New England Patriots Links 7/15/15 - The Waiting Game

TEAM TALK

• John Rooke View from Above: "Deflategate happened because someone somewhere decided the Patriots and TB12 needed to 'pay' for their success."
• Erik Scalavino breaks down the roster by position: Safety.
• Erik Scalavino tackles this week's Ask PFW Mailbag: RB concerns.
• PFW in Progress [7/14] - Patriots positional reviews and more. (2 hour program)

LOCAL LINKS

• Shalise Manza Young reports Shane Vereen doesn't like the backlash directed at Tom Brady.
• Chad Finn knows how Roger Goodell will rule on Tom Brady's appeal: "The way he thinks makes him look best."
• Mike Cole passes along an NFLPA report that Tom Brady will challenge any suspension in Federal Court.
• Ian Logue (PatsFans) Patriots LB Hightower: "Hell yeah, I want to play in the first game."
• Justin Pallenik tells us what the Patriots players are up to as their summer vacation winds down.
• Tom E. Curran ranks the top 50 players of the Belichick era: No. 14 - Logan Mankins.
• The Herald Staff gives readers a sneak peek at Rob Gronkowski's book.

NATIONAL NEWS

• Nike Commercial 2015 (YouTube) Tom Brady in Take Me to Church #JustDoItAgain. (1.33 min. video) /Worth a watch. 
  
• Sterling Xie (Bleacher Report) How can Bill Belichick get most out of defense in 2015?
• Erik Frenz (Bleacher Report) What are reasonable rookie expectations for Patriots DT Malcom Brown?
• Jake Mackey (Goal Line Gazette) Patriots Training Camp battles: Malcom Brown vs. Sealver Siliga for nose tackle.
• Erik Frenz (Bleacher Report) Patriots 5 most crucial training camp position battles to watch.
• Oliver Thomas (247 Sports) Four notes on the Patriots' group of safeties.
• NFL Nation (ESPN) AFC East Q&A: Who is on the hottest seat?
• Emily Kaplan (The MMQB) The MMQB 100 Most Influential - No. 3: Chip Kelly is not afraid to fail.
• Peter King (The MMQB) The Favre-Packers divorce; MMQB Mailbag.
• Mike Procopio (Goal Line Gazette) The NFL offseason in context: A look at life in the absence of football.
• Mike Freeman (Bleacher Report) 10-Point stance: Are we seeing the fall of Rome, NFL-style?
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Gronk says Pats won’t be distracted by, or motivated by, #DeflateGate.
• Andrew Bucholtz (Awful Announcing) ESPN unveils clever fake commercial actor fantasy spots that include a shot at deflategate.
• Outside the Lines (ESPN) OTL Extra: Suspension decisions. (9.06 min. video)
• Report (NFL.com) The NFL Ops Team: Meet the people behind NFL Operations. /The Great Pumpkin would never choose this group, "I don't see how a pumpkin patch can be more sincere have more integrity than this one. You can look around and there's not a sign of hypocrisy. Nothing but sincerity integrity as far as the eye can see."
  
• The Hollywood Reporter (Yahoo! Sports) NFL's $12 Billion deal with DirecTV faces major antitrust lawsuit.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) NFL, DirecTV face another Sunday Ticket class action.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Report: Collusion case will proceed if Dez, Demaryius don’t get long-term deals.
• Kevin Patra (NFL.com) Broncos secondary offended by 'Top 100' snubs.