TEAM TALK
- Patriots announce initial dates of training camp.
- John Rooke's View from Above: Coaches creating their chance to shine too; Pats among the best of the best...and some will moan as others drone.
- Briana Palma reports that over the weekend, Devin and Jason McCourty hosted a free football skills clinic for kids in their hometown.
- Patriots Today - Curtis Martin gives emotional speech in Israel. (7.26 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Adam Kurkjian finds Tom Brady's ex-teammates all in his bunker, as he meets up with some of them at The Joe Andruzzi & Friends golf Tournament yesterday.
- Christopher Price explores whether Tom Brady could file a defamation suit against the NFL if he is cleared of deflategate charges.
- Christopher Price takes a quick look at how the latest edition of the team stacks up by where each player went to school.
- Tom E. Curran ranks the top 50 players of the Belichick era: No. 29, Corey Dillon.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Erik Frenz (Bleacher Report) Predicting the last 5 in, last 5 out for Patriots' final 53-man roster.
- Nik Zirounis (Rant Sports) Patriots 2015 training camp profile: QB Tom Brady.
- Bryan Alexander (USA Today) Everything you need to know about Tom Brady's ballsy 'Ted 2' cameo.
- Oliver Thomas (247 Sports) Devin McCourty, Patrick Chung graded out among top safety duos.
- James Walker (ESPN) AFC East Q&A: What to do about Ndamukong Suh?
- Eric Galko (Sporting News) AFC East position battles 2015.
- Daniel Johnson (Rant Sports) Top 5 secondaries in the NFL. Pats play two of them.
- Jason B. Hill (Sports on Earth) NFL preseason: 5 best NFL offenses.
- Chris Burke (SI) Building the perfect NFL quarterback.
- Sally Jenkins and Rick Maese (Washington Post) Two former NFL players describe prescription drug practices.
- Brad Gagnon (CBS Sports) Identifying the best single season team in every NFL franchise's history.
- Alex Marvez (Fox Sports) Ranking the 16 greatest NFL coaches of all time.
- Kenneth Arthur (Sports on Earth) Looking for the NFL's LeBron James.
- Alex Marvez (Fox Sports) Every team's most important game in 2015-16.
- Chris Wesseling (NFL.com) Top Comeback Player of the Year candidates for 2015.
- Elliot Harrison (NFL.com) Top running backs of Super Bowl era.
DEFLATEGATE DUMPSTER
- Sally Jenkins (Washington Post) Roger Goodell has one credible option on DeflateGate; will he take it?
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) The NFL’s scientific consultant has bigger problems than the Wells report.
- Ashley Fox (ESPN) Troy Vincent: Other deflators? Not to my knowledge.
- Report (The Red Zone) Troy Vincent criticizes NFLPA spending on lawsuits. /Say what???
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Did Brady give up his phone to Goodell?
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Hall of Fame voters won’t hold Deflategate against Brady.
- Darin Gantt (ProFootballTalk) What a great idea: NFL looking for someone to find stuff in cell phones. /Dear Lord..