New England Patriots Links 1/14/14 - These Are Not Your Week 12 Patriots, Broncos Teams

TEAM TALK

• Patriots Divisional Round victory tops a football-dominated week in local ratings.
• Monday Locker Room Quotes - Patriots and Broncos.
• Locker Room Uncut - Moving on to Denver. (3.26 min. video)
• Patriots Today - Two words: Jamie Collins. (3.10 min. video)
• From the NFL - The underdog Patriots. (1.22 min. video)
• From the NFL - Tom Brady vs. Peyton Manning: Who has the edge this time? (3.43 min. video)
• Plays by Pics: Colts at Patriots. (2 min. video)

LOCAL LINKS

• Field Yates helps us get to know the Broncos, again.
• Jeff Pini compares the Patriots vs. Broncos to see who has the edge at each position.
• Tedy Bruschi believes the Patriots will have to pick their poison against the Broncos.
• Mike Reiss informs us Jim Nantz and Phil Simms will broadcast Sunday's game.
• Jeff Howe sees this Sunday's matchup as a whole new ballgame from Week 12.
• Mike Reiss looks at what's different for the Patriots this time.
• Mike Salk writes that the Patriots formally announced their new identity: They are a physical football team.
• Jim Donaldson believes Brady-Manning is as good as it gets.
• Paul Kenyon says the Patriots are certainly getting bang for their Bucs.
• Mike Reiss & Field Yates relate the themes from Monday's media-access period at Gillette Stadium: No sign of Ryan Allen, Thompkins feeling "good".
• Obnoxious Boston Fan steels himself for the Brady vs. Manning XV hype, but points out there's so much more in store for Sunday.
• Mike Petraglia notes Danny Amendola is hoping a 'chip on our shoulder' will help him and the Patriots overcome the Mile High odds.
• WEEI highlights Tom Brady's Monday morning call-in: "It would be as satisfying a victory as we've ever had to go to Denver and win."
• Field Yates notes Tom Brady is embracing the team's underdog status.
• Tom E. Curran hears that Broncos safety Mike Adams is unimpressed with "one speed" Julian Edelman.
• Zuri Berry reports Broncos safety Mike Adams downplays Edelman's talents big-time.
• Mike Reiss reports Stevan Ridley touched on how a running back by committee helps keep all of them fresh.
• Tom E. Curran catches up with Matthew Slater who says playing in the AFC title game 'never gets old'.
• Field Yates notes Bill Belichick says there is no decision yet on Ryan Allen.
• Field Yates isn't sure who would fill in for Ryan or whether Brady will keep his holding duties.
• Rich Levine picks out the only two things that matter from last weekend.
• Mike Reiss cleans up the win over the Colts with a quarter-by quarter review of the game.
• Erik Frenz goes deeper with some observations on some hot topics from New England's 43-22 win Saturday. /Nice screenshot breakdowns.
• Jeff Howe gives us his five takeaways from Pats-Colts: Patriots peaking at the right time.
• Mark Daniels notes the players are blocking out the negatives from the first half of their Week 12 matchup with Denver.
• Jeff Howe reports Brandon Spikes' agent refutes the ESPN report that Belichick put Spikes on IR as "the final straw".
• Ron Borges issues his Patriots Divisional Round Report Card. /Pats' physical play puts the putz in a good mood.
• Jeff Howe Patriots Notebook: Broncos CB Chris Harris is out with a torn ACL; Vegas has New England as the underdogs; Danny Amendola notes he and his teammates like to play with a chip on their shoulder; FB James Develin's emergence is a credit to his perseverance and work ethic.

NATIONAL NEWS

• Bill Barnwell (Grantland) Divisional wrap-up: The final four of football is set, so let's take a look at how we got there.
• Mike Tanier (Sports on Earth) Mandatory Monday: The fated four.
• SportsCenter (ESPN) First look: Conference title games. (3.17 min. video)
• SportsCenter (ESPN) Centerpiece: Ron Jaworski, Chris Mortensen and Eric Allen on Pats' transformation. (5.37 min. video)
• Don Banks (SI) Anticlimactic Divisional Round produces marquee final four.
• Gary Myers (NY Daily News) Tom Brady and Peyton Manning meet for another classic AFC Championship matchup.
• Jonathan Comey (Cold Hard Football Facts) Title Game Megaprimerstravaganza.
• First Take (ESPN) Should the Broncos fear the Patriots? (4.54 min. video)
• Andrew Perloff and Chris Burke (SI) AFC Championship features Brady-Manning showdown. (4.26 min. video)
• Jeff Saturday (ESPN) What to expect from Brady vs. Manning. (1 min. video)
• Michael Silver (NFL.com) Brady-Manning, 49ers-Seahawks rivalries renewed in title games.
• Marc Sessler (NFL.com) Tom Brady: A Patriots win in Denver would mean a lot.
• Gregg Rosenthal (NFL.com) First look at Conference Championship weekend.
• Jeffri Chadiha (ESPN) AFC playoff Q&A: A super matchup.
• Peter King (The MMQB) MMQB: Just how it should be.
• Dan Hanzus (NFL.com) Which is the best playoff team left standing?
• Hank Gola (NY Daily News) Broncos' Wes Welker refuses to play head games with Patriots coach Bill Belichick.
• Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Tom Brady: No one's going to pick us this week.
• Charles P. Pierce (Grantland) Check him out on YouTube: LeGarrette Blount gives us a new Internet highlight reel.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Charles Barkley says Patriots need to be more appreciated.
• Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Broncos will only sell tickets to Rocky Mountain region.

VIEW FROM DENVER

• Mike Klis (Denver Post) Tuesday morning QB: Final four edition.
• Mike Morris (DenverBroncos.com) Fitting challenge for a Championship game.
• Paul Klee (Colorado Springs Gazette) Broncos can't fear the Dark Lord of Foxboro. /Much disdain of "brilliant" Bill Belichick.
• Benjamin Hochman (Denver Post) Denver Broncos want to win NFL title for Champ Bailey, Peyton Manning.
• David Ramsey (Colorado Springs Gazette) Witness the Peyton Manning of old rather than last year's creaky QB.
• Andrew Mason (DenverBroncos.com) Replacing Chris Harris Jr.
• AP Report (Colorado Springs Gazette) Broncos won't say who will replace injured cornerback Chris Harris.