TEAM TALK
- Post Game Notes: Patriots vs. Texans. Milestones reached, records set, trends continued.
- Erik Scalavino shares his observations from the press box at Reliant Stadium: Stevan Ridley watched the entire game from the sideline with a football tucked under his arm.
- Post Game Pressers: Bill Belichick and Tom Brady.
- Post Game Quotes: Patriots and Texans.
- Patriots Today - Patriots pull out another victory. (2.15 min. video)
- Locker Room Uncut - Postgame sounds from the locker room. (3.09 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Mike Reiss shares some initial thoughts on the Patriots' 34-31 win in Houston: Monster game from Gronkowski.
- Christopher Price tells us what we learned Sunday: All wins are created equal.
- Nick Underhill recaps Sunday's 34-31 win: Patriots able to contain J.J. Watt.
- Mark Farinella notes the Patriots are still half bad, and that's not good.
- Jim Donaldson thinks it's unwise for the Patriots to keep saving their best play for the second half.
- Ron Borges writes the Patriots defense can't keep relying on Tom Brady bailouts.
- Karen Guregian says there's no need to worry anymore about the Patriots offense.
- Mike Reiss sums up the Patriots' offense in recent weeks: What a difference a Gronk makes.
- Christopher Price measures the impact Rob Gronkowski has had since his return.
- Paul Kenyon reports James Develin really toughed it out for the Pats yesterday.
- Field Yates discusses how the Patriots replaced Stevan Ridley.
- CSNNE reports Logan Mankins says the Texans' D gets mad if they're not getting that camera time.
- Tom E. Curran lauds the play of Stephen Gostkowski and Ryan Allen.
- Nick Underhill points out Stephen Gostkowski is quietly becoming the Patriots’ secret weapon.
- Tom E. Curran notes the Patriots continue to take care of the little things, including how they use their timeouts.
- Mike Reiss counts the offensive snaps and analyzes what it means.
- Mike Reiss looks at the defensive snaps from Sunday and analyzes what it means.
- Christopher Price tells us what went right and what went wrong Sunday afternoon in Houston: It wasn't pretty, but the Pats escape with a win.
- Zuri Berry gives us five takeaways from Patriots-Texans: Defense when it matters.
- Kristie Rieken, AP tells us five things to know after the Patriots top the Texans 34-31.
- Mike Reiss looks at who's Up and who's Down for the Patriots vs. the Texans.
- Mary Paolettti gives us the Patriots-Texans superlatives.
- Ron Borges picks his Best & Worst from Pats-Texans.
- Jeff Howe Patriots Notebook: James Develin ran the longest yard of his life for his first NFL TD; Brady was only sacked once and hit three times; The OL were happy to have limited J.J. Watt's electricity; Julian Edelman had back-to-back nine-catch games for the first time in his career; With 70 receptions he triggered the final dose of his $250K in performance incentives; Josh Boyce averaged 24.8 yards in 6 returns.
NATIONAL NEWS
- NFL Game Center: New England Patriots vs. Houston Texans. Recap, stats, analysis and highlights.
- Darin Gantt (ProFootballTalk) Patriots hang on against the pesky 2-10 Texans.
- Dan Hanzus (NFL.com) Patriots overcome another big deficit to defeat Texans.
- Jonathan Comey (Cold Hard Football Facts) Predators: New England Patriots as predictable as 'Ahnold'.
- Staff Report (ESPN Stats & Information) Brady beats the blitz ... eventually.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Gronkowski is fine, despite apparent ankle tweak.
- Tania Ganguli (ESPN) Smith suspicious of New England Patriots' preparation.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Antonio Smith: Patriots are either spying on us or scouting us.
- Peter King (The MMQB) MMQB: Philly's perfect pitcher.
- Mike Tanier (Sports on Earth) Mandatory Monday: Ultimatum time.
- Will Brinson (CBS Sports) Sorting the Sunday Pile : Who's the AFC Wild Card favorite?
VIEW FROM HOUSTON
- Brian T. Smith (Houston Chronicle) Patriots hand Texans 10th straight loss.
- Randy Harvey (Houston Chronicle) Narrow loss to Patriots not a bad thing for Texans.
- Deepi Sidhu (HoustonTexans.com) Texans lose to Patriots in close contest.
- Jose de Jesus Ortiz (Houston Chronicle) Brady pumps life into Patriots in second half.
- Marc Vandermeer (HoustonTexans.com) The latest loss in the historic slide of 2013 was different from the others.
- Jerome Solomon (Houston Chronicle) Five things we learned in Texans’ loss to Patriots: Wade Phillips has yet to figure out Tom Brady and the Patriots' offense.