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TEAM TALK
- Patriots 2019 Free Agent Tracker.
- John Rooke’s View from Above: Don’t get too frenzied over free agency.
- Paul Perillo passes along an Adam Schefter report that the Patriots were among a group of teams interested in free agent WR Jordy Nelson.
- Flashback: Back home with the Bennett brothers. A 2017 visit to their Houston barber shop where we caught up with Michael Sr., Michael, and Martellus Bennett. (1 min, video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Zack Cox checks in on the Patriots unsigned free agents to see who could return to New England.
- Ryan Hannable suggests one reason Ryan Allen still hasn’t signed may be due to him changing agents.
- Mark Daniels takes a look at where the Pats stand in Week 2 of free agency.
- Henry McKenna (PatriotsWire) Reassessing the Patriots’ needs after initial flurry of free agency.
- Andrew Mahoney looks at how the Patriots roster has changed so far: They lost key cogs from both the offensive and defensive lines and appear to still need help at WR.
- Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Patriots roster building is just beginning, including the WR position. /No panic? What kind of article is this?!?
- Phil Perry gives us some slot receiver names to know for the Pats in the draft.
- Ryan Hannable examines the Patriots’ roster to see which areas still need to be addressed.
- Ryan Hannable tracks where the Patriots’ own free agents have gone and who is still available, as well as what’s happened with the top players at their respective positions across the league.
- David Latham (LastWordOnSports) Patriots cap space issues not caused by poor drafting.
- Matt Dolloff reports Drew Rosenhaus says Bill Belichick was, in fact, working the phones while vacationing in Barbados.
- P.J. Wright posts an Instagram from Martellus Bennett on his decision to stay in retirement.
- Alex Reimer says that fortunately for the Patriots, their competitors are leaving nitwits to coach much-improved teams.
- Russ Goldman (PatsFans) Patriots Fourth And Two Podcast: Free agency begins, with guests Derek Havens and Steve Balestrieri. (64 min.)
- Doug Kyed’s Patriots Mock Draft 3.0: New England double dips at biggest needs. /That’s like putting your whole mouth right in the dip. From now on when you take a chip, just take one dip and end it.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Eagles, Patriots poised to lead the way in 2020 compensatory picks.
- Albert Breer (SI) Monday Afternoon QB: Teams readying for Rosen, Peppers’s fit for the Giants, Adrian Peterson’s other suitors.
- Marc Sessler (NFL.com) Biggest moves and non-moves. Biggest non-moves: 1) A topless Bill Belichick frolics by the sea as New England does what New England does.
- Experts (ESPN) NFL experts predict: Which team (other than Cleveland) is the most improved after first wave of free agency?
- Gregg Rosenthal (NFL.com) 2019 NFL free agency’s best contracts. Michael Bennett included.
- Gregg Rosenthal (NFL.com) 2019 NFL free agency’s worst contracts.
- NFL Total Access (NFL.com) Free agent house hunting. Reggie Wayne wants Ndamukong Suh to go to New England. (2.41 min. video) /No.
- Michael Colangelo (TouchdownWire) NFL teams are trying to make carrying dead cap space a thing.
- Eric Edholm (Yahoo! Sports) 2019 NFL draft: Yahoo Sports’ top 2019 prospects: Nos. 91-100 - 81-90 - 71-80.
- Matthew Stevens (TouchdownWire) 2019 NFL power rankings after the start of free agency. Pats No. 1. /I sacrificed and clicked through the slideshow for you.
- Jared Villani (ClutchPoints) 3 players who must step up for the Patriots to reach their 4th straight Super Bowl.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) The league should get rid of the legal tampering window.
- Kevin Seifert (ESPN) How the NFL can save the onside kick.
- Tadd Haislop (Sporting News) NFL rule changes: Proposals for 2019 heavy on replay, new overtime format.
- Sam Cooper (Yahoo! Sports) ESPN reportedly pursuing Peyton Manning for ‘Monday Night Football’ again.
- Michael McCann (SI) A cloud of uncertainty hovers over Tyreek Hill, Chiefs in ongoing investigation.