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TEAM TALK
- Patriots Invite eight local Healthcare Superheroes to attend Super Bowl LV as their guests in appreciation of their tireless service.
- Angelique Fiske reports Robert Kraft called in to the “Greg Hill Show” to say he’ll match $25,000 donations for A.J. Quetta.
- Patriots Unfiltered 1/28: Trade for Deshaun Watson or Matthew Stafford? Plus more offseason topics. (2 hours)
LOCAL LINKS
- Phil Perry observes that the defense was attacked on the edges all season long. To fix it, they’ll have to rely on a rapid on-the-field maturation process from a trio of young players: Winovich, Uche and Jennings.
- Zack Cox identifies potential Patriots draft targets to watch in this year’s Senior Bowl.
- Mark Morse (PatsFans) Senior Bowl Day 2 and other notes.
- CBS Boston reports Alabama QB Mac Jones meets with the Patriots, but his Senior Bowl status is in doubt after ankle injury.
- Alex Barth reports Senior Bowl quarterbacks confirm meetings with the Patriots.
- Matt Vautour talks about the Senior Bowl’s increased importance for teams and prospects without the Combine.
- Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Patriots 2021 draft profile, Tulsa LB Zaven Collins.
- Doug Kyed addresses his Friday Patriots Mailbag: How the Pats can best use cap space to add weapons; More.
- Ryan Hannable relays Mike Lombardi who believes the Pats and Colts are “front-runners” for Matthew Stafford.
- Ricky Doyle highlights WEEI guest Tedy Bruschi explaining why Matthew Stafford isn’t a good fit in New England and why the Patriots shouldn’t trade for him.
- Zack Cox explains why the chances of the Patriots landing Deshaun Watson are slim, even though Watson reportedly has requested a trade out of Houston.
- Ian Logue (PatsFans) TE Ertz’s time done with Eagles?
- Tom E. Curran says Tom Brady’s last Patriotic duty is to defend the wall vs. KC.
- Andrew Callahan notes Tony Romo calls Super Bowl LV a legacy game for Tom Brady.
- Bill Burt explains why Gronk, not Tom, is the best story out of Tampa.
- Zack Cox relays Tom Brady’s message to Patriots fans: ‘I had an incredible 20 years (in New England)’
- Andy Hart tries to defend himself for rooting against Tom Brady.
- Steve Burton reports Patriots’ Berj Najarian is doing everything he can to help Armenia.
- Pats Pod: Matt Dolloff and Alex Barth try to make sense of the quarterback carousel. (45 min.)
- Locked On Patriots podcast: Mike D’Abate Sara Marshall discuss Cam Newton’s performance in 2020, the ‘best of the best’ of Sara’s 2020 standouts and who has the brightest outlook in 2021. Plus, Mike’s thoughts on why the Pats are unlikely to land Deshaun Watson. (39 min.)
NATIONAL NEWS
- Kevin Clark (The Ringer) Adding a postscript to the Tom Brady–Bill Belichick partnership: Brady’s Super Bowl run with the Bucs illuminates some aspects that led to his departure, but doesn’t diminish what he and Belichick achieved together with the Patriots.
- Chase Goodbread (NFL.com) 2021 Senior Bowl notebook: Alabama QB Mac Jones meets with Patriots, Saints, Texans.
- Bryan DeArdo (CBS Sports) Tom Brady vs. Patrick Mahomes: What history tells us.
- Jared Dubin (CBS Sports) Super Bowl 2021: A casual fan’s guide to Super Bowl LV if you don’t know Tom Brady from Greg Brady.
- John Breech (CBS Sports) Chiefs trying to become first AFC team in Super Bowl history to pull off this rare feat: Beating an NFC team twice in one season. /Eh... is this really a big thing?
- Gil Brandt (NFL.com) Remembering Tampa’s history as a Super Bowl city.
- Frank Schwab (Yahoo! Sports) Tom Brady has defeated 27 QBs in the playoffs. Here’s the ranking of all 27.
- Conor Orr (SI) Grading every 2021 NFL head coach hire.
- Danny Heifetz (The Ringer) The 2021 NFL quarterback commitment index.
- Charles Robinson (Yahoo! Sports) Quickest way for Bill Belichick to move Patriots out of Tom Brady’s shadow: Make a move on Deshaun Watson.
- Jordan Dajani (CBS Sports) Deshaun Watson trade rumors: Panthers expected to be aggressive in pursuit of Texans quarterback.
- Experts (NFL.com) Debate: Deshaun Watson’s best landing spot in a trade? Jets, 49ers, Panthers among enticing options
- Jonathan Jones (CBS Sports) Houston has reached point of no return; here’s why they need to trade him ASAP.
- Jordan Dajani (CBS Sports) Roethlisberger willing to restructure his contract for 2021, says he doesn’t care about pay.
- Jim Ayello (Indy Star) Jim Irsay: Colts ‘looked into’ Tom Brady last offseason before signing Philip Rivers.