New England Patriots Links 7/23/15 - Who's Healthy, Who's Healing Heading Into Camp

TEAM TALK

• Briana Palma shares five things we didn't know about Robert McClain in honor of his 27th birthday.

LOCAL LINKS

• Tom E. Curran explicitly lays out why there is no "Do the right thing" sanctuary for Roger Goodell to run to. The whole smelly episode is wrong.
• Michael Hurley finds it fascinating that Roger Goodell is reportedly being urged by a group of influential owners to uphold Tom Brady's suspension.
• The Herald reports that the NFLPA reiterated that if Tom Brady's suspension is not eliminated completely, the union intends to keep up the fight.
• Mark Daniels updates us on the key players entering training camp who are still on the mend.
• Mike Reiss notes Scott O'Brien, 58, will serve as an area scout in the Pats personnel department, making a unique career shift after coaching 24 seasons in the NFL.
• Christopher Price takes a shot at predicting the Patriots 53-man roster for 2015.
• Mike Reiss looks at which players are locks to make the team: Wide Receivers.
• Mike Giardi counts down the ten most important Pats heading into 2015: 7. Fat guys on the defensive line.
• Mike Petragalia previews the Patriots rivals in the AFC East: Miami Dolphins.
• Hal Bent (Musket Fire) New England Patriots: Top position battles on offense heading into training camp.
• Tom E. Curran ranks the top 50 players of the Belichick era: No. 6 - Mike Vrabel.
• Phil Perry passes along the report that the Patriots will partner with STRIVR, to implement virtual reality technology.
• WEEI recaps the non-deflategate events of the Patriots offseason.

NATIONAL NEWS

• Erik Frenz (Bleacher Report) Can LeGarrette Blount be the bell cow in Patriots offense?
• Sterling Xie (Bleacher Report) Ranking Patriots' 10 most important players in 2015.
• Erik Frenz (Bleacher Report) Patriots: Grading the strength of every position unit before camp.
• Ian McCue (247 Sports) NFL's five biggest questions heading into training camp: Will Tom Brady miss any games?
• Staff Report (ESPN Stats & Information) NFL countdown: 50 days, 50 numbers.
• Chris Burke (SI) Fifty reasons to be excited for the start of the 2015 NFL season.
• Bill Barnwell (Grantland) The NFL 100 Rankings: Part 1.
• Kenneth Arthur (Sports on Earth) The best and worst NFL offseasons.
• Doug Farrar (SI) Biggest gut-punch loss for every AFC franchise in the Super Bowl era.
• Ross Tucker (Sports on Earth) Beyond the game: The NFL playbook that many don't get to see.
• Scott Kacsmar (Football Outsiders) 2014 Receiving Plus-Minus.
• Chris Trapasso (CBS Sports) Sacking Father Time: Elite pass rushers productive into their 30s.
• Around the NFL (NFL.com) NFL's biggest mysteries heading into camp.
• Video (ESPN) Rob Gronkowski, David Ortiz sing love song about iced coffee. (1.04 min. video)
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Agents plan to educate NFLPA, players about what they do.
• Matt Clarida (NFL.com) Harvard student's model picks Dolphins, Seahawks.

DEFLATEGATE DUMPSTER

• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Settlement talks have occurred in Brady case.
• John Breech (CBS Sports) Report: 'Influential' owners do not want Tom Brady's suspension reduced.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Why the delay in the Brady ruling?
• Rod Corriveau (Goal Line Gazette) "Deflategate" texts: Are they really a smoking gun?
• Bob Glauber (Newsday) Joe Theismann: Tom Brady innocent in Deflategate.
• Chris Korman (USA Today) Roger Goodell can't get anything right, and it just doesn't matter.
• Peter King (The MMQB) The MMQB Mailbag. More folks calling for Brady's head on a platter.