New England Patriots Links 7/07/15 - Chung, Harmon & Richards Battle for Position at Strong Safety

TEAM TALK

• Paul Perillo breaks down the roster by position: Tight end.
• John Rooke's View from Above: Scott Chandler's golden rule is 'Do unto others'.
• Briana Palma notes Malcolm Butler and Steph Curry are facing off in the bracket-style vote for Best Play at this year's ESPYs.
• From the NFL - Which quarterback should be ranked highest on the 'Top 100 Players of 2015'? (video)

LOCAL LINKS

• Shalise Manza Young writes about Dominique Easley using his prominence to help his sister and raise awareness for Fibromyalgia.
• Mike Reiss talks about an article that shows how the Patriots rank in cost efficiency.
• Kevin Duffy highlights the upcoming position battle at strong safety.
• Ryan Hannable notes Andrew Luck acknowledges the "[Patriots are] the kings of the league right now and everybody would like to dethrone them."
• Tom E. Curran ranks the top 50 Patriots of the Belichick era: No. 22, Dan Koppen.
• NESN reports Rob Gronkowski and David Ortiz released their latest Dunkin' Donutes iced coffee music video. (1.08 min. video)
• Patriots Ultimate (YouTube) Devin McCourty NFL Career Highlights-Patriots. (2.52 min. video)  /via Mike Dussult.

NATIONAL NEWS

• Oliver Thomas (247 Sports) Patriots' defensive backfield one of NFL's youngest.
• Oliver Thomas (247 Sports) Undrafted in focus: Patriots linebacker D.J. Lynch.
• Erik Frenz (Bleacher Report) Ranking Patriots' top 5 sleepers to watch in camp.
• Morgan Smith (PatriotsGab) Patriots off-season standouts.
• Sreekar Jasthi (nerdwallet) Which MLB, NBA, NFL teams are most cost-efficient with payrolls? The New England Patriots are No. 1.
• Darin Gantt (ProFootballTalk) Patriots, Colts providing the most bang for the buck in NFL.
• Amy Trask (The MMQB) The MMQB 100: 11-20. #20. Darrelle Revis - #14. Robert Kraft.
• Alessandro Miglio (Bleacher Report) Every NFL team's riskiest move so far this offseason.  Patriots: Releasing Darrelle Revis.
  
• James Walker (ESPN) AFC East Q&A: Was Dolphins' receiver overhaul a success?
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Russell Wilson says God spoke to him right after Super Bowl interception.
• Bob Condotta (Seattle Times) Russell Wilson talks about faith, baseball, the last play of the Super Bowl — but not his contract.
• Neil Reynolds (Brit View NFL) Andrew Luck: We have a realistic Super Bowl chance.
• Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Andrew Luck isn’t circling Patriots game on his schedule.
• Chris Burke (SI) Overrated to underrated: NFL stars who have experienced the career shift.
• Elliot Harrison (NFL.com) Top five records in NFL history.
• Rory Hickey (Football Outsiders) The month In quotes: June 2015.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Eight days left for long-term franchise-tag deals.
• Ross Tucker (Sports on Earth) How can these guys fail a drug test?
• Matt Yoder (Awful Announcing) Exploding rights fees putting the squeeze on sports networks.
• Jared Dubin (CBS Sports) Tom Brady, Julian Edelman dance battle turned Migos into Patriots fans.
• Chiuba Obele (Change.org) Petition: To determine if the NFL committed deliberate acts of deception, in order to influence the outcome of the Super Bowl.