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TEAM TALK
- Andy Hart and Paul Perillo debate which team they will be rooting for on Sunday.
- Teammate Showdown: Chandler Jones vs. Rob Gronkowski. Who knows more about the other?
LOCAL LINKS
- Miguel Benzan (PatsFans) Projecting the contracts of 2016 Patriots free agents.
- Jeff Howe notes the Patriots are used to long seasons and Devin McCourty makes sure he gets his rest and relaxation each winter.
- Jeff Howe passes along the good news that Dominique Easley's torn quad didn't require surgery, and he'll be ready for offseason workouts.
- Christopher Price calls Tom Brady's decision to attend Super bowl MVP event a smart move - and a wildly gracious act on his part.
- Jeff Howe reports Tom Brady will be at Super Bowl 50 after all.
- Jeff Howe hears form Deion Sanders, who says there's no argument Tom Brady is superior to Peyton Manning.
- Ryan Hannable notes Tom Brady has a clock in his gym ticking down to Super Bowl 51.
- Mike Reiss reports Jordan Richards brought the spirit of kindness to the Kraft Family Blood Donor Center on Thursday.
- CSNNE points to the five season-altering injuries for the Pats.
- PJ Wright picks out 10 of the best Super Bowl performances in Patriots history.
- Ben Volin talks with Jeffrey Kessler who has several questions for Roger Goodell about why he is keeping us in the dark over PSI data.
- Steve Buckley calls Roger Goodell’s annual State of the Game address a coming-together of two great American pastimes: Football and dodgeball.
- Tom E. Curran travels to San Mateo for a one-on-one with Tom Brady’s father on his son's trying year: 'We're not gonna rage.' (Full audio, 17.33 min.)
- Mike Reiss sits down with Devin McCourty, who admitted to some regrets with how the season unfolded: "It just sucked to not close it out the way we wanted."
- Phil Perry notes Rob Gronkowski says no one told him to skip the Pro Bowl.
- NESN interviews Kurt Warner as he relives Super Bowl XXXVI: 'It was a great game.'
- Jerry Thornton reveals the results of the latest poll that shows Patriots fans are the most obnoxious fans in the NFL. And it's not even close.
- Kerry J. Byrne sees Super Bowl 50 shaping up as a statistical bloodbath in which the nearly flawless Panthers maul the vulnerable Broncos.
- Ron Borges believes the final score won't alter fan opinions on Peyton Manning.
- Tony "Brady did it" Massarotti has nerve to scold fans for reaching a new low in selfishly wanting Tom Brady to stick it to Roger Goodell.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Nate Davis (USA Today) Tom Brady to attend NFL's Super Bowl 50 ceremony despite Deflategate flap.
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Tom Brady, 39 other Super Bowl MVPs expected to attend pregame ceremony Sunday.
- Oliver Thomas (247 Sports) As it stands: Patriots' interior line heading into 2016.
- Erik Frenz (Bleacher Report) 5 Free agents that need to be on the Patriots' radar.
- Oliver Thomas (247 Sports) Big four: Top colleges represented on Patriots' roster.
- Richard Deitsch (SI) What to expect from CBS’s television broadcast of Super Bowl 50.
- Brian Burke and Sharon Katz (ESPN) The most impactful plays in Super Bowl history.
- Frank Schwab (Yahoo! Sports) 50 Most memorable Super Bowl moments counterpoint: Why Malcolm Butler should be No. 1.
- Will Leitch (Sports on Earth) Roger Goodell just keeps coasting.
- Chris Wesseling (NFL.com) McCourty twins pulled a fast one on Bill Belichick.
- Adam Schefter (ESPN) Five biggest NFL offseason storylines.
- Matthew Futterman (Wall St. Journal) Super Bowl 50 shows off a fitter, faster NFL.
- Jason Gay (Wall St. Journal) Should the Super Bowl be a holiday?
- Sean Gentille (Sporting News) The six worst people to have at your Super Bowl party.
- Andrew Bucholtz (Awful Announcing) ESPN should stop televising the NFL's Super Bowl Media Day.
- Jason Gay (Wall St. Journal) How the Super Bowl ost a etter.
- Rick Chandler (Sports Grid) Power ranking the Super Bowl 50 commercials.
- Andy Benoit (The MMQB) The strange world of Super Bowl prop bets.
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Joe Montana: Different eras make it hard to pick best QB of all time.
- Jon Wertheim and Sam Sommers (SI) Ranking starting quarterbacks by perceived leadership.
- Nancy Armour (USA Today) How many CTE cases does it take before attitudes change?
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) NFL challenged over failure to fund study for CTE test in living patients.
- Bryan DeArdo (247 Sports) Roger Goodell: NFL to create a 'Rooney Rule' for women.
DEFLATEGATE, DUMPSTER DIVE
- Will Hobson and Justin Wm. Moyer (Washington Post) Inside Peyton Manning’s secret investigation into Al Jazeera documentary.
- Timothy Burke (Deadspin) Private eyes spook parents of Manning HGH accuser In 9-1-1 call; Broncos QB admits drugs sent to house.
- Michael Powell (NY Times) Finding a common thread in the Al Jazeera doping report.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballtalk) Kessler questions league’s decision not to release PSI data.
- Danny Picard accuses Roger Goodell of being solely responsible for keeping deflategate alive.
- Mark Pitinkin tells Roger Goodell that it's time to drop the deflategate witch-hunt.
- Felger & Mazz brought up DeflateGate with LaDainian Tomlinson: Patriots 'weren't the only team' messing with the footballs.
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) NFLPA: If PSI information is important to us, we’ll demand it.
- Feitelberg (Barstool Sports) Dean Blandino reverses course and says the NFL is actually still evaluating the PSI data that Goodell said they didn't keep.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Ex-Panther Brad Hoover still believes the Patriots cheated.