Daily news and links for Saturday
TEAM TALK
- Erik Scalavino shares the Patriots news, notes and buzz from Super Bowl LIII: Several Patriots soaking in first Super Bowl experience.
- Paul Perillo believes handling Brandin Cooks will be a priority.
- Angelique Fiske highlights the bets, animal picks and more Super Bowl oddities.
- All Access One-on-One: Tom Brady. (4.12 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Ian Logue (PatsFans) Patriots picked the perfect time to put it all together.
- Kevin Duffy gives us his five keys for Pats vs. Rams. 1. Get Gurley in space.
- Ryan Hannable offers 3 keys to the game, fun facts, prediction. 1. Establish the run.
- Zack Cox previews the Super Bowl, the key matchups and what to watch for. 1. How will the Patriots cover the Rams’ receivers?
- Phil Perry’s Keys for Pats offense vs. the Rams defense and the keys for the Pats defense vs. the Rams offense.
- Andrew Callahan thumbnails the top 10 Patriots-Rams matchups to watch Sunday.
- Kevin Duffy picks five things to watch for on Sunday. 1. The Sony show.
- Matthew Geagan tells us what he’ll be watching for: Gronk being back to Gronk — for one last time.
- Nadav Amar (LastWordOnSports) What to watch for in Super Bowl LIII. 1. Todd Gurley’s health.
- Devon Clements (PatriotsWire) Why Patriots should be concerned vs. Rams. 1. Can the Patriots’ offensive line contain Donald and Suh?
- Kristen Parker (PatriotsWire) Defensive comparison for Super Bowl LIII: Who’s got the advantage?
- Mike D’Abate (FullPressCoverage) Brady’s quest for the ‘next one’ truly defines his legacy.
- Tom E. Curran attempts to take the measure of how America regards Tom Brady.
- Karen Guregian traces Tom Brady’s development in the Super Bowl from good to GOAT.
- Shea Norling (LastWordOnSports) A definitive ranking of Tom Brady’s eight Super Bowls.
- Doug Kyed notes Patriots players named the best scout-team players they’ve ever practiced against.
- Chad Finn looks into exactly what kind of a player is a ‘Belichick guy’?
- Karen Guregian talks about the coaching matchup, Belichick vs. McVay, the great one vs. the next one.
- Mike Reiss highlights the best of Bill Belichick in the run up to the Super Bowl, as his dry humor shines through more than during the regular-season grind.
- Mike Petraglia notes the uniquely strong bond between Bill Belichick and his coaches that transcends the field.
- Ryan Hannable points to Nick Caserio, who perhaps is most responsible for the Patriots’ success besides Bill Belichick.
- Evan Lazar highlights what the Patriots assistant coaches are saying this week.
- Michael Hurley names James Develin as a crucial driving force behind this season’s run.
- Matt Dolloff reports Adam Butler keeps last year’s Super Bowl loss in the back of his mind: ‘I don’t want to have that feeling again’. /We don’t want you to either.
- Matt Dolloff talks about how despite constant changes, the Patriots cornerbacks keep finding success.
- Ryan Hannable reports Dont’a Hightower returned to practice Friday, and notes both teams are fully healthy for tomorrow’s game.
- Dakota Randall posts a “how we got here” hype video from the Patriots, featuring highlights from their 18 victories.
- Dave Brown snarkily suggests that losing Super Bowl LIII could be just what’s needed to reignite fan interest in the Patriots, even though, “win or lose, Tom Brady said there was a ‘zero percent’ chance he would retire, forcing the Patriots to slog through more years of his legendary greatness.”
- Dale Lavine (LastWordOnSports) Nation fatigued as New England Patriots reach the Super Bowl (again).
- NBC Sports Boston passes along a report from Adam Schefter: Brian Flores to fly to Miami after Super Bowl LIII to become Dolphins head coach.
- Sean Glennon (ThisFootballBlog) Super Bowl LIII pick, and the thoughts behind it.
- Michael Hurley runs through the matchups and makes his Super Bowl picks.
- Nick O’Malley scouts the edge at each position and predicts the score.
- CBS Boston makes their Super Bowl predictions.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Jenny Vrentas (SI) A Patriots Super Bowl run in four acts: IV, When a team finds out who it is: The Patriots’ December turning point.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Belichick pronounces the Patriots ready to go after Friday’s practice.
- Mark Schofield (Inside The Pylon) Tom Brady, Josh McDaniels and the 2018 Patriots’ passing game.
- Chris Wesseling (NFL.com) New England Patriots: The premier performance artists of an era.
- Jason La Canfora (CBS Sports) Appreciate Tom Brady and Bill Belichick now, because you’ll never see anything like this again: Let some of these stats sink in for a moment.
- Report (AP) Patriots quarterback Tom Brady tops NFLPA’s merchandise sales list.
- Jeffri Chadiha (NFL.com) Julian Edelman went from scrappy nobody to Patriots’ Mr. Clutch.
- Jordan Raanan (ESPN) How Patriots’ Julian Edelman became Tom Brady’s ‘little brother’.
- Dan Wetzel (Yahoo! Sports) Gronk may retire, but he’s not going anywhere but up.
- Conor Orr (SI) The wild story of how Bill Belichick discovered the benefits of sleep floatation tanks.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) No players are questionable, doubtful, or out in advance of Super Bowl LIII.
- Charles R. McDonald (SB Nation) Holy crap, Tom Brady has more playoff wins by himself than all but 4 other NFL teams.
- Danny Heifetz (The Ringer) The lessons Sean McVay can learn from each of the Brady-Belichick Super Bowls.
- Jamey Eisenberg (CBS Sports) Facing Aaron Donald could be ‘scary for Tom Brady and the Patriots.
- James Dator (SB Nation) What would it take to make Super Bowl Monday a public holiday?
- Louis Bien (SB Nation) I hate this Super Bowl. All I want is James White to catch 30 passes for 300 yards.
- Joan Niesen (SI) St. Louis’s Super Bowl: Confusion about the Rams—and contempt for Stan Kroenke.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalkk) Super Bowl week unfolds under high security.
- Adam Stites (SB Nation) Attention conspiracy theorists: The NFL is totally picking refs to help the Rams win Super Bowl 53.
- Armando Salguero (Miami Herald) These are some ways the Miami Dolphins plan to tank in 2019. “The Dolphins aren’t planning on letting Ryan Tannehill remain as the starter in 2019...”
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Report: League found no Cowboys tampering with Earl Thomas. /Go figure.
- R.J. White (CBS Sports) Expert picks against spread, prop best bets, live stream, TV channel, kickoff time.
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