New England Patriots links 2/02/18 - Super Bowl LII: Patriots at full health

TEAM TALK

• Not Done Network: Friday schedule.
• Patriots - Eagles Thursday Injury Report.
• Super Bowl LII Game Preview: Eagles at Patriots.
• Andy Hart’s Thursday Super Bowl Notes: Gronk ‘ready to roll’; Defense feels underrated; Brady will depart Patriots on his own terms; How players simply define Patriot Way.
• Paul Perillo scouts the matchups: The versatile Patriots offense is the key to victory, with Brady and Gronk leading the way.
• Paul Perillo’s Matchup to Watch: Zach Ertz vs. Patrick Chung.
• Thursday Pressers: Tom Brady - Devin McCourty - Rob Gronkowski.
• Angelique Fiske highlights Justin Timberlake talking Patriots and Super Bowl halftime. “I actually texted Tom before the conference championship game and said, ‘I’m coming to the Super Bowl. Are you coming to the Super Bowl?’ Just to get him fired up.”
• Erik Scalavino passes along some news and notes from the Eagles’ nest in Minneapolis.
• What the’re saying: Philadelphia Eagles.
• Angelique Fiske posts the 4th installment of Tom vs. Time: Brady family matters.

LOCAL LINKS

• Jeff Howe writes how, after all these Super Bowls, the Patriots are still in awe, still pinching themselves.
• Ben Volin presents an in-depth look at the anatomy of a game plan: How the Patriots do it. /For those who are able to get past the paywall.
• Mike Dussault (PatsPropaganda) Patriots Gameplan: Super Bowl 52 vs. Philadelphia Eagles.
• Ryan Hannable reports the Patriots appear to be in full health heading into Sunday.
• Karen Guregian looks at which team has the edge at each position.
• Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Super Bowl LII: Patriots-Eagles key matchups.
• Jeff Howe examines this key matchup: Rob Gronkowski vs. Malcolm Jenkins.
• Christopher Simoneau (FullPressCoverage) Patriots vs. Eagles: Which team has the advantage in the run game?
• Hal Bent (FullPressCoverage) Super Bowl LII Key Matchups: Patriots defensive line vs. Eagles offensive line.
• Hal Bent (FullPressCoverage) Super Bowl LII Key Matchups: Patriots Linebackers vs Eagles Running Backs.
• Thomas Murphy (SportsXMedia) My monster keys to Patriots SBLII victory.
• Ron Borges says Jim Schwartz will be out to one-up his teacher. /He’s right.
• Ryan Hannable relays Bill Belichick with the ultimate compliment for his QB: “There’s no quarterback I would rather have playing for my team than Tom Brady,”
• Steve Buckley finds Rob Gronkowski ready for the Super Bowl and back to his normal self.
• Travis Baker (FullPressCoverage) Stephen Gostkowski: A hidden gem In the Patriots dynasty.
• Mike Dussault (PatsPropaganda) Which hoodie should Belichick wear in Super Bowl 52?
• Conor Ryan ranks the top 25 greatest plays in Patriots Super Bowl history.
• Jeff Howe Patriots Notebook: Offensive coordinator replacement candidates stick to task at hand.
• Kyle Daluz notes Seahawks TE Luke Wilson breaks down the final play of Super Bowl XLIX and the locker room reaction afterward.
• Michael Hurley discovers Bill Belichick the coach does not care much for Bill Belichick the player.
• Michael Hurley reports Bill Belichick and Linda Holliday attended the Timberwolves-Bucks NBA game last night.
• Nick O’Malley presents 10 reasons the Patriots will win Super Bowl LII, and 10 reasons they won’t.
• Jim Lazar wonders how the final Belichick-McDaniels-Patricia hug will go down, and makes his Super Bowl pick: Pats win 34-13.
• Steve Burton, Dan Roche and Levan Reid make their predictions for Sunday: Burton (NE 31-24), Roche (NE 28-24), Reid (NE 24-16).

NATIONAL NEWS

• Charean Williams (ProFootballTalk) Patriots have all 53 players at practice Thursday.
• Danny Kelly (The Ringer) The Patriots’ five offensive archetypes.
• Albert Breer (SI) Game Plan: For the Eagles to beat the Patriots in Super Bowl 52, they must first not beat themselves.
• Matt Harmon (NFL.cm) Top mismatches for each team in Super Bowl LII.
• Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Eagles, Patriots both relied on analytics to help them reach the Super Bowl.
• Jeff Feyerer (Inside the Pylon) Super Bowl 52: The pregame five.
• Kevin Clark (The Ringer) The non-conspiratorial explanation for New England’s lack of penalties.
• Vinnie Iyer (Sporting News) Tom Brady is the GOAT of more than just the NFL.
• Michael Rosenberg (SI) Jim Schwartz is trying to follow Bill Belichick’s path, but now has to outsmart him in Super Bowl 52.
• Shea Serrano (The Ringer) A celebration of all the fun little things that happen in an NFL game.
• Bill Simmons (The Ringer) The Super Bowl 52 Super Mailbag.
• Joseph Ferraiola (Inside the Pylon) The greatest catch in Super Bowl history.
• Charles Robinson (Yahoo! Sports) Next hot NFL coach from Belichick tree: Brian Flores.
• Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Bill Belichick calls his son one of his most trusted assistant coaches.
• Charean Williams (ProFootballTalk) Tom Brady hoping Rob Gronkowski has “his best game of the year”.
• Charean Williams (ProFootballTalk) Rob Gronkowski doesn’t blame Barry Church.
• Charean Williams (ProFootballTalk) Chris Long on Tom Brady: You can’t take it easy on the GOAT.
• Joseph Zucker (Bleacher Report) Tom Brady MVP acceptance speech appears to leak at Patriots press conference.
• Interview (ABC7 News) ) ABC7’s Mike Shumann sits down with Tom Brady, Sr. (14.04 min. video)
• Charean Williams (ProFootballTalk) Vince Wilfork speaks to Patriots after practice.
• Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Arthur Blank was not happy that Robert Kraft put 283 diamonds in Patriots’ rings. /Pats fans were not happy Mr. Blank was ready to celebrate on the sideline a bit too early.
• Staff (NFL.com) Super Bowl LII analyst predictions: Patriots or Eagles in Minneapolis? /Interesting reasons given for each pick.
• Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) NFLPA: More concussion evaluations says we’re smarter about delivering care.