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TEAM TALK
- Briana Palma shares the players' best photos from August.
LOCAL LINKS
- Phil Perry notes the 4th preseason game isn't meaningless to Bill Belichick as there are still a lot of roster decisions to make.
- Chris Mason reports QB Ryan Lindley is expected to see his first action of the preseason tonight against the Giants.
- Jeff Howe tells us what to watch for in tonight's game: Final position battles.
- Christopher Price shares five things he'll be looking for in the Pats' preseason finale: Who is playing.
- Doug Kyed lists Aaron Dobson among five players to watch in Pats-Giants tonight.
- Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Four things to watch for, Patriots-Giants final preseason game: Offensive line asserting itself.
- Phil Perry notes Belichick appreciates the options that Jabaal Sheard, Chandler Jones and Rob Ninkovich give the defense.
- Mark Farinella notes Gronk has been stuck on the sidelines this preseason, all dressed up with nowhere to go.
- Mike Reiss explains why it's unlikely many top Patriots players will play tonight.
- Mark Daniels says that for some Patriots veterans, Thursday night is final chance to avoid a cut.
- Kevin Djuffy looks at the players on the roster bubble to try and figure out which ones will be cut by Saturday.
- Phil Perry notes Brandon Bolden is capable of playing on all three downs.
- Jim Donaldson notes that if you want to win big, you have to have an ace and Tom Brady is in a class by himself in the AFC East.
- Mike Reiss gives us five things to know about new Patriots WR DaVaris Daniels.
- Mike Reiss profiles Michael Lombardi's role with the Patriots as basically "Bill Belichick's right-hand man."
- Christopher Price posts another preview of the upcoming 'Do Your Job' documentary on the 2014 Patriots season. (1 min. video)
- Doug Kyed posts a quick preview clip of Julian Edelman in 'America's Game': Colts unfortunate to play Patriots in AFC Title Game. (2.13 min. video)
- NESN posts a photo of the Patriots prepping their newest Super Bowl Banner at Gillette Stadium.
- Jeff Howe Patriots Notebook: Trey Flowers recovered from a shoulder injury and continued his knack for disruption; Sealver Siliga hasn't missed a single practice but the Pats are taking it slowly with his preseason because of an undisclosed injury that impacted him earlier.
- Linda Borg reports Bill Belichick donated $12,000 to Providence lacrosse program for middle schoolers.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Cameron Martin (NBC New York) Giants own the Patriots until further notice.
- Chris Burke (SI) Planning your Fall: Ranking each and every week of the 2015 NFL season.
- Staff (NFL.com) 2015 NFL award predictions: MVP, Rookie of the Year and more. Tom Brady gets one vote for MVP.
- Elliot Harrison (NFL.com) Ceiling/Floor scenarios for each team: AFC and NFC.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) K balls can be prepped before games.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) NFL considers a Scouting Combine in Australia.
DEFLATEGATE DUMPSTER
- Cork Gaines (Business Insider) The Patriots made 2 huge concessions to help their Deflategate case, and it completely backfired.
- Tom E. Curran recaps the biggest moments and quotes from deflategate.
- Bob McGovern reports another day went by without a resolution in the "Deflategate" case.
- Jill Martin and Eliott C. McLaughlin (CNN) Deflategate: Tom Brady, NFL await decision that's expected this week
- News (ESPN) Former Jets kicker Jay Feely tells Berman about 2009 K-ball incident.
- Ian Logue (PatsFans) NFL owners may be smiling, but someday they wont like the precedent Kraft sets.
- Suzy Schuster (Rich Eisen Show) Al Michaels on possibility of Tom Brady starting Week 1. (1.49 min. video)
- NFL Total Access (NFL.com) Peyton Manning gives his two cents on the controversy surrounding Tom Brady. (1.52 min. video)