New England Patriots Links 7/08/14 - Sources: Dobson Ready for Camp, Gronk on Track for Week 1

TEAM TALK

• John Rooke keeps us up to date with Revis, the refs and ratings.
• Paul Perillo breaks down the roster by position: Defensive line.

LOCAL LINKS

• Nick Underhill hears from a source that Aaron Dobson might be ready for training camp.
• Mark Daniels reports Kyle Arrington anticipates the competition in the secondary will be high at training camp, and he looks forward to it.
• Mike Reiss checks the locks on the roster: Defensive ends. Sure-fire locks: Chandler Jones, Rob Ninkovich and Zach Moore.
• Erik Frenz breaks down the pre-training camp roster by position: Quarterback.
• Nick Underhill ranks the top 10 New England Patriots heading into training camp. No. 7: Sebastian Vollmer, No. 6 Nate Solder and No. 5: Chandler Jones.
  
• Mike Reiss describes the first of three plays nominated as the most memorable play in team history: Snow Plow Game.
• Field Yates talks about the recent Top 100 lists from CBS Sports, and where Patriots players are ranked on them.
• Andrew Battifarano reports Julian Edleman will drive the pace car for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Race in New Hampshire.
• Conor Ryan notes Giants LB Mark Herzlich said it was 'kind of ridiculous' to say Tom Brady is no longer an elite QB.

NATIONAL NEWS

• Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Rob Gronkowski on track to play Week One.
• Kevin Patra (NFL.com) Khalil Mack wants to sack Tom Brady, Peyton Manning.
• Jordan Jennings (Yahoo! Sports) NFL Twins Devin And Jason McCourty Team Up For Sickle Cell Awareness.
• Elliot Harrison (NFL.com) Tom Brady, Drew Brees among top 20 NFL players of the 2000s. "Selecting Brady as No. 1 on our list, frankly, took all of five seconds."
• Chris Wesseling (NFL.com) 10 snubs from the 'Top 100 Players of 2014' list.  /Matt Ryan??
• NFL Total Access (NFL.com) Shaun and Baldy's top 20 players of 2014. (5.13 min. video)
• Luis Gomez (Chicago Tribune) Sighting: Patriots' Rob Gronkowski at Castaways.
• Darin Gantt (ProFootballTalk) Is the NFL thinking about a multi-city Draft?
• Robert Klemko (The MMQB) So this is the NFL, Part 1: Inside days 1 and 2 of the Rookie Symposium.
• Andrew Powell-Morse (Best Tickets Blog) The winners and losers of North American sports.
• Mike Wilkening (ProFootballTalk) Eleven NFL teams attend Monday workout for supplemental draft entrant. /Patriots included.
• Elliot Harrison (NFL.com) Top 20 NFL Games of 2013: "Shootouts and slugfests that reminded us why we love football so much."
• Justin Forsett (Sporting News) Calming nerves or stoking flames, music playlist does trick in NFL pregame.
• Dr. David Chao (Nat'l Football Post) Monday morning MD: NFL bans "grill" facemasks citing safety, while players cite safety as reason to use them.
• Peter Bukowski (SI) New league hoping to bring a true minor-league system to pro football.