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TEAM TALK
- Andy Hart and Paul Perillo debate which rookie will have the biggest impact in 2013.
- Patriots Today - Brady on Best Buddies Challenge. (2.52 min. video)
- Patriots Today - Catching up with Ridley. (2.04 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Mike Reiss offers some quick-hit weekend thoughts from the Patriots and around the NFL.
- Mike Reiss says when it comes to QBs adjusting to almost a completely new group of WRs, it's hard for any non-rookie to match Tom Brady's challenge this year.
- Tom E. Curran notes Tom Brady acknowledged the learning curve of his new receivers, but sounded optimistic about their progress so far.
- Paul Kenyon reports Tom Brady calls what his work with Best Buddies the highlight of his year.
- ESPN Boston posts a couple of pictures of Tom Brady and Bill Belichick riding during the Best Buddies Challenge.
- Mike Reiss reports Tom Brady likes what he's seen from Danny Amendola so far.
- Mike Rodak catches up with free agent Dan Koppen at Brady's Best Buddies flag football game Friday night.
- Zuri Berry looks at what the TE depth chart looks like and how they'll handle Gronk's absence.
- Field Yates checks in with Rob Gronkowski, leading a football camp for 450 children in Peabody Saturday morning.
- Karen Guregian reports Gronkowski couldn't avoid questions from concerned kids about his health.
- Karen Guregian notes Gronkowski couldn't participate at a camp Saturday due to his recent surgery, but he interacted with the kids as best he could.
- Karen Guregian hears some words of caution from Willie McGinest about Gronkowski's upcoming back surgery.
- Doug Kyed says the Patriots' rebuilt defense should be the best New England has seen since 2008.
- Mike Rodak posts the Patriots roster by contract length.
- Erik Frenz counts down the top 25 players in the AFC East: No. 2 Dolphins DE Cameron Wake and No. 1 Patriots QB Tom Brady.
- Jeff Howe Patriots Notebook: Tom Brady has thrown to a redesigned group of receivers during the first seven weeks of OTAs; Amendola, Jones, Jenkins, Hawkins, Dobswon and Ballard have replaced last year's group; Brady dedicated last night's flag football game to everyone affected by the Boston Marathon bombings; Julian Edelman is still wearing a walking boot on his right foot.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Brandon Spikes skipping OTAs in hopes of becoming a three-down linebacker.
- James Walker (ESPN) What is Rob Gronkowski's shelf life?
- James Walker (ESPN) AFC East: Playing for a contract.
- James Walker (ESPN) Examining AFC East over/under totals.
- Dan Pompei (Nat'l Football Post) Sunday Blitz: All the latest NFL talk.
- Peter King (SI) MMQB: Kaepernick a Raider? A look into the fateful trade that wasn't.
- Scott Kacsmar (Cold Hard Football Facts) NFL final four history: No match for NHL clash of champions.
- Aaron Schatz (Football Outsiders) Clean up on aisle 2012.
- Pete Prisco (CBS Sports) The replacements: Outlooks for players stepping in for big names.
- Vinnie Iyer (Sporting News) NFL 2013: 15 players facing make-or-break season.
- Vinnie Iyer (Sporting News) NFL 2013: Ranking the coaches starts with Super Bowl men.
- Pat Kirwan (CBS Sports) These 10 NFL head coach firings are the worst of the worst.
- James Walker (ESPN) Bill Parcells made huge impact in AFC East.
- Kerry Byrne (Cold Hard Football Facts) Real Quarterback Rating Differential: A new mother of all stats?
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Trust issues between NFL, NFLPA could make it harder for players to accept help.
- Joel Corry (Nat'l Football Post) The declining significance of June 1.