TEAM TALK
- Training Camp Schedule - Today's practice is closed to the public due to the weather. Next public practice Monday Aug. 18.
- Andy Hart blogs from camp: Alfonzo Dennard took part in the 1-on-1 drills, but is still not seeing action in team drills; Easley took part in the 1-on-1s with the Philly O-line.
- John Rooke makes the case that preseason is no reason to get too excited.
- Andy Hart tackles this week's Ask PFW Mailbag: Camp competition heats up.
- Press Pass - Aaron Dobson, Vince Wilfork speak after practice. (3.56 min. video)
- Patriots Today - Ryan Mallett, Brandon Browner return to practice. (2.23 min. video)
- Patriots Today - Darrelle Revis talks following joint practice. (7.55 min. video)
- Patriots Today - Duron Harmon talks after joint practice. (1.47 min. video)
- Photos - Day 1 Patriots joint practices with the Eagles. /Worth a look to get a feel for camp.
LOCAL LINKS
- Phil Perry writes his Pats-Eagles Day 1 Postcard from Camp: Some fun matchups to watch during the one-on-one period between Pats WRs and Eagles DBs.
- Mike Reiss and Lee Schechter offer their observations from Tuesday's practice: Darrelle Revis took his foot off the gas; Josh Boyce showed his speed with a pair of deep routes that left defenders in the dust.
- Mike Reiss mentions there was an electric atmosphere at camp Tuesday, courtesy of the 25,317 fans who attended.
- Oliver Thomas posts his observations from camp: Ryan Mallett returns, Jerod Mayo absent.
- Adam Kaufman explains why Ryan Mallett is still ahead of Jimmy Garoppolo on the depth chart.
- Ryan Hannable reports Mark Sanchez said coming back to New England was everything he expected - probably including the heckling and taunting by the fans.
- Dan Roche didn't think the Patriots looked as sharp as last week.
- The AP writes Darrelle Revis shrugs off giving up a TD pass in practice, preferring to prepare for when the passes matter.
- Mike Reiss notes referee John Parry and his crew are in town to work the Pats-Eagles joint practices, and they were asked by Belichick to inform each player what he did to earn the flag.
- Ben Volin recaps the Patriots joint training camp practice with Philidelphia. (2.39 min. video)
- Karen Guregian notes Eagles offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur knows Danny Amendola pretty well, and lauds his talent.
- Doug Kyed reports Aaron Dobson says his injured foot 'felt good' in his first padded practice.
- Mike Reiss hears Eagles' center Jason Kelce relay that Vince Wilfork is as tough as ever.
- Jeff Howe notes the Patriots now have a glimpse of the way opposing offenses would prefer to attack them this season.
- Field Yates tells us the Patriots' offseason award winners: Hightower, Mayo, McCourty, Edelman, Ryan, collins, Develin, Ebner and Chris Jones.
- Adam Kurkjian notes that few if any players have made bigger strides so far at training camp than Malcolm Butler.
- Erik Frenz points to Malcolm Butler, an unheralded, undrafted CB out of Division II West Alabama, as a dark horse emerging for the Pats roster.
- Phil Perry notes new Patriot TE Ben Hartsock says the Pats are a 'quintessential role-player team'.
- Karen Guregian points out that after Rob Gronkowski, the TE position is precariously thin.
- Mike Reiss answers his Patriots Mailbag: Room for improvement on offensive line.
- Jeff Howe Patriots Notebook: Jimmy Garoppolo returned from Washington a new man, takes control of the field; Aaron Dobson was still very limited in practice and hasn't yet been cleared for contact; Pats aggressively added DT depth by making a pair of trades in one day for the first time in three years; Pats cancelled public access to today's practice due to the inclement weather.
- Jeremy Gottlieb spots Robert Kraft in the No. 3 spot on a very unscientific list of NFL owners ranked by how likable they are.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Rob Demovsky (ESPN) DE Jerel Worthy heading to Patriots.
- Mike Wilkening (ProFootballTalk) Report: Patriots trade CB Justin Green for Cowboys DT Ben Bass.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Gronk far from a sure thing to play Week one.
- Jeff McLane (Philadelphia Inquirer) Eagles-Patriots practice observations: Brady held in check; Matthews returns; Jenkins shines.
- Jimmy Kempski (Philly.com) Eagles training camp practice notes, August 12: Eagles upgraded from kid's table.
- Jeff McLane (Philadelphia Inquirer) Cary Williams changes his tune about Patriots.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Bill Belichick declines to share his opinion of Cary Williams.
- Zach Berman (Philadelphia Inquirer) Foles studies Brady during Eagles-Patriots workouts.
- Bob Brookover (Philadelphia Inquirer) Patriots can tell Eagles have come a long way.
- Jerome Bettis (ESPN) Key to Patriots success: Offense or defense? (1 min. video)
- Bucky Brooks (NFL.com) NFL's top offensive division. AFC East 7th.
- Andrew Powell-Morse (Best Tickets Blog) The NFL's hometown rosters.
- Chris Wesseling (NFL.com) Fourteen things to know from Tuesday's camps.