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TEAM TALK
- Angelique Fiske tells us about Chris Long's Waterboys Initiative on World Water Day.
- Patriots Today - Bill Belichick addresses the media at the AFC coaches breakfast. (46.34 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Ryan Hannable notes Jonathan Kraft defends Tom Brady's negative perception following deflategate: "Tom Brady is the poster child for everything that is right."
- Mike Reiss manages to conjure up five takeaways from Bill Belichick's media session at the AFC coaches breakfast.
- Christopher Price suggests you'd be hard-pressed to find someone who detests something more than Bill Belichick dislikes the annual coaches' breakfast.
- Tom E. Curran says Belichick deliberately laid an egg at the coaches' breakfast yesterday, giving all present a 'journalistic root canal without Novocaine'.
- Ben Volin wonders if Belichick is engaging in a silent protest at the NFL owners meetings.
- Jeff Howe details the annual coaches breakfast with Belichcik commanding a huddle but not offering up much.
- Karen Guregian sees the Gronk-Bennett duo as a nightmare for Rex Ryan and other rivals to defend.
- Tom Darcy (Beantown Beat) Five reasons the Patriots should sign free agent RB Arian Foster.
- Jeff Howe breaks down Shea McClellin's three-year, $8.95 million contract.
- Mike Reiss takes a closer look at the contracts signed by veterans Chris Long and Shea McClellin.
- Jeff Howe Patriots Notebook: Belichick gets some help on rule review.
- Jeff Howe reports Bruce Arians says the Patriots initiated the talks that led to the Chandler Jones trade.
- Ron Borges talks about the NFL's no-talk rule and how it's a dilemma for coaches.
- Tom Brady's latest Facebook post pokes fun at his performance vs. Von Miller.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Rocko Rathon (The Source) Former teammate tells Calvin Johnson to unretire and sign with New England Patriots.
- John Breech (CBS Sports) Tom Brady shows off his surprisingly good surfing skills in Costa Rica.
- Matthew Fairburn (Syracuse.com) How do you defend the Patriots' dynamic duo at tight end? Rex Ryan has no idea.
- Oliver Thomas (247 Sports) Bill Belichick on Tom Brady: 'He's my quarterback'.
- Will Brinson (CBS Sports) Four coaches didn't show up for the annual NFL owners' meetings picture.
- Kevin Seifert (ESPN) NFL one step closer to eliminating kickoff returns.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Discussions of replay rules fluid, ongoing.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) John Harbaugh: A better replay system would have changed the outcome of five games last year.
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) NFL rule changes include delay of game penalty for calling an unallowed timeout.
- Zac Jackson (ProFootballTalk) Chiefs withdraw proposed Peyton Manning Rule.
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) NFL approves expansion of horse-collar rule.
- Josh Alper (ProFootbalTalk) NFL makes extra point change permanent.
- Joel Corry (CBS Sports) Agent's Take: Breaking down 10 key players who remain free agents.
- Charles Robinson (Yahoo! Sports) Roger Goodell the globetrotter is better for NFL than Roger Goodell the sheriff.
DEFLATEGATE, DUMPSTER DIVE
- Daniel Werley (The White Bronco) Dissecting the Deflategate letter war between the Patriots, NFL lawyer Paul Clement, and Professor Robert Blecker.
- Chad Finn talks about how Robert Kraft tries and fails to be a two-way player in the deflategate battle.
- Mike Reiss quotes Jonathan Kraft on deflategate: Patriots are 'angry, disappointed, frustrated, confused.'
- Tom E. Curran talks with Jonathan Kraft, who says suing the NFL wouldn't get the Patriots draft picks back. They're moving on.
- Mark Maske (Washington Post) NFL not likely to restore Patriots’ stripped first-round draft pick.
- Dan Wetzel (Yahoo! Sports) Here's the coded message Bob Kraft sent Pats fans in sad letter to Goodell.
- Bruce Allen (Boston Sports Media Watch) Robert Kraft’s support for Goodell continues to anger.
- Mike Greenberg (ESPN) NFL should lessen Patriots' penalties. (2.08 minutes)