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LOCAL LINKS
- Christopher Price posts his Sunday NFL Notes: Past misdeeds of some Patriots critics leave charges sounding hollow.
- Mike Reiss posts some quick-hit weekend thoughts from the Patriots and around the NFL: Importance of the scouting combine, a look at more incredible Tom Brady numbers and more.
- Mike Reiss takes a look at some of the key dates upcoming on the NFL calendar.
- Ben Volin notes the Patriots' theme for 2014 was resilience, and Belichick noticed it during that fateful turnaround game in Kansas City.
- Ryan Hannable notes the Patriots' improvement on third down helped pave the way for a Super Bowl title.
- Christopher Price shares a video he found you You Tube that may be the best Super Bowl XLIX highlight clip you'll ever see. (3 min. video)
- Bob Ryan explains why Tom Brady's most important trait is not his arm, but the football computer he has sitting above his shoulders. (1 min. video)
- The Boston Herald put together some stats showing just how dynamic Mr. Do-It-All Julian Edelman was this season.
- ESPN Boston reports Julian Edelman (he cleans up niiiiice) and Malcolm Butler present an award at the Grammyys - with Butler intercepting the envelope of course.
- Braden Campbell notes fans can now purchase a Sad Sherman T-shirt, or one of Darrelle Revis holding up the Lombardi.
- Jeremy Gottlieb re-posts a vine of Vince Wilfork in the Bahamas walking up to a Pats fan wearing a No. 75 jersey, but didn't recognize who he was.
- Christopher Price posts his position-by-position breakdown: Special teams.
- Ryan Hannable Free agent snapshot: C. J. Spiller.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Peter King (The MMQB) MMQB: The Super Bowl story, according to Tom Brady.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Overlooked elsewhere, Malcolm Butler had supporters in New England.
- Greg A. Bedard (The MMQB) Weekend notes: New goal: Three-Hawks.
- Peter King (The MMQB) Window into the weekend: A look at deflategate, Jameis Winston, and free-agent Ndamukong Suh. (3.42 min. video)
- Nancy Dillon (NY Daily News) At 2015 Grammys, Patriots players Malcolm Butler, Julian Edelman present award.
- Darin Gantt (ProFootballTalk) Malcolm Butler’s roll continues as he turns up at Grammys.
- Peter King (The MMQB) 1 Question interview: Jonas Gray. (1.16 min. video)
- SI Now (SI) RB Jonas Gray has fun finding out if SI remembers him. (3 min. video)
- Andy Benoit (The MMQB) Super Bowl recap II. (1 hour podcast)
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Potential free agents: AFC and NFC.
- Nick Underhill (The Advocate) Saints and Patriots are similar, but Bill Belichick's shrewd approach is the difference.
- Kevin Ashton (The Cauldron) Deflategate and the softness of the American mind: The truth behind football's latest "controversy" and what it tells us about ourselves. /Excellent read.