New England Patriots links 2/20/19 - Offseason To-Do List: Replenish the receiver pool

TEAM TALK

• Erik Scalavino talks news, notes and the latest buzz from Gillette Stadium: Updating Gronk’s future, franchise/transition tag details.
• Paul Perillo tackles this week’s Ask PFW Mailbag: Flowers, Brown and more free agent news.
• John Rooke’s View from Above: To sign, to tag, and equality for all.
• Don Banks explains why the QB-needy Dolphins should take their best shot to acquire Nick Foles.
• Patriots 2019 Mock Draft Tracker: See what the top ‘experts’ are predicting the Patriots will do in the first round of the draft.
• Patriots Unfiltered 2/19: Interest in Kaepernick, Beckham and Brown. (2 hour program)

LOCAL LINKS

• Nick O’Malley on what’s next for the Patriots: The combine, free agency, trades, draft, Josh Gordon’s confusing future.
• Jerry Thornton (Barstool Sports) Patriots free agent situation is an edge-of-your-seat, high-speed thrill ride.
• Ryan Hannable comes up with 10 ways the Patriots can create more cap space before free agency opens. 1. Tom Brady extension.
• Doug Kyed looks at potential candidates for the Patriots’ quarterback of the future.
• Karen Guregian calls out the Patriots’ need for infusion of talent at wide receiver.
• Henry McKenna (PatriotsWire) Why Julian Edelman’s small contract might make signing a free-agent WR confusing.
• Matt Dolloff says Bill Belichick has a recent history of trading for receivers who entered the league as first-round picks. Here are this year’s players who fit the profile.
• Mateo Aycardi profiles potential Patriots free agent targets: Adam Humphries and Golden Tate.
• NBC Sports Boston takes a look at how many of the Pats’ WR draft picks have actually worked out.
• Evan Lazar makes the case a Patriots trade for Odell Beckham is not as crazy as it sounds.
• CBS Boston reports Rob Gronkowski’s agent Drew Rosenhaus says Gronk’s retirement decision is expected within a couple of weeks.
• Henry McKenna (PatriotsWire) Report: Rob Gronkowski told teammates he wants another Super Bowl win.
• Jordy McElroy (PatriotsWire) 5 free-agent tight ends the Patriots should target.
• Zack Cox continues his offseason outlook series by assessing the cornerbacks after a stellar 2018 season.
• Phil Perry discusses Trey Flowers hitting free agency: “There will be other teams interested in Flowers... who will likely have more money (and cap space) with which to part.”
• Phil Perry suggests it might make sense for the Pats to tag Stephen Gostkowski (again).
• Alex Barth considers the Patriots primetime possibilities and concludes the fall of 2019 could be a rough one
• Joseph Vincent (YouTube) Tom Brady - Six Rings (An Original Documentary). (26.20 min. video) /Highly recommended.
• Robert Alvarez (PatsFans) Best of social media: Julian Edelman attends Daytona 500, waves green flag.
• Nick Goss gives us an NFL mock draft roundup: Experts see Patriots addressing offense in first round.

NATIONAL NEWS

• Gary Davenport (Bleacher Report) Identifying every NFL team’s dream draft target. Patriots: South Carolina WR Deebo Samuel.
• Mike Freeman (Bleacher Report) 10-Point stance: 4. The fact that [OBJ to the Pats] was even a possibility says a lot about the Patriots and why they are who they are.
• Michael Renner (Pro Football Focus) 10 immediate impact free agents.
• Cameron Da Silva (RamsWire) C.J. Anderson says Todd Gurley’s knee injury was worse than LA Rams initially thought.
• Skip & Shannon (Undisputed) C.J. Anderson on Super Bowl LIII. “[New England] slowed down a lot of our big plays and it was frustrating.” (3.47 min. video)
• Jared Dubin (CBS Sports) 2019 NFL Free Agency: Grady Jarrett heads a deep group of interior defensive linemen.
• Chris Trapasso (CBS Sports) 2019 NFL Draft: Ranking all 28 edge rushers to know, from Nick Bosa to Titus Davis.
• Kalyn Kahler (SI) 2019 NFL Mock Draft 5.0: Four QBs go in the Top 15. Pats pick Louisiana Tech Edge Jaylon Ferguson.
• Tom Fornelli (CBS Sports) 2019 NFL Mock Draft: Jags move up to take Dwayne Haskins, Kyler Murray falls to the Pats.
• Charley Casserly (NFL.com) 2019 NFL mock draft 1.0. Pats pick Iowa TE Noah Fant.