TEAM TALK
- Erik Scalavino inspects the Patriots roster position by position: Cornerbacks.
LOCAL LINKS
- David Latham (LastWordOnSports) Patriots to appear in two NFL 100 ‘Landmark Games’: Week 6 vs. Giants and Week 11 vs. Eagles.
- Henry McKenna (PatriotsWire) 6 Patriots offseason acquisitions who should have huge roles. 1. Michael Bennett.
- Henry McKenna (PatriotsWire) Stephon Gilmore put together a marvelous statistical playoff run.
- Sam Smith (FullPressCoverage) Every NFL team’s top impact rookie candidate: AFC East.
- Logan Mullen talks about Jamie Collins being identified by former NFL agent Joel Correy as one of 10 players who have the most to prove this season.
- Isaiah Houde (PatriotsWire) Kyle Van Noy thoroughly believed that Patriots would beat Falcons in SBLI.
- Steve McGuire (LastWordOnSports) Days to Kickoff countdown: No. 65 Houston Antwine.
- Alex Reimer notes Rob Gronkowski admits he could get the itch to keep playing football once the season starts, but says he isn’t currently question his decision to hang up the pads.
- Patrick Dunne relays Rob Gronkowski saying he’s looking forward to his ‘first August off’ in retirement.
- Henry McKenna (PatriotsWire) Julian Edelman shares a funny anecdote describing Bill Belichick during the team’s paintball outing.
- NESN notes Tom Brady wishes his mother a happy Birthday with heartfelt Instagram post.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) PFT 2019 storyline No. 20: Can the young QBs in the AFC East compete with the Patriots?
- Danny Heifetz (The Ringer) A second-year head coach is guaranteed to make the Super Bowl this season: At least that’s what recent history tells us.
- Glenn Erby (EaglesWire) Eagles’ Week 11 matchup with Patriots selected as a ‘Landmark Game’ for NFL 100.
- Conor Orr (SI) Morning Huddle: The five NFL teams stuck in neutral.
- Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz (USA Today) Offensive fireworks: 5 NFL teams that will be explosive in 2019. No Pats.
- Maurice Moton (Bleacher Report) Predicting NFL stat leaders for 2019. No Pats.
- Michael Colangelo (TouchdownWire) 9 quarterbacks who will improve in 2019.
- Alex Rubenstein (SB Nation) How many passes can you throw in an NFL game?
- Frank Schwab (Yahoo! Sports) 2019 NFL preview: With Nick Foles, Jaguars try to recapture a brief run at glory. “The NFL isn’t set up for teams to be great year after year, unless you’re the Patriots. You usually get one good chance every few years, if you’re lucky.”
- Adam Stites (SB Nation) 10 potential NFL player holdouts, ranked from most to least likely to happen this summer.
- Jeremy Fowler (ESPN) The 2019 NFL All-Retirement team: Gronk headlines a stacked squad.
- Curtis Crabtree (ProFootballTalk) Johnathan Joseph expects more U.K. talent to make way to NFL.
- Around the NFL (NFL.com) NFL teams, players join in celebrating 4th of July.
- Darin Gantt (ProFootballTalk) Agent confirms Kendrick Norton lost arm in crash. /Sad.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Steve McNair died 10 years ago today.
- Highlights (NFL.com) Every game-winning fourth-down touchdown since 2000. (5.16 min. video)
- Gary Gramling (SI) Hold your fantasy playoffs during the NFL playoffs, you cowards.
- Robert Mays and Kevin Clark (The Ringer) The Ringer NFL Show: What we can learn from fantasy football with Evan Silva. (43.59 min.)