TEAM TALK
- Angelique Fiske reports on Jimmy Garoppolo and Bryan Stork running a football clinic for AccesSport America.
- Patriots Today - Breaking down the Patriots 2016 Draft class. (2,45 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Miguel Benzan (PatsFans) How the 2016 Rookie Pool will work for the New England Patriots.
- Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Competition at CB for the Patriots will be intense.
- Tom E. Curran says the Patriots will have to face many major decisions on important players entering the final year of their deals.
- Christopher Price resets the current roster by position, as it stands without including the undrafted free agents.
- Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Five Patriots players under the most pressure in 2016.
- Chris Mason notes that based on the roster so far, WR coach Chad O’Shea might be the happiest man in New England.
- Phil Perry hears Brian Stork on working with Dante Scarnecchia: "So far so good."
- Mark Daniels sees Jimmy Garoppolo getting used to the spotlight.
- Adam Jones looks at all the QBs drafted by Bill Belichick, and what they brought the team in the end.
- Doug Kyed presents his Vincent Valentine scouting report: Patriots DT brings good value.
- Mike Reiss highlights what was learned from Nick Caserio's interview on SiriusXM NFL radio: 1. Vincent Valentine helps fill the Akiem Hicks void.
- Mike Dussault (PatsPropaganda) Patriots won’t overlook LaAdrian Waddle.
- The Providence Journal thinks we can expect the Patriots special teams to remain one of the strongest units in the league this year.
- Nick O'Malley wonders which of the Patriots UDFAs have a shot of being the next undrafted success story in New England.
- Nick O'Malley reports Melvin Ray, a 27-year-old rookie invited to Patriots camp, was in same recruiting class as Andrew Luck
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Mark Farinella admits how little he follows college football, how it's too early to evaluate the 2016 picks, brings up past and recent draft failures, and then tells us Belichick reached on all of his picks this year.
- Ryan Hannable notes Tom Brady's latest Facebook post promotes his avocado ice cream recipe.
- NESN tells us Tom Brady's expensive 'Nutrition Manual" is not your average celebrity cookbook.
- CSNNE posts a cool photo with Tom Brady and Vanilla Ice looking like BFFs at an Under Armour event.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Oliver Thomas (247 Sports) Projected contract values for Patriots' 2016 draft class.
- Oliver Thomas (247 Sports) Former North Carolina State teammates stay current with Patriots.
- Alex Kirshner and Bud Elliott (SB Nation) Small receivers are coming up short in the NFL Draft, but it's a different story for DBs.
- Chris Chase (Fox Sports) Ranking the NFL's QB situations, from worst (Philly) to first (Green Bay). Patriots 3rd-best.
- Peter Prisco (CBS Sports) In the line of fire: NFL O-linemen have never had it so tough.
- Ron Clements (Sporting News) Offensive linemen blast PFF grades, NFL coaching.
- Peter King (The MMQB) A Draft sobriety test; MMQB Mailbag.
- Robert Klemko (The MMQB) Lessons learned at the Draft. Pats' pick of Jacoby Brissett teaches Draft QBs cannot be ranked.
- Gregg Rosenthal (NFL.com) When will rookie QBs start their first NFL games?
- Mike Tanier (Bleacher Report) Moneyball is changing the way NFL teams assemble their rosters.
- David Steele (Sporting News) It's time to fix the draft's unfair underclassman entry rules.
- Elliot Harrison (NFL.com) NFL Power Rankings. Patriots 6th.
- Staff Report (USA Today) NFL Power Rankings. Patriots No. 2.
- Arielle Aronson (Fox Sports) Tom Brady is selling a $200 cookbook.
- Aaron Torres (Fox Sports) Reese Witherspoon invites Patriots rookie receiver to join her book club.
- Richard Deitsch (SI) Media Mailbag: On Skip Bayless, Mike Tirico, NFL draft coverage & more.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) NFL V.P. of security Jeffrey Miller resigns.
- Andrew Bucholtz (Awful Announcing) Amazon has quietly hired SI/120 Sports vet James DeLorenzo as head of sports.