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LOCAL LINKS
- Mike Reiss makes the case that this Patriots offseason, including the trade for Brandin Cooks and the signing of Stephon Gilmore, rivals the best of the Bill Belichick era.
- Henry McKenna (Patriots Wire) One Patriot says team's running backs don’t look like running backs.
- Ryan Hannable counts down the 20 most important Patriots in 2017: No. 17: Cyrus Jones.
- Kevin Duffy lists the top 15 breakout candidates on the Patriots' 2017 roster.
- Tom E. Curran gives his pick on which AFC East team will challenge the Patriots this season. (4.43 min. video)
- Hector Longo (All22) Forget about playoffs for Bills, real question is will any of these AFC East coaches be here in 2019?
- Brent Schwartz (Patriots Wire) 3 pressing questions facing Patriots defense entering 2017. 1. Will the Patriots be able to generate a consistent pass rush?
- Hector Longo (All22) Super Bowl champ’s fringe benefit: Elandon Roberts lands on a restaurant menu.
- Nicole Yang reveals the 17 states where Tom Brady’s No. 12 is the best-selling jersey.
- Tyler Sullivan (247 Sports) Richard Seymour tosses hand in charity poker event.
- Nicole Yang relays why Gordon Hayward 'can't stand' Tom Brady. /Hint: He grew up in Indy.
- Conor Ryan ranks the greatest brawls, ejections & blowups in Boston sports history.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Zach Pereles (Yahoo! News) Ranking every NFL team's quarterback situation.
- Cian Fahey (PreSnapReads) Drew Brees, Tom Brady, Philip Rivers, Eli Manning and the challenges of being an old quarterback. /Interesting read.
- Espys (ESPN) Brady the winningest quarterback of all time. (1.02 min video)
- James Walker (ESPN) AFC East Q&A: Is Adam Gase the long-term coaching solution for the Dolphins?
- Jason Fitzgerald (OverTheCap) Roster turnover in 2017: Number 20-11. 17. Patriots: They the only team in the league that saw every snap they lost be signed by another team in the NFL.
- Staff (ESPN) Veterans on the roster bubble for all 32 NFL teams. Patriots: RB Brandon Bolden.
- Gil Brandt (NFL.com) Greatest NFL defensive tackles of all time.
- Robert Klemko (The MMQB) Coaching's generation Y2K: In the early 2000s, a wave of new technology cracked the door open for the newest generation of NFL coaching stars.
- Sean Tomlinson (Bleacher Report) Notable NFL players poised for a rebound season in 2017.
- John Breech (CBS Sports) Here are the longest Super Bowl droughts that could be coming to an end in 2017.
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) All 17 referees return from 2016 season.
- Bob Hille (Sporting News) NFL reveals complete list of refs you'll be booing this fall.
- Jeremy Bergman (NFL.com) NFL hires Terri Valenti, its first female replay official.
- Daniel Kaplan (Sports Business Daily) NFL will not stage China game in '18, eyes '19 instead.
- Darin Gantt (ProFootbalTalk) Welcome to Friday before a holiday weekend. Classic time for an NFL news-dump.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Giants memorabilia case has a second curious email. /1000X more of a smoking gun than any offseason deflator text. But, yeah NFL, let's bury this.
- Exclusive (TMZ Sports) Eli Manning breaks the law, hits court in summer frat boy attire.
- Brian Costello (NY Post) Jets fans in their own words: Why we approve of the tank.
- Brian Costello (NY Post) The unenviable task facing Jets’ Nick Mangold replacement.
- Jason B. Hirschhorn (Sports on Earth) All signs point to a Titans breakout.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Colts, NFL, others quiet about Irsay’s Twitter misadventure.
- Andy Brown (Indy Star) Reggie Wayne says Colts went 7 years without a drop at Friday practices.