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TEAM TALK
- Patriots - Falcons Wednesday Injury Report.
- Super Bowl LI Broadcast Information.
- Andy Hart shares the news, notes and buzz from Wednesday in Houston: Patriots receivers Super focused.
- Patriots Quotes from Wednesday.
- Paul Perillo highlights Bill Belichiick's Wednesday presser: Which Falcon is the priority?
- Press Release: Patriots host 'One More' Super Bowl fan rally at Super Bowl LIVE in downtown Houston.
- Press Conferences: Bill Belichick (video) - Tom Brady (video) - Dont'a Hightower (video).
- Day 3 Recap: Patriots Media Availability. (2.03 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Bob Hohler writes that Tom Brady's humble beginnings here had hints of greatness.
- Kevin Dillon mentions how Nate Solder and Marcus Cannon are great friends, but as rookies they were not close at all.
- Dan Ventura catches up with Jimmy Garoppolo and Jacoby Brissett, who were given the daunting task of filling in for Tom Brady.
- Ryan Hannable says that while listening to his teammates talk about him, it's clear why Dont'a Hightower is the leader of the Patriots defense.
- Brian MacPherson writes that Dont'a Hightower is 'looking forward' to a Jamie Collins-sized payday.
- Jeff Howe scouts the key matchups for Sunday: Patriots secondary vs. Falcons receivers.
- Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Defending the Falcons RBs will be a key to a Patriots victory.
- Henry McKenna (PatriotsWire) How the Patriots can stifle Julio Jones in Super Bowl LI.
- Russell Easterbrooks (FootballNation) New England Patriots & Atlanta Falcons Super Bowl Preview.
- Mike Petraglia recaps all things Bill Belichick and Roger Goodell on Day 3 at Super Bowl LI.
- Julian Benbow reports Kyle Shanahan will have his bag of tricks ready for the Patriots.
- Christopher Price writes about Bryan Cox, his respect for Bill Belichick, and the 2001 hit that started the Patriots dynasty.
- The Herald staff comes up with the top five villains in Patriots history.
- Chris Mason provides a game-by-game look at the 2016 season: Patriots and Falcons.
- Ron Borges tells the Jackson's Victory Tour story, and how it brought about the Kraft family's ownership of the Patriots.
- Cody Lachance (AllThreePhases) Super Bowl LI prediction (and why).
NATIONAL NEWS
- Gregg Rosenhal (NFL.com) Super Bowl LI: How New England Patriots were built.
- Nick Schwartz (Fox Sports) Greg Jennings explains why Tom Brady, not Julio Jones, is the best player in Super Bowl LI.
- Michael Rothstein (ESPN) Jim Harbaugh says Patriots' Tom Brady is best to ever play the game.
- Michael Rosenberg (SI) Tom Brady's decline will come eventually. The question of the Pats' off-season will be: When?
- Jason Gay (Wall St. Journall) Meet Tom Brady's Shaman.
- Christine Brennan (USA Today) How I made a pen pal in Bill Belichick.
- Seth Wickersham (ESPN) The disappearance of 'the hoodie': Is there a meaning to Bill Belichick's fashion turn?
- Vaughn McClure and Mike Reiss (ESPN) Tale of the tape: Defenses of Falcons, Patriots couldn't be more different.
- Peter King (The MMQB) The Patriots' surprise star [Malcolm Butler]; MMQB Mailbag.
- Sarah Barshop (ESPN) Patriots' Chris Long appreciates Super Bowl after years of losing.
- Teresa M. Walker (AP) 4 keys to the Patriots’ success during the Brady/Belichick era.
- Kyle Hightower (AP) After up and down season, Patriots’ Stephen Gostkowski remains confident.
- Mike Freeman (Bleacher Report) 10-Point Stance: Martellus Bennett made for the Super Bowl stage.
- Matt Harmon (NFL.com) Who will be the surprising hero of Super Bowl LI?
- Gregg Rosenthal (NFL.com) One thing each AFC team can do to hit Super Bowl LII.
- Conor Orr (NFL.com) Eli Manning offers Matt Ryan Super Bowl advice.
- NFL Reporters (NFL.com) Notebook: Dwight Freeney vs. the Patriots; how NBA teams helped Atlanta.
- Zac Jackson (ProFootballTalk) Patriots will play Raiders in Mexico City in 2017.
- Will Reeve Jr. (RaidersWire) Raiders vs. Patriots 2017: Mark Davis, Robert Kraft proactively flatter Mexico City fans.
- Conor Orr (NFL.com) Tim Brown: Tom Brady not starter without 'Tuck Rule'.
- Will Reeve Jr. & Austin Gayle (RaidersWire) 4 Reasons why Raiders fans will root for a Patriots loss in Super Bowl LI. /You needed 4?
- Sound FX (NFL.com) Best sounds from the 2016 NFL season. (5.18 min. video) - Fantastic finishes (1.36 min. video).
- NFL Experts (SI) Super Bowl LI predictions: 8 pick Pats to win, 4 pick Falcons.
DEFLATEGATE, DUMPSTER DIVE
- Dan Wetzel (Yahoo! Sports) Roger Goodell once again plays loose with the facts.
- Bill Reiter (CBS Sports) Tom Brady can't wait to take the air out of Roger Goodell with a Super Bowl win.
- Bill Plaschke (LA Times) 20 Reasons why Patriots-Falcons is a classic good vs. evil matchup. /yes, he resuscitated this stupid premise.
- Ken Tremendous (KenTremendousBlog) '20 Reasons...' point-by-point rebuttal. /Good read.
- Tom E. Curran finds that Goodell's ducking of questions, lack of introspection and manipulation of facts are why fewer people trust, or have confidence in, the NFL.
- Dan Shaughnessy observes Roger Goodell took questions, but his nose was growing while he gave out his non-answers.
- Michael Hurley offers his take of Goodell's press conference and presents two questions he would've liked to have been able to ask.
- Jerry Thornton (Barstool Sports) Ranking all the other, non-Barstool lies Goodell told today.
- Ryan Hannable pinpoints how Goodell contradicts himself about why he didn’t attend AFC championship game.
- Michael Rosenberg (Si) State of the NFL: Examining the appeared decline of Roger Goodell's league.
- Christopher Price welcomes us back to the world of Roger Goodell, where nothing is as it seems.
- Don Banks (Patriots.com) Feud? What feud? Goodell downplays lingering effects of deflategate drama.
- Darin Gantt (ProFootballTalk) Goodell on #DeflateGate: "We’re moving on from that".
- Kevin Seifert (ESPN) Roger Goodell doesn't feel awkward (or guilty) about Deflategate. "Goodell, in fact, is more likely to feel proud than awkward."
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Goodell says he’s not aware of Barstool Sports ban.
- Tom Ley (Deadspin) Report: Emails show Atlanta Falcons were giving players incredible amounts of painkillers.