TEAM TALK
- Key dates on the 2017 NFL/Patriots Calendar.
- Erik Scalavino analyzes the Patriots 2017 opponents.
- Erik Scalavino tackles this week's Ask PFW Mailbag: Offseason underway.
- John Rooke's View From Above: Making the sausage taste great...new catch phrases...and we're well onto 2017 already...
- Angelique Fiske notes James White gets another car from Kelly Ripa on "Live with Kelly," but this time, it's a bit smaller.
- Angelique Fiske tells us how a Patriots fan in California recently wrote about how the Patriots brought him closer with his dad. /Good read.
- Angelique Fiske tells why Patriots fans are the best Valentines.
- NFL Total Access - Stats breakdown of Patriots free agents. (video)
- Video: Tom Brady's top 5 heartbreaking comebacks. (3.02 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Mike Reiss explains the franchise and transition tags and makes a case for both sides on whether the Patriots should assign a tag to Dont'a Hightower.
- Adam Kurkjian suggests the Patriots might be ready to use the franchise tag on Hightower or Bennett.
- Ryan Hannable wonders if it makes sense for the Patriots to use the franchise tag this year, and notes the team has used it once since 2013.
- Hector Longo makes the case that Jimmy Garoppolo isn't going anywhere at any price.
- Mike Dussault (PatsPropaganda) Time to put out the Blount.
- Ryan Hannable says the biggest question with Jimmy Garoppolo now is not if he'll be traded, but it's which team he'll be traded to.
- Adam Kurkjian notes Eric Mangini does not think the Patriots will trade Jimmy Garoppolo.
- Miguel Benzan (PatsFans) Patriots reportedly want to extend their greatest player ever: Tom Brady.
- Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Patriots free agent profiles: Malcolm Butler and Dont'a Hightower.
- NESN posts Julian Edelman's video where he opens his 'Edelman's Catch' seafood restaurant.
- Mike Reiss passes along the sad news that Logan Schoenhardt, the 10-year-old fan who had developed a bond with Patriots QB Tom Brady while fighting a brain tumor, died Monday.
- Nick O'Malley mentions how for once, it was Tom Brady's turn to blindside Jason Taylor.
- Ryan Hannable notes Tom Brady reveals when he might retire, but it won't be anytime soon.
- NESN shows how Tom Brady celebrates Valentine's Day with a touching shout-out to his beautiful family.
- Phil Perry passes along a report that the NFL merely issued a warning to the Seahawks for failing to disclose an injury Richard Sherman dealt with during the season.
- Adam Kurkjian NFL Notes: Tom Brady backs his teammates' choices; Seattle gets off with a warning (strongly worded, I'm sure); Chargers ticket prices.
- Kevin Slane recaps Seth Meyers staging a mock interview with ‘The guy who stole Tom Brady’s jersey.’
NATIONAL NEWS
- Kevin Patra (NFL.com) NFL franchise tag designation period opens Wednesday.
- Dave DeLuca (Sporting News) How the NFL franchise tag works.
- Jon Benne (SB Nation) How does the NFL franchise tag work and how much do players get paid?
- Lindsay H. Jones (USA Today) Franchise tag candidates: Which NFL players will likely be kept under wraps?
- Gregg Rosenthal (NFL.com) Franchise-tag primer: Predictions for all 32 NFL teams.
- Jason Fitzgerald (Sporting News) NFL franchise tag candidates for 2017: Key free agents holding collective breath.
- Jared Dubin (CBS Sports) 2017 NFL Free Agency: Eight candidates to receive the franchise tag.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) NFL sets cap percentages for franchise tags.
- Vinnie Iyer (Sporting News) NFL Combine 2017: What really (still) matters at annual Underwear Olympics.
- Kenneth Arthur (Sports on Earth) Beware of free agent running backs.
- Cameron DaSilva (Fox Sports) 10 NFL Draft picks from 2016 who are poised for major breakouts. No. 8: Malcolm Mitchell.
- Sean Wagner-McGough (CBS Sports) Move over, Rob: The Patriots decide that two Gronks are better than one.
- Lakisha Jackson (NFL.com) Edelman: Garoppolo has Favre-Rodgers 'confidence'.
- Armando Salguero (Miami Herald) New England Patriots made of steel — or whatever Super Bowl trophies are made of.
- Steven Ruiz (USA Today) The Falcons didn’t blow the Super Bowl. Bill Belichick took it from them.
- Frank Pallotta (CNN) 4th and wrong?: Why announcer's Super Bowl calls will still be about gut, not data.
- Jared Dubin (CBS Sports) Danny Amendola's model girlfriend can't believe how good he is at modeling.
- Steven Ruiz (USA Today) 25 big-name NFL players who could get cut in the next month.
- Daniel Jeremiah (NFL.com) Top 50 prospects for 2017 NFL Draft 2.0.
- Mike Mayock (NFL.com) 2017 NFL Draft position rankings.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Seahawks skate on Sherman injury-report snafu.
- Frank Schwab (Yahoo! Sports) Seahawks not punished for Richard Sherman injury reporting, but NFL sent its message. /Sure... sure it did.
- Dane Brugler (CBS Sports) NFL Mock Draft. Pats pick DE Tim Williams (Alabama).
- Eric Galko (Sporting News) NFL Mock Draft 2017. Pats pick S Josh Harvey-Clemons (Louisville).
DUMPSTER DIVE
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Brady on response to Goodell: I won’t give away my power to anyone else.
- Michael Hurley has photographic proof that plenty of Patriots have skipped White House trips in the past.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) USA Today warps Brady’s words on White House visit (updated).
- Alex Reimer talks about how USA Today grossly misrepresents Tom Brady's comments on the Patriots White House visit.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Tom Brady due to "talk to somebody this week" about search for jersey.
- Ross Tucker (Sports on Earth) New NFL concussion issue on the mind.