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TEAM TALK
- Paul Perillo and Andy Hart debate which of the Patriots four Super Bowl wins was the best.
- Briana Palma tells us what happened when Vereen, Ninkovich and Blount staged an ESPN takeover on Friday.
- Patriots All Access - 2/06/15. (20.53 min. video)
- Sounds of the Game - 2/06/15. (5.16 min. video)
- Coffee with the Coach - Scott Zolak sits down with Bill Belichick and the two discuss Super Bowl XLIX. (3.48 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Mike Reiss reports Jonathan Kraft acknowledged that both Revis and the team plan to 'get to work' on a potential contract extension in the coming weeks.
- Karen Guregian writes a nice column after hearing from Julian Edelman's father and Malcolm Butler's former coach.
- Kevin Duffy looks at which positions do the Patriots need to upgrade the most.
- Ron Borges issues his Patriots season final Report Card: It's not the shaky start that matters, but the marvelous finish.
- Tom E. Curran says the Malcolm Butler Victory Tour continues, "I don’t want to be known as a great player for one play."
- Mike Reiss posts some highlights from Ninkovich and Vereen on ESPN Radio's "Mike & Mike" Show.
- Eric Wilbur makes a case that only the '04 Red Sox had a three-week period remotely close to these Patriots.
- Stephen Betts reports Malcolm Butler spent the days after the parade visiting patients at Children's Hospital in Boston.
- Prisca Pointdujour mentions how Malcolm Butler spread cheer at Children's Hospital.
- Mike Reiss serves up some leftovers from Jonathan Kraft's Friday interview on WEEI: The 4th quarter showed why Tom Brady is the greatest of all-time.
- Boston Herald photographers capture the Patriots' Championship season. (4.49 min. video montage)
- Bill Speros writes an excellent response to the letter from 'Amanda from Tacoma' who didn't like the Patriots parade.
- Mike Reiss reveals the fines issued by the league for the Seahawks-Pats scuffle at the end of the game.
- Jeremy Gottlieb posts the vine of Gronk spiking the puck at Saturday's Bruins game.
- Tom E. Curran writes an excellent piece about the NFL letting their thirst for Bill Belichick's and the Patriots' blood blind them to the consequences of their handling of deflategate.
- Tom E. Curran points out how Jerry Rice is now going with the 'everybody does it' excuse.
- Adam Kurkjian Patriots Notebook: New deal for Darrelle Revis a priority; Malcolm Butler's last official interception was as a senior at West Alabama; Robert Kraft intends to keep Belichick and Brady together, "as long as the good Lord lets me breathe."
NATIONAL NEWS
- Greg Couch (Rolling Stone) The New England Patriots: America's Team.
- Neil Paine (FiveThirtyEight) Tom Brady’s (statistical) place in the pantheon of NFL QBs.
- Erik Frenz (Bleacher Report) Keep or cut decisions for Patriots' 2015 free agents.
- Judy Battista (NFL.com) New England Patriots, Seattle Seahawks equipped for big 2015.
- Dan Hanzus (NFL.com) Cheers to Brady's legend, Gronk's golden summer.
- Bob Condotta (Seattle Times) Inside The NFL stops just short of solving last-play mystery of the Super Bowl.
- John Boyle (Everett Herald) 10 other plays that doomed the Seahawks.
- NFL Fan Pass (NFL.com) An epic tribute to Super Bowl XLIX. (4.17 min. video)
- Vinnie Iyer (Sporting News) Sporting News counts down all XLIX - ahem, 49 - games.
- John Clayton (ESPN) Mailbag: Clutch QBs biggest decider in SBs.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Browner says nickname for Patriots' secondary should come from fans.
- Video (ESPN) Vereen, Blount and Ninkovich react to Kearse catch. (2.14 min. video)
- First Take (ESPN) Rob Ninkovich replies to 'tainted' comments. (5.28 min. video)
- Mike Wilkening (ProFootballTalk) Ten years ago Friday, the Patriots went back-to-back.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Kraft remains unpersuaded that Brady needed deflated footballs.
- Dan Hanzus (NFL.com) Seahawks championship merchandise will go to good use.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) New Deflategate theory: Colts deflated ball after Jackson’s pick.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Jerry Rice admits to cheating, says everyone did it.
- Matt Bowen (Bleacher Report) How do NFL teams really cheat?