New England Patriots links 7/29/16 - Jamie Collins 'excused' from Day 1: 'No issues'

TEAM TALK

• Patriots Training Camp Info. and schedule.
• Erik Scalavino passes along some news and notes from the first day of camp: Jimmy Garoppolo is "excited for Week One."
• Andy Hart finds Nate Solder is as excited for training camp as he’s ever been.
• Paul Perillo posts his blogservations from Day 1: Brady, Garoppolo, and more.
• Angelique Fiske checks out what the Patriots are saying through social media: Training camp edition.
• Media Availability Transcripts: Rob Gronkowski - Jimmy Garoppolo.
• Patriots Today - Training camp 2016. (1.59 min. video)
• Patriots Today - Training Camp Day one: Key takeaways. (3.29 min. video)

LOCAL LINKS

• CBS Boston reports Jamie Collins was excused from Thursday's practice, and that according to Belichick there are 'no issues.'
• Karen Guregian thinks it's time for the Patriots to dig up their buried run game.
• Mike Reiss offers his take on the top storylines from Day 1 of Camp: 12,393 fans showed up to cheer and chant for Brady and more.
• Chris Warner (Boston Sports Media Watch) Patriots Training Camp topics. Backup offensive tackles, backup inside linebackers; More.
• Bill Bodell (Goal Line Gazette) Patriots Training Camp: Day 1 observations. "Marcellus Bennett had a very good first day of camp."
• Robert Alvarez (PatsFans) Sights and sounds from Day 1 of Training Camp.
• Mike Reiss reports Tom Brady and Jimmy Garoppolo split time as first QB at yesterday's practice.
• Christopher Price writes that despite the split in QB reps, the first day of training camp was Jimmy Garoppolo's show.
• Ben Volin compiles what he sees as Bill Belichick's lengthy camp to-do list. 1. Prepare two starting QBs.
• Mark Farinella highlights Jimmy Garoppolo's media Q&A from Thursday.
• Mike Reiss mentions how Rob Gronkowski and Martellus Bennett started camp by doing extra work on the side with Tom Brady in order to establish a double threat.
• Adam Kurkjian hears from a healthy Nate Solder happy to get back to the basics of football.
• CBS Boston finds Day 1 of Training Camp to be extra special for Nate Solder.
• Ryan Hannable warns LeGarrette Blount (hip) may not be back to full strength, even though he's back on the field.
• Kevin Duffy spotlights LeGarrette Blount's impressive one-handed catch yesterday.
• Chris Mason discusses how the Patriots secondary is hungry to improve on last year's showing.
• Rich Garven says Malcolm Butler has come a long way.
• Ryan Hannable discovers Malcolm Butler doesn't want to talk contract status.
• Rich Garven and Mark Daniels Patriots Journal: Malcolm Butler motivated by hungry backups.
• Jeff Howe Patriots Notebook: Jamie Collins a surprise MIA on first day of camp; Rob Gronkowski's quote of the day; Quick hitters and more.
• Phil Perry writes his Postcard from Camp: Garoppolo takes first team 11-on-11 reps; More.
• Mark Daniels Training Camp observations: Jamie Collins absent as Jimmy Garoppolo takes the reins.
• Mike Reiss notes Matthew Slater saluted teammate Nate Ebner by wearing No. 43.
• CBS Boston catches up with members of Pats Nation as they stormed into Gillette Stadium on Thursday to watch their Patriots start training camp.
• Jerry Thornton posts his Facebook Live report from Day 1 of Patriots camp. (18.07 min. video)
• Thomas Kane posts some photos from the first day of camp.
• Mike Giardi, Tom E. Curran and Phil Perry discuss Jamie Collins' absence, and Julian Edelman and Danny Amendola's recovery from injuries. (3.13 min. video)
• Chad Finn points out Jerod Mayo replaced Kay Adams on Quick Slants (she left for a new program on NFLN) and brings a new voice to the program.
  

NATIONAL NEWS

• Albert Breer (The MMQB) NFL Notebook: How Tom Brady will spend September; More.
• Tom Pelissero (USA Today) Patriots fans rally to Tom Brady's defense as he returns to practice.
• Charles Robinson (Yahoo! Sports) This scary tandem could make life easier for Jimmy Garoppolo.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Jimmy Garoppolo perfects Patriot way, at press conferences.
• Field Yates (ESPN) Patriots know it will take more than just Garoppolo to replace Brady. (1 min. video)
• Charlotte Wilder (USA Today) Dedicated Patriots fans mock Goodell with outrageous signs at first day of camp. /Just the truth...
  
• Cameron DaSilva (Fox Sports) Ranking all 32 NFL rushing attacks, from worst to best. Pats 25th.
• Andrew Lynch (Fox Sports) 6 NFL bets you'll regret making this season. 1. Patriots under 10.5 wins.
• Gregg Rosenthal (NFL.coM) AFC training camp battles headlined by two QB races.
• Gregg Rosenthal (NFL.com) What we learned: 10 takeaways from Thursday.
• Matt Yoder (Awful Announcing) Sports Illustrated re-designs their website again… and this time it’s not terrible!
• Tadd Haislop (Sporting News) Eliminating the kickoff ignores football's real problem.
• Matt Yoder (Awful Announcing) Should ESPN sit out the 2016 presidential election?

DEFLATEGATE, DUMPSTER DIVE

• Tom E. Curran will never forget what the NFL did to Tom Brady.
• Greg A. Bedard (SI) Like it or not, Roger Goodell’s job is only getting more secure.
• Hayden Bird notes ESPN First Take co-host Max Kellerman tries to make a name for himself by saying, "Tom Brady is going to be a bum in short order."
• CBS Boston provides a sampling of Twitter reactions to Kellerman.
• Lester Munson* (ESPN) NFLPA has spent more than $3.5 million on Deflategate legal fees.