Morning sports update: Browns will reportedly make a run at Jimmy Garoppolo
The news continues to flow out of Houston, where the Patriots and Falcons are busy preparing for Super Bowl 51.
Browns buzz on Jimmy Garoppolo: Sources say the Browns’ interest in Garoppolo is real and that they’ll try to trade for him depending on how their draft evaluations go over the next five weeks or so. (Cleveland.com)
Dante Scarnecchia finds himself again with the Patriots: “I love coaching,” the Patriots’ longtime offensive line coach explained yesterday when asked why his “retirement” was shorter than that of most prize fighters. “I liked being away, too. I had a lot of fun. I didn’t miss it. I really didn’t. (Boston Herald)
Tom Brady refers to Robert Kraft as a second father: Brady detailed just how much Kraft has meant to him on Tuesday, noting how he moved all the way across the country from California to play for the Patriots. (WEEI)
If you could get Bill Belichick to answer any single question honestly, what would you ask?”: Well, first, we have to presume it was a Roger Goodell toadie (probably a former Jets employee) doing the truth-serum administering. (Boston.com)
Inside the brilliant football mind of Bill Belichick: “If you’re not operating together on the same wavelength and you don’t trust and respect each other, there is no chance for success.” (Boston.com)
Zdeno Chara nets go-ahead goal in 3rd, Bruins beat Lightning 4-3: The Boston Bruins and Tampa Bay Lightning are heading in different directions in the Atlantic Division. (Boston.com)
Tedy Bruschi on how much longer he thinks Brady-Belichick will last: The question gets asked every year. And every year Tom Brady and Bill Belichick keep forcing the answers to be altered. (Boston.com)
NFL transcripts leave out a couple of things: Trump and Goodell: At “Opening Night” on Monday, ahead of the Super Bowl, hundreds of reporters peppered members of the team with all manner of questions, including what they thought of Trump and Goodell. But when the NFL posted transcripts of the interviews with members of the Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons, there were almost no references to Trump or Goodell. (Boston.com)
