New England Patriots Links 3/25/16 - Quantity Vs. Quality at WR, RB

TEAM TALK

• Erik Scalavino tackles this week's Ask PFW Mailbag: Focus on free agents.
• Bob Socci's Notebook: Brady & Arians wear different hats, but have similar thoughts.
• Player Spotlight: Matthew Slater.
• Angelique Fiske tells us what Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen are eating on vacation in Costa Rica.
• NFL Films Presents: Inside the mind of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. (7.08 min. video)
• Patriots Today - Jerod Mayo on his retirement. (3.20 min. video)

LOCAL LINKS

• Jake Mackey recaps the Patriots free agency and roster moves so far this offseason.
• Mike Reiss offers a quick look at WR Nate Washington, and reviews the tape from the Patriots-Texans game.
• Doug Kyed Patriots Mailbag: Drafting receiver still likely after Nate Washington signing.
• Karen Guregian believes new linebacker Shea McClellin looks like a good fit for the Pats.
• Jeff Howe Patriots Notebook: Arians happy to add DE Jones in trade.
• Adam Kurkjian reports Jonathan Cooper's former coach Chris Kapilovic still believes in him.
• Doug Kyed reports Jerod Mayo says he 'could never play for someone' other than the Patriots and Bill Belichick.
• CBS Boston reports former Patriots FB Kevin Turner died Thursday at the age of 46 after battling Lou Gehrig's disease.
• Tom E. Curran writes about how Kevin Turner's life and death carries meaning and poignancy.
• NESN posts a video of Bill Belichick and many other Boston sports figures congratulating Claude Julien on the Bruins wins record.
• Matt Burke talks about what it's like to be a sports writer in 2016.
• Mike Reiss discusses Todd McShay's latest two-round mock draft, with the Pats taking a LB and CB in the second round.

NATIONAL NEWS

• Erik Frenz (Bleacher Report) Patriots should take the volume approach at RB.
• Oliver Thomas (247 Sports) Seven-time Patriots captain Jerod Mayo enters new career field.
• Christian Hoban (Sports Quotient) How will the new NFL rule changes affect the game?
• Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) John Harbaugh speaks out against the chop block ban.
• Gregg Rosenthal (NFL.com) Collateral benefits: Players aided by free agency.
• Mike Freeman (Bleacher Report) Coaches fear the NFL's new ejection rule could lead to 'the goon scenario.'
• Video (NFL.com) 2015 NFL season in six minutes. (6.04 min. video)

DEFLATEGATE, DUMPSTER DIVE

• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) NFL’s lawyer in Brady appeal is pressed to correct misstatements to Court.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Clement calls attack on misstatements "procedurally improper and wholly unfounded".
• Hal Habib (Palm Beach Post) Post exclusive: CTE research leader calls Roger Goodell a liar.
• CBS Boston reports Chris Nowinski, president of the Concussion Legacy Institute, says, ‘Goodell’s lying so frequently that I almost don’t think it matters anymore’.
• Dan Diamond (Politico) Pay to play? Tracking NFL donations ahead of concussion hearings.
• Sean Keeley (Awful Announcing) New York Times fights back against NFL’s questioning of their concussion report.
• Jerry Thornton calls the NFL's response to the NYT article surreal. Anyone believe that the NFL is the victim of a witch hunt?
  
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) NFL issues even longer statement in response to New York Times article.
• Cy Brown (Sports on Earth) The Rams-Sam conspiracy theory.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) NFL has nothing to add on Michael Sam report.