-up.
- Nick Underhill says it may be cliche, but Brady believes he's in the best shape of his life.
- Field Yates finds out from Kyle Arrington how his number switch with Adrian Wilson is working out so far.
- Tom Layman says that to Adrian Wilson, film work is necessary but implementing those plays on the practice field is how the learning really takes root.
- Mike Reiss reports Bill Belichick's news conference had a much different feel to it Wednesday, with a much lighter media crowd.
- Mike Petraglia survived the media stampede for Tebow but notes the hoard numbers have already died down. NE will not be a repeat of NY.
- Zuri Berry reports the Patriots continued minicamp yesterday with a smaller Tebow crowd.
- Mike Rodak notes Ryan Mallett welcomes the competition at QB and isn't paying attention to the spectacle surrounding Tebow.
- Ben Volin and Zuri Berry review the Patriots second minicamp practice. (3.26 min. video)
- Field Yates posts the details of Tebow's contract and offers a few thoughts on what it means.
- Jeff Howe posts a pic of Tebow's new trading card with the Patriots.
- Jeff Howe Patriots Notebook: Minicamp concludes today with the rookie WRs in a hole because of injuries that have restricted their ability to get on the field; Michael Jenkins says they're staying in the playbook and working hard in every other area; Belichick warned Kraft before adding Tebow this week.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Shalise Manza Young (Sporting News) Training camp preview: Patriots have new faces, familiar feel.
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Tom Brady: It's been a fun couple of days.
- James Walker (ESPN) Robert Kraft endorses Tim Tebow.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Ryan Mallett: Patriots have three great quarterbacks.
- Les Carpenter (Yahoo! Sports) Expect Patriots to use Tim Tebow as more than QB.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Tebow could be a Rudy in New England.
- Peter Schrager (Fox Sports) Tebow lands but 'circus' snuffed.
- NFL Total Access (NFL.com) Steve Mariucci on Tim Tebow: I don't think he'll be a distraction. (2.36 min. video)
- Chris Wesseling (NFL.com) 15 things we learned from Day 2 of NFL minicamps.
- Elliot Harrison (NFL.com) Rookie running backs highlight summer subplots across AFC.
- Jack Bechta (Nat'l Football Post) NFL summer observations.
- Chris Burke (SI) Declining player to watch: Wes Welker.
- Scott Kacsmar (Cold Hard Football Facts) Friendly NFL climate, great quarterbacks spark rise in passing statistics.
- Don Banks (SI) Multiple cities, same year: Is this the future of the draft?