New England Patriots links 4/04/17 - High five: Patriots, Brady bring the bling to Fenway

TEAM TALK

• Press Release: Key dates on the 2017 NFL/Patriots Calendar.
• 2017 Draft Prospect Videos: Safeties.
• John Rooke Nitpicks and Nitwits: Is A.D. an A.O.K. choice?
• Angelique Fiske notes the Red Sox invited the Patriots to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at Monday's season opener, and the guys had a blast.
• From the NFL - Peter Schrager: Patriots are building something special. (5.48 min. video)

LOCAL LINKS

• Jeff Howe tries to figure out what was the motivation behind the Patriots' visit with Adrian Peterson.
• Tom E. Curran shares his smoke & mirrors theory on the Patriots and Adrian Peterson.
• Mike Reiss tells us that Adrian Peterson left New England without a deal, according to sources.
• Doug Kyed looks at what running backs are available for the Patriots after Adrian Peterson's visit.
• Mike Reiss notes that with only four RBs on their roster, the Patriots could very well bring back free agent Brandon Bolden, a special teams standout.
• Hayden Bird mentions the Patriots showed off five Super Bowl trophies at Red Sox Opening Day, in one epic picture.
• NESN notes Rob Gronkowski wraps up a pretty entertaining last 24 hours with a championship Instagram post.
• Alex Reimer passes along a report that the Patriots OK'd Rob Gronkowski's WrestleMaia appearance.

NATIONAL NEWS

• Ian McMahan (The Guardian) 'More than just luck': the science behind Tom Brady's preposterous longevity.
• Hector Longo (All 22) Patriots wide receivers, it’s time to rank the ‘Brady Eight’.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Why did the Patriots leak the Adrian Peterson visit?
• A.J.Perez (USA Today) Reunited: Patriots' Tom Brady gets his stolen Super Bowl jerseys back.
• Scott Lauber (ESPN) Tom Brady sacks Rob Gronkowski before Red Sox home opener.
• Paolo Uggetti (The Ringer) Rob Gronkowski is having even more fun than usual.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Here’s the somewhat-annual offseason workout rules post.
• Brent Sobleski (Bleacher Report) 17 NFL free agents: Setting the market for top remaining players.
• Emily Kaplan (The MMQB) Ranking four years worth of running back prospects.
• Eric Edholm (Yahoo! Sports) NFL draft WR rankings: Three-horse race to headline a fairly uninspiring crop.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) One month left to pick up 2014 first-round options.
• Conor Orr (NFL.com) Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo set to retire.
• Darin Gantt (ProFootballTalk) Tony Romo has interest from three TV networks already.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) In the NFL’s game of stadium roulette, which city is the next to get a team?
• Manish Mehta (NY Daily News) Jets Mailbag: Would Woody Johnson take Gang Green with him to London?

DUMPSTER DIVE

• John Ourand (SportsBusinessDaily0 Four more years for ‘Hard Knocks’.
• Mark W. Sanchez (NY Post) NFL billionaires are sick of Roger Goodell’s paycheck.
• AP (ESPN) Aaron Hernandez defense begins calling witnesses as prosecution rests.