New England Patriots Links 1/30/15 - Patriots Won't Let Opportunities Pass

TEAM TALK

• Andy Hart shares his Thursday Super Bowl news and notes from Arizona: The fire alarms that have been going off at the hotel have not affected the players.
• Paul Perillo notes Jimmy Garoppolo has spent the week trying to emulate Russell Wilson in practice. "I've had to get a lot faster real fast."
• Briana Palma tells us a popular breakfast joint in Phoenix has transformed its menu into a tasty tribute to the New England Patriots.
• Thursday Press Conferences: Bill Belichick (17.06) - Tom Brady (13.57 min. video), Rob Ninkovich - Vince Wilfork - Brandon LaFell.
• Thursday Patriots Quotes - Part 1 and Part 2.
• Patriots Today - Lil' Mayo at Super Bowl Media Day. (2.49 min.video)

LOCAL LINKS

• Tom E. Curran notes Bill Belichick is well aware the Patriots can't let chances pass vs. Seahawks.
• Karen Guregian matches up the Patriots and Seahawks by position to see which team has the edge.
• Kerry Byrne agrees that the Seahawks are a formidable team, but they're not quite the physical and statistical buzzsaw that milled the Broncos into sawdust last year.
• Jeff Howe looks at the key matchup between Darrelle Revis and Doug Baldwin.
• Ron Borges writes a terrific piece on the Patriots' Kool-Aid drinking Bryan Stork.
• John Tomase thinks the key that could decide the Super Bowl is YAC.
• Christopher Price reports the Patriots defense has spent the season secretly stashing away footballs from takeaways and turnovers, filling two bags with them.
• CSNNE recaps Rob Gronkowski and Marshawn Lynch duking it out in Mortal Kombat with Conan O'Brien.
• Phil Perry passes along the pool report from practice yesterday: Belichick has team practice in the rain, "We're like the US Mail."
• Jeff Howe reports the NFL says no log is kept on football PSI levels, leaving the investigative team forced to take referee Walt Anderson at his word.
• Mike Petraglia reports Dean Blandino admits footballs are not logged prior to games, but suggests changes are likely coming.
• Ryan Hannable asks players to dish on what Tom Brady has done to gain their respect.
• Eric Wilbur writes about the laughable difficulty of being a New England Patriots fan.
• Tom E. Curran talks about how the Patriots' deep playoff run often impacts the following season.
• Karen Guregian notes Bill Belichick has become the perfect bad guy, the villain America loves to hate.
• The Herald prints out Belichick’s impressive resume. How's this for starters: No team has a winning record against the Patriots in his tenure.
• Mike Reiss shares some of the lingering questions he's had about the process in which referees test and document air pressure in footballs, that were answered today.
• Braden Campbell lists the six most ridiculous takes on deflategate.
• Steve Buckley says it's no wonder the league doesn't want to talk about deflategate - it doesn't know what it's talking about.
• Ben Volin interviews Bob Kravitz, the Indianapolis reporter/hater who first reported on the NFL’s investigation of deflategate.
• Christopher Gasper recaps his interview with Joe Montana, who thinks Tom Brady had to order the deflation of footballs.
• The ESPN Boston staff makes their Super Bowl picks. 6 pick Pats, 4 pick 'Hawks.
• Jim Lazar says Goodell only served to inflate the Pats haters, and makes his Super Bowl pick: Patriots win 23-16.

