New England Patriots Links 8/21/15 - Patriots Need Jimmy Garoppolo Ready to Go

TEAM TALK

• Erik Scalavino catches up with Randy Moss and Troy Brown, and shares his notes from Thursday's camp.
• Player Interviews: Matthew Slater (4.41 min. video)

LOCAL LINKS

• Karen Guregian believes Jimmy G. needs more snaps with Tom Brady's suspension looming.
• Jeff Howe puts together another terrific stat breakdown, detaining how the Patriots performed during training camp.
• Dan Roche posts a full recap of Thursday's joint practice between the Patriots and Saints: Brady on fire, Butler bounces back.
• Mark Daniels observes as rookie Geneo Grissom impresses in West Virginia.
• Mike Reiss notes Malcolm Butler rebounds from a tough day.
• Mike Petraglia notes Nate Solder thinks Tom Brady (13 TD passes Thursday) has been 'playing great'.
• Mike Giardi reports from West Virginia with the latest from the Patriots final day of joint practice with the Saints. (3.34 min. video)
• Mike Reiss hears from sources that Brian Tyms' foot injury is serious enough it could threaten his season.
• Joe Chancler (Boston Title Town Talk) What to watch for this Saturday vs. the New Orleans Saints.
• Jerry Thornton bets Randy Moss wishes he never shot his way out of New England.
• Matthew Geagan notes Randy Moss vows he'll 'stand by Tom Brady no matter what.'
• Mike Reiss posts a few highlights from the media session with Randy Moss, "For 14 years, I think I did something right."
• Mike Reiss cleans out his Patriots-Saints joint practice notebook: Bill Belichick still enjoying the job.
• Chad Finn finds it tempting to question the integrity and independence of some of ESPN's Patriots coverage.
• Christopher Price looks back on the Patriots previous dealings with Jeffrey Kessler, when he was on the other side of the table.
• Matt Dolloff discovers NFL fans on Reddit hate the Patriots, but not because of cheating.

NATIONAL NEWS

• Sterling Xie (Bleacher Report) Patriots vs. Saints: Previewing New England's preseason Week 2 matchup.
• Oliver Thomas (247 Sports) Report: Patriots wideout Brian Tyms dealing with serious injury.
• Oliver Thomas (247 Sports) Special-teams captain Matthew Slater unfazed by reps at receiver.
• Katherine Terrell (Times-Picayune) Tom Brady has big day vs. Saints depleted secondary, and other news from joint practice.
• Mike Triplett (ESPN) Randy Moss, Malcolm Butler praise Saints WR Brandin Cooks: 'Sky's the limit'.
• Erik Frenz (Bleacher Report) Patriots: What we've learned through Week 1 of preseason.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) ESPN issues late-night apology to Patriots.
• Rod Corriveau (Goal Line Gazette) ESPN: Nice try with the apology, next time try sincerity.
• Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Peyton Manning feared Patriots bugging visitors’ locker room.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Rodney Harrison talks about claims of locker-room bugging.
• David R. McCullough (Inside the Pylon) Mission accomplished: NFL hides its concussion problem successfully.
• Emily Kaplan (The MMQB) Ten things I think I think: Does the NFL love a good training camp fight?

DEFLATEGATE DUMPSTER

• Tom E. Curran says the NFL is again slapped back by a federal judge who’s points out that they are the ones guilty of doing what they say the Patriots have done.
• Mike Petraglia explains what Giants' co-owner John Mara has to do with deflategate, and why he would decline to help broker a settlement.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Why would Judge Berman go over Goodell’s head?
• Gary Myers (NY Daily News) NFL denied court request to involve Giants' John Mara in DeflateGate settlement talks.
• Mike Freeman (Bleacher Report) NFL owner on Deflategate: 'This entire episode is embarrassing our sport.'
• Mike Ozanian (Forbes) Roger Goodell must free Tom Brady to save himself.
• Christopher Price points out that Tom Brady not talking over the last three months has been the best decision either side has made throughout the process.
• Jonathan Vankin (Inquisitir) Deflategate judge slams NFL on 'basic fairness' of Tom Brady's suspension -- but case could drag on for years.
• Michael Hurley explains why this is all Roger Goodell's fault: A competent, fair and reasonable commissioner would have ended the story before it ever began.
• Dan Wetzel (Yahoo! Sports) Deflate-gate is rotting Roger Goodell's spoils of lockout victory.
• Kevin Duffy says if Tom Brady wins in federal court, he can thank Roger Goodell's ineptitude.
• Robert Blecker (RobertBlecker.com) Deflategate: The smoking gun. The crooked case against Tom Brady.
• H. Brian Holland, Professor of Law, Texas A&M University (The Conversation) Deflategate has never been about footballs -- so what, exactly is the NFL up to?
• Rob Zeitz (Boston's Title Town Talk) When idiots conspire: How the meatheads running the NFL sabotaged their own conspiracy to hurt the Patriots.
• Jonathan Vankin (Inquisitir) Tom Brady suspension could be increased, Roger Goodell warns in new 'deflategate' court filing.