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TEAM TALK
- Patriots 2015 individual game tickets to go on sale Wednesday, July 15.
- Erik Scalavino breaks down the roster: Cornerbacks.
- Patriots Today - Position Battles: Cornerbacks (2.41 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Adam Kurkjian notes Dont'a Hightower doesn't have a target date for his return from a torn labrum, but declared himself "right on track, if not a little ahead of schedule".
- Kevin Duffy looks at the defensive line position battle and wonders how the snaps will shake out among the talent.
- Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Patriots Training Camp Primer – Quarterbacks.
- Kevin Duffy explains why he believes the verdict on the Tom Brady appeal could be coming from Roger Goodell this week.
- The AP reports Roger Goodell's non-response when asked when the NFL would announce its decision on Tom Brady's Deflategate appeal: 'When we reach it.'
- Tom E. Curran ranks the top 50 Patriots of the Belichick era: No. 15 - Kevin Faulk.
- Michael Felger and Jim Murray think the reduction of Greg Hardy's suspension to four game is both a sign of Goodell's incompetence and good news for Brady.
- Jerry Thornton posts a video of outsiders trying to guess Boston slang - and failing. (2.13 min. video)
NATIONAL NEWS
- Greg A. Bedard (The MMQB) The MMQB 100: No. 4 - No one navigates a minefield better than Bill Belichick.
- Oliver Thomas (247 Sports) Four notes on the Patriots' group of quarterbacks.
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) No timetable for Dont’a Hightower’s return, but he "feels great".
- Joe McDonald (ESPN) Patriots LB Dont'a Hightower progressing with shoulder rehab.
- Erik Frenz (Bleacher Report) Projected Patriots' final 53-man roster, pre-training camp edition.
- Manouk Akopyan (NFL.com) Tom Brady predicted big Super Bowl game for Vereen. (plus 2.30 min. video)
- Earl Vaughan Jr. (Fayetteville Observer) Randy Moss defends Tom Brady. "Tom Brady is a pro's pro. I love the man and everything he's accomplished.''
- Dan Callahan (Goal Line Gazette) Patriots TE breakdown: Patriots success is dependent on health of Rob Gronkowski.
- Jared Dubin (CBS Sports) Rob Gronkowski is back in Vegas getting his dance on.
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Danny Shimon (Nat'l Football Post) Free agent signings who could flourish in 2015. Patriots' Jabaal Sheard makes this list.
- NFL Nation (ESPN) AFC East Q&A: Who is division's rising star? Jamie Collins.
- Ian McCue (247 Sports) All-AFC East Defensive Team.
- Erik Frenz (Bleacher Report) 5 Moves Patriots should have made this offseason.
- Adam Schein (NFL.com) LeSean McCoy vs. Chip Kelly, Colts vs. Pats among spicy feuds.
- Sterling Xie (Football Outsiders) 2014 Rushing by number of backs.
- Don Banks and Greg Bedard (SI) Best NFL team to miss the 2015 playoffs. (1.51 min. video)
- Bob Snowdon (Goal Line Gazette) Roger Goodell's tenure as NFL: The Good, Bad & Ugly.