TEAM TALK
- Erik Scalavino offers his observations from the press box at Sun Life Stadium, about New England's disappointing defeat in Miami.
- Post Game Notes - Patriots vs. Dolphins. Records set, milestones reached and trends continued.
- Post Game Quotes: Patriots and Dolphins.
- Post Game Pressers: Bill Belichick
LOCAL LINKS
- Mike Reiss gives us his initial reaction to the Patriots loss to Miami.
- Tom E. Curran states the Patriots got flat out beat by the Dolphins yesterday.
- Ron Borges writes that when you live on the ledge, eventually you fall off.
- Mike Petraglia says the Patriots learned a costly lesson about needing to play perfect down the streatch to win games.
- Ben Volin reports the Dolphins won the game within the game while the Patriots defense wilted in the heat.
- Mark Farinella notes the Patriots played with fire again, but this time they were burned.
- Christopher Price tells us what we learned Sunday: Missed opportunities lead to surprising loss to Dolphins.
- Mike Reiss reports the Patriots are frustrated by the missed opportunity.
- Tom E. Curran points to the Patriots' red zone struggles as the difference in the game.
- Karen Guregian points out the problems the Patriots had in the red zone without a big, physical presence like Gronk.
- Jeff Howe notes that for the first time in the Bill Belichick era, the Patriots lost a game when they had an AFC East championship solely in their grasp.
- Field Yates reports the Patriots are 2nd in the AFC standings.
- Zuri Berry gives us five takeaways from Patriots-Dolphins: No Gronk? We'll take extra doses of Julian Edelman and Danny Amendola.
- Mike Reiss notes Stephen Gostkowski takes the blame for the kickoff that hurt the Patriots chances to win.
- Tom E. Curran sees yesterday as another low point for Dont'a Hightower.
- Tom E. Curran says Mike Wallace's TD catch over Marquice Cole, came back to bite the Pats.
- Field Yates talks about how the Patriots covered for the absence of Gronkowski.
- Troy Brown and Ty Law break down what went wrong in the Pats' loss. (6.02 min. video)
- Christopher Price tells us what went right and what went wrong as the Pats' last-minute comeback falls short.
- Mike Reiss picks his Ups and Downs for the Patriots.
- Ron Borges picks his Best & Worst from Sunday's loss.
- Erik Frenz issues his post-game Patriots stock report: Stephen Gostkowski commits two costly errors in narrow loss.
- Jeff Howe Patriots Notebook: Nate Solder was ruled out in the second half with the fourth concussion of his three-year career, the second in a week; Logan Mankins played LT for the fourth quarter; Josh Kline played LG; Stephen Gostkowski missed a 48-yarder and shanked a kickoff out of bounds to set up the Dolphins attheir own 40-yard line.
- Mike Reiss charts the snaps played by the offensive skill-position players, noting Josh Boyce didn't play in the final three series of the game.
- Mike Reiss analyzes the snaps played by Pats defenders Sunday and notes Marquice Cole was targeted quickly, when he came in for the injured Kyle Arrington.
NATIONAL NEWS
- NFL Game Center - New England Patriots vs. Miami Dolphins. Recap, stats, analysis and highlights.
- Anwar S. Richardson (Yahoo! Sports) Patriots’ 24-20 loss shows how much they miss Rob Gronkowski.
- AP Report (Fox Sports) Dolphins foil another Brady comeback bid, hold off Patriots.
- Josh Alper (ProFootbalTalk) Dolphins take down Patriots 24-20.
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Tom Brady keeps it short at press conference.
- Mike Tanier (Sports on Earth) Mandatory Monday: Ten bold pronouncements about a silly NFL Sunday.
- Don Banks (SI) Week 15 snap judgments: Dolphins continue their unlikely resurgence; More.
- Adam Dobrowolski (Cold Hard Football Facts) Stat Pack Week 15: Patriots' Super Bowl Chances Doomed?
- Around the League (NFL.com) What we learned: 43 takeaways from Week 15. Life without Gronk (or Dobson or Thompson) isn't easy.
- Staff Report (CBS Sports) NFL playoff picture - Dolphins jump to 6th seed.
- Bill Barnwell (Grantland) The AFC playoff blender.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) NFL morning after: Playoff races reach the home stretch.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Centralized replay could be coming as soon as 2014.