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TEAM TALK
- 2018 NFL free agency primer.
- Patriots 2018 Mock Draft tracker.
- Erik Scalavino’s Free Agent Forecast: Offensive line.
- John Rooke’s View from Above: The real “Happy New Year.”
- Angelique Fiske posts the final episode of “Tom vs. Time.”
LOCAL LINKS
- Tom E. Curran senses the panic has already begun, and free agency doesn’t even start until Wednesday.
- Kevin Duffy hints the Patriots may be due for a quiet offseason after splurging for big-name talent in 2017.
- Mike Reiss explains why he thinks the Patriots should focus on signing their own free agents first.
- Jeff Howe considers the Patriots likely have a plan, with or without Nate Solder, and the hinging question is, ‘How much of a discount would Solder grant the Pats?’
- Doug Kyed looks at the Patriots pre-free agency depth chart to see the team’s biggest areas of need.
- Zack Cox passes along a report that the Browns are making a ‘big run’ at Nate Solder.
- Karen Guregian seems irritated that it’s not certain whether Rob Gronkowski will play in 2018, but says either way the Patriots need a backup plan at tight end.
- Adam London notes Rob Gronkowski’s reported offseason workouts will fire up Pats fans and suggest maybe he’ll be playing after all.
- Mike Reiss thinks the Patriots will have to re-invent themselves at RB if they lose Dion Lewis.
- Doug Kyed reports multiple Patriots free agents already have drawn interest on the open market.
- Mark Dunphy updates us with the latest on some of the Patriots’ notable free agents.
- Nick O’Malley wonders if the Patriots will land any big name free agents changing teams.
- Doug Kyed suggests five pass rushers who could interest New England.
- Doug Kyed points to linebacker as an area of biggest need for the Pats, and looks at five free agent LBs who could help.
- Zack Cox thumbnails six cornerbacks who might be a fit for the Patriots in free agency.
- Alex Reimer notes that as the Patriots face uncertainty, the AFC East remains locked in a cycle of turnover.
- Jerry Thornton (BarstoolSports) Tom Brady’s GMA interview was vintage Brady.
- Mike Reiss reviews the Tom vs. Time finale that planned to chronicle the euphoria of a Super Bowl triumph, but resulted instead in an introspective, raw, emotion-filled episode.
- Tom E. Curran reviews the final installment of Tom vs. Time and thinks it carries a heavy sense of foreboding. /I think he might be overthinking it.
- Ryan Hannable discusses the final episode of Tom vs. Time that capped what was a tremendous production by Tom Brady and director Gotham Chopra.
- Steve Buckley watched episode six of Tom vs. Time “looking for various clues and hidden messages that were planted in the film during the editing process.” /Yeesh.
- Nicole Yang sums up what we learned about Tom Brady from his Tom vs. Time series.
- Nicole Yang finds that episode six of Tom vs. Time filled in some of the blanks from the Pats’ playoff run.
- Tyler Sullivan (247 Sports) Johnny Manziel says ‘I’ll go to New England in a heartbeat’. /Wait, how is this a thing?
NATIONAL NEWS
- Charles Robinson (Yahoo! Sports) Tom Brady’s documentary finale hints at how fast end might be coming for his NFL career.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Teams, agents would prefer to get on with free agency.
- Jenny Vrentas (SI) At quarterback, a new backup plan in the NFL.
- Mike Mayock (NFL.com) 2018 NFL Draft position rankings 2.0.
- Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks (NFL.com) Top 10 RB prospects of past 3 NFL draft classes.
- Riley McAtee (The Ringer) Where would the top NFL prospects go if they were all free agents?
- Darin Gantt (ProFootballTalk) Report: Lions “quite interested” in Malcolm Butler.
- Dan Hanzus (NFL.com) NFL Mailbag.
- John Ourand (SportsBusinessJournal) ESPN’s tricky NFL problem. /Hm... how to pander to the NFL without it looking to its viewers that it’s pandering to the NFL.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) NFL, ESPN relationship hits a low point.