New England Patriots links 6/27/18 - Will Patriots be okay with Edelman as team’s No. 1 WR?

TEAM TALK

• Patriots announce additional Training Camp dates.
• Paul Perillo tackles this week’s Ask PFW Mailbag: Finding a pass rush.
• John Rooke’s View from Above: Jules rules...get a TO for TO...and fun is certainly not the NFL’s middle name...
• Patriots rookies visit Boston Children’s Hospital. (1.23 min. video)
• PFW in Progress, 6/26: Julian Edelman’s appeal with the NFL; Offseason topics; More. (2 hour program)

LOCAL LINKS

• Kevin Duffy reports that according to Bovada LV, Brady is considered one of the favorites to win MVP in 2018.
• Tyler Sullivan (247Sports) Who could dethrone Tom Brady on Top 100 next year?
• Tanya Ray Fox (PatriotsWire) Should we be concerned that Julian Edelman is the Patriots No. 1 wide receiver?
• Kevin Duffy tells us former Patriots RB Sammy Morris has been hired as assistant coach at Dean College.
• David Latham (LastWordOnSports) Mike Haynes: New England Patriots of the past.
• CBS Boston mentions that a local Eagles fan wants to rub her team’s Super Bowl victory in the face of Patriots Nation, by putting Brady’s fumble on a billboard.
• Dakota Randall points out that a ‘Patriots are cheaters’ debate broke out on ESPN, because of course it did.

NATIONAL NEWS

• Michael Renner (Pro Football Focus) The NFL’s prototypical wide receiver for each alignment. Big Slot: Rob Gronkowski.
• Hub Arkush (Pro Football Weekly) 2018 Wide receiver rankings.
• Doug Farrar (Bleacher Report) Ranking the NFL’s best shutdown cornerbacks.
• Nate Davis (USA Today) Ranking NFL backup QBs by team: Who has best contingency plan? Patriots 5th best.
• Arthur Arkush (Pro Football Weekly) PFW Super 50: NFL’s elite regardless of position, 40-31: For Cowboys’ Smith and Patriots’ Hightower, injuries magnified their value in 2017.
• Steve Palazzolo (Pro Football Focus) Breaking down PFF’s run concepts.
• Mike Freeman (Bleacher Report) 10-Point Stance: Do you trust Jameis Winston?
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) New helmet rule continues to loom over 2018 season.
• Dom Cosentino (Deadspin) How the NFL’ new helmet rule could change football as we know it.
• Mark Schofield (InsideThePylon) Game Script: Part 1.
• Jordan Reid (InsideThePylon) What’s the life of an NFL scout actually like?
• Shlomo Sprung (Awful Announcing) Gene Steratore discusses his career as a referee, the advancement of replay technology and the difficulty of the catch rule.
• Mike Tanier (Bleacher Report) NFL vs. millennials: Football struggles to bridge the generation gap.
• Sean Wagner-McGough (CBS Sports) Giants’ Super Bowl legend Jeff Hostetler recounts time he drilled Bill Belichick in the head.
• Kevin Boilard (247Sports) Power ranking the top 40 NFL quarterbacks before training camp.
• Scott Kacsmar (Twitter) Most receiving yards in NFL history at age 38+. No. 8 Tom Brady (36).
• Bomani Jones (ESPN) Is Brady being ranked No. 1 overall unreasonable? (1.20 min. video) /Didn’t watch, but will answer for him. “No.”