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TEAM TALK
- SB LII: Patriots - Eagles [hypothetical] Wednesday Injury Report.
- Press Release: Patriots and Entercom Boston announce multi-year extension of exclusive broadcast agreement for “Patriots Monday” and “Patriots Friday” on WEEI.
- Erik Scalavino shares the news, notes and locker-room buzz from Wednesday at Gillette: All about Eagles preps now.
- Press Conference transcript: Bill Belichick.
- Media Availability transcripts: Devin McCourty, Danny Amendola, Trey Flowers, Chris Hogan, Elandon Roberts, and Kyle Van Noy.
- Angelique Fiske posts the story of a special surprise for a fan who defines ‘Not Done’.
- Sights and Sounds: AFC Championship vs Jaguars. (6.04 min. video)
- Belichick Breakdown: AFC Championship. (10.05 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Doug Kyed focuses on how the Patriots continue to prove they’ll figure it out despite their imperfections.
- Phil Perry tells us why Rob Gronkowski’s status is critical for this Super Bowl.
- Ryan Hannable says it’s time to give Brandin Cooks some love.
- Karen Guregian points out the defense’s lack of turnovers and how they need to end that slump vs. the Eagles.
- Ryan Hannable reports the Patriots will hold a Super Bowl LII send-off rally Monday morning in the NRG Plaza outside the Hall at Patriot Place, 9 a.m.
- Michael Hurley finds it pretty entertaining to watch people and organizations ruin their reputations because the football team from New England makes them lose their minds.
- Mike D’Abate (FullPressCoverage) Rob Gronkowski, Deatrich Wise headline Patriots first Super Bowl LII Injury Report.
- Mike Dussault (PatsPropaganda) Patriots Super Bowl first quarters vs. fourth quarters.
- Adam Kurkjian calls attention to how the Patriots own a severe advantage in Super Bowl experience over the Eagles.
- Joshua Schrock hears Bill Belichick make the Eagles sound invincible.
- Joshua Schrock notes ex-Patriots executive Mike Lombardi explains why the Eagles are a ‘horrendous’ matchup for New England, and he picks the Eagles to win.
- Sam Hollister (PatsPropaganda) Breaking down Patriots run game struggles vs. Jags.
- Zack Cox notes how the Patriots can’t wait to trash-talk LeGarrette Blount and Chris Long on Super Bowl Sunday.
- Doug Kyed hears from the players how playing for the Patriots is ‘hard as hell’ but worth it for Super Bowl runs. “If you love winning, it’s not hard,” Duron Harmon said.
- Mike Reiss notes Bill Belichick agrees Chris Long probably made the right call leaving the Patriots.
- Phil Perry relays what the key was to Bill Belichick acquiring Danny Amendola and Dion Lewis.
- Phil Perry notes Bill Belichick admits mistakes in handling Patrick Chung’s role with the Patriots the first time around.
- Ron Borges mentions how artist Palmer Murphy came up with the idea of casting Bill Belichick as a door knocker. /File under ‘odd but interesting’.
- Jeff Howe Patriots Notebook: Rob Gronkowski on first Super Bowl injury report with concussion.
- Zack Cox Patriots Notes: 10 New England vets know pain of Super Bowl XLVI loss.
- Jon Marks Eagles Notebook: Rob Gronkowski a major concern for secondary.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Adam Rank (NFL.com) Ranking the New England Patriots’ 10 Super Bowl teams.
- Jacob Feldman (SI) Morning Huddle: The significance of Rob Gronkowski’s concussion.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Belichick tight lipped about Gronkowski, #asusual.
- John Breech (CBS Sports) Super Bowl 2018: Patriots’ Tom Brady looking to end 51-year quarterback curse.
- Frank Schwab (Yahoo! Sports) With perhaps a superstitious twist, the Patriots decide on their uniform color for Super Bowl LII.
- Will Brinson (CBS Sports) Super Bowl 2018: History proves Eagles-Patriots could be another classic title game.
- Andy Benoit (SI) Which version of Nick Foles will the Patriots game-plan for ahead of the Super Bowl?
- Albert Breer (SI) Game Plan: Browns have a leg up on NFL draft QBs; Patriots, Eagles notes; More.
- Dan Hanzus (NFL.com) Wentz and Brady are kings of NFL merch mountain.
- Good Morning Football (YouTube) Underapprecated storyline: The greatness of the Patriots. (around 3 min. into a 7.21 min. video)
- Anthony Cosenza (CincyJungle) More evidence points to needing “the guy” at quarterback to reach the Super Bowl.
- NFL Nation (ESPN) Best of the losers: Each franchise’s best team never to win a Super Bowl.
- Nate Davis (USA Today) Super Bowl LII story lines: History on the line for Patriots, Eagles.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Tom Brady will pass Jerry Rice as oldest non-kicker in a Super Bowl.
- Jade Scipioni (Fox Business) Super Bowl LII tickets set to be the most expensive ever.
- Nate Davis (USA Today) Was Super Bowl LI best of all time? Ranking every game.
- Nate Davis (USA Today) The 51 greatest players in Super Bowl history.
- Claire McNear (The Ringer) Why “Super Bowl” should be only one word: Superbowl.
- David Purdum (ESPN) Bettor makes multimillion-dollar wager on Eagles in Las Vegas.
- Adam Thompson (SportsLine) Super Bowl LII odds: Who takes the MVP award?
- Eric Edholm (ProFootballWeekly) NFL draft: Hey, New England Patriots, we’ve found Tom Brady’s successor here at the Senior Bowl.
- Darin Gantt (ProFootballTalk) Josh McDaniels to have second Colts interview tomorrow. /don’t do it Josh!
- Robert Mays (The Ringer) Five team-building lessons from the 2017 NFL season.
- Danny Kelly (The Ringer) The top 10 plot twists of the 2017 NFL season.
- Nate Davis (USA Today) Every NFL team’s MVP for the 2017 season.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Even if Riveron stays, changes must be made.
- Jim Weber (Awful Announcing) Eight years ago, Mel Kiper said he’d retire in 2018 if Jimmy Clausen wasn’t a successful NFL QB – well, here we are…