TEAM TALK
- Wednesday Injury Report: Patriots-Cardinals.
- Erik Scalavino shares some news, notes and locker room buzz from Wednesday at Gillette.
- Andy Hart gives three takeaways from Jimmy Garoppolo's presser: "You don't want to be the backup."
- Patriots sign LB Quentin Gause to practice squad; Release LB Rufus Johnson from practice squad.
- Angelique Fiske tells us that after retiring this offseason, Dane Fletcher opened up a training facility in his hometown.
- Angelique Fiske reveals Danny Amendola will be on the cover of the October issue of "Men's Health."
LOCAL LINKS
- Ben Volin writes about the greatness of Brady and Belichick, and how a death in the family served as the genesis of their relationship
- Karen Guregian thumbnails the 15 most important people to Jimmy Garoppolo's success, beginning with Bill Belichick and Josh McDaniels.
- CBS Boston reports Bruce Arians says Jimmy Garoppolo reminds him of Tony Romo.
- Chris Mason finds Jimmy Garoppolo enjoying life as No. 1.
- Jeff Howe says Tom Brady can return to Gillette Stadium in 26 days, but his shadow is sure to linger in his absence.
- Adam Kurkjian points out some issues and question marks that bear watching as Week 1 approaches.
- Christopher Price believes the best way for the Patriots to beat Arizona is to lean on their run game.
- Karen Guregian talks about the 'surprise' weapon the Patriots defense is poised to unleash on opponents.
- Thomas Kane notes Jets WR Brandon Marshall calls Chris Hogan 'the secret weapon'.
- Jeff Howe reports Malcolm Butler shows he's more than a one-trick Super Bowl hero.
- Matt Dolloff wonders if the Patriots are preparing for life without Malcolm Butler.
- Phil Perry gives us a Wednesday practice update: All Patriots, including new DB Eric Rowe, present for practice.
- Ryan Hannable notes Rob Gronkowski (hamstring) was among 7 Patriots limited at practice.
- Mike Reiss notes Eric Rowe gets initial work in drills with the Patriots at cornerback.
- Rich Garven says the Patriots have had at least one undrafted rookie make the 53-man roster out of training camp for 13 straight seasons. CB Jonathan Jones and RB D.J. Foster "both got the good news Saturday on cut-down day when no one came to deliver them the bad news."
- Nick O'Malley captures some comments that explain why fans outside New England follow the Patriots.
- Mike Petraglia has the perfect attitude toward the media (Hellooo sports talk radio) obsession with "Touchdown Brady:" Who cares? It's for the fans.
- Ryan Hannable learns a few things about Jamie Colllins from Improper Bostonian.
- Tom E. Curran lists 7 NFL coaches on the hot seat to start 2016 season.
- Bruce Allen (Boston Sports Media Watch) Patriots writers play to type In Reimer article.
- Mike Reiss reports the torch is officially passed to Dont'a Hightower.
- Jeff Howe Patriots Notebook: Dont’a Hightower wowed by mates’ respect for him as leader; More.
- Mark Farinella Patriots Notebook: Jonathan Cooper may start against his former teammates; More.
- Tom E. Curran and Trenni Kusnierek discuss how Jimmy Garoppolo will fare with a full compliment of weapons on offense. (1.12 min. video)
- Russ Goldman (PatsFans) Patriots Fourth and Two podcast: Patriots vs. Cardinals preview and our season predictions. (1 hour, 30 min.)
- Mark Farinella makes his annual "condemned to inaccuracy" picks for the 2016 season: Steelers, Seahawks will make it to the Super Bowl.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Tyler Sullivan (247 Sports) 5 Patriots of intrigue vs. Cardinals in Week 1.
- Mike Reiss and Josh Weinfuss (ESPN) Super Bowl preview? Patriots, Jimmy G face Cardinals in prime time.
- Albert Breer (The MMQB) Game plan: On Bradford, Garoppolo and a rapidly rising college coach.
- Tyler Sullivan (247 Sports) New England Patriots: Predicting every game of the 2016 season.
- Jeremy Fowler (ESPN) Ben Roethlisberger says Tom Brady atop NFL's QB hierarchy.
- Reuben Fischez-Baum (FiveThirtyEight) Can anyone in the AFC East challenge the Patriots (for once)?
- Staff (SI) Unfiltered scouting takes on each AFC team’s most overrated, underrated players.
- Tom Pelissero (USA Today) No Tom Brady in Week 1, but signs of QB could be prevalent.
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Jimmy Garoppolo: "Smoother operation" without Tom Brady at practice.
- Eric Single (SI) Ranking every backup quarterback of 2016 NFL season. No. 29 Jacoby Brissett.
- Andrew Tomasi (12Up) Patriots have acquired LB Quentin Gause to bolster the defense.
- Kevin Clark (The Ringer) The NFL has an age problem.
- Jordan Sargent (Deadspin) If the NFL. is worse now, the reason why is obvious.
- Ron Clements (Sporting News) Falcons sign player released by Patriots two days after house fire.
- Kenneth Arthur (Sports on Earth) September's NFL heroes and zeroes.
- Alex Reimer (Forbes) Inside Bill Belichick's masterful game of media manipulation.
- David Steele (Sporting News) Week 1 NFL picks straight up: Cardinals make Patriots feel early-season pain.
- Andrea Hangst (Sports on Earth) The X-Factors for every AFC team.
- Peter Schrager (Fox Sports) 10 bold predictions for the 2016 NFL season.
- Judy Battista (NFL.com) Fifty-one things to watch in 2016 on march to Super Bowl LI.
- Peter King (The MMQB) Super Bowl 51 prediction: Pittsburgh over Green Bay; Mailbag.
- Chris Chase (Fox Sports) Indisputable proof the Green Bay Packers will win Super Bowl LI.
- Ross Tucker (Sports on Earth) NFL playoff picks (Yes, Jags are in.)
- Ken Fang (Awful Announcing) CBS gets ready for another season of the NFL.
- Vinnie Iyer (Sporting News) NFL emojis paired with bad hashtags: Ranking all 32 teams.
- Pete Prisco (CBS Sports) NFL Power Rankings. No. 2 Patriots.
DUMPSTER DIVE
- David Fleming (ESPN) What's Tom Brady to do without football? Here are some ideas. /bit too many zings for my liking.
- Kevin Duffy notes Carson Palmer said he tried not to follow the deflategate scandal and says he doesn't feel too strongly about the Tom Brady suspension.
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Palmer on Brady: When you get busted, you suffer the consequences.
- Shalise Manza Young (Yahoo! Sports) NFL Preview Week: Some big-name players are suspended to start the season.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) In first comments on Kaepernick, Goodell wraps himself in the flag.
- Frank Schwab (Yahoo! Sports) Adrian Peterson still feels Roger Goodell's suspension of him wasn't fair.