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LOCAL LINKS
- Tom E. Curran writes how Bill Belichick’s leadership and experience give the Patriots a potentially significant advantage over the rest of the league entering the unusual 2020 season.
- Ryan Hannable talks about the changes to NFL rosters and the preseason will impact the Patriots. “There is no question Belichick will need to change some things up.”
- Karen Guregian discusses how it will be different for the Patriots O-line to protect Cam Newton vs. Tom Brady.
- Andy Hart and Ryan Hannable discuss how Julian Edelman will do in 2020 without Tom Brady?
- Henry McKenna (PatriotsWire) Cam Newton can help ensure Pats’ recent first-round draft picks don’t end up busts.
- Ryan Hannable thumbnails five players who will be hurt the most without any preseason games. 1. Cam Newton.
- Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Patriots 2020 training camp primer: Tight ends.
- Sean T. McGuire says Dalton Keene has the potential to be a valuable piece of the offense, with impressive hands and showing the agility and power that could make him tough to bring down after the catch.
- Dakota Randall highlights a workout video of Mohamed Sanu catching passes from Jarrett Stidham.
- Karen Guregian addresses training camp countdown question No. 8: Which undrafted free agent rookies will make the team? Preseason limitations put the streak in jeopardy, but here are three good options.
- CBS Boston reports that rookies Kyle Dugger and Josh Uche are already in town for training camp.
- Chris Mason passes along a report that Patriots rookies didn’t report yesterday, the first possible day to arrive.
- Andrew Callahan looks at the film to see how Cam Newton went undefeated against Bill Belichick in Carolina.
- Logan Mullen posts an Instagram video of Cam Newton throwing to Julian Edelman. /Sweet.
- Evan Lazar continues his countdown of the ten most important Patriots in 2020. No. 2, Stephon Gilmore.
- Chris Mason ranks all 16 Patriots games in terms of difficulty, from Sept. 13 vs. Miami to Oct. 4 at Kansas City.
- Tom E. Curran believes the hard part of the NFL-NFLPA negotiations is looming: Figuring out the money.
- Robert Alvarez (PatsFans) Watch Damien Harris surprise his mom with a new car.
- Nick Goss notes Cam Newton didn’t receive a strong player rating in the upcoming “Madden NFL 21” video game, and he doesn’t seem pleased about it.
- Phil Perry notes Devin McCourty is interested in the Oakley “Mouth Shield” masks: ‘I’ll be rocking it all training camp’.
- Locked On Patriots podcast: Mike D’Abate and Miguel ‘Pats Cap’ Benzan discuss the current salary cap space and how the team might invest it (TE David Njoku or DE Jadeveon Clowney?). Plus, Miguel sets the record straight on the prevailing Patriots “cap myths.” (48 min.)
- Locked On Patriots podcast: Mike D’Abate and Steve Balestrieri discuss the challenges of preparing for camp during COVID and the impact it has on roster-hopefuls and undrafted rookie free agents. Plus they run through some positional battles. (41 min.)
NATIONAL NEWS
- Kevin Seifert (ESPN) 2020 NFL offseason: Everything you missed, including Mahomes’ extension, Brady to Tampa, more.
- Vinnie Iyer (Sporting News) Ranking the NFL’s best wide receivers for the 2020 season from 1-25. No Pats.
- Nick Shook (NFL.com) Top 10 RBs exceeding expected rushing yards. No Pats.
- Vinnie Iyer (Sporting News) NFL tight end rankings 2020. No Pats.
- Danny Heifetz (The Ringer) The 2020 NFL All-New-Team team: The 22 most important players who changed jerseys this offseason, from Tom Brady to Darius Slay.
- Mike Jones (USA Today) NFL agrees to cancel 2020 preseason, reduce team roster sizes to 80 for training camp
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Rosters are expected to be at 80 for training camp.
- Nick Shook (NFL.com) NFLPA: 59 players have tested positive for COVID-19 at some point.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) NFL hopes that point-of-care testing will be developed soon
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Report: NFL will spend roughly $75 million on COVID-19 tests.
- Report (AP) NFL planning to allow social justice decals on helmets.
- Vinnie Iyer (Sporting News) When does ‘Hard Knocks’ 2020 start? HBO premiere date, trailer for Rams, Chargers.
EXTRACURRICULAR
- Mary Kay Cabot (Cleveland.com) Will Cleveland Browns keep FirstEnergy as stadium naming rights sponsor amid alleged bribery case?
- Charles Robinson (Yahoo! Sports) If NFL wants to curb abuse, it needs to ban non-disclosure agreements in cases of sexual harassment and discrimination.