New England Patriots Links 2/25/16 - 2016 NFL Scouting Combine: Nick Caserio Weighs In

TEAM TALK

• Paul Perillo reprots Bill Belichick's desire to expand replay to include penalties is gaining steam around the league.
• Paul Perillo Combine Notes: Nick Caserio offers draft thoughts.
• Paul Perillo listens to Bucs GM Jason Licht praise his former Patriots colleagues.
• Paul Perillo notes Nate Solder draws praise at the Combine.
• Paul Perillo reports former Patriots guard Logan Mankins is mulling retirement after nine NFL seasons.
• Andy Hart Combine Prospects: Heisman-winner Henry among backs fitting Patriots needs.
• Paul Perillo Combine Prospects: Lot to like about tackles.
• Andy Hart notes that Rex Ryan can't help but mention the Patriots in Indy.
  
• Day One of the NFL Scouting Combine - Bob Socci goes one-on-one with Patriots Director of Player Personnel Nick Caserio. (3.33 min. video)

LOCAL LINKS

• Jeff Howe reports Julian Edelman's foot is recovering well and hasn't required offseason surgery.
• Tom E. Curran takes a look at Mike Mayock's Patriots needs and decides whether or not he agrees with them.
• Mike Reiss notes Nick Caserio is channeling his broad, long experience with the Patriots into finding the team's next draft picks.
• Karen Guregian looks at some top draft talent who will be out of the Pats' reach.
• Mark Daniels says that unlike a year ago, the Patriots appear set for now at cornerback.
• Jeff Howe sees the Patriots are well-positioned to improve their running backs this offseason,
• Ryan Hannable thumbnails five OT draft targets for New England.
• Kevin Duffy takes a closer look at some mid-round OT prospects who could be targeted by the Patriots in the draft.
• Doug Kyed says it's no surprise that the Patriots value size over athleticism at the quarterback position.
• Tom E. Curran and Phil Perry break down the roster at quarterback.
• Tom E.Curran notes the Patriots can expect direct offseason competition for personnel from its ex-employees around the league.
• Mark Farinella looks at some key offseason decisions looming for the Patriots.
• Michael Hurley looks at how costly it was for the Patriots, losing their 2008 first-round pick after spygate.
• Matthew Rewinski (Chowder and Champions) New England Patriots should not call Jared Cook.
• Felger & Mazz discuss if it's time for the Patriots to explore trading Jimmy Garoppolo? (5.38 min. video)
• Nick O'Malley looks through the 40 times to see who's the fastest player on the team.
• Christopher Price explains why Rob Gronkowski's cruise critics miss the whole point.
• Eric Wilbur doesn't understand the feigned outrage over Gronk's good time. /Miserable people don't like happy people.
• Nick O'Malley reports the video of Chandler Jones' bizarre police station incident will nto be released to the public.
• Kaitlin Flanigan (NECN) Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen rescue 'little angel' named Fluffy.

NATIONAL NEWS

• Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Report: Talks on LeGarrette Blount return to Patriots in "infant stages."
• Oliver Thomas (247 Sports) Tom Brady checks in as top fourth-quarter QB of 2015.
• Oliver Thomas (247 Sports) Top athlete from Patriots' 2015 class wasn't invited to combine.
• Chris Burke (SI) NFL Combine primer: Top five storylines to watch in Indy.
• Oliver Thomas (247 Sports) Five wideouts for Patriots to watch at NFL combine.
• Chris Wesseling (ProFootballTalk) Titans GM on Bill Belichick: 'I owe a ton to that man.'
• Michael Rothstein (ESPN) Patriots' influence apparent in how Bob Quinn built Detroit's front office.
• Oliver Thomas (247 Sports) Ben McAdoo: Giants 'fortunate' to have Patrick Graham on staff.
• Dane Brugler (CBS Sports) 2016 NFL Combine: Step-by-step guide to player drills and scouts' takes.
• Jeff Reynolds (CBS Sports) 2016 NFL Combine: 25 things to know.
• Pete Prisco (CBS Sports) Combine Musings: Why linemen are no longer the draft's safest picks.
• Andy Fenelon (NFL.com) Sources Tell Us: What we heard on Day 1 of scouting combine.
• Rob Rang (CBS Sports) 10 Bold predictions for the 2016 NFL Combine: Here's who'll win each drill.
• John Breech (CBS Sports) NFL WR: Patriots are 'more thorough' than the other teams at the combine.
• Alex Nieves (SI) Five combine phenoms who turned into NFL disappointments.
• Gregg Rosenthal and Chris Wesseling (NFL.com) 2016 free agency: Top 99 available players.
• Mark Maske (Washington Post) NFL might pare list of penalties included in proposal for automatic ejection with two personal fouls.
• Andrew Brandt (The MMQB) Skirting the salary cap, franchise tag time, and Combine fact and fiction.
• Dave Archibald (Inside the Pylon) NFL salary cap management.
• Kenneth Arthur (Sports on Earth) The best team $40 million can buy.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Saints to dump Brandon Browner on March 9.
• Sarah Spain (ESPNW) Sarah Spain cruises with the Gronks.

DEFLATEGATE, DUMPSTER DIVE

• Stephanie Stradley (Stradley Law) The best argument for giving the Patriots draft picks back. /Outstanding read.
• Karen Guregian states the reality in spite of the hoping, praying and petitioning by loyal fans, the draft picks are not coming back.
• Tom E. Curran reminds us that the NFL hired Paul Clement to appeal Tom Brady's Deflategate case, a man described in 2008 as the "LeBron James" of appeal attorneys.
• Gary Tanguay thinks Roger Goodell is courting disaster in his Brady appeal.
• Heather Hilley (Cover32) Pats' fan files 'consumer complaint' against NFL/Goodell.
• Nathaniel Vinton, Michael O'Keeffe (NY Daily News) Peyton Manning used wife to get out of deposition in dog bite lawsuit.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) NFL downplays arbitration ruling.
• 60 Minutes (YouTube) NY Professor Robert Blecker - Deflategate | "Tissue of Lies." (8.54 min. video) - From Sept. 2015.