New England Patriots links 2/08/19 - Patriots on to the offseason

TEAM TALK

• From the NFL - Postgame Research Notes: Patriots Win Super Bowl LIII.
• Don Banks’ Post-Super Bowl Snap Judgments: A few final musings, observations and the occasional insight as we put the NFL’s 2018 season to bed
• Lauren Williams notes that on the day after the Super Bowl, Umass Memorial Medical Center shared an adorable photo of Patriots Nation’s newest fans.
• Sights and Sounds: Super Bowl LIII. (3.25 min. video)
• PFW TV: SB LIII recap & analysis. (22 min. video)
• Brady Beard Buzz Off: Tom Brady had his playoff beard shaved off to raise money for charity. (1.01 min. video)

LOCAL LINKS

• Ryan Hannable’s Patriots offseason primer: Which players are free agents, how much cap space is there, what about draft picks?
• Kevin Duffy starts the offseason by examining the Patriots large class of free agents.
• Karen Guregian wonders how the Patriots will handle punter Ryan Allen this offseason.
• Matt McCarthy looks at whether Dont’a Hightower is the best linebacker of the Patriots dynasty.
• Tom E. Curran points out one of Bill Belichick’s masterstokes with Patriots: Getting them to move past anger of Malcolm Butler situation.
• Matt Dolloff points out Super Bowl LIII showed why football has three phases and they all matter.
• Doug Kyed addresses his Friday Patriots Mailbag: How New England has cap flexibility entering the offseason.
• Rob Bradford notes Matt Hasselback believes Tom Brady so far is handing Father Time a loss.
• Adam London posts the clip of the Patriots receiving a massive ovation at TD Garden during the Celtics-Lakers game last night. /How on earth did Trent Brown fit in a garden seat?
• Michael Hurley notes David Portnoy’s Roger Goodell clown shirt drew huge cheers at TD Garden last night. /Love Boston fans supporting their teams.
• Alex Reimer’s Media Column: Boisterous Patriots are showing, once and for all, they don’t ‘ignore the noise’. /Possible to ignore it during the season, and trot it out after...

NATIONAL NEWS

• Mic’d Up (YouTube) Super Bowl LIII: Patriots vs. Rams. (41.29 min. video) no commercials.
• Highlights (NFL Twitter) The season’s ten best plays from the Super Bowl LIII champion Patriots. (2.25 min. video)
• Terez Paylor (Yahoo! Sports) What’s left for Tom Brady? Taking aim at Michael Jordan as the American GOAT.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Patriots will have a decision to make as Gostkowski hits free agency.
• Report (TMZ) Julian Edelman gets MVP beard shaved by Ellen DeGeneres.
• Charean Williams (ProFootballTalk) Josh Gordon, Martavis Bryant could apply for reinstatement in May.
• Conor Orr (SI) AFC offseason storylines to follow: Le’Veon Bell’s next move, Jon Gruden’s NFL draft haul, More.
• Conor Orr (SI) NFC offseason top storylines: Cardinals on the clock, Decision on Foles, Help for Trubisky, More.
• Drew Nantais (Sporting News) NFL offseason schedule 2019: When is the NFL Draft, Combine, free agency?
• Interactive (NFL.com) Full list of 2019 NFL Combine participants.
• Chase Goodbread (NFL.com) Players who succeeded without being invited to the combine.
• Tadd Haislop (Sporting News) NFL free agents 2019: Complete list of best players available by position.
• Tadd Haislop (Sporting News) NFL Draft order 2019: Full list of picks after Patriots beat Rams in Super Bowl 53.
• MMQB Staff (SI) Which NFL teams will win the next five Super Bowls?
• Paul Aspan (NBC Sports Chicago) Chuck Pagano’s “deep hatred” for Patriots. /Two words.
• Eric D. Williams (ESPN) Chargers ‘back to hating’ Super Bowl champion Patriots.
• Tim Rohan (SI) NFL 100 commercial succeeds in making fans forget the league’s many issues. /Fans like seeing the players in a funny commercial... but issues are still there.
• Gil Brandt (NFL.com) QB stock watch: Patrick Mahomes up, Aaron Rodgers down.
• Curtis Crabtree (ProFootballTalk) Baker Mayfield enjoyed doing commercial with Tom Brady, looks forward to playing him next year.
• Pete Grathoff (Kansas City Star) Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes unveils a personal logo, merchandise site.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Early Super Bowl rating was lower than late stages of AFC Championship game.
• Conor Orr (SI) Morning Huddle: Can the Alliance of American Football be a path back to the NFL?
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) NFL needs to officially let unofficial coaching hires become official.