Good morning! The First Shot provides you with a healthy helping of links to the top Patriots-related stories around the internet to get your day started. Enjoy your breakfast, your coffee, put off your work (just keep an eye out for the boss), and get your early morning football fix. The links begin after the jump…
- How can the Patriots slow down the Giants’ pass rush?
- The NFL Pro Bowl has become a pretty lackluster game. How can the NFL fix its all-star game?
- Being in Indy now, the Super Bowl is getting for the Patriots.
- Rob Gronkowski has been a major part of the Patriots’ success.
- Gronk was seen in a walking boot when the team arrived in Indianapolis.
- The NY media is making a lot of nothing out of one of Brady’s remarks at the Patriots’ send-off.
- Bill Parcells is proud of his two former assistants, Bill Belichick and Tom Coughlin.
- Giants WR Victor Cruz has modeled some of his game from Wes Welker.
- Here are four storylines to follow during Super Bowl week.

