Frenz of the Family: Must-Reads Around the AFC East, July 2 Edition

Links to the best in AFC East coverage from the weekend and Monday morning.

New England Patriots

Jeff Howe of The Boston Herald lists five players the Patriots will be relying on in 2012.

Bleacher Report Patriots featured columnist Marc Freshman names the most overpaid and underpaid players on the Patriots roster.

Field Yates of ESPN Boston gives a scout's take on the tackle position—what teams look for, special teams impact and more.

New York Jets

Joe Caporoso of TurnOnTheJets.com continues his countdown of the top 50 Jets, with Nos. 40-30.

Rich Cimini of ESPN New York lists five players who could provide a Jeremy Lin-type contribution to the team.

Jenny Vrentas of the Newark Star-Ledger has a summer Q&A with Jets linebacker Ricky Sapp.

Buffalo Bills

Chris Brown of BuffaloBills.com has Bills running back C.J. Spiller saying he thinks the team can be a Super Bowl contender.

Tim Graham of The Buffalo News writes about Jim Kelly's hope that Tim Tebow ruins the Jets' season.

Miami Dolphins

Barry Jackson of The Miami Herald reports that Dolphins receiver Brian Hartline is recovering from an appendectomy. The recovery time from that operation is roughly two weeks.

NFL Films' Rob Gehring told The Finsiders that he's impressed with Dolphins head coach Joe Philbin so far.

Kevin Fishbain of Pro Football Weekly writes that Dolphins receiver Legedu Naanee has also impressed at camp.

More

We catch up with Tim Graham of The Buffalo News, who's been counting down the AFC East's top 25 players and has Patriots tackle Sebastian Vollmer at No. 21 and Dolphins defensive end Randy Starks at No. 20.

Erik Frenz is the AFC East lead blogger for Bleacher Report. Be sure to follow Erik on Twitter and "like" the AFC East blog on Facebook to keep up with all the updates.