TEAM TALK
- Patriots Today - Recapping the Patriots come-from-behind victory. (2.23 min. video)
- Matt Chatham goes one-on-one with Rob Gronkowski. (5.41 min. video)
- Conference Call transcript - Bill Belichick.
- Press Pass: Players speak after win over Saints. (1.41 min. video)
- Preview - Another sneak preview of "Do Your Job": Patriots assistant Ernie Adams offers a glimpse inside Belichick's approach to football. (1 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Mike Reiss reports running backs Dion Lewis and James White are feeding off each other while competing for the New England Patriots' "passing back" position.
- Mike Reiss tells us why the timing is right for the Patriots to explore the Reggie Wayne option.
- Mike Dussault (PatsPropaganda) 20 Bing-bang hits on Patriots preseason win over Saints.
- Ron Borges shares a few thoughts from Week 2 of preseason, the first of which is that preseason stats don't tell the Pats' story.
- Jeff Howe dissects the film and tells us what we learned after Pats-Saints: Odd that Brady hasn't moved the chains yet.
- Matthew Geagan picks his Ups and Downs from the Patriots preseason win over the Saints.
- Mike Petraglia notes that not even Bill Belichick knows what happened on that replay before halftime.
- Mark Daniels notes the Patriots defenders feel they are better off after facing Aaron Rodgers and Drew Brees in the spa of nine days.
- Christopher Price talks about the risk/reward element when it comes to playing in the preseason.
- Glen Farley declares that after two games, the Patriots have room to improve.
- The AP calls the Patriots sluggish after Saturday's preseason game.
- Henry McKenna posts the trailer for the Madden 16 movie, with Gronk as "Half Top". /How did I miss this before?.
- Stephen Hewett Patriots Notebook: Secondary is a work in progress; Reggie Wayne was in for a physical yesterday; Belichick brought up the subject of situational football more than once, and how preseason games are good for putting players in 'game situations' to practice what they've learned.
- Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Cris Carter and protecting the shield of the NFL, the irony of it all.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Bob Snowdon (Goal Line Gazette) Patriots: Lots of questions, few answers.
- Erik Frenz (Bleacher Report) Patriots' biggest preseason disappointments so far.
- Frank Schwab (Yahoo! Sports) Jimmy Garoppolo putting the Patriots at ease with his fantastic play.
- Bill Bodell (Goal Line Gazette) Malcolm Butler: Star in the making.
- Peter King (The MMQB) MMQB - Fallout, fall guys and fingertips: A week in the NFL.
- David Steele (Sporting News) NFL GM rankings. Belichick no. 6.
- Chris Burke (SI) No sophomore slumps: Second-year players to watch. James White makes this list.
- Andrew Bucholtz (Awful Announcing) ESPN analyst Cris Carter was the former player who told NFL rookies to "get a fall guy".
DEFLATEGATE DUMPSTER
- Hayley Byrnes (SB Nation) John Cena says 'DeflateGate' investigation is a waste of tax dollars.
- Pat McManamon (ESPN) More from Joe Thomas on Tom Brady, 'DeflateGate'.
- Pat McManamon (ESPN) Joe Thomas rips Deflategate probe, Roger Goodell's 'ridiculous witch hunts.'
- David Portnoy (Barstool Sports) Joe Thomas eviscerates Roger Goodell…compares him to Jim McMahon.
- Nick Wright (CBS Radio) Sports attorney Daniel Wallach joins to discuss Tom Brady vs. NFL. (11.20 min. audio)
- Patrick Redford (Deadspin) Obituary: Please donate to Tom Brady's Ballghazi defense.