New England Patriots links 4/18/19 - Every which way from Sunday: Breaking down the 2019 schedule

TEAM TALK

• Patriots 2019 Free Agent Tracker.
• Patriots 2019 schedule announced. Including printable version.
• Erik Scalavino offers his analysis on the Pats’ schedule. This marks the third time the Patriots will open with the Steelers at Gillette Stadium.
• Don Banks picks the 15 most compelling games on the 2019 NFL schedule.
• Angelique Fiske reveals the story behind the dent in the Super Bowl LIII Lombardi trophy. Hint: Gronk was involved. (Here’s the video, 1.41 min.)
• Patriots Foundation announces it’s 2019 Patriots Fantasy Camp to celebrate volunteerism. All ya need to participate is $15K for a group of four or $5K for a single.
• Highlights: Jonathan Jones is back. (41 second clip)
• Bad Lip Reading: 2019 schedule release. (1.07 min. video)
• Tom Brady’s 2000 draft day conference call. (3.50 min. audio)
• Don Banks issues his 2019 NFL Mock Draft 3.0. Pats pick Clemson DT Dexter Lawrence.

LOCAL LINKS

• Adam London relays why ESPN Insider Matt Bowen believes the Patriots are the biggest winner of the 2019 schedule.
• Evan Lazar breaks down the schedule by the numbers and every which way til Sunday.
• Mike Reiss looks at what’s in store for the Patriots following the schedule release: An ideal bye week after nine games and two home games to close the season are welcome news.
• Tom E. Curran breaks it all down with a unique week-by-week look at what’s ahead.
• Ryan Hannable also shares some thoughts on the Patriots schedule: It would not be a surprise at all to see the team 7-0 or 6-1 heading into Week 8’s matchup with Cleveland.
• Zack Cox offers his thoughts on each matchup of the 2019 season.
• Karen Guregian finds not much stress for Patriots early or late schedule-wise, but mid-season is packed.
• Andrew Callahan ranks all 16 games on the Patriots’ 2019 schedule from the Bills at home to the Chiefs and Browns
• Mike Dussault (PatsPropaganda) Patriots set 2019 schedule: Short weeks, travel, and more.
• CBS Boston tells us everything we need to know about the 2019 schedule: The Steelers get to watch the Patriots raise a Super Bowl banner for the second time in five years and third time overall.
• Andrew Callahan thinks Patriots-Chiefs should have playoff implications, and other thoughts on the Patriots’ 2019 schedule.
• Mike Reiss talks about the dent in the Lombardi story and notes executive vice president of media relations Stacey James said: “We’re going to keep the dent and tell the story.”
• Evan Lazar posts his Patriots Top 50 Big Board: 50-41 - 40-31 - 30-21 - 20-11.
• Doug Kyed picks a tight end for the Patriots in each round of the draft.
• Phil Perry continues his Prototypical Patriots series with a look at inside and outside receiver options for Belichick.
• Kevin Duffy says the Patriots have some ahead of them to revamp the defensive line.
• Zack Cox NFL Rumors: Patriots host potential first-round cornerback for pre-draft visit.
• Chris Grenham posts a clip of Bill Belichick, Julian Edelman, the McCourty twins and Duron Harmon getting a huge ovation at last night’s Celtics-Pacers Game 2 playoff game.
• Matt Dolloff offers the details of Demaryius Thomas one-year deal with the Pats, including just $150K guaranteed.
• Justin Leger notes Demaryius Thomas presents a first look at himself in Patriots uniform on Instagram.
• Nick O’Malley determines that Tom Brady is outpaid by pretty much every veteran starter in the NFL not on their rookie deal.
• Darren Hartwell passes along D’Qwell Jackson’s excellent video ‘letter’ to Tom Brady about the Deflategate football. Worth a view.

NATIONAL NEWS

• Elliot Harrison (NFL.com) Top 19 NFL games of 2019: Cowboys, Chiefs, Pats dominate list.
• Shalise Manza Young (Yahoo! Sports) NFL 2019 schedule release: The 10 games we’re most looking forward to seeing.
• Danny Heifetz (The Ringer) These will be the best games of the 2019 NFL season (we think).
• Charean Williams (ProFootballTalk) Bears-Packers, Patriots-Steelers, Texans-Saints highlight Week 1.
• Reuters (Yahoo! Sports) Take 5: Can’t-miss NFL games in 2019. 1. Pats-Eagles, Week 11.
• Staff (ESPN) NFL experts on the 2019 schedule - Picking best matchups and biggest winners.
• Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) With bye weeks and extra rest, schedule helps the Lions, hurts the Patriots. Patriots play three games against opponents coming off their byes and will have an NFL-worst 13 fewer rest days than their opponents.
• Gary Davenport (Bleacher Report) 2019 NFL schedule release: Win-Loss predictions for every team.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Sunday night continues to be football night.
• Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Monday Night Football slate kicks off with Texans and Saints.
• Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Bears-Lions, Bills-Cowboys, Saints-Falcons set for Thanksgiving.
• Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Ten teams scheduled for five prime-time appearances. Pats included.
• Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) After schedule release, ESPN’s beat writers prove overly optimistic. /math is hard.
• Judy Battista (NFL.com) NFL likely to recommend adjusting training camp schedules.
• SB Nation’s guide to winning the 2019 NFL offseason: Fixing the biggest offseason needs for all 32 NFL teams.
• Robert Mays (The Ringer) The eight most-telling NFL team draft tendencies.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) NFL conducting “routine review” of recent Demaryius Thomas guilty plea.
• Matt Stypulkoski (NJ.com) Adam Gase’s No. 1 message to Jets during offseason workouts: It’s time to knock Patriots out of AFC East’s top spot.

EXTRACURRICULAR

• Ryan Hannable recaps a ‘bonkers’ Wednesday in the Robert Kraft prostitution case.
• Alex Reimer says the action of releasing Robert Kraft’s spa sex tape would be an egregious violation of privacy we should all be against.
• Nick Goss reports a Judge orders state to not release Robert Kraft video until there’s a hearing.
• Joseph M. Hanna (SportsLawInsider) Supreme Court of New Jersey ends NFL Super Bowl ticket suit.
• Chris Cwik (Yahoo! Sports) The AAF has filed for bankruptcy.