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TEAM TALK
- Press Conference - Nick Caserio plus video (23.40 min.)
- Paul Perillo tackles this week's Ask PFW Mailbag: Back to the Draft.
- PFW Draft Prospect Rankings: Tight End and Wide Reciever.
- PFW In Progress (4/29) - NFL Draft predictions. (2 hour program).
LOCAL LINKS
- Mike Reiss shares his top takeaways from Tuesday's annual pre-draft news conference with Nick Caserio: Team well positioned to compete today.
- Jeff Howe reports Nick Caserio explains the Patriots bring in prospects to get an idea of the entire positional group as well as the individual player.
- Kevin McNamara says no one really knows who the Patriots will draft, even them.
- Mark Farinella writes the Patriots are finishing up their homework for a draft that still involves gut instincts as well as metrics.
- Mike Reiss explores the theories as to the QB prospects brought in for visits, and what Nick Caserio had to say about them.
- Jeff Howe notes the Patriots will draft a wide receiver if the right one is on the board.
- Ben Volin believes "this seems like a good year to stay away from draft prospects with criminal histories and significant off-field issues."
- Mike Reiss passes along some picked-up draft pieces from the team's media information packet. /Mine must have gotten lost in the mail. Again.
- Mike Reiss reports Rob Gronkowski says his knee is improving, but he's unsure if he'll be ready to go in Week 1.
- Jeff Howe notes Rob Gronkowski admitted he'd rather have a concussion "and be out for three days" than a knee torn ACL "and be rehabbing for six months".
- ESPNBoston Draft roundtable talks about whether this Patriots team, as it is comprised today, is better than the one that lost the AFC Championship Game. (4.28 min. video)
- Mike Reiss answers his weekly Patriots Mailbag: Mock drafts have filled the void, but fans are ready for the real thing.
- Mike Reiss narrows down his list of prospects to a select group that would be ideal (and realistic) for the Patriots: TE C.J. Fiedorowicz (Iowa).
- Karen Guregian and Jeff Howe highlight draft prospects who could land with the Patriots at No. 29: DT Stephon Tuitt (Notre Dame) and S Jimmie Ward (Northern Illinois).
- Tom E. Curran checks out prospects the Patriots may consider in the first round: OLB Trent Murphy (Stanford).
- WEEI profiles potential Patriots in this year's draft: OG Dakota Dozier (Furman)
- Mike Reiss begins highlighting prospects in rounds 2-7 by position who might fit for the Patriots: Offensive Tackles.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Nick Caserio: QB visits this year no different than in the past.
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Gronk: Too soon to tell if I'll be ready for opener.
- NFL AM (NFL.com) How do the New England Patriots get back on top? (4.03 min. video)
- Ashley Fox (ESPN) Character issue remains complicated.
- Around the League (NFL.com) Five NFL Draft surprise predictions: Patriots draft their next starting quarterback.
- Chris Burke & Doug Farrar (SI) Safe or surprise? Breaking down Round 1 options for teams in 2014 NFL draft.
- Jason La Canfora (CBS Sports) 2014 NFL Draft: Seven sleepers who will go higher than projected.
- Draft Debate (NFL.com) Best picks of 2013 NFL Draft.
- Mike Wilkening (ProFootballTalk) When the NFL Draft finally made it into the TV listings.
- Robert Klemko (The MMQB) The Sweetness is Souring: How the RB position is being staffed and compensated is rapidly shifting.
- Andrew Brandt (The MMQB) Tread on the tire: Why RBs are losing their traction.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) NFL denies Hard Knocks field has been cut to three teams.