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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.