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TEAM TALK
- Patriots Today - A visit to Tom Brady's high school. (2.52 min. video)
- From the NFL - Most important moment in Patriots dynasty? LaDainian Tomlinson and Brian Baldinger debate.
LOCAL LINKS
- Mike Reiss notes Brandon Spikes has some financial upside in his contract, but he will have to earn the money as he goes, instead of having it paid to him up front.
- Christopher Price looks at whether OL Shaq Mason can contribute as a rookie with the Patriots.
- Keviin Duffy addresses five more questions for the 2015 season: How will Scott Chandler, Travaris Cadet and Aaron Dobson be used? And who wins the competition at left guard?
- Mike Reiss notes that few have come out as strongly as Sally Jenkins of the Washington Post, against Roger Goodell's penalties against the Patriots.
- Karen Guregian warns Darrelle Revis won't be the last to attack the Patriots.
- Mike Reiss offers a few thoughts on the ESPN/SportingIntelligence survey that showed the Patriots ranked 156th of 333 int'l sports franchises that spend the most on their players.
- Mike Reiss looks at where the Patriots' uniforms rank in the NFL?
- Ben Volin tells us what happens next for Tom Brady with his deflategate appeal.
- Mike Reiss calls out Roger Goodell for not addressing the issue of media leaks.
- Braden Campbell points out Tom Brady has seemingly taken it from every angle since Deflategate, and now the NFL is taking its turn.
- Karen Guregian reports Roger Goodell challenges Tom Brady to come to him.
- Christopher Price wonders if referee Walt Anderson has worked his final Patriots game.
- CBS Boston highlights Michael Hurley as a guest on 98.5 the Sports Hub: "Nothing [Goodell] says is the truth, ever. Values and rules do not apply to his own employees."
- Michael Hurley does a little digging and discovers (surprise, surprise) that it's a Jets fan who is the NFL's social media manager and the one behind the internet trolling of the Patriots.
- Doug Kyed posts Julian Edelman's training montage video, featuring a Jimmy Garoppolo cameo. (1 min. video) /Mmm... very nice.
- Beantown Gal explains how Goodell is playing his way into a trap of his own demise.
- Christopher Price tries to figure out Darrelle Revis' dramatic reversal on Tom Brady, deflategate.
- Eric Wilbur wants to hear from Tom Brady before his Best Buddies event and adds Goodell's dictatorship has no limits.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Erik Frenz (Bleacher Report) Early predictions for Patriots' 2015 training camp battles.
- Andrew Healy (Football Outsiders) Four Downs: AFC East.
- Report (Pro32AP) Former players: NFL teams 'conspired' to push painkillers.
- Curtis Crabtree (ProFootballTalk) Referee Bill Leavy retiring from field, will become supervisor.
- Elliot Harrison (NFL.com) QB rankings: Readers debate merits of Tom Brady, Alex Smith.
- Matt Bowen (Bleacher Report) What it takes to be a special teams demon.
- Nancy Armour (USA Today) Jimmy Garoppolo's easy entry to NFL suddenly got much tougher.
- John Clayton (ESPN) Rice should have suitors in training camp. Patriots one of five teams that would make the most sense for him.
- Chris Burke (SI) OTA rookie standouts.
- Doug Farrar (SI) The NFL's Hidden Talents: Best pass rushers from multiple gaps.
- Bobby Bell (The MMQB) Hall of Fame Advice for the Class of 2015.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Excessive celebrations won’t result in longer PAT try.
DEFLATEGATE DUMPSTER
- Sally Jenkins (Washington Post) In trying to restore his authority through Deflategate, Roger Goodell undermined his credibility.
- Mike Dussault (Athlon Sports) What will deflategate mean for the final act of Tom Brady and Bill Belichick?
- Frank Schwab (Shutdown Corner) Roger Goodell confirmed why Tom Brady was right not to share texts.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Kraft says refusing to fight the NFL was best for the Patriots.
- Jarrett Bell (USA Today) Patriots owner Robert Kraft surrendered for the good of the NFL.
- Charles P. Pierce (Grantland) Days of our Foxborough lives: Robert Kraft surrenders; Tom Brady discovered under bus wheels.
- Lester Munson (ESPN) NFL, NFLPA guilty of detrimental conduct by actions in court.
- Ross Tucker (Sports on Earth) NFLPA: Choose your battles.
- Darin Gantt (ProFootballTalk) Falcons linebacker gets suspension reduced to $50,000 fine. "See, the league is willing to work with punished players when "new information" comes to light."
- Sean Wagner-McGough (CBS Sports) Did NFL Twitter account troll Patriots, Brady with Andrew Luck tweet?