TEAM TALK
- Andy Hart lists some key Patriots offseason dates.
- Briana Palma tells us Julian Edelman went on "Late Night with Seth Meyers," where he talked about being in Bill Belichick's doghouse for six years.
- Andy Hart tackles this week's Ask PFW Mailbag: Turning to the offseason.
- Briana Palma helps deliver the new Championship Pepsi cans to a Shaws supermarket. /Sure, the one day I don't go to the store.
- Briana Palma passes along a video message from several Patriots, to thank the legions of fans who stood by them through the ups and downs of the 2014 season.
- Patriots Today - Jerod Mayo greets fans at Shaws. (2.52 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Mike Reiss posts his top ten list from Bill Belichick's appearance on Letterman last night.
- Jerry Thornton dubs Belichick the new king of late night comedy.
- Mike Reiss serves up a few leftovers from Brandon LaFell's appearance on NFL Network's "NFL AM" program Wednesday.
- Eric Wilbur notes that as Julian Edelman continues his post-Super Bowl celebration bender, Wes Welker sees his career at a crossroads.
- Christopher Price explains why the Patriots need to keep Devin McCourty.
- CSNNE wonders what's next for Wilfork and Mayo.
- Bill Speros tells fans to get ready for plenty of change in Foxborough, even with a Super Bowl championship.
- Mark Daniels writes about Rob Ninkovich's unlikely journey to a Super Bowl championship.
- Mike Reiss wonders what round is too high for the Patriots to pick a running back.
- Jack Andrade believes history says the Patriots will likely use the franchise tag this season.
- Christopher Price breaks down the roster position-by-position: Quarterback.
- Christopher Price profiles a few free agent snapshots: Torrey Smith.
- Rich Levine gives us his top ten reasons to watch Bill Belichick on Letterman.
- John Tomase would love to see Rex Ryan and Peyton Manning join forces.
- Mike Reiss says the Patriots are managing to mix work with pleasure. (1 min. video)
- Jerry Thornton notices that ESPN's 'First Take' is finally weighing in on Jerry Rice's hypocrisy.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Brandon LaFell wanted Patriots to let Seahawks score at end of Super Bowl.
- Jarrod Ulrey (Hiliard Northwest News) Nate Ebner receivers Super welcome.
- Staff Report (UFC on Fox Blog) Chandler Jones ready to fight his brother Jon Jones ... for charity.
- Brad Gagnon (CBS Sports) Where Patriots dynasty ranks among NFL's most dominant franchises.
- Doug Farrar (SI) Off-season Primer: AFC East.
- Andrew Healy (Football Outsiders) Four Downs: AFC East.
- Joel Corry (CBS Sports) Agent's Take: Major salary cap or contract question for every AFC team.
- Vinnie Iyer (Sporting News) 2015 NFL power rankings: Patriots on pole in race to Super Bowl 50.
- John Breech (CBS Sports) 2015 NFL strength of schedule.
- Staff Report (Fox Sports) The 25 most anticipated games of the 2015 NFL season.
- Andrew Brandt (The MMQB) Business of Football: A dozen offseason predictions.
- Bryan Curtis (Grantland) The paranoid style in sportswriting: Deflategate, Lynchghazi, and the conspiracy theories of Super Bowl XLIX. /Good read.
- Mike Tanier (Bleacher Report) Redskiins' RG3-less fan letter may spark new NFL 'truth in advertising' trend.
- Boomer Esiason (SI) Could Patriots be back for more? (1.15 min. video)
- NFL Films (YouTube) Best of 2014. (4.11 min. video) /Pretty cool.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Letterman dubs #DeflateGate "nonsense" during Belichick interview. /Florio ticked off about it.
- David Letterman (YouTube) Bill Belichick talks about deflategate with David Letterman. (2 min. video)
- First Take (YouTube) Jerry Rice apologizes after admitting to using Stickum. (11.03 min. video)
- NFL Total Access (NFL.com) Combine: Rob Gronkowski's 2010 Combine workout. (3 min. video)
- Jared Dubin (CBS Sports) Four minutes of awesome one-handed catches. (4 min. video)