LOCAL LINKS
- Mike Reiss shares some quick-hit weekend thoughts: Answers to come for Patriots: Was it Tom Brady or the personnel?
- Ryan Hannable’s Sunday 7: How patient will Patriots fans be in 2020?
- Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Sunday Patriots news: 3rd QB battle will be fun.
- Ty Anderson reports the Patriots released their 2020 preseason schedule.
- Phil Perry’s Patriots Roster Reset: Can Sony Michel provide value for RBs in passing game?
- Karen Guregian puts together an early 53-man roster projection, including just two of the four QBs making the cut.
- Zack Cox passes along a report that Patriots Tackle Yodny Cajuste is ‘good to go’ after his lost rookie season.
- Evan Lazar reviews the film to analyze how the Patriots can incorporate tight ends Devin Asiasi and Dalton Keene.
- Nicole Yang explains how the Patriots drafted one very hard worker in Michigan LB Josh Uche.
- Doug Kyed gives us his takeaways on undrafted rookie receiver, and Jarrett Stidham’s teammate at Auburn, Will Hastings.
- Rob Bradford notes Rex Burkhead was struck by how quickly Jarrett Stidham picked up the Patriots’ offense.
- Tom Keegan hears from ex-Baylor coach Art Briles weighing in on Patriots QB Jarrett Stidham.
- Ryan Hannable notes Jarrett Stidham donates 1,000 meals to children and families at a local YMCA.
- Zack Cox notes QB Brian Lewerke faces long odds for a roster spot but his coach Mike Giovando believes he’ll be up for the challenge.
- Logan Mullen highlights Mike Lombardi on how the Pats can keep Joe Thuney and at a lower salary.
- Tom E. Curran breaks down the NFL’s offseason report cards to see which teams improved and which teams hurt their own cause.
- Dakota Randall recaps Greg Bedard’s lengthy article in the Boston Sports Journal that insinuates Tom Brady ‘checked out’ during the 2018 season. /Mind-reader Bedard claims he knows what Brady ‘feels’ that Brady was ‘paranoid’ and knows the moment when Brady ‘was done’ with the season. Bullsh*t.
- Chris Mason also discussed Greg Bedard’s column saying Tom Brady ‘checked out’ after the 2018 Pats’ 17-10 loss in Pittsburgh.
- Ryan Hannable relays former Buffalo QB Jim Kelly: If Bills don’t win AFC East, ‘something’s wrong’.
- Chad Finn notes ESPN has a chance to get it right with a new ‘Monday Night Football’ team.
- Michael Hurley talks about Sean Payton going off on the NFL, calls bountygate a sham.
- Chris Mason notes Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy thinks he’ll be disqualified from his auction win to watch Monday Night Football with Roger Goodell.
- Locked On Patriots podcast: Mike & Murph talk Patriots at the crossroads. (39 min.)
- Patriots Talk Podcast: Tom E. Curran, Phil Perry, Jeff “Cap” Capotosto, and DJ Bean debate if Tom Brady deserves more blame for 2019. (64 min.)
NATIONAL NEWS
- Albert Breer (SI) Monday Morning QB: How the Bears’ new quarterback room is handling the virtual offseason. Plus, the virtual annual meeting, an offensive linemen workout, Aaron Rodgers’s honesty and the soft opening of the NFL’s return.
- Peter King (ProFootballTalk) FMIA: ‘Just figure it out, bro’—How the NFL’s most challenged team is handling distance learning reality.
- Bill Barnwell (ESPN) Ranking NFL teams with the worst offseasons: Texans, Patriots, Packers, more.
- Robert Mays (The Ringer) Breaking down every division after the draft and free agency: AFC and NFC.
- Nate Davis (USA Today) Nine NFL teams throughout history that deserve ‘The Last Dance’ treatment. No. 1 The 2019 Patriots.
EXTRACURRICULAR
- Frank Schwab (Yahoo! Sports) Proposed Rooney Rule modifications include teams improving draft slots for hiring minority coaches, GMs
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Draft-compensation proposal is part of broader overhaul of NFL hiring processes.
- Michael Rosenberg (SI) NFL Misses the mark with plan to incentivize hiring minority coaches, general managers.
- Darin Gantt (ProFootballTalk) Sam Acho: NFL proposal to incentivize minority hiring won’t stop “cronyism”.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Cyrus Mehri: Proposed Rooney Rule enhancement is on “solid legal ground”.
- The Boston Globe offers the latest update on the Robert Kraft appeals hearing in the Orchids of Asia case.
- Ryan Talbot (NewYorkUpstate) Buffalo Bills DT Ed Oliver arrested for DWI, unlawfully carrying a weapon.
- Press Release (DCSheriff) Shots fired call in Meridian leads to arrest of one adult male, Washington WR Cody Latimer.