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TEAM TALK
- Patriots Football Weekly Lighthouse Awards 2014.
- John Rooke View from Above: The biggest day on the NFL calendar?
- From the NFL - Heath Evans predicts the 2015 win-loss record of the Patriots. (1.28 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Jeff Howe sees this as a good draft for the Patriots to bolster their offensive line.
- Karen Guregian reports Dante Scarnecchia is still helping Nate Solder and the Patriots.
- Keviin Duffy takes a look back at the instant analysis from several of the Patriots Drafts over the years.
- Mark Daniels sees the interior line as the Patriots' greatest draft-day need on offense.
- The Herald Staff thumbnails which players in the draft might fit the Pats need on the O-line.
- Mike Reiss reports that according to Nick Caserio, receivers and edge players are plentiful in this draft.
- CBS Boston notes Nick Caserio was a guest of Bob Socci's NFL Draft Preview Show Sunday morning and he explains the Patriots' pre-draft process.
- Christopher Price looks at which teams are most likely to deal on Draft weekend.
- CSNNE has some ideas about what the Pats should do, rounds 1-3 of the draft.
- Michael Gee argues that evidence suggests another dull Patriots April could result in another most interesting January.
- Adam Kurkjian notes the Patriots are among teams building pipelines at key schools in the Draft.
- Ben Volin notes Goodell said one of the issues Wells likely explored was whether the deflated ball issue happened only in the AFC Championship Game, or whether it occurred more often.
- Steve Silva reports ESPN's Stephen A. Smith denies implying racism as reason for Tom Brady's absence at the Patriots' White House ceremony.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) NFL tweaks the rules to speed up the draft.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) ESPN, NFLN simply giving audience what it wants.
- Greg A. Bedard (The MMQB) The anti-mock draft: Who teams should pick.
- Peter King (The MMQB) The MMQB Mock Draft: Who teams will pick.
- Erik Frenz (Bleacher Report) New England Patriots: Analyzing latest NFL draft rumors and reports.
- Russell S. Baxter (Pro Football Guru) 2015 NFL Offseason team-by-team guide - New England Patriots.
- Jonathan Vankin (InquisitR) New England Patriots rumors: Will 'deflategate' report appear on eve of NFL draft?
- Andrew Healy (Football Outsiders) Draft Trade Value, 1997-2014.