New England Patriots Links 9/16/14 - Edelman is Brady's Go-To Guy

TEAM TALK

• Erik Scalavino watches the film from Patriots-Vikings and breaks it all down.
• Paul Perillo looks at which team had the edge in each of the matchups during the Patriots 30-7 win over Minnesota.
• Briana Palma posts a pretty powerful video of Julian Edelman silencing his critics. (1.25 min.) /Worth a watch.
• Press Conference Transcript: Bill Belichick.
• Press Pass: James Develin (1.57 min. video) - Julian Edelman (2.31 min. video)
• Patriots Today - Player spotlight: Chandler Jones. (2 min. video)
• Patriots Today - Exclusive: Inside the locker room after the win. (1 min. video)
• Patriots Today - Patriots-Vikings montage. (1.57 min. video)

LOCAL LINKS

• Mark Farinella discusses how Julian Edelman has evolved into Brady's go-to guy.
• Eric Wilbur wants to know what's up with the Patriots' offense.
• Christopher Price jinxes the Patriots by pointing out Stevan Ridley's recent fumble-free streak.
• Jeff Howe describes how the ends and linebackers pulled a 180 from Week 1.
• Mike Reiss gives us his post-game look at what needs to be fixed: Penalties.
• Tom Laymen notes Bill Belichick is not happy with the amount of penalties committed by the team.
• Adam Kaufman likes waking up the morning after on Revis Island.
• Phil Perry highlights Bill Belichick breaking down Chandler Jones field goal block.
• Tony Massarotti weighs in on which teams stink, which ones to keep an eye on and other early craziness that is the NFL.
• Jeff Howe gives us five takeaways from Sunday's win: Brady is savvy enough to know the team's flaws won't get it done four months from now.
• Mike Reiss looks at the positional groupings utilized on offense.
• Mike Reiss takes a look at snaps by the offense with a quick-hit thought on each position.
• Mike Reiss tracks the defensive snaps and offers some thoughts at each position.
• Mike Reiss charts how often the team is in its base defense vs. its sub defenses.
• Mike Reiss re-watches the game and offers his review: First quarter - Second quarter - Third quarter - Fourth quarter.
• Hector Longo picks the Big Shows and the No Shows from Sunday, and gives out his post-game grades.
• Ron Borges grades the Patriots in his Week 2 Report Card.
• Tedy Bruschi posts the transcript of his weekly Patriots chat.
• Jeff Howