TEAM TALK
- Patriots - Browns Wednesday Injury Report.
- Erik Scalavino shares some news, notes and locker room buzz from Gillette: Brady, NInko rejoin Patriots at practice.
- Andy Hart highlights Bill Belichick's Wednesday's presser: With Brady back, Patriots 'focused on Cleveland' this week.
- Angelique Fiske reports on how players visited patients at Mass General Hospital and extended a special invitation for five women receiving breast cancer treatment.
- Roster moves: Patriots sign Chase Farris to the practice squad; Release LB Quentin Gause from the practice squad.
- Broadcast Information: Patriots at Browns.
- Scouting Report: Cleveland Browns.
- Press Conference Transcripts: Bill Belichick and Rob Gronkowski.
- Press Pass: 'Another challenge in Cleveland'. (2.04 min. video)
- Patriots Today - Patriots players surprise cancer patients at MGH. (2.21 min. video)
- The Bob Socci Show - One-on-one interview with Shaq Mason. (7.51 min. episode)
LOCAL LINKS
- Christopher Price reveals Bill Vinovich will work as referee for Patriots-Browns. /Huge talent gap between him and Pete Morelli.
- Michael Hurley finds that despite Brady's return, Belichick is treating this week just like every other week.
- Karen Guregian notes that as much as the players love having Tom Brady back, they would rather all the questions stop being focused on him, instead of the team.
- Jeff Howe counts as Bill Belichick swats away nine Tom Brady-related questions.
- Matt Dolloff wonders if the Patriots have been waiting until Tom Brady returned to unleash Rob Gronkowski.
- Mark Daniels observes that by the time the offense takes the field on Sunday, center David Andrews will have snapped to three different QBs in five games.
- Jeff Howe notes Rob Ninkovich might have had the most unceremonious welcome back party in history this week, but his return is meaningful for the defense..
- CBS Boston looks at the Patriots latest injury report, noting LeGarrette Blount has been added with a hip ailment.
- Jeff Howe Patriots Notebook: TE Greg Scruggs goes to work; More.
- John Waller says we can count Don Orsillo among those happy to see Tom Brady back. /Nice photoshop.
- Matt Dolloff talks about why he thinks the NFL's ratings are dropping.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Chris Long (The Players' Tribune) Meet the waterboys.
- Tyler Sullivan (247 Sports) Keys to the game: Patriots vs. Browns. 1. Tom Brady needs to shake off his rust quickly.
- Tyler Sullivan (247 Sports) Patriots vs, Browns: Key matchups to watch.
- Tom Pelissero (USA Today) Patriots coach Bill Belichick refuses to answer Tom Brady questions.
- Doug Clawson (ESPN Stats & Information) The intertwined careers of Tom Brady and David Ortiz.
- Mike Freeman (Bleacher Report) 10-Point stance: Tom Brady's revenge tour has NFL up at night.
- Mark Maske (Washington Post) New kickoff rule a failure? Despite early evidence, the NFL doesn’t yet think so.
- Jason LaCanfora (CBS Sports) Why QB guys are overrated, the AFC South's ugliest stat, more NFL notes.
- Ross Tucker (Sports on Earth) The NFL has a parity problem.
- Jacob Feldman (SI) Surprise awards: NFL's most unexpected storylines through the first quarter.
- Will Leitch (Sports on Earth) September's dumbest sports stories: This month, we say goodbye to an old friend.
- Andrea Hangst (Sports on Earth) NFL's best teams in the Red Zone.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Who are the top seven NFL quarterbacks? (4 min. video)
- Kyle Hightower (AP) His suspension over, Tom Brady works to shake off rust.
- Charlotte Wilder (USA Today) The story behind Julian Edelman's brilliant tweet on Tom Brady's first day back.
- Dan Gartland (SI) Deflategate isn't the reason you should hate Tom Brady, his Facebook page is. /Another New Yorker hatin' on Brady. How original.
- Andrew Beaton (Wall St. Journal) The Patriots' injury list is highly 'questionable'. /Ridiculous.
- Gabrielle McMillen (Sporting News) NFL will clarify illegal 'sexually suggestive' celebrations in video for teams.
- Michael Salfino (Wall St. Journal) The NFL kicker's post-traumatic miss disorder.
- David Steele (Sporting News) Week 5 NFL picks straight up. Patriots win 31-17.
- Pete Prisco (CBS Sports) Picks for NFL Week 5. Patriots win 33-14.
VIEW FROM CLEVELAND
- Mary Kay Cabot (Cleveland.com) Joe Thomas laments Browns letting Jabaal Sheard and other young players get away.
- Tony Grossi (ESPN Cleveland) Cleveland Browns scouting report: New England Patriots.
- Dan Labbe (Cleveland.com) Talking about the Browns running game.
- Mary Kay Cabot (Cleveland.com) How Hue Jackson is confident he can match wits with Bill Belichick: 'It's a good chess match'.
- Andrew Gribble (ClevelandBrowns) Browns young and old know what to expect from Tom Brady, Patriots.
- Patrick Maks (ClevelandBrowns) 5 things: Browns respect Patriots, but ‘who knows what can happen’.
- Tony Grossi (ESPN Cleveland) Eric Mangini, the only Browns coach to defeat Bill Belichick and Tom Brady, regrets their lost relationship.
DEFLATEGATE, DUMPSTER DIVE
- Michael Hurley takes stock in the winners and losers (and double-dippers) of the "scandal" we all came to now and love.
- Zachary Zagger (Law360) Dozens of ex-NFLers launch new head injury class action.