New England Patriots links 8/16/19 - Patriots-Titans bring the heat at joint practice

TEAM TALK

• Mike Dussault’s Keys to the Starting Lineup: Preseason Week 2 - Patriots at Titans. 1. What do we have on offense?
• Erik Scalavino shares the news and camp notes from the final joint practice in Nashville: Friendly jabs along with ‘really good work between two teams’; More.
• Paul Perillo’s Day 15 Blogservations: Pats finish strong in Tennessee heat with even better results than Wednesday’s, on both sides of the ball.
• Megan O’Brien talks with Ben Watson who is searching for ways to contribute.
• Angelique Fiske helps us get to know new Patriot Mike Pennel Jr. with a lightning round of questions.
• Press Conference transcripts: Bill Belichick - Tom Brady.
• From NFL Network: The ‘Good Morning Football’ crew breaks down Patriots players to watch in preseason Week 2. (4.18 min. video)
• Titans tackle Taylor Lewan declares that Tom Brady is the greatest NFL player of all time. (1 min. video)
• Operation Backpack: Patriots and Revs team up to donate 15,000 backpacks to military children. (1 min. video)
• Training Camp-cast 8/15: Wrapping up Day 2 in Nashville. (7.04 min.)

LOCAL LINKS

• Henry McKenna (PatriotsWire) 9 Patriots to watch during preseason Week 2 against Titans.
• Phil Perry picks five Patriots he thinks we’ll be talking about after the game.
• Tom E. Curran sends another Postcard from Camp: QB Marcus Mariota will be very happy when the Patriots defense gets the hell out of town; Tom Brady — throwing to Gunner, Braxton, Dontrelle and Jakobi — put the Tennessee defense through the wood-chipper. A good Tennessee defense; More.
• Ryan Hannable shares his camp observations, Day 15: Tempers flare; Isaiah Wynn participated a little more than he did on Wednesday and held up fine; Brady had one of his best practices of the summer; More.
• Doug Kyed posts his Pats-Titans practice observations: The two teams got into frequent shoving matches in the heat; Gunner saw some reps at … gunner; More.
• Evan Lazar’s Pats Camp Notebook: Patriots defense ends camp with strong showing; More.
• Zack Cox highlights eleven things we learned from Pats-Titans joint practices: 1. Patriots are in rough shape at receiver.
• Ryan Hannable posts some photos from Day 2 of Patriots-Titans joint practices.
• Ryan Hannable points out the scuffle at Thursday’s practice, and it wasn’t the only time tempers flared.
• Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) As more Patriots WRs go down, it is opportunity time for the remainder.
• Ryan Hannable notes Tom Brady addressing the WR position depleted by injuries.
• Doug Kyed mentions how impressed Malcolm Butler was with the Patriots’ no-name rookie wide receivers.
• Doug Kyed addresses his Friday Patriots Mailbag: Should New England attempt to trade for receiver help?
• Staff (FullPressCoverage) Unseating the Patriots: Can it happen? “The clear and obvious choice for a lot of people, the Chiefs will likely be many folks choice to represent the AFC in the Super Bowl.”
• David Latham (LastWordOnSports) A Brian Hoyer trade makes sense for Patriots, Eagles.
• Mike D’Abate (FullPressCoverage) Profiles in Full Press Coverage: Jaspinder Singh defines the measure of a fan.
• Michael McMahon notes Brian Flores reveals one simple lesson he learned from Bill Belichick: Put the team first.
• Andrew Callahan notes Malcolm Butler jokes about his benching in Super Bowl LII, says he has no regrets about Patriots split.
• Devon Clements (PatriotsWire) Tom Brady says he’s ‘never’ coaching once he retires.
• Henry McKenna (PatriotsWire) Tom Brady, Logan Ryan show each other love on Instagram.
• Darren Hartwell relays Derrick Mason explaining why the spat he had with Bill Belichick in 2009 should have never happened.
• Mike D’Abate - Locked-On Patriots daily podcast: Matthew Slater, always there. (20 min.)

NATIONAL NEWS

• Dan Schneier (CBS Sports) Rich Gannon: Tom Brady is not slowing down, has coaches reconsidering training methods.
• Turon Davenport (ESPN) Mike Vrabel’s practice philosophy naturally mirrors the Patriot way.
• Logan Reardon (NFL.com) Mike Vrabel downplays Titans-Pats practice skirmish.
• Conor Orr (SI) Morning Huddle: Murray, Haskins, Jackson and more: Takeaways from Thursday’s preseason games.
• Logan Reardon (NFL.com) What to watch for in early Week 2 preseason games. Patriots: Jarrett Stidham and Jakobi Meyers - two players that casual fans didn’t know about before last week.
• Around the NFL (NFL.com) What we learned from Thursday’s preseason games.
• Andy Benoit (SI) Team Previews: DeSean Jackson adds value to the Eagles’ downfield passing attack. /Pats face Eagles in Week 11.
• Danny Heifetz (The Ringer) We salute you, founding fathers of the NFL’s analytics movement.

EXTRACURRICULAR

• Charlotte Carroll (SI) Antonio Brown faces lawsuit over unpaid $38K chef’s bill.