NATIONAL NEWS

• Bill Barnwell (Grantland) Finally, a definitive Super Bowl breakdown.
• Richard Sandomir (NY Times) Behind the scenes, network production crews find a friendlier Belichick.
• Bill Barnwell (Grantland) Lost and found: Seeking a Super Bowl weakness.
• Report (ESPN Stats & Information) 49: Brady's playoff TD passes, an in-depth breakdown.
• Benjamin Hoffman (NY Times) By breaking mold of receiver, Edelman fits in with Patriots.
• Judy Battista (NFL.com) Darrelle Revis: An island of one.
• Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Tom Brady calls James Develin the best fullback in the NFL.
• Pat Kirwan (CBS Sports) How to handle Russell Wilson and Vince Wilfork: It's not easy.
• Stan Gable (SoSH Football Central) 2014 Top 5 Patriots offensive plays of the year.
• Marc Sessler (NFL.com) What does Bill Belichick's son do for the Patriots?
• MarkSchofield (SoSH Football Central) Super Bowl XLIX preview: Rob Gronkowski versus the Legion of Boom.
• John Breech (CBS Sports) Fire alarm at Patriots hotel gets pulled for second time in three days.
• Josh Weinfuss (ESPN) Patriots very pleased with grass at Cardinals' practice facility.
• John Clayton (ESPN) No Cinderella at this Super Bowl.
• Bucky Brooks (NFL.com) Offbeat Super Bowl MVP candidates.
• Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Carroll says refs will help Seahawks figure out Patriots’ formations.
• Dave Archibald (SoSH Football Central) Seahawks passing game isn't great.
• David Fleming (ESPN) Flags are Seahawks' best friend: Exploiting loopholes in the rulebook helped launch Seattle's budding dynasty.
• Ross Tucker (Sports on Earth) A tale of two philosophies: What the Patriots and Seahawks have in common.
• John Breech (CBS Sports) Super expensive: Cheapest Super Bowl ticket costs over $8,000.
• Kevin Seifert (ESPN) NFL: 'Added security' for SB footballs. /Whew!
• Manish Mehta (NY Daily News) Tom Brady hoping Peyton Manning won’t retire - ‘The league will miss him’.
• Kenneth Arthur (Sports on Earth) Bledsoe, Mirer still connected.
• Bryan Fischer (NFL.com) Super Bowl XLIX: 10 biggest draft steals for Patriots, Seahawks.
• Mike Wilkening (ProFootballTalk) Belichick on Junior Seau: "I was very fortunate to have the opportunity to coach him".
• John Clayton (ESPN) Inside the huddle: Two best teams in turnover differential this season are in the Super Bowl. (2.46 min. video)
• Jim Basquil and Mike Reiss (ESPN) Gronk's value. (2.35 min. video)
• ABC News Videos (Yahoo! Sports) Bill Belichick and Marshawn Lynch have a conversation. (1.04 min. video)
• Seth Wickersham (ESPN) Patriots' chaplain building character. (5.01 min.video)
• Joe Delessio (Sports on Earth) Evolution of the halftime show.
• Darin Gantt (ProFootballTalk) NFL health and safety report says concussions, ACLs are down.
• Darin Gantt (ProFootballTalk) League says incidents of racial slurs on field dropped sharply.
• Brian Burke (Sports on Earth) The Machine: Super Bowl edition. Seahawks win 24-20.
• Experts (ESPN) Super Bowl XLIX picks. 23 pick Pats, 24 pick Hawks.  /including the pro-Pats orangutan.
• Analysts (NFL.com) Super bowl XLIX picks. 6 pick Pats, 8 pick Hawks.

DEFLATEGATE DUMPSTER

• Chris Long (The Players' Tribune) A player's take on deflategate.
• Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) NFL didn’t log the PSI of each Patriots football.
• James Glanz (NY Times) Deflation experiments show Patriots may have a point after all.
• Christian Red (NY Daily News) As Super Bowl nears, MIT physics prof. analyzes DeflateGate. "Belichick and Tom Brady, therefore, should remain innocent until proven guilty"
• Tanya Ray Fox (One Blond, Two Coasts) How the NFL made a fool of you with deflategate.
• Tim Graham (Buffalo News) Bills’ Jackson says Patriots don’t need to cheat to win.
• Michael Hurcomb (CBS Sports) RG3 on Deflategate: 'I didn't know the ball had to be a certain weight'.