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TEAM TALK
- Patriots-Rams Wednesday Injury Report.
- Patriots Wednesday Super Bowl pool report.
- Erik Scalavino shares the news, notes and buzz from Wednesday in Atlanta.
- Press Conferences: Bill Belichick - Rob Gronkowski - Devin McCourty - Julian Edelman.
LOCAL LINKS
- Tom E. Curran writes how adversity helped the Patriots get the fun back.
- Kevin Duffy digs into the Super Bowl matchups: Patriots special teams vs. Rams special teams.
- Andrew Callahan listens to a former NFL coach and QB explain what makes Sean McVay’s offense so hard to defend.
- Michael Hurley highlights Tom Brady on his thought process in leading game-winning drives.
- Michael Hurley wonders how in the world there is still a Tom Brady-Joe Montana debate.
- Ryan Hannable notes Tom Brady says this Super Bowl will be a little bit different because his kids are old enough to appreciate it more.
- Doug Kyed tells us how the Patriots’ starting cornerback corps went from offensive superstars to defenders.
- Zack Cox relays RB coach Ivan Fears on James Develin ‘bulldozing and knocking the [expletive] out of people’.
- Michael Hurley hears teammates rave about Julian Edelman’s toughness.
- Steve Hewitt discusses how Rob Gronkowski’s legacy goes well beyond the field.
- Andrew Callahan notes Robert Kraft says ‘I would be surprised if Tom Brady isn’t our quarterback for a long time.’
- Kevin Duffy suggests a new catchphrase for the Patriots sixth ring: ‘Ok, now this is getting ridiculous’ and says the Pats are already in their own universe.
- Mike Dussault (PatsPropaganda) Belichick Super Bowl 53 hoodie prediction.
- Zack Cox reports the Patriots chose to practice indoors for privacy reasons.
- Doug Kyed mentions that Patrick Chung sometimes plays scout team offense in practice.
- Rob Bradford reminds us how the Patriots changed Super Bowl introductions forever.
- Nick O’Malley tells us what the players like to do in their free time in Atlanta.
- Ryan Hannable isn’t counting out rookie QB Danny Etling when considering Tom Brady’s replacement.
- Mike Reiss talks with Malcolm Mitchell, who after ten surgeries and missing two seasons is eyeing his own comeback.
- Karen Guregian picks the six most shocking plays in Patriots Super Bowl history, beginning with (of course) the Malcolm Butler interception.
- Joy Manning (BostonSportsChick) Results of every Super Bowl 1st quarter drive of the New England Patriots.
- Kevin Duffy Patriots Notebook: Rob Gronkowski opens up on physical toll of NFL season.
- Joshua Schrock NFL Rumors: ‘Win or lose’ Rob Gronkowski will retire after Super Bowl.
- 98.5 The Sports Hub guest Ricardo Lockette says the Seahawks never got over the Super Bowl XLIX loss.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Robert Mays (The Ringer) Trey Flowers was made for the Patriots defense.
- Herbie Teope (NFL.com) Trey Flowers: Tackling Rams’ RBs is high on ‘to-do list’.
- Mike Giardi (NFL.com) NFL’s CB1? Patriots’ Stephon Gilmore lets his play do the talking.
- Conor Orr (SI) A Patriots Super Bowl run in four acts: II, Why the Pats of September are not the Pats of January.
- Danny Kelly (The Ringer) Which Rams playmaker will Bill Belichick try to take away?
- Albert Breer (SI) Five Belichick protégés explain his two decades of Patriots success.
- Michael Rosenberg (SI) A very Slater Super Bowl: What Super Bowl LIII means for a Rams great and a Patriots captain.
- Cameron DaSilva and Henry McKenna (ForTheWin) Patriots and Rams writers break down team’s best (and worst) traits.
- Mike Tanier (Bleacher Report) Forgotten villain Ndamukong Suh is happy to lurk in the Super Bowl shadows. /no, no one has forgotten about him.
- Danny Heifetz (The Ringer) The 10 biggest X factors that could decide Super Bowl LIII.
- Rodger Sherman (The Ringer) Gisele Bündchen’s importance to the Patriots dynasty.
- Kevin Clark (The Ringer) Inside the Patriots’ Anime fan club.
- Jonathan Jones (SI) Refs don’t want to be the story of Super Bowl 53, but they’re getting unprecedented attention.
- Jonathan Jones (SI) The weight of the red flag on Super Bowl Sunday.
- Kalyn Kahler (SI) Morning Huddle: What do NFL players do to get good sleep the night before the Super Bowl? Nothing special.
- Jordan Heck (Sporting News) The strangest moments and stories in Super Bowl history.
- Jason Kirk (SB Nation) Actually, EVERYONE believes in the Patriots. /Stahp...
EXTRACURRICULAR
- Kevin Clark (The Ringer) The offenses behind the NFL’s great ratings revival.
- Bryan Curtis (The Ringer) Roger Goodell emerges from hiding to say … absolutely nothing.
- Jared Dubin (CBS Sports) Multiple Saints players deny Roger Goodell talked to them after controversial NFC title game.
- Conor Orr (SI) As NFL issues become more polarizing, Roger Goodell must find a way to better engage. /The Goodell bot is broken again.
- Conor Orr (SI) Kurt Warner refuses to discuss whether Pats taped practices; More from Super Bowl media availability. /John Tomase can go screw.
- Laura Wagner (Deadspin) An interview with the local TV producer fired for a graphic calling Tom Brady a “known cheater”.
- Jay Busbee (Yahoo! Sports) Unsolved mystery: Ray Lewis returns to Atlanta.