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TEAM TALK
- Game Preview: Texans at Patriots. Broadcast info, Series history, Tale of the tape; More.
- Patriots announced today that they have re-signed OL Brian Schwenke to the 53-man roster and released WR Amara Darboh.
- Erik Scalavino shares the practice news, notes and locker-room buzz from Tuesday at Gillette: Patriots’ LT Trent Brown has an excused absence; he will return Wednesday and play Sunday, per source.
- Paul Perillo tackles this week’s Ask PFW Mailbag: Breaking down the roster.
- Press Conference transcript: Rob Gronkowski.
- Conference call transcript: Bill O’Brien.
- Angelique Fiske reports the epilogue of ‘Tom vs. Time’ will air today at noon on Facebook Watch.
- Press Pass: James White and Stephon Gilmore talk Texans. (1 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Mike Reiss mentions the Patriots using TE coach Nick Caley as a ‘broken-play coach’ to help the offense stay on the same page when Tom Brady needs to extend a play. /Interesting.
- Nicole Yang notes Texans coach Bill O’Brien thinks Brady is moving better now than ever. “I think he’s actually improved.”
- Matt Dolloff passes along some nuggets from Tuesday’s practice: Trent Brown missed his second practice, but according to Adam Schefter those were excused absences.
- Matt Dolloff talks about the unique steps the Patriots are taking to prep for the dynamic Texans.
- Tom E. Curran hears from Devin McCourty who says Week 1 is all about dealing with the unknown.
- Ryan Hannable is concerned over the amount of uncertainty surrounding the team heading into the season. /Especially when every other team is so many certainties.
- Mike Dussault (PatsPropaganda) What will the 2018 Patriots unveil Sunday?
- Michael Hurley explains it’s time to take the Houston Texans seriously.
- Mike Dussault (PatsPropaganda) A look back at Patriots-Texans 2017.
- Matt Vautour believes the Patriots will see a healthy, motivated Deshaun Watson on Sunday.
- Andrew Callahan wonders if Rex Burkhead and Sony Michel will both play on Sunday.
- Rich Thompson sees the Patriots backfield taking the committee approach once again.
- Kevin Duffy presents his 2018 Patriots preview and the path to another title.
- Phil Perry notes Rob Gronkowski insists he’s ‘super satisfied’ with new incentive-laden contract.
- Kevin Duffy talks about the Week 1 matchup between Stephon Gilmore and DeAndre Hopkins.
- Stephen Hewitt reports Stephon Gilmore is relishing having a leading role.
- Matt Vautour ranks Patriots 2018 games from easiest to hardest.
- Mike Reiss shares this primer on his personal blog - First step for a reporter covering a team: Get familiar with opposing depth chart. /Good read.
- Ryan Hannable recaps Patrick Chung on WEEI: Bill Belichick has gotten nicer over the years.
- Ryan Hannable highlights WEEI guest Boomer Esiason who predicted the 2018 Patriots will go ‘somewhere around 10-6, 11-5 at worst’.
- MassLive experts make NFL season picks.
- Stephen Hewitt points out that all NFL dynasties come to an end, and so will the Patriots.
- Kevin Duffy Patriots Notebook: Trent Brown has ‘excused absence’ from practice.
- CBS Boston reports Merriam-Webster adds GOAT to the dictionary and references Tom Brady.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Andy Benoit (SI) What’s there to doubt? 10 Thoughts on the 2018 Patriots.
- Cameron Filipe (FootballZebras) Week 1 referee assignments. Texans at Patriots: Tony Corrente.
- Bill Barnwell (ESPN) How every team can win Super Bowl LIII: Making the case for all 32.
- Cynthia Frelund (NFL.com) AFC win-total projections.
- Rick Gosselin (TalkOfFameSports) Who will be the NFL MVP?
- Andrew Brandt (SI) Recent NFL superstar contracts have eye-popping numbers, but aren’t really groundbreaking.
- Tom Mead (InsideThePylon) Is team turnover in the playoffs predictable?
- Conor Orr (SI) Hard Knocks finale: We laughed, we cried, we learned about insider trading.
- Dan Wetzel (Yahoo! Sports) The NFL misses Peyton Manning.