New England Patriots links 1/26/17 - Super Bowl LI: Aggressiveness key vs. Falcons

TEAM TALK

• Patriots - Falcons Projected Wednesday Injury Report. No practice.
• Super Bowl Preview: Patriots at Falcons.
• Paul Perillo notes the Atlanta Falcons boast the game's best offense, and Matt Patricia will have his hands full dealing with it.
• Press Release: Patriots Charitable Foundation raffling off a trip to the Super Bowl.
• Angelique Fiske checks out h ow the Patriots celebrated their big win on social media.

LOCAL LINKS

• Chad Finn declares the debate over: Bill Belichick is the greatest NFL coach ever.
• Jeff Howe explains what he sees are the greatest challenges in stopping the Falcons’ top-ranked scoring attack.
• Jeff Howe gives us three keys to stopping the Falcons offense: 1. Attack their offensive line.
• Mike Petraglia looks at what past Super Bowls reveal about how Bill Belichick will attack the Falcons' high-flying offense.
• Matt Dolloff wonders if Dan Quinn's defense can do what works against Tom Brady.
• Mike Reiss talks about how Alan Branch has enjoyed a late-career renaissance, and hopes to limit the Falcons' running game.
• Mike Dussault (PatsPropaganda) Five first impressions of the Falcons.
• CBS Boston passes along the report that Carl Cheffers has been named the referee for Super Bowl LI. Fun Fact: Cheffers was a side judge during Pats-Jets game, Week 2, 2001.
• Mike Dussault (PatsPropaganda) A look back at how Pats defended Falcons in 2013.
• Mike Reiss points out how LeGarrette Blount's choice of hoodies Sunday night highlights the Patriots unique bond.
• Mike Petraglia mentions Nate Ebner is dealing with a concussion. /Heal up, man.
• Marisa Ingemi picks her top 10 Patriots Super Bowl plays.
• Karen Guregian wants to know if a Pats Super Bowl win would make Rob Gronkowski expendable. /No.
  
• Ron Borges reminds us of some real Lombardi Trophy tension, with a look back at Pete Rozelle and Al Davis at Super Bowl XV.
• Hayden Bird hears that Tom Brady and Bridget Moynahan's son Jack has his eyes set on a different kind of football.
• Steve Bulpett Falcons Notebook: Matt Ryan has few connections to Patriots.
• Steve Bulpett hears from Dwight Freeney who says he has 'all the respect' for Tom Brady, who he's 'been chasing for a long time.'

NATIONAL NEWS

• Tim Layden (SI Magazine) Tom Brady suspension fueled Patriots' Super Bowl LI run.
• Kevin Van Valkenburg (ESPN Magazine) Love, hate and Brady: How Tom became the improbable lightning rod.
• Sean Wagner-McGough (CBS Sports) Tom Brady is 39: All you need to know about his historically great NFL career.
• Chris Malumphy (Laces Out) Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots take different approach to building Super Bowl rosters.
• Albert Breer (The MMQB) Matt Ryan, Tom Brady share same quarterback guru.
• Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Matt Ryan says Tom Brady is his longevity role model.
• John Breech (CBS Sports) Tom Brady has played in more Super Bowls than the entire Falcons roster.
• Jenny Vrentas (The MMQB) Bill Belichick's North Star: His relationship with Navy.
• Chris Wesseling (NFL.com) Falcons' overlooked greatness, Belichick and Popovich, more.
• Sam Gardner (Fox Sports) Troy Brown is expecting another New England nail-biter at Super Bowl LI.
• Andrew Lynch (Fox Soorts) Cris Carter: Why the Patriots could be in trouble against the Falcons in Super Bowl LI.
• Bart Hubbuch (NY Post) How an engineer gave up his life and became Patriots mastermind.
• Vaughn McClure (ESPN) Dwight Freeney has no hate for Tom Brady: 'He's a cool dude'.
• Mike & Mike (ESPN) Von Miller says 'pick your poison' when playing Patriots. (1.47 min. video)
• Vinnie Iyer (Sporting News) Chiefs' Andy Reid voted Sporting News Coach of the Year for third time. "Bill Belichick came close to breaking his nine-year drought and becoming a three-time winner with the Patriots, but ultimately, Reid got the most respect from a panel of his peers."
• John Clayton (ESPN) Ranking every coach who has won a Super Bowl title.
• Tadd Haislop (Sporting News) SN NFL All-Pro Team 2016: Coaches select league's best at each position.
• Will Brinson (CBS Sports) Ranking every Super Bowl in NFL history, worst to first.
• SI Vault (Si) Sports Illustrated's 50 Super Bowl stories.
• Matt Brown (Sports on Earth) Colleges that have made biggest Super Bowl impact, by position.
• Will Leitch (Sports on Earth) Best Super Bowl host cities, ranked.
• Cy Brown (Sports on Earth) How to win at Super Bowl squares.
• Zack Pierce (Fox Sports) Super Bowl Misery Index: How bad does your team have it?
• Jim Chairusmi (Wall St. Journal) The NFL’s most controversial play: Leaping over the line.
• Mark Maske (Washington Post) NFLPA composing proposal for ‘less punitive’ approach to marijuana use.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) NFL has a dilemma over undisclosed Le’Veon Bell injury.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Dolphins failed to follow concussion protocol with Matt Moore.

VIEW FROM ATLANTA

• Kelsey Conway (AtlantaFalcons) Super Bowl LI provides stage for Jones' greatness.
• Andrew Hirsh (AtlantaFalcons) Quinn gives players 3 keys to staying focused.
• Andrew Hirsh (AtlantaFalcons) Falcons' young defense keeps improving.
• Michael Cunningham (AJC.com) Vic Beasley is good. Can he be great in Super Bowl?
• Matt Winkeljohn (AJC.com) Falcons back to the grind, the old way.
• Anthony Broome (CBSLocal Atlanta) Julio Jones, Alex Mack not at Falcons practice on Wednesday.
• Staff (AJC.com) Thomas Dimitroff believes Bill Belichik was clueless about Falcons’ win.

DEFLATEGATE, DUMPSTER DIVE

• Tom E. Curran notes yesterday's interview shows Roger Goodell still has trouble with the definition of integrity.
• Darin Gantt (ProFootballTalk) Roger Goodell on skipping Pats game: "The focus should be on the players".
• Michael Hurley provides a brief history lesson of why Roger Goodell won't be 'honored' to gove Tom Brady a Super Bowl trophy.
• Tanya Ray Fox (Sportsgrid) Roger Goodell can't explain why he won't go to Patriots games: Don't worry, we came up with some alternative facts for him.
• Kevin Duffy doesn't blame Goodell for avoiding New England games for the past two years.
• Staph (AJC.com) Super Bowl 2017: What to tell your kids about ‘Deflategate’.
• Michael Hurley takes a deep breath before addressing the factual inaccuracies in the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
• Chris Chase (Fox Sports) How the New England Patriots became the most hated team in sports. /Not the solar system? the universe?
  
• John Breech (CBS Sports) Goodell vouches for Thursday games, says quality of play is better than other days.
• Ryan Hannable relays the craziest thing Roger Goodell said Wednesday: "Almost by every barometer the quality of the games is better on Thursday night." /What??
• Samer Kalaf (Deadspin) Roger Goodell insists that Thursday games are not ass.
• Mike Giardi and Tom E. Curran comment on whether Goodell is full of crap when it comes to Patriots. (2.31 min. video)