TEAM TALK
- Patriots sign four players and release one.
- Patriots Roster Tracker 2013: PFW keeps you up to date with the Patriots roster, with analysis each time there is a change
- Paul Perillo says the return of Edelman and Dobson highlighted Thursday's training camp practice.
- Erik Scalavino notes Julian Edelman made his first appearance of training camp Thursday.
- Press Conference: Bill Belichick.
- Patriots Today - Edelman: 'Train's moving'. (2.14 min. video)
- Patriots Today - Rookie Ryan learning the ropes. (1.25 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Mark Farinella writes Dante Scarnecchia has done just about everything there is to do and seen almost everything there is to see in football - and still always gets results.
- Paul Kenyon reports OL Will Svitek, who escaped from Communism with his family at age 2, has had an unusual football career.
- Jeff Howe highlights Aqib Talib' leadership, working out at Gillette every day in the offseason and forming a vocal, on-field rivalry with Brady.
- Field Yates passes along some observations from Thursday's practice with a heavy emphasis on situational work.
- Mike Reiss describes the 1-on-1 sessions yesterday and which players stood out.
- Jeff Howe posts his observations from practice: Jamie Collins forced another fumble in a positional drill. That’s at least two this week.
- Phil Perry fills out his postcard from camp: Day 6. The offense looked relatively smooth during the hurry-up considering all its new pieces.
- Christopher Price shares his Thursday practice notes: Offensive highlight of the day: Tom Brady and Kenbrell Thompkins hooked up on a nice deep ball down the middle.
- Nick Underhill tells us which players are flying high and which ones are in the doghouse.
- Field Yates analyzes Julian Edelman's first day off PUP. "He looked quick, elusive, precise in his route work, and his conditioning seemed to be a comfortable level."
- Mike Reiss puts the WR corps in focus now that Julian Edelman is back.
- Christopher Price says the return of Julian Edelman is more important than we think.
- Doug Kyed says Aaron Dobson is not as good as Amendola and not as consistent as Kenbrell Thompkins, but he's the most exciting.
- Karen Guregian explains why Shane Vereen could play a pivotal role this year, catching passes.
- Doug Kyed notes Thursday was a big day for rookie safety Duron Harmon.
- Erik Frenz lists his Daily Training Camp Overreaction: Jamie Collins will destroy everything.
- Greg Bedard reports the Patriots offense and defense are both works in progress.
- Mike Reiss posts the transcript of his weekly online Pats chat.
- Jeff Howe Patriots Notebook: Julian Edelman was activated off PUP; Belichick and Edelman recognize he has a long way to go to catch up; Leon Washington felt personally insulted the NFL removed kickoff returners from the Pro Bowl.
- Paul Kenyon Patriots Notebook: Bill Belichick had nothing but praise for Bill Parcells as he's set to enter the Hall of Fame; Belichick is still not sure what position Jamie Collins will likely end up; Devin McCourty has been working exclusively at safety, but spent time Thursday with the CBs.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Albert Breer (NFL.com) Tom Brady, New England Patriots still catching up on offense.
- Dan Hanzus (NFL.com) Making the leap, No. 5: Patriots DE Chandler Jones.
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Bill Belichick: Edelman has some ground to make up.
- Matthew Carroll, AP (Yahoo! Sports) WR Edelman works his way back for Patriots.
- Charles P. Pierce (Grantland) Something wicked this way comes? The Patriots prepare for what will likely be a truly bizarre season.