TEAM TALK
- Briana Palma catches up with Matt Light about his charitable foundation, the infamous pranks he’s pulled, and why he and Coach Belichick aren't so different after all.
- Conference Call Transcripts - DE Jabaal Sheard and TE Scott Chandler.
- Andy Hart and Paul Perillo debate which Patriot would make the best basketball player.
- Roster Report 3/20: Latest roster updates. (11.52 min. program)
- From the NFL - Finish the Sentence: Offseason edition. (2.56 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Jeff Howe tells us what to look for at the owners meetings this week in Phoenix.
- Mike Reiss sets the stage for Monday at the NFL owners meeting. Robert Kraft is expected to address reporters around 3 p.m.
- Tom E. Curran goes over some things he's particularly interested in hearing about at the NFL Owners meetings this week.
- Mike Reiss posts some quick-hit weekend thoughts from the Patriots: Chris Jones and Ryan Wendell are rehabbing after offseason surgery.
- Ben Volin Sunday NFL Notes: Owners will vote on a whopping 28 proposals at the annual meetings in Phoenix this week; Patriots aren't the Grinches they are sometimes portrayed as in the media; More.
- Tom E. Curran thinks Bradley Fletcher can bounce back from his debacle in Philly.
- Karen Guregian believes the Patriots depleted secondary will face a gauntlet of receivers in 2015.
- Jerry Thornton discusses the NFL considering changing the rules so the Patriots can't out-think them.
- James Mastrangelo (Inside the Pylon) Reporting as ineligible: An appreciation.
- Mike Reiss finds that Jabaal Sheard and Scott Chandler are happy to join the winning Patriots culture.
- Mike Reiss serves up some leftover soundbites from conference calls with DE Jabaal Sheard and TE Scott Chandler.
- Phil Perry notes Scott Chandler is relatively familiar with Bill Belichick's coaching style because he played his college football at Iowa under coach Kirk Ferentz.
- Jonas Gray posts on instagram a picture of the key to the City of Pontiac, Michigan, that he was given by Mayor Dierdre Waterman.
- Tom E. Curran notes Giants owner John Mara doubts the Patriots' idea of adding cameras in the end zone, sidelines and end line will be approved.
- Doug Kyed Patriots Mailbag: Malcolm Butler, Dominique Easley could break out in year two.
- Mike Reiss details the contract signed by CB Chimdi Chekwa.
- Tom E. Curran isn't buying the defense the Jets have offered for the team's tampering with Darrelle Revis, and has an answer for Mehta.
- Mike Reiss updates us on where things stand with the NFL's investigation on the tampering charge against the Jets.
- Karen Guregian talks with Houston coach Bill O’Brien yesterday, who gave the feeling he had won the lottery in picking up Vince Wilfork.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Jordan Raanan (NJ.com) Former Rutgers star Devin McCourty: Giants, Eagles were in it until the very end.
- Gary Myers (NY Daily News) Rex Ryan has already moved on from Jets, still obsessed with Bill Belichick and Patriots.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Carroll says sting of his Super Bowl play call will never go away.
- First Take (ESPN) Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith debate whether Julian Edelman should be considered among the highest level of WRs in the league. (4.07 min. video)
- El Presidente (Barstool Sports) Bill Belichick dominating the vacation game.
- Peter King (The MMQB) MMQB: Roger Goodell, unpluged.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) No resolution of pending investigations before league meetings.
- Rich Cimini (ESPN) Jets still waiting for verdict on Patriots' tampering charge.
- Bart Hubbuch (NY Post) John Mara’s and Belichick’s PAT plan to enliven NFL.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Rooney thinks Ravens had "legitimate gripe" about ineligible receiver maneuver. /Get in the whiner line.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Rule proposal would further restrict chop blocks.
- John Kryk (Toronto Sun) The threshold for ‘completing a catch to the ground’ in NFL is changing, and Packers prez tells Sun Media how.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) No changes to kickoffs planned.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Rule proposals show NFL is not done tinkering with extra points.
- Andrew Healy (Football Outsiders) Free-Agency cost-benefit analysis.
- Mike Wilkening (ProFootballTalk) Brandon Spikes among the best defensive players left unsigned.
- Gregg Rosenthal (NFL.com) Vick, Welker, Wayne among veterans looking for jobs.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) An easy solution to the catch rule.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Mara says playoff expansion is inevitable.
- Marc Sessler and Conor Orr (NFL.com) What we learned from the Veteran Combine.
- Darin Gantt (ProFootballTalk) Several first-rounders among the chaff at veteran combine.
- Brian T.Smith (Houston CHronicle) Soft heart inside the mountain of a man that is Texans’ Vince Wilfork.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) NFL sees sharp decline in concussions, hits on defenseless players.
- Ryan Phillips (Fansided) NFL Free Agency: The 5 worst moves so far.
- Mike Wilkening (ProFootballTalk) Restricted free agency has been quiet thus far.
- Tom Reed (Cleveland.com) Cleveland Browns are 'front-runners' to appear on Hard Knocks, according to report.