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TEAM TALK
- Don Banks’ Snap Judgments: Musings, observations and the occasional insight from an interesting Wednesday at the Combine, with the league’s club executives and head coaches taking center stage.
- Andy Hart hears 30-year-old Golden Tate, who’s played with the Seahawks, Lions and Eagles, say he’d love to add another Super Bowl ring to his collection and would not mind going to the Patriots.
- Paul Perillo notes Dolphins head coach Brian Flores was Belichick-like throughout his press conference, referencing the need to find tough, smart, versatile players who are willing to put their egos aside and embrace the team concept.
- Andy Hart notes Cardinals Kliff Kingsbury calls the Patriots ‘the mountain top of preparation and competitiveness’.
- NFL Combine Day 1 Debrief: Catching up with Brian Flores. (2.27 min. video)
- NFL Combine: Best of Day 1. (1.39 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Andrew Callahan pinpoints which player drills and events matter most to the Patriots at the combine.
- Phil Perry’s Questions for the combine: Might Patriots land slot, ‘X’ options of the future?
- Henry McKenna (PatriotsWire) 2019 NFL Combine Day 1: What we’ve heard about the Patriots.
- Karen Guregian says don’t be surprised if Mike Mayock could be a key draft day trade partner for Bill Belichick. He holds three first round picks so if Belichick wants to move up, Mayock’s the guy to do business with.
- Mike Reiss highlights Golden Tate on how he would welcome a chance to catch passes from ‘Tommy Boy.’
- Ryan Hannable it’s not out of the realm of possibility that an Antonio Brown trade to the Patriots could happen.
- Matt Dolloff wonders if the Bengals are shopping former first-round receiver John Ross, could the Patriots be interested.
- Ryan Hannable ranks the Patriots quarterback options in the 2019 NFL draft by tier.
- Logan Mullen talks about a Football Outsiders suggestion for a Patriots daring move: trade “multiple Day 2” draft picks to the Cincinnati Bengals for A.J. Green.
- Evan Lazar’s Combine Notebook: Giants not looking to trade Odell Beckham, Jr.
- Henry McKenna (PatriotsWire) What impressed Sean McVay about Patriots’ defensive game plan for Super Bowl.
- Henry McKenna (PatriotsWire) Matt Patricia, Darrell Bevell do not talk about Super Bowl XLIX.
- Kevin Duffy Patriots Notebook: Brian Flores’ first month with Dolphins ‘a blur’.
- Russ Goldman (PatsFans) Patriots Fourth And Two Roundtable: Our look at the offseason, an NFL Combine preview, and thoughts on the allegations involving Robert Kraft. (1 hour)
NATIONAL NEWS
- Dan Parr (NFL.com) 2019 NFL Draft: Every pick, top needs for all 32 teams. Patriots biggest needs: DL, WR, TE.
- Dan Pompei (Bleacher Report) One mistake won’t define Dee Ford: The Chiefs LB has no time for apologies about the penalty that marred his breakout season—and helped put the Pats in the Super Bowl.
- Gregg Rosenthal (NFL.com) Debrief: Cardinals, Giants face similar dilemmas at quarterback.
- Jason La Canfora (CBS Sports) NFL combine: Front-office personnel fielded questions on Wednesday, and here’s what their answers actually meant.
- Danny Kelly (The Ringer) Who can boost their draft stock the most at the NFL Combine?
- Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz (USA Today) NFL combine sleepers: 10 players who could see draft stock rise.
- Rodger Sherman (The Ringer) Kyler Murray is tall enough to be the best quarterback prospect in this NFL draft.
- Will Brinson (CBS Sports) Antonio Brown trade rumors: Ranking possible trade offers for star WR from every single NFL team.
- Ben Weinrib (Yahoo! Sports) Chiefs reportedly open to trading veteran pass rusher Justin Houston.
- Herbie Teope (NFL.com) Jets open to trading No. 3 overall pick of 2019 draft.
- Andy Benoit (SI) Free Agency: Why Tevin Coleman is a more appealing FA than Le’Veon Bell.
- Gary Peterson (The Mercury News) Former 49ers linebacker Chris Borland packs a punch in U.S. House subcommittee testimony: Borland played one NFL season before retiring out of concern for his mental health.
DUMPSTER
- Charlotte Shane (SI) What the media has missed in its coverage of Robert Kraft.
- Elizabeth Nolan Brown (Reason) ‘No allegations of human trafficking’ and ‘women could’ve walked out’ in Florida massage-parlor prostitution stings.
- Ryan Hannable passes along speculation that Robert Kraft could be punished more severely than Colts owner Jim Irsay.
- Staff (TMZ) Robert Kraft set to be arraigned during annual NFL league meeting.
- Alex Reimer points out that according to Mark Leibovich of NY Times Magazine, other NFL owners don’t have a lot of sympathy for Robert Kraft. /Bunch of piranhas.