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TEAM TALK
- Erik Scalavino passes along some news and notes from the locker room at Gillette Stadium: Lewis needs more surgery; Vollmer, Mason also ailing.
- Erik Scalavino notes USA Rugby star Nate Ebner is once again football-focused with the Patriots.
- Patriots Today - Patriots post practice work. (1.32 min. video)
- Photos: Best of Patriots Training Camp.
LOCAL LINKS
- Karen Guregian notes Dont’a Hightower says the Patriots defense has something special planned.
- Mike Petraglia looks at how the Patriots are perfectly poised to have the best young secondary in the NFL.
- Henry McKenna explains how Kamu Grugier-Hill could break the mold of linebackers in the Patriots defense.
- Adam Kurkjian talks with Markus Kuhn's college coach to evaluate the often-overlooked player 's chances of cracking the Patriots roster.
- Jeff Howe notes Rob Ninkovich has been an ironman since joining the Patriots in 2009.
- Jeff Howe sees the Patriots' offensive line headed in the right direction.
- Christopher Price hopes your weekend was better than the one the Patriots had.
- MIke Dussault (PatsPropaganda) Patriots injury buzzkill Sunday.
- Kevin Duffy analyzes how the Dion Lewis news impacts the offense and expectations for RB James White.
- Phil Perry says there's no replacing Dion Lewis, but the Patriots will have to try to do so with James White.
- Paul Perillo and Tom E. Curran debate whether James White will be able to fill in for Dion Lewis. (2.58 min. video)
- Tom E. Curran finds a diamond in the hailstorm of deflating injury news: Malcolm Mitchell said his arm injury "looked worse than it felt."
- Tom E. Curran tells us Sebastian Vollmer's 2016 season could be in jeopardy because of a hip injury.
- Ryan Hannable states the Patriots need Dante Scarnecchia more than ever.
- Mike Reiss says that with Lewis and Vollmer ailing, White and Cannon become key.
- Christopher Price Sunday NFL Notes: 10 camp awards for 2016 Patriots.
- Mike Reiss shares some quick-hit weekend thoughts: Patriots were one of 15 teams participating in joint practices this year.
- Miguel Benzan (PatsFans) Patscap's mid training-camp thoughts.
- Michael Hurley thinks LeGarrette Blount is a good running back, and other leftover Patriots thoughts.
- Mike Reiss notes Michael Lombardi explains his parting of ways with the Patriots.
- Phil Perry hears from Michael Lombardi on WEEI that whenever Bill Belichick decides to retire, it will be based on how feels, not how many rings he's acquired.
- Jeff Howe reminds us that not even those veteran free agent signings are safe. Roster cuts down to 75 on Aug 30, and to 53 on Sept. 3.
- Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Patriots 53-man roster projection 3.0: Halfway point of preseason creates difficult decisions.
- Kevin Duffy takes injuries into account in his latest 53-man roster projection. Brown in, Gaffney out.
- Ben Volin offers his 53-man roster projection: Brown, Washington, Knighton among those out.
- Cyrus Geller (MusketFire) Patriots Roster Projection 2.0.
- Tom E. Curran reports Tom Brady will not be at practice Sunday or Monday. Both absences are excused and are not injury-related, according to a source.
- Matt Dolloff passes along what the general Twitter reaction looked like after Brady cut his thumb with scissors.
- Ben Volin takes another look at the Patriots-Bears game.
- Jeff Howe Patriots Notebook: Dion Lewis out another 8-10 weeks; More.
- Chris Mason Patriots Notebook: Belichick cuts it short regarding Brady injury intrigue; More.
- CBS Boston notes Nate Ebner spoke to reporters for the first time since his return from the Olympics: Patriots' support "meant the world" to him.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Andrew Granville (12Up) Dallas Cowboys steal Patriots trademark slogan.
- Peter King (The MMQB) MMQB: On Denver, Los Angeles and chicken-bleep hindsight.
- Chris Burke (SI) 32 teams, 32 takeaways: Lessons learned from Week 2 of the NFL preseason.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) New injury report creates plenty of questions, concerns.
- Nunzio Ingrassia (Fox Sports) NFL makes change to team injury reports that could have major impact.
- Lisa Zimmerman (NFL Player Engagement) NFL training camps: Oh how things have changed.
DUMPSTER DIVE
- Mike Lupica (NY Daily News) Roger Goodell’s NFL power trip could end up costing him.
- Patrick Redford (Deadspin) Roger Goodell should interview James Harrison in public.
- Michael Hurley reports on Roger Goodell ignoring Josh Brown's chilling domestic violence accusations. NY Daily News writer Seth Walder did some digging, and what he found was alarming.
- Ben Volin Sunday Football Notes: Cooperation should help players avoid NFL's wrath. /Yeah, right.
- Zac Jackson (ProFootballTalk) NFL statement: Josh Brown’s ex-wife, police wouldn’t cooperate with NFL investigation.