TEAM TALK
- 2014 Patriots Mock Draft Tracker: What the 'experts are predicting the Patriots will do in the first round of the draft.
- Paul Perillo posts a positional breakdown of the roster: Offensive line.
LOCAL LINKS
- Field Yates lays out the Patriots' five biggest offseason needs and the options available to fill them.
- Jeff Howe examines the Patriots' situation on offense and the realistic options available to them, as they close in on free agency.
- Tom E. Curran feels the Patriots have gotten more than their money’s worth so far from Talib and Edelman and wonders if re-signing them for what they want/deserve is too risky.
- Ben Volin tells us why the Patriots should go after Darrelle Revis.
- Christopher Price wonders if the releases of Champ Bailey, Devin Hester and Cortland Finnegan will have an impact on Aqib Talib's asking price in free agency.
- Obnoxious Boston Fan does the math: Denver CB Champ Bailey is a free agent and he has a big fan in Bill Belichick.
- Mike Reiss serves up a few leftovers from Tuesday's Patriots mailbag.
- Nick Underhill reports the Patriots are still window-shopping for wide receivers, meeting with Mike Evans (Texas A&M).
- Mike Reiss looks at Danny Aiken's situation as a restricted free agent, and whether the Patriots will tender him a contract.
- Mike Reiss follows up on the Brent Grimes contract, which helps set the market for Aqib Talib.
- Mike Reiss discusses the team’s options in free agency and the team’s own free agents, Talib, Edelman and Blount. (1 min. clip).
- Christopher Price takes a look at four potential draft targets for the Patriots to keep an eye on. (3.58 min. video)
- Doug Kyed thumbnails a few free agents the Patriots could add to improve their pass defense.
- Mike Reiss explores who are the big safeties in this year's draft.
- WEEI profiles potential Patriots in this year's draft: TE Austin Seferian-Jenkins (Washington).
- Nick O'Malley spotlights players who project to be a good fit in New England: CB Jason Verrett (Texas Christian). /He lost me at 5'9".
NATIONAL NEWS
- Brent Sobleski (USA Today) Ryan Mallett throws at Arkansas' pro day.
- Darin Gantt (ProFootballTalk) Aqib Talib is ready for his free agent payday.
- First Take (ESPN) America's Team gone bad? (5.09 min. video) Stephen A. Smith: "America's Team is in New England." /Preach it brother!
- Andy Benoit (The MMQB) Buyer beware: ... if you think that shiny free agent signing is too good to be true, it's because it probably is.
- Joe Fortenbaugh (Nat'l Fooball Post) Top 50 NFL free agents: The checkbooks open on March 11 at 4:00pm.
- Andrew Brandt (The MMQB) In the NFL's game of tag, you don't want to be it.
- Tony Villiotti (Nat'l Football Post) Getting some free agency perspective: 2013 review.
- Gregg Rosenthal (NFL.com) Nine biggest wild cards in free agency. /Brandon Spikes on this list.
- Anwar S. Richardson (Yahoo! Sports) Free agency preview: Market saturated with second-tier receivers
- Mike Wilkening (ProFootballTalk) The Free Agent Hot 100.
- Chris Burke (SI) 2014 NFL free agency primer: D-line.
- Marc Sessler (NFL.com) Free agency primer: Top 25 defensive backs.
- Brian Dawkins (ESPN) Best fits in free agency. (3.14 min. video)
- Tom Pelissero (USA Today) One-year contracts actually can benefit veterans.
- Mike Tanier (Sports on Earth) The Jimmy Graham equation.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Vinatieri: "They're trying to minimize the importance of kckers".
- Doug Farrar (SI) 2014 NFL Mock Draft 2.0. Pats pick TE Eric Ebron (North Carolina).