New England Patriots links 9/12/19 - Pats’ biggest Week 2 challenge not Flores or Dolphins, it’s Miami

TEAM TALK

• Patriots-Dolphins Wednesday Injury Report.
• Broadcast Info: Patriots at Dolphins.
• Players to Watch: Patriots at Dolphins.
• What They’re Saying: Miami Dolphins.
• Patriots sign OL Marshall Newhouse; Announce practice squad moves.
• Mike Dussault shares the news, notes and locker-room buzz from Wednesday at Gillette: Brady, Belichick focused on Dolphins.
• Press Conference transcripts: Bill Belichick - Tom Brady.
• Angelique Fiske notes Dont’a Hightower hosts his fifth annual fundraiser for the American Diabetes Association.
• Player Interview: Matthew Slater (5.53 min. audio)

LOCAL LINKS

• Ryan Hannable reports the Patriots had perfect attendance at practice yesterday, including Marcus Cannon.
• Zack Cox scouts the Dolphins: 5 things to know. 1. They play in Miami where the Patriots always have trouble winning.
• Andrew Callahan focuses on Tom Brady and the Patriots aiming to overcome past Dolphin demons in their road trip to Miami.
• Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Patriots-Dolphins Week 2 Key Matchups: Who has the razor’s edge?
• Nick Goss notes Tom Brady describes Miami as a ‘challenging place to play’.
• Matt Dolloff reports CB Jonathan Jones was named to Pro Football Focus team of the week for Week 1.
• Doug Kyed highlights Tom Brady explaining why late-round draft picks have an advantage.
• Doug Kyed explains why the Patriots have nothing to gain by playing Antonio Brown vs. the Dolphins.
• Matt Cassel reveals how the Patriots will handle Antonio Brown saga behind the scenes. /Proving you can take the player away from Belichick, but you’ll never take Belichick away from the player.
• Andy Hart relays what the Patriots’ captains had to say about the Antonio Brown ‘situation’ and distraction.
• Phil Perry hears from Devin McCourty on how the team needs some time to get to know Antonio Brown, to see how he will fit in the locker-room and adapt.
• Chris Grenham notes Rob Gronkowski reveals Ernie Adams’ annual interaction with players, “He pulls you aside about once a year and he gives you a tip. ...”
• Robert Alvarez (PatsFans) NFL Fan Therapy – The Pats are back.
• Russ Goldman (PatsFans) Patriots Fourth and Two Podcast: Patriots destroy the Steelers and look to do the same against the Dolphins. (1 hour)

NATIONAL NEWS

• Andy Benoit (SI) Deep Dive: Steelers’ weaknesses on both sides of the ball exposed in loss to Patriots; New England’s new look; More.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Another new team, another new helmet for Antonio Brown.
• Cameron Filipe (FootallZebras) Week 2 referee assignments. Patriots at Dolphins: Bill Vinovich.
• Ben Cooper (Pro Football Focus) 20 PFF stats to know after Week 1.
• Kevin Clark (The Ringer) How to have a plan in the NFL—and not mess it up.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Offensive holding fouls up nearly 30 percent in Week One.
• NFL Nation (ESPN) Biggest Week 2 injury questions for all 32 NFL teams: Intel on Mosley, Mixon, Mahomes and more.
• Cameron Wolfe (ESPN) Why daunting Dolphins rebuild will be done The Brian Flores way.
• Curtis Crabtree (ProFootballTalk) Donte Moncrief looking for redemption after “worst game ever”. /Heh.

EXTRACURRICULAR

• Mac Cerullo talks about how the Patriots face tough choices as the Antonio Brown’s story takes a dark turn.
• Adam H. Beasley and David Ovalle (Miami Herald) The latest on the Antonio Brown situation, with clarity from local law enforcement.
• Tom E. Curran understands “that if there was a criminal complaint against Brown, he wouldn’t be a Patriot right now. But there’s not. It’s a civil complaint that Brown is fighting and denying. Belichick is willing to live with the embarrassment of it otherwise Brown wouldn’t be on the practice field. n a vacuum, that’s as it ought to be. Due process should be sacred. Every case – no matter how big a knucklehead the accused may be – deserves to be evaluated on its merits.”
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Will Antonio Brown play on Sunday?
• John Zannis says the question is, when did the Patriots first learn of Antonio Brown allegations?
• Torrey Hart (Yahoo! Sports) ‘Things that don’t involve me, don’t involve me’: Tom Brady won’t talk Antonio Brown.
• Clair McNear (The Ringer) Antonio Brown, Bill Belichick, and the problem with focusing on football.
• NESN notes Bill Belichick has been ‘banned’ from an Indiana radio show until he shows ‘integrity’. /lols.
• Tadd Haislop (Sporting News) Antonio Brown lawsuit: What to know about rape accusation by former trainer, how NFL, Patriots will proceed.
• Charles Robinson (Yahoo! Sports) NFL prefers to move ‘quickly’ on whether or not to put Antonio Brown on commish exempt list.
• Lorenzo Reyes and Mike Jones (USA Today) NFL to discuss Antonio Brown options; commissioner’s exempt list could be in play for Patriots WR.
• Jarrett Bell (USA Today) Opinion: Make the right call, Roger Goodell — sideline Antonio Brown during investigation.
• Terez Paylor (Yahoo! Sports) NFL’s Antonio Brown crisis has a familiar ugly theme.
• Nancy Armour (USA Today) Opinion: Antonio Brown is becoming the worst thing to happen to NFL’s 100th season.
• Report (AP) Ex-NFL QB Mallett arrested on suspicion of DWI. /Sad.