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…
- Tiquan Underwood had a Patriots logo shaved into his huge flat top (pic HERE).
- Rob Gronkowski was at media day without his walking boot, which is a good sign in terms of him being ready for Sunday.
- You can get all of the quotes from the Pats players at media day HERE and HERE.
- NFL.com’s Bucky Brooks provides five matchups to watch in the Super Bowl.
- The work of offensive line coach Dante Scarnecchia goes largely unnoticed but is worthy of praise.
- How can the Giants defend Rob Gronkowski?
- BREAKING NEWS: The Giants want to get in Tom Brady’s face…
- Former Patriot Heath Evans reflects back on Super Bowl XLII and does some second-guessing of Bill Belichick.
- A stomach bug hit Matt Light and much of the Patriots’ staff.
- Giants S Antrel Rolle: “We are going to win this thing.”
- Comcast Sports Net’s Tom Curran interviews Bill Belichick one-on-one.

