TEAM TALK
- Andy Hart and Paul Perillo debate which team on the Patriots schedule might pose the most difficult challenge.
- Lauren Spencer offers some highlights from Tom Brady, along with fellow Patriots Julian Edelman, Danny Amendola, Dion Lewis and James White competing in this year’s Tom Brady Best Buddies Football Challenge at Harvard Stadium.
- Patriots.com celebrates the anniversary of Tom Brady being drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 1995 MLB Draft, hear from Brady himself on the events of that fateful day. (1.26 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Mike Reiss shares some quick-hit weekend thoughts: Donte' Stallworth: Patriots offense deeper than in '07.
- Ryan Hannable Sunday 7: Tom Brady should never have been dragged into Best Buddies-Boston Globe mix-up.
- Ben Volin Sunday Football Notes: Life in the NFL can be challenging. That's where Dwight Hollier comes in.
- Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Sunday Patriots news, AFC East notes.
- Mike Reiss points out that coming off back surgery, Rob Gronkowski is practicing with no restrictions. /That's yuge.
- Matt Barbato (All22) Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski: Offseason going "Super well" thus far.
- Dan Roche reports Rob Gronkowski shaved his head for the sixth year in a row at the Buzz Off event to raise money for kids with cancer.
- Ryan Wooden (All22) Huge development by Marcus Cannon latest feather in Bill Belichick's cap.
- Hector Longo (All22) Despite slight, expect even better out of Chris Hogan in 2017.
- Jeff Howe finds Trey Flowers is not resting on his laurels after his breakout Super bowl performance.
- Doug Kyed gives us his pre-minicamp depth chart projection that features a surprise at cornerback.
- Mike Reiss considers the question of whether the Patriots' backups are better than some teams' starters.
- Matt Dolloff tells us Broncos' Brandon Marshall now knows how hard it is to be consistently great year after year like the Patriots are.
- Nicole Yang lists two stats that illustrate why pressuring Tom Brady is so risky.
- Matt Monitto (PatsFootballFans) Name the UDFA.
- Mike Reiss pulls this from the "let's not take things too seriously" department: It was learned Friday that Bill Belichick used food as a motivational tool at practice with Vince Wilfork.
- Ian Glendon (Cover32) Vince Wilfork opens up about playing for Bill Belichick, "He’s the greatest".
- Ian Glendon (Cover32) The 2007 Patriots; Part Three: The comeback versus the Colts.
- Nick O'Malley tells us that Tom Brady was the backup QB for his high school freshman team, which went 0-8.
- Kevin Duffy posts a video clip of Tom Brady throwing a TD to his son Jack at the annual Best Buddies football challenge.
- Phil Perry notes Tom Brady spoke to the crowd following Friday night's charity game, ribbing Edelman for his drop, then admitting he 'caught biggest one of year'.
- Chris Bokum (PatriotsWire) Best Buddies founder defends financial relationship with Tom Brady.
- Mark Shanahan reports that a Globe photographer was barred from the annual Tom Brady-Best Buddies annual charity flag football game at Harvard Stadium Friday night.
- El Presidente (Barstool Sports) The Boston Globe questions Tom Brady’s ethics and morals with his Best Buddies relationship then promptly screams bloody murder when they aren’t welcomed to Tom Brady’s Best Buddies charity football game. /That's called putting the whole story into the headline.
- CSNNE reports a spokesperson for the Best Buddies charity apologized to the Boston Globe after turning away one of the newspaper's photographers from a charity event with Tom Brady.
- AP Report: Heads Up! New helmet getting tryout at NFL minicamps.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Dave Quinn (People.com) Like father, like son! Tom Brady plays football with lookalike son Jack at charity game.
- Pauley D (WeThePeopleSports) Once again, Brady is deemed the 'bad guy'.
- Nick Schwartz (Fox Sports) Rob Gronkowski intercepts wedding bouquet, spikes it into oblivion.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Brandon Marshall thinks Broncos had "maybe a Super Bowl lull".
- Jenny Vrentas (The MMQB) Guest MMQB: The Raiders are not getting ahed of themselves.
- Sean Wagner-McGough (CBS Sports) Ranking all 32 teams as landing spots for Jeremy Maclin after his surprising release.
- Chris Burke (SI) Offseason OTAs news roundup.
- Staff (SI) Offseason report cards: Grading the NFC.
- Marc Sessler (NFL.com) Under-the-radar X-factors for the 2017 NFL season.
- Jarrett Bell (USA Today) Mike Pereira: What makes NFL director of officiating job so tough.
- Ken Fang (Awful Announcing) Twitter says people tweeted twice as much when it streamed the NFL than when it did not.
- Jay Busbee (Yahoo! Sports) Are you ready for some football ... again? Hank Williams Jr.'s song returns to MNF.
- Joe Flint and Suzanne Vranica (Wall St. Journal) NFL adds liquor to menu of advertisers.
- Mike Tanier (Bleacher Report) NFL nostalgia: Ranking the best teams in NFL history.
- Curtis Rawls (Cover32) This week in NFL history: June 4 through June 10.
DUMPSTER DIVE
- Rich Cimini (ESPN) Eric Mangini still hoping to reconcile with Bill Belichick after Spygate. /But no effort on your part except talking to the press, eh?
- Scott Gleeson (USA Today) Rex Ryan, Rob Ryan involved in bar fight in Nashville.