TEAM TALK
- Andy Hart highlights WR coach Chad O'Shea, who opens training camp with a versatile, competitive group of pass catchers ready to get the job done.
- Paul Perillo notes Patriots DL coach Brendan Daly is excited to work with the new additions.
- Patriots sign OL Jon Halapio and TE Bear Pascoe; Place DB Nate Ebner on Reserve/Did Not Report List.
- Press Conferences: Bill Belichick - Chad O'Shea. (6.31 min. audio) - Devin McCourty.
- Patriots Playbook - John Rooke discusses who will be the most impacftul newcomer on the Patriots. (2 hour program).
- Angelique Fiske has all the ways to win, save and connect at Patriots training camp.
LOCAL LINKS
- Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Four things to watch for at Patriots training camp.
- Bill Bodell (Goal Line Gazette) Patriots training camp preview: Things to watch for.
- Henry McKenna thumbnails 13 notable newcomers Patriots fans should know.
- Mark Daniels reports Tom Brady won't lose his job after Jimmy Garoppolo starts the season for the Patriots.
- Jeff Howe notes Bill Belichick and the Patriots are all about getting Jimmy Garoppolo ready for Week 1.
- Kevin Duffy thinks that maybe it didn't need to be said, but Bill Belichick felt it necessary to axe the idea of a QB controversy early on.
- CBS Boston highlights Bill Belichick's address to the media ahead of Patriots training camp, saying getting Jimmy Garoppolo ready for Weeks 1-4 is their top priority.
- Danny Picard wants to see Tom Brady as the backup to Jimmy Garoppolo in training camp.
- Nick O'Malley takes a look at the quarterback situations around the AFC East and dares you to tell him which ones you'd 100 percent take over Jimmy Garoppolo at this point.
- Zack Cox reports Dante Scarnecchia lays out his plan to turn around the Patriots offensive line.
- Kevin Duffy reports Dante Scarnecchia is searching for two starting guards. He does not want to use an interior offensive line rotation.
- Doug Kyed notes Josh McDaniels is 'happy' with the Patriots, but wants to be a head coach at some point.
- Adam Kurkjian hears from Ivan Fears, who is happy to see the crowded backfield, and 'looking forward to see what they will do as we get into the real (expletive.)
- Karen Guregian Patriots Notebook: Brian Flores is Bill Belichick’s latest defensive protege on the rise in the coaching ranks; Patriots received a roster exemption yesterday for Nate Ebner; More.
- Eric Wilbur explains why with or without Tom Brady, Julian Edelman is the most crucial piece to the Patriots' success.
- Henry McKenna notes Devin McCourty says the Patriots' mentality won't change without Tom Brady.
- David Epstein gives us the weather forecast for the first two days of training camp.
- Kevin Dillon posts a video clip of Patriots fans sprinting to the practice field at Gillette Stadium to get their seats.
- Karen Guregian posts an early projection of who makes the 53-man roster.
- Jerry Thornton is outraged USA Today ranks the Patriots as the 2nd-most unlikable team in the NFL. Why not No. 1?
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CBS Boston reports Julian Edelman reportedly fathered the unborn child of a Swedish model. The child is a girl, due in October.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Peter King (The MMQB) Why the NFL-Union field condition pact is significant; MMQB Mailbag.
- Video (ESPN) Jimmy Garoppolo is unflappable. (1.20 min. video)
- Dan Bernstein (CBS Chicago) NFL’s new concussion policy is just cosmetic.
DEFLATEGATE, DUMPSTER DIVE
- Dave Garofalo (PatriotsExtra) Logic in, garbage out: The persecution of Tom Brady is maddening and unjust, but we should’ve seen it coming.
- Alan Schwartz (NY Times) NFL-backed youth program says it reduced concussions: The data disagrees.
- Zac Jackson (ProFootballTalk) Report: No NFL interview scheduled with James Harrison.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Packers applying pressure to Matthews, Peppers to submit to PED interviews.
- Michael LeBrecht II (SI - Longform) Aaron Hernandez’s brother retraces NFL star's path to murder.