TEAM TALK
- Andy Hart’s Day 2 Blogservations: Minicamp extras. Notable extra work put in by many players; More.
- Paul Perillo details Day 2 of minicamp: Officials were present and used mostly with special teams drills; TE Troy Niklas (Hercules) checks in; Passing game not as efficient as Day 1; More.
- Press Conference transcripts: Bill Belichick (8.10 min. video) and David Andrews.
- Day 2 mini-camp debrief: Paul Perillo and Megan O’Brien discuss what stood out on day 2 of Patriots mini-camp. (2.24 min. video)
- Media Availability: Duron Harmon, Cordarrelle Patterson and Troy Niklas talk on day 2 on Patriots mini-camp. (36 second video)
- From NFL Network - Kimberly Jones discusses the Patriots offseason additions and how they are acclimating to their new team, how their defense will be different after the departure of Matt Patricia and more. (2.32 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Kevin Duffy Patriots minicamp Day Two: Secondary shines, heavy emphasis on special teams; More.
- Ryan Hannable’s Wednesday miniamp observations: Tom Brady not as sharp as on Day 1.
- Doug Kyed’s minicamp observations: It was easy pickins for Tom Brady in his return to the practice field Tuesday. It wasn’t quite as effortless on his second day back.
- Phil Perry shares some observations from Day 2 of Patriots minicamp: Patriots defense gets disruptive.
- Zack Cox presents his practice report: Kenny Britt among 5 absent for day 2.
- Karen Guregian Patriots Notebook: Rob Gronkowski brings the fun back to minicamp; More.
- Zack Cox provides some notes and nuggets from Day 2 of minicamp: Rob Gronkowski’s arm garners rave reviews; More.
- Kevin Duffy points out how TE Jacob Hollister stood out at Day 2 of minicamp, and was one of Tom Brady’s most physically imposing targets.
- Henry McKenna (PatriotsWire) Little-known tight end emerging as dark-horse for Patriots offense.
- Karen Guregian highlights Dwayne Allen working with Tom Brady after practice, earning encouragement from Brady and trying to change last year’s narrative.
- Ryan Hannable looks at how Cordarrelle Patterson could have a unique role for the Patriots this season.
- Mike Reiss notes Dont’a Hightower sees a more aggressive defense under Brian Flores. /crosses fingers.
- Kevin Duffy is curious why Jason McCourty isn’t practicing with the team at minicamp.
- Doug Kyed notes that with Jason McCourty out of drills, the Patriots seem to be holding an open competition for the spot across from Gilmore, those snaps have mostly been given to J.C. Jackson, an undrafted free agent out of Maryland.
- Rich Thompson talks up Ryan Lewis getting his shot to play cornerback for the Patriots.
- Kevin Dillon gives legs to the story of punters Ryan Allen and Corey Bojorquez embracing competition in minicamp.
- Phil Perry suggests Rob Gronkowski is tweaking the Patriots by how he never misses the opportunity to mention how much better he feels since he started the TB12 training method with Alex Guerrero.
- Ryan Hannable says to give Bill Belichick credit for how he’s handled this week with Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski back.
- Ryan Hannable notes Bill Belichick was frustrated with questions regarding individual players’ progress this spring.
- Alex Reimer reports Tom Brady posted a video message on Instagram, advocating for the use of reusable straws to help combat pollution and waste.
- Michael Hurley writes how the Ravens are in trouble (again) with the league again as the NFL strips them of two OTA practices and issues fines to John Harbaugh and Steve Bisciotti.
- Kevin Duffy reports LeBron James compared the Golden State Warriors to Tom Brady and the New England Patriots after Game 3 of the 2018 NBA Finals.
- Adam London shares a spoof public service video from The Herd’s Colin Cowherd on Fox Sports 1: ‘A warning for any NFL player thinking of playing for the New England Patriots.’
NATIONAL NEWS
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Patriots defense may be more aggressive under Brian Flores.
- Albert Breer (SI) What drama? It’s business as usual at Patriots camp; MMQB Mailbag.
- Oliver Thomas (Forbes) Patriots’ punter battle projects to be up in the air this summer.
- Gil Brandt (NFL.com) NFL’s 10 most talented teams: Eagles, Jaguars lead the way. Patriots not included.
- Dan Hanzus (NFL.com) 2018 NFL season: Predicting every AFC team’s MVP. Tom Brady, of course, for the Pats.
- Staff (ESPN) NFL’s best defenses: Who got better, worse, and who’s next up. Pats not in any category.
- Manish Mehta (NY Daily News) Patriots castoff Antonio Garcia looking for redemption with Jets after health scare.
- Zack Pereles (Yahoo! Sports) Ravens lose two days of OTAs, John Harbaugh and team fined for violating ‘pass contact’ rules.
- Deborah Epstein (Washington Post) I’m done helping the NFL Players Association’s pay lip service to domestic violence prevention. /Good read.