New England Patriots links 6/16/16 - Gronk shares his feelings: "Feeling good. Feeling strong. Feeling fast."

TEAM TALK

• Angelique Fiske tells us Julian Edelman's message to never give up hit home for Rosie Doherty. The two filmed a PSA about epilepsy through Make-A-Wish Massachusetts and Rhode Island on Wednesday.
• Lauren Williams talks about the Tackle Tickle Cell 5K fundraiser bet between the McCourty brothers.
• Angelique Fiske highlights Robert Kraft's visit to his former elementary school, Edward Devotion School in Brookline, Mass., ahead of renovations.

LOCAL LINKS

• Mark Daniels sits down with Rob Gronkowski before a charity event, where Gronk shares his feelings (as in 'feeling good, feeling strong, feeling fast")
• Phil Perry notes Martellus Bennett joined ESPN's First Take and explained just how different it is to play in a system like New England's with a quarterback like Tom Brady.
• Kevin Duffy notes Martellus Bennett gives a great answer to why Tom Brady is special: His personality is contagious in practice.
• Zack Cox notes Martellus Bennett is cool with being 'Robin' to Rob Gronkowski's Batman.
• Christopher Price highlights Martellus Bennett joining ESPN to talk about joining the Patriots and working with Gronk and all the receivers.
• Mike Reiss shares his first impressions of the rookie class, after five spring practices: Joe Thuney makes an early mark.
• Phil Perry focuses on five positional battles that seemed to take shape over the course of OTAs.
• Doug Kyed tells us who his offseason standouts are and why they were picked.
• Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Patriots summer school to-do list: Time to get some long-term deals done.
• Chris Gasper and Gary Tanguay give their predictions on which players they think will be on the New England Patriots in 2018. (3.51 min. video)
• Michael Hurley sees the boring offseason as a time that's ripe for a story to come and knock us all off our feet. Enter: Tom Brady's hair.
  
• Christopher Price hears Brandon LaFell lsay that one day Dalton could be in the same conversation as Tom Brady.
• Chris Gasper writes on how NFL players are at the mercy of their teams.
• Russ Goldman (PatsFans) Patriots Fourth And Two Podcast: End Of mini-camp thoughts from Miguel Benzan.

NATIONAL NEWS

• Oliver Thomas (247 Sports) Martellus Bennett aims to 'rise to another level' with Tom Brady.
• Courtney Schellin (ESPN) New England local carves 'World Championship Tree' in honor of Boston sports.
• Bill Barnwell (ESPN) Ranking the NFL's offensive triplets from 32-1. Patriots No. 2 (Behind Steelers.)
• Russell S. Baxter (NFL Spin Zone) New England Patriots: Backfield pieces in motion?
• David Steele (Sporting News) Best active NFL player from every state, even including Wyoming. /Slideshow.
• Oliver Thomas (247 Sports) Six Patriots get the nod as their state's best active NFL player.
• Andrea Hangst (Sports on Earth) NFL under pressure: Defensive line.
• Gregg Rosenthal (NFL.com) Eleven takeaways from Wednesday's minicamps.
• Ryan WIlson (CBS Sports) The Good, Bad, Ugly and Bizarre: Jets and Dolphins.
• NFL 360 (NFL.com) Inside the minds of elite quarterbacks. (3.51 min. video)
• Ross Tucker (Sports on Earth) Rodgers: The Lebron of the NFL. /So much wrong in this argument.
• Ken Fang (Awful Announcing) ESPN sets new guidelines for crediting breaking news stories.

DEFLATEGATE, DUMPSTER DIVE

• Sheila Dingus (Defenders of the Wall) Amicus briefs questions and answers: Could they be a deciding factor in deflategate?
• Andrew Coppens (Awful Announcing) Tony Romo's fantasy football convention stopped by NFL for second straight year.
• Bob Hille (Sporting News) Aqib Talib making progress with recovery; investigators not having such luck.