New England Patriots Links 10/17/14 - A Few Big Plays Squeak Pats by the Jets 27-25

TEAM TALK

• Post Game Notes: Patriots vs. Jets. Records set, milestones reached, trends continued.
• Erik Scalavino shares his observations from the press box at Gillette Stadium.
• Paul Perillo gives props to some key plays by Danny Amendola for last night's win.
• Andy Hart says it wasn't pretty and it came down to the wire, but New England was just good enough to send the Jets back to New York with a loss.
• Post Game Pressers: Bill Belichick - Tom Brady.
• Patriots Today - Breaking down the win over the Jets. (2.36 min. video)

LOCAL LINKS

• Mike Reiss shares some quick thoughts from the 27-25 win over the Jets and what it means.
• Ron Borges states this was the perfect time for Danny Amendola to show up and bail out the Patriots.
• Mike Petraglia tells fans to get off his case. Amendola deserves a break.
• Jackie MacMullan writes Danny Amendola came out of his funk just in time to save the Patriots.
• Jeff Howe recaps last night's win, noting it took a last-second blocked field goal attempt to squeak out a victory.
• Christopher Price tells us what we learned: You can't pin the offensive struggles from last night on the O-line.
• Jimmy Toscano recaps a game that had the Jets rolling up 423 yards and a mind-boggling 40:54 time of possession.
• Christopher Price tells us how the Patriots won without Jerod Mayo and Stevan Ridley.
• Tom Layman reports Chris Jones, the player who triggered the Push Rule last year, earned his redemption last night with the game-saving blocked field goal attempt.
• Tom E. Curran talks about Chris Jones' redemption with his blocked field goal to preserve the win.
• Mark Daniels notes that of all the players to block a potential game-winning field goal, it had to be Chris Jones.
• Bill Speros writes Tom Brady continued his 2014 reformation tour Thursday night, coming through when the defense could not stop the Jets.
• Jimmy Toscano hears from Jordan Devey who was flagged for pushing (flopping) defender Antwan Barnes after he hit Brady hard and late. "Have to stick up for Brady"
• Eric Wilbur points out the Patriots' putrid defense against the Jets.
• Kyle Brasseur talks about how the Patriots can't stop the run, but they still contain the Jets.
• Christopher Price notes that Darrelle Revis helped shut down his old team: "Good teams win these tough games. We stuck in there as a team and we fought strong."
• Jeremy Gottlieb gives us five takeaways from the Patriots 27-25 win: A win is a win.
• Erik Frenz issues his Week 7 Patriots stock report: Shane Vereen, Rob Gronkowski, Rob Ninkovich and Danny Amendola on the rise.
• Jimmy Toscano picks his Best and Worst from last night.
• Mike Reiss picks his Ups and Downs from Thursday night.
• Mike Reiss analyzes the offensive snaps played by the Patriots last night. Amendola makes 23 count.
• Jeff Howe Patriots Notebook: Shane Vereen salutes Stevan Ridley with TD celebration; Vereen led the Pats (11 carries, 43 yrds and 5 receptions, 71 yds); Pats surrendered a season-worst 218 rushing yds; Wilfork figures it was an issue that could be corrected in time for the Bears game; Brandon Browner played in his first game since his suspension and was flagged twice for holding.
• Ryan Hannable puts up Tom Brady's latest Facebook post: "We are on to Chicago".

NATIONAL NEWS

• NFL Game Center - New York Jets vs. New England Patriots. Recap, stats, analysis and highlights.
• Gregg Rosenthal (NFL.com) Pats hold off Jets: What you need to know from 'TNF'.
• Judy Battista (NFL.com) No silver lining for Rex Ryan in latest Jets defeat.
• Will Brinson (CBS Sports) Patriots-Jets: 10 things to know from New England's 27-25 TNF win.
• Doug Farrar (SI) Smith, Jets keep it close, but fall to 1-6 in heartbreaking loss to Patriots.

VIEW FROM NEW YORK

• Ben Shpigel (NY Times) Jets do everything but win the game.
• Mark Cannizzaro (NY Post) The stunning irony in the Jets’ brutal blocked field goal.
• Seth Walder (NY Daily News) NY Jets fall to Patriots as Chris Jones blocks potential game-winning field goal.
• Mike Vaccaro (NY Post) The Jets waste a near perfect game — and a season.
• Steve Serby (NY Post) The Jets give Geno every chance to win — and he can’t.
• Gary Myers (NY Daily News) John Idzik's decision to pass on Darrelle Revis reunion with NY Jets never looked worse.
• Mike Vaccaro (NY Post) Jets-Patriots rivalry will soon be a distant memory.