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TEAM TALK
- Jerod Mayo had a shadow in the weight room last week when he brought his daughter to Gillette for "take your kid to work" day. (2.53 min. video)
- Inside the Locker Room - Scott Chandler (4.42 min. video) and Danny Amendola. (9.35 min. video)
- Paul Perillo tackles this week's Ask PFW Mailbag: It's draft time.
- PFW Draft Prospect Rankings: Safety and Cornerback.
LOCAL LINKS
- Ben Volin sees deep talent at defensive back in this NFL Draft for the Patriots to find talent.
- Jeff Howe reports the Patriots will seek to end their bad history of drafting cornerbacks.
- Jeff Howe thinks the draft crop is thin for the cornerback-needy Patriots.
- The Herald Staff lists the worst CB picks of the Belichick era.
- Mike Reiss breaks down the roster, starting with offense, to provide a better feel for the team's need areas heading into the NFL draft.
- Kevin Duffy reports Danny Amendola provided some insight into his restructured contract Tuesday. "I love playing for this team, playing for these coaches and this organization..."
- Brendan C. Hall highlights Danny Amendola speaking about his decision to take a pay cut to remain with the club in 2015.
- Mike Petraglia notes Scott Chandler has already discovered that Tom Brady is 'working harder than anybody'.
- Brandon C. Hall reports now that Scott Chandler is in the same building as Rob Gronkowski, he has nothing but admiration.
- Christopher Price resets the Patriots depth chart: Defensive line.
- Christopher Price gives us the best draft picks of the Bill Belichick era, 2015 edition.
- Jack Andrade posts Bill Belichick's 25 best Patriots draft picks, and, of course, his 20 worst.
- Michael Hurley explains why Tom Brady's drive to win Super Bowl 50 should reach an all-time high.
- Phil Perry reports Tom Brady has been invited to Super Bowl 50, where he'll be honored as one of 43 former Super Bowl MVPs.
- Mike Reiss answers his weekly Patriots Mailbag: Final thoughts for draft day.
- DJ Bean talks about what it means when running backs are drafted in the first round.
- Jerry Thornton says the Jets get off easy, but still show a pattern of cheating.
- Tom E. Curran believes Roger Goodell seem to confirm that the NFL will keep searching until it comes up with anything it can to justify its deflategate investigation.
- Comcast Sports Tonight guest Steve Buckley has no problem with Tom Brady not going to the White House.
- Nick O'Malley posts his final Patriots seven-round mock draft. Pats pick LB Shaq Thompson (Washington) at 32.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Albert Breer (NFL.com) Saints, Browns, Patriots among teams that can control 2015 NFL Draft.
- Chris Chase (USA Today) 10 reasons to love the NFL draft and 5 reasons to hate it.
- Jason La Canfora (CBS Sports) The top 32 in the NFL Draft: Beasley, Dupree barely make the cut.
- Chris Burke (SI) Safe and risky options for the first 10 picks of the 2015 NFL draft.
- Chris Burke and Doug Farrar (SI) 2015 NFL draft needs: Breaking down what every team is looking for.
- Brian Costello (NY Post) NFL Draft: Which teams are the best and worst at picking players. Patriots 4th best (with avg position of 1st pick: 29.2)
- Melissa Jacobs (The Guardian) New York v Chicago: which is a better home for the NFL draft?
- Don Banks (SI) The Wes Welker Watch List: Top potential undrafted free agents.
- Jason B. Hirschhorn (Sports on Earth) Potential NFL Draft-week deals.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Problem of tipping picks starts with NFL.
- Brady Quinn (Football by Football) Quick Hits: Late Round QBs, the Nick Marshall Project, and the Tebow 2-Point.
- Jarrett Bell (USA Today) Future NFL rookies should heed lessons about dollars and sense.
- Jared Dubin (CBS Sports) NFL ends tax exempt status after 73 years: 3 things to know.
- Michael McCann (SI) NFL drops its tax-exempt status, but other pro associations will benefit.
- Samer Kalaf (Deadspin) NFL gives up its tax-exempt status.
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Darrelle Revis: I’m better now than I was in first Jets stint. /Headline should read: Revis credits Belichick for making him better.
- Manish Mehta (NY Daily News) Jets fined $100,000 for tampering with Darrelle Revis, won’t lose draft picks. Insists "any penalty was ridiculous given that Johnson obviously didn’t violate the spirit of the rule."
- Brian Costello (NY Post) Woody Johnson’s tampering ups Revis price tag by $100K.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) NFL fines Jets $100,000 for Revis tampering.
- Adam H. Beasley (Miami Herald) Dolphins’ Dion Jordan violates drug policy again, will miss 2015 season.
- John Breech (CBS Sports) Roger Goodell says Deflategate report should be released 'soon'.