New England Patriots Links 9/10/15 - Week 1: Are You Ready For Some Football!?!

TEAM TALK

• Patriots - Steelers Wednesday Injury Report.
• Patriots place OL Bryan Stork on injured reserve with designation to return; Sign DB Justin Coleman from Seattle practice squad.
• Briana Palma reminds us what the world was like the last time the Patriots raised a Super Bowl banner.

LOCAL LINKS

• Ryan Hannable gives us ten fun facts to know heading into Patriots-Steelers: 1. Tom Brady is 11-2 on opening day.
• Ned Brady (Patriots Life) Know your enemy: Pittsburgh Steelers scouting report.
• Christopher Price offers his Patriots-Steelers scouting report, and who wins the matchups.
• Michael Hurley gets into what to watch for when the Patriots and Steelers kick off the 2015 season tonight.
• Jim Donaldson reports the Patriots begin defense of their Super Bowl championship tonight in Foxboro.
• Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Players to Watch, Patriots – Steelers.
• Mark Farinella previews Patriots-Steelers Week 1 matchup.
• Jim Donaldson warns us what the Patriots and Steelers should each be worried about.
• Kerry Byrne explains how Tom Brady's efficiency lifts the Patriots.
• Tom E. Curran, Phil Perry & Mike Giardi put their bold predictions on the table for us to consume or pick apart.
• Tom E. Curran has a conversation with himself on whether or not the Patriots will repeat as Super Bowl champions.
• Jeff Howe states the Patriots are the villains of the NFL, and they're okay with that.
• Steve Buckley calls it 'kind of sad that Brady is getting more bad press than the combined scrapbooks of Ray Rice, Ben Roethlisberger and Adrian Peterson'.
• Adam Kurkjian keeps an eye out for problem areas that could trip up the Patriots this season.
• Matt Dolloff notes the SI report on teams' suspicion of the Patriots show why they get out-coached.
• Bruce Allen (Boston Sports Media) Why are you Patriots fanboys all worked up?
• Karen Guregian points out the 25 most critical members of the Patriots franchise.
• Jeff Howe notes the Patriots insist there's no hatred for their opponents.
• Ryan Hannable notes Richard Sherman backs Tom Brady and the Patriots: 'I think it's great for their organization to have him back.'
• Hilary Sargent has a cool story on how a kid from a Boston suburb became Tom Brady's right-hand man.
• CBS Boston reports the Patriots have named wounded Boston Police Officer John Moynihan as the team’s honorary captain for tonight's game.
• Matt Dolloff posts his Week 1 bulletin board, with notable quotes for Patriots-Steelers.
• Tom Brady posts "The Next One" video on his facebook page. (2 min. video) /Worth a watch.
• Braden Campbell posts Julian Edelman's 'Give me liberty' video to get us hyped for the 2015 season. /Watch this one too, your boss isn't looking. (2 min. video)
• Steve Silva notes a courtroom sketch artist gives Tom Brady the hero treatment for this week's 'SI' cover.
• Michael Hurley makes his Week 1 picks.

NATIONAL NEWS

• Jeff Kane (ESPNNH) Patriots onto 2015, Week One matchup vs. Pittsburgh Steelers.
• Mike Reiss and Jeremy Fowler (ESPN) New Steelers defense faces big test in Patriots and a fired up Tom Brady.
• Peter King (The MMQB) In New England, the calm before the storm.
• Harry Enten (FiveThirtyeight) 2015 NFL Preview: Tom Brady, Tom Brady, Tom Brady (And the rest of the AFC East).
• Andy Benoit (The MMQB) The Patriot weakness.
• Mike Freeman (Bleacher Report) 10-Point stance: Angry Tom Brady and other predictions.
• Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Patriots extend Nate Solder.
• David Portnoy (Barstool Sports) Patriots Do Your Job is the greatest film these eyes have ever seen.
• Dan Hanzus (NFL.com) 'Do Your Job' offers inside access to Patriot Way.
• Don Banks (SI) Twenty bold predictions for 2015.
• Doug Farrar (SI) MythBusters: Are spread offenses the cause of offensive line decline?
• Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) PFT’s Week One picks. Patriots 31-20.
• Chris Burke (SI) NFL Power Rankings Week 1. New England opens on top.

DUMPSTER DIVE

• Matthew Chambers (The Falcoholic) The New England Patriots cheated their way to wins against the Atlanta Falcons. /Snark Flakes are served.
  
• Nick Canepa (San Diego Union-Tribune) Did cheating Patriots cost Chargers Super Bowls, new stadium?
• Eric Wilbur examines the timeline surrounding ESPN's regurgitation of spygate: Nobody was talking about the one-year anniversary of the Ray Rice elevator video.
• Bruce Allen (Boston Sports Media) Corrupt ESPN censors @MikeReiss for criticizing Patriots hit job.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) ESPN gives "tighter edit" to column criticizing ESPN’s Patriots opus.
• WEEI Dennis & Callahan guest George Diaz from the Orlando Sun-Sentinel gets skewered on air for blasting the Patriots without evidence. (11.02 min. audio)
• George Diaz (OrlandoSentinel) Patriots Evil Empire rules NFL, whether you like it or not. /Loser couldn't support his own column's claims.
• Mark Farinella lays the blame of that ESPN hit job, at the feet of Roger Goodell.
• AP Report (ESPN) Deflategate judge adds dozen-plus letters from public to case record.
• Ron Borges takes a hatchet to Bill Belichick.