TEAM TALK
- Post Game Notes: Bills vs. Patriots. Records set, milestones reached, trends continued.
- Erik Scalavino offers his observations from the press box at Gillette Stadium, following New England's Week 17 win over the Bills.
- Post Game Pressers: Bill Belichick - Tom Brady - Rob Ninkovich.
- Post Game Quotes: Patriots and Bills.
- Post Game Locker Room - Players remark on Blount and more. (3.45 min. video)
- Patriots Today - Patriots win, Blount shines. (3.07 min. video)
- New England Patriots recognized as top NFL team for designated driver program.
LOCAL LINKS
- Mike Reiss gives us his initial reaction to the Patriots win over the Bills: The first-round playoff bye will give a banged up team a much-needed break.
- Karen Guregian notes the Patriots took care of business yesterday, earning a coveted first-round bye in a dangerous, wide-open AFC.
- Ben Volin reports the Patriots' toughness was on display in their season-finale win over Buffalo.
- Ron Borges writes the Patriots played like road graders and LeGarrette Blount was the man driving that bone-crushing machine.
- Christopher Price tells us what we learned from Sunday's win: Tampa two helped change the fortunes of the 2013 Patriots.
- Jerry Spar highlights Tom Brady's Monday morning call-in to WEEI: "We've definitely got a group of overachievers".
- Jeff Howe points out this was a 16-game stretch unlike any other for Bill Belichick's Patriots, but the team closed it out with a first-round bye.
- Steve Buckley says it's time to appreciate the Patriots' success, as inevitable as death and taxes.
- Christopher Gasper notes the 'Patriots beat the Bills to close out a salute-worthy regular season, but they will be measured as a team by what happens in 2014'.
- Field Yates reports the Patriots' 12-4 season earned them their fifth straight AFC East crown and a first-round bye in the playoffs.
- Shalise Manza Young reports the Patriots sewed up the No. 2 seed in the AFC with a 34-20 win over Buffalo at rain-soaked Gillette Stadium.
- Mike Reiss believes the Patriots have to like their chances in the playoffs.
- Ryan Hannable reports Julian Edelman reaches two franchise milestones in the Pats win over the Bills.
- Dan Ventura reports Julian Edelman joins the Pats' century club.
- Christopher Price tells us what went right and what went wrong in Sunday's win: Patriots were able to take care of business.
- Mary Paoletti awards her Pats-Bills superlatives.
- Mike Reiss picks his Ups and Downs for the Patriots.
- Karen Guregian chooses her Best & Worst from Pats-Bills.
- Mark Farinella posts his game Hots and Nots from Sunday.
- Mike Reiss charts the snaps played by the offensive skill-position players and counts a season-high 33 snaps for Blount.
- Mike Reiss looks at the snaps played by defenders and notes Sealver Siliga and Chris Jones are accounting well for themselves.
- Tom E. Curran and Kevin Walsh discuss the Pats season and all they've been through to get to 12-4. (2.01 min. video)
NATIONAL NEWS
- NFL Game Center - Buffalo Bills vs. New England Patriots. Recap, stats, analysis and hghlights.
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) LeGarrette Blount runs wild as Pats clinch second seed.
- Will Brinson (CBS Sports) 2013 NFL Grades, Week 17: Dolphins, Ravens choke hard. Pats earn a B.
- Dan Hanzus (NFL.com) The field is set: Nine takeaways from a wild Week 17.
- Don Banks (SI) Week 17 Snap judgments.
- Peter King (The MMQB) MMQB: It's OK Green Bay -- he's back.
- Kerry Byrne (Cold Hard Football Facts) Dominant Peyton Manning, Tom Brady refute parity myth (again).
- Jeffri Chadiha (ESPN) AFC playoffs Q&A: It's wide open. "Patriots have simply taken too many hits to think Brady can do this all by himself going forward."
- Video (NFL.com) Week 17: Top 5 runs. (1.51 min. video) Blount's 2nd TD No. 3.
- Video (NFL.com) Week 17 Can't-Miss Play: Tom Brady punts. (24 second clip)
VIEW FROM BUFFALO
- Sal Maiorana (Rochester Democrat & Chronicle) Groundhog Day at Gillette Stadium.
- Mark Gaughan (Buffalo News) Patriots make Bills pay for unforced errors.
- Sal Maiorana (Rochester Democrat & Chronicle) Buffalo Bills close out season with loss to New England.
- Jerry Sullivan (Buffalo News) Defense plays big role in latest Foxborough flop.
- Dan Goldman (Canandaigua Daily Messenger) Special teams cost Buffalo Bills again in loss to Patriots.
- Tim Graham (Buffalo News) Dareus angry at himself after second straight benching.
- Sal Maiorana (Rocherster Democrat & Chronicle) Buffalo Bills: Three and out.
- Tim Graham (Buffalo News) Patriot fatigue: New England's winning ways are getting old.