New England Patriots links 2/08/17 - On to the offseason

TEAM TALK

• Patriots sign nine to future contracts.
• Paul Perillo gives us the matchup winners from Sunday: Brady, White lead epic comeback.
• Andy Hart tackles this week's Ask PFW Mailbag: Super Bowl glory swiftly turns to offseason.
• Erik Scalavino reports the Julian Edelman catch gets the SI cover treatment.
• John Rooke Nitpicks and Nitwits: Simply the greatest, ever.
• Angelique Fiske reports Edelman and Belichcik bring the jokes with Jimmy Fallon.
• Angelique Fiske says there were massive crowds that came out to celebrate at the parade.
• Best radio calls: Patriots' historic comeback in Super Bowl. (3.26 min. video)
• Patriots celebrate their Super Bowl LI victory in Boston. (1.39 min. video)
• Photos: Check out the latest photos from the Super Bowl and parade

LOCAL LINKS

• Christopher Price notes Phil Simms says Super Bowl LI was one of the best-coached games of Bill Belichick's career.
• Mike Reiss highlights some of the insight learned about the Patriots since the Super Bowl: Only Bill Belichick could convince Julian Edelman the Super Bowl was over; Belichick watched highlights at 4 a.m. to make sure it wasn't a dream; More.
• Karen Guregian thinks the latest Super Bowl title enhances the Patriots' bid to lure free agents to Foxboro.
• Jeff Howe takes a shot at ranking the Patriots' five Super Bowl victories.
• Mark Patinkin tells us why they hate the Patriots, and why they're wrong.
• Eric Wilbur says so much of Patriot Nation has been preoccupied with a justifiable rage over the last two years, now that vengeance has been served, what's next?
• Mike Lowe notes that while few fans thought the Patriots could rally, it was a different story in the locker room.
• Phil Perry writes about how Dont'a Hightower's strip-sack completely changed the momentum of Super Bowl LI.
• Michael Hurley figures out Tom Brady's late-game performances in Super Bowls, that show how vital he's been to the Patriots.
• Ricky Doyle notes Tom Brady still finds a way to poke fun at himself, even on the day he's being honored at the parade.
• The Herald Staff reports Tom Brady says he's 'having too much fun' to hang up his cleats.
• CSNNE reports Brady wont give the Super Bowl MVP truck to James White, because there is no MVP truck.
• Doug Kyed mentions Tom Brady's son 'was a dabbing machine' during the Super Bowl parade.
• Mike Petraglia relays the report that an estimated million fans turned out for the rolling rally.
• Nik DeCosta-Klipa posts the transcript of Charlie Baker's gushing New England Patriots Day proclamation.
• DJ Bean presents some of the best crowd signs from Tuesday that didn't make fun of the commissioner.
  
• DJ Bean posts pictures of the best Roger Goodell signs from the Parade.
• Chad Finn debates which recent championship parade was the most enjoyable.
• Darren Hartwell finds that even while Martellus Bennett is unsure of his future, he will always have a 'love' for Boston.
• Brian Dowling and Laurel J. Sweet report coffee cake king Bob Katz, owner of My Grandma's of New England Coffee Cake Company is offering a $15K bounty for the return of Tom Brady's jersey, no questions asked.
• Christopher Price notes that James White lost track of what happened to the game-winning football.

NATIONAL NEWS

• Bucky Brooks* (NFL.com) Super Bowl LI explained: How Patriots pulled off epic comeback.
• Oliver Connolly (All22) Film room: How New England Patriots mounted historic comeback.
• Greg Bishop (SI Magazine) Suspended Disbelief: Tom Brady seals status as greatest QB ever in Super Bowl LI.
• Adam Schein (NFL.com) Tom Brady, Kyle Shanahan among men shaped by Super Bowl LI.
• Seth Wickersham (ESPN) How a Brady-Goodell connection lingered over the Super Bowl.
• Darin Gantt (ProFootballTalk) Tom Brady says his mother is "doing better".
• Albert Breer (The MMQB) Is Garoppolo gone? Can Atlanta bounce back? And other burning questions for the Patriots and Falcons.
• Nick Schwartz (Fox Sports) Colin Cowherd: Trading Jimmy Garoppolo could land the Patriots a fortune.
• Jenny Vrentas (The MMQB) Edelman's catch: Gravity-defying, jaw-dropping, history-making.
• Cameron DaSilva (Fox Sports) Mic’d up Julian Edelman wasn’t so sure Patriots’ Super Bowl-winning TD counted.
• Jeff Diamond (Sporting News) Why Patriots are in position to pull off first Super Bowl repeat since ... Patriots.
• Chris Burke (SI) From Super Bowl LI to the NFL draft: What do the Falcons and Patriots need in Round 1?
• Extra Mustard (SI) Here are some of the best things that happened at the Patriots' Super Bowl parade.
• Brett Smiley (Fox Sports) Patriots OT Nate Solder defies Bill Belichick, announces that he’s taking a day off.
• Darin Gantt (ProFootballTalk) Rob Gronkowski does Rob Gronkowski things, vows to return for six.
• Jeremy Bergman (NFL.com) Social media reaction to Patriots' victory parade.
• Richard Deitsch (SI) Media Circus: Reviewing Fox's broadcast of Super Bowl LI.
• Dave Dameshek (NFL.com) The Shame Report: Super Bowl 51. (4 min. video)
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Report: Tom Brady’s jersey went missing before media entered locker room.
• Charles Robinson (Yahoo! Sports) Tom Brady's stolen Super Bowl jersey: More details and timeline emerge in theft case.
• Cameron DaSilva (Fox Sports) Falcons safety says he’ll probably watch Super Bowl film ’10 times a day.
• Jonathan Jones (SI) For the Falcons and their Atlanta fans, the pain of losing Super Bowl LI is all too familiar.
• Todd Archer (ESPN) One night showed how close (and how far) the Cowboys are from Super Bowl. /Right, Jason Garrett is Bill Belichick.
  
• Kevin Seifert (ESPN) Stacking up NFL's top offseason priorities for 2017.

DUMPSTER DIVE

• Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) NFL Network’s Deion Sanders says Colts stole other teams’ signals.
• Jim Ayello (Indy Star) Tony Dungy to Deion Sanders: Colts stole signals, but that's not cheating.
• Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Tony Dungy on stealing signals: It’s been done legally for years.