TEAM TALK
- Patriots draft pick profiles: Justin Rohrwasser and Dalton Keene.
LOCAL LINKS
- Mike Reiss shares some quick-hit weekend thoughts: ‘Moment won’t be too big’ for Jarrett Stidham, his former coach says; Transitioning to post-Brady life; More.
- Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Sunday Patriots news, AFC East notes: Seymour gets my vote for the Hall... Tuna still gets a pass; More.
- Ryan Hannable’s Sunday 7: What direction are Patriots exactly going in for 2020?
- David Latham (LastWordOnSports) Ranking Patriots rookies by potential 2020 impact: From Day one starters to depth pieces.
- CBS Boston posts a collection of some post-draft commentary that proves the Patriots, really, really like Jarrett Stidham.
- Doug Kyed offers some takeaways on what makes Kyle Dugger a unique prospect. /Good read.
- Andrew Callahan looks at the Senior Bowl week that changed Kyle Dugger’s life.
- Andrew Callahan talks with Josh Uche’s former Michigan coach Jim Brown, who says the ultra versatile linebacker played six positions at Michigan, where he ranked as college football’s most effective pass rusher last season.
- Justin Leger notes that according to a story in The Athletic, NFL execs say the Patriots ‘hit a grand slam’ drafting TE Devin Asiasi.
- Jacob Camenker notes Dalton Keene’s ex-coach believes “the Patriots are going to love how he works.”
- Deyscha Smith highlights a Jeff Howe interview in The Athletic with James Develin describing the injury that forced him to retire
- Zack Cox passes along a report from Albert Breer that the Patriots are likely to lose longtime director of college scouting, Monti Ossenfort, in the coming weeks.
- Logan Mullen NFL Rumors: Doesn’t appear Patriots pursued Andy Dalton before Cowboys signed QB. /Go figure.
- Ty Anderson says the NFL reportedly plans to release preseason and regular season schedules this week
- Ryan Hannable relays one anonymous AFC evaluator (via The Athletic), who is worried the Patriots could tank for Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence. /Ridiculous.
- Gary Tanguay loves Julian Edelman and can’t bear to see him end his career at the hand of Jarrett Stidham getting him killed with a bad pass.
- Tom Keegan goes inside Tom Brady’s passing TD numbers: TD passes to first-rounders: Peyton Manning 293, Tom Brady 106, Aaron Rodgers 1.
- Scott Edwards Jr. relives the 10 best “Gronk being Gronk” moments as a Patriot. No. 7: Gronk throws Sergio Brown out of the club. — No. 6: Gronk makes “Yo soy fiesta” phrase famous.
- Robert Alvarez (PatsFans) On Wes Welker’s birthday, a look back at career highlights.
- Andrew Lykins (YouTube) The rise of the HY-Back and how the Patriots can use it. (5.05 min. video)
- Locked On Patriots podcast: Tiger Kings? Mike D’Abate is joined by Zac Blackerby of Locked On Auburn to talk Stidham, Hastings and Coe in New England. (32 min.)
NATIONAL NEWS
- Albert Breer (SI) Monday Morning QB: Inside the 49ers’ blueprint to get back to the Super Bowl; More.
- Peter King (ProFootballTalk) FMIA: With so much unknown, NFL can expect imperfect 2020 season.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Yet another Sunday PFT Mailbag: “What is the threshold you think the NFL would tolerate in infections or deaths from COVID if they open on time and see the disease arise in their midst?”
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Jarrett Stidham’s college coach confident he’s up to the task in New England.
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Devin McCourty: Virtual meetings have been good for getting used to life without Tom Brady.
- Dennis Waszak Jr. (AP) Big changes in AFC East, but Bill Belichick is the constant for the Patriots
- Ian O’Connor (ESPN) Why yesterday’s Michael Jordan-less Bulls give hope to today’s Tom Brady-less Patriots.
- Gregg Rosenthal and Chris Wesseling (NFL.com) Top 101 NFL free agents of 2020: 19 remaining.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Half of the 2017 draft Top 10 picks had their fifth-year options declined.
- Rodger Sherman (The Ringer) Has the NFL given up on Cam Newton?
- NFL Nation (ESPN) 2020 NFL Power Rankings: Plus post-draft winners for every team. Patriots 15th. Player who benefited most: Jarrett Stidham.
- Gennaro Filice and Dan Parr (NFL.com) 2020 NFL draft class rankings: Patriots 31st with a C-.
- MMQB Staff (SI) NFL Power Rankings Poll: Defending our unpopular picks.
- Frank Schwab (Yahoo! Sports) Don Shula, NFL’s all-time winningest head coach dies at age 90. /RIP.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) NFL Network, NFL Films impacted by furloughs.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) NFL wants college football to proceed (but if not would likely move games to Saturdays)