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TEAM TALK
- 2015 Season: Inside the Numbers.
- Bob Wallace explains how mobile apps that let people live stream content to the web for free have been handled by the NFL.
LOCAL LINKS
- Christopher Price breaks down the offseason timeline and some key dates for the Patriots.
- Chad Finn points out how frustratingly close the Patriots came to being the NFL's best team.
- Nick O'Malley looks at which free agents the Patriots are likeliest to re-sign, and wonders if LeGarrette Blount's run here is finished.
- Nick O'Malley lists eight players currently on the Patriots roster who could end up as cap casualties.
- Mike Reiss ranks New England's' biggest needs for the 2016 season, with running back and wide receiver depth at the top of the list.
- Mark Daniels takes a look at the wide receiver position group, analyzes how it performed in 2015 and where it might be heading.
- Tom E. Curran and Phil Perry continue their position-by-position breakdown of the roster: Linebacker.
- Steve Belestrieri (PatsFans) Patriots free agent profile: Sealver Siliga.
- Ryan Hannable notes Robert Kraft expresses regret at not having AFC Championship Game at Gillette Stadium.
- Mike Reiss reports Robert Kraft lamented how the team ended the regular season with two losses, which meant it had to go to Denver for the AFC title game.
- Ryan Hannable notes Robert Kraft gives his viewpoint on Tom Brady being booed at the Super Bowl, and what he said about Archie Manning.
- Cody Lachance (All Three Phases) Mario Williams a fit in New England?
- Nick O'Malley kills the Calvin Johnson-to-Patriots trade rumors.
- Ryan Hanable wonders if the Patriots should be interested in WR Josh Gordoon if he is reinstated by the NFL.
- Matt Dolloff reports former Pats lineman Max Lane joins Harvard Football Health Study.
- Tom E. Curran thinks that if Cam Newton doesn’t want to be questioned, then he should go ply his trade in private someplace. Oh, and dive for that ball.
- Chris Warner (Boston Sports Media) Round-by-round review, Pats Draft 2016.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Ben Stockwell (Pro Football Focus) Top 10 free agent edge defenders.
- Matt Bowen (ESPN) What it's like to get cut in the NFL.
- NFL Nation (ESPN) Offseason predictions for all 32 NFL teams.
- Brad Gagnon (Awful Announcing) Does a drop in Super Bowl viewership indicate the NFL has peaked on TV?
- Will Brinson (CBS Sports) The awkward exchange when the ref explains the Cotchery non-catch logic.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Blandino, Blakeman inconsistent on Cotchery catch ruling.
- Robert Klemko (The MMQB) How Super Bowl QBs view Cam's choice not to dive.
- Luke Kerr-Dineen (USA Today) Tom Brady said the exact same thing as Cam Newton about losing and no one cared. /Bogus.
- Michael Wilbon (ESPN) Super Bowl LI favorite: 'It's the Patriots.' (1.47 min. video)
- Video (Player Tribune) First Thing That Pops: Patrick Chung. (34 second clip)
- Mike Mayock (NFL.com) 2016 NFL Draft position rankings.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Donovan McNabb upset people think he puked in the Super Bowl.
DEFLATEGATE, DUMPSTER DIVE
- Joshua Berube (AOSN) Integrity of the shield: Is Goodell just empty rhetoric?
- Ben Natan (Playmaker Mentality) The NFL's empty gesture.
- Patrick Kulp (Mashable) Peyton Manning's infamous Budweiser plug maybe broke NFL and FTC rules on advertising.