New England Patriots Links 5/18/15 - Brady Fully Participates in OTAs; Kraft Speaks Out

TEAM TALK

• Briana Palma notes the Patriots have been featured in some of the best NFL photos of the 2014 season: Best Feature shots and Best Action shots.
• Briana Palma reports Coach Belichick joined girlfriend Linda Holliday at the star-studded Hot Pink Party in Boston on Thursday evening.

LOCAL LINKS

• Mike Reiss shares some quick-hit weekend thoughts from the Patriots and around the NFL: Tom Brady has made it a point to not miss a single voluntary workout.
• Christopher Price Sunday NFL Notes: An early 53-man roster projection for the 2015 Patriots.
• Ben Volin Sunday Football Notes: Rookie minicamps are proving to be especially dangerous; Various deflategate notes; Teams taking heat for military salutes; More.
• Ben Volin believes Ted Wells must clarify why he said the Patriots did not cooperate, in light of the new information that came out last week.
• Kevin Walsh reports the Patriots released more emails to Wellsreportcontext.com.
• Tom E. Curran asserts Deflategate should have been a blip on the radar, but Roger Goodell's overzealous underlings may end up flying him into a mountain.
• Rich Levine reminds everyone that if there was no deflating, then it doesn’t matter if someone called himself The Deflator.
• Tom E. Curran says Roger Goodell should save face and get out of hearing.
• Mike Reiss hears from Dominique Easley who is still on the rehab track and plans to be ready for camp. Easley weighs in on Vince Wilfork's departure and Jimmy Garoppolo's preparedness.
• Gayle Fee reports Matthew Slater gave an inspirational commencement speech to Fisher College grads Saturday.
• Mike Reiss reports Rob Ninkovich said Friday morning that he doesn't question the integrity of quarterback Tom Brady.
• Tom E. Curran notes that this year the May owners meetings won't be business as usual.
• Karen Guregian reports the spotlight will be on Robert Kraft and Roger Goodell as the NFL spring league meeting gets underway tomorrow in San Francisco.
• Ron Borges says Robert Kraft isn’t quite there yet, but he’s teetering on the edge of becoming today's Al Davis.
• John Zannis addresses the extreme positions used by Patriots fans and their detractors (putting it nicely) and what an independent arbitrator would tell them.
• Mike Reiss takes a deeper look at the Patriots' rebuttal.
• Steve Buckley tries to tackle the 'Brady's legacy' question and concludes that history will probably be kind to him when he dies.

DEFLATEGATE DUMPSTER

• Dan Le Batard (ESPN) Roger Goodell, NFL have credibility , integrity issues in wake of deflategate.
• Zach Abramowitz (Above the Law) Should Tom Brady sue the NFL and Roger Goodell? A deflategate email exchange.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) David Carr spoke of deflating footballs in 2006.
• Peter King (The MMQB) MMQB: Robert Kraft is talking and he's pretty peeved.
• Dan Greenspan (Florida Times Union) Former Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio says Patriots' penalty too harsh.
• Judy Battista (NFL.com) Relevant concerns in Patriots' rebuttal eclipsed by faulty logic.
• Emily Kaplan (The MMQB) Hell hath no fury like... a Boston sports fan scorned?
• Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Rob Ninkovich: Brady wouldn’t jeopardize the integrity of the game.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Commissioner’s power under Article 46 has been present since the first CBA.
• Melissa Jacobs (The Guardian) An end to the Goodell empire: Limit NFL commissioners to two elected terms.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) NFL should improve its in-house system of justice.
• Sam Farmer (LA Times) NFL owners' agenda at meeting includes deflategate, LA situation.
• John Clayton (ESPN) Mailbag: Not your ordinary owners meetings.

NON-DEFLATEGATE NEWS

• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Patriots release Chimdi Chekwa.
• Russell S. Baxter (NFL Spin Zone) New England Patriots: Look for opponents to air it out.
• Sterling Xie (Bleacher Report) Why Scott Chandler is New England Patriots' most underrated X-Factor in 2015.
• Russell S. Baxter (Bleacher Report) Every NFL team's Best & Worst offseason move.
• Chase Stuart (Football Perspective) Ty Law's 2005 season and the best interception seasons ever.
• Ashley Collman (Daily Mail) He knows how to decompress! Tom Brady pictured for the first time since Deflategate suspension playing golf with Michael Jordan at luxury Bahamas wedding.
• Matt Bowen (Bleacher Report) Rising NFL stars to keep an eye on in 2015.
• Will Laws (SI) The best, and worst, teams at developing and retaining talent.
• Jenny Vrentas (The MMQB) Meet Betsy Nabel: NFL safety is in her hands.
• David Rogers (Awful Announcing) Budweiser & Fox Sports team up to tell the untold stories of four major sports stars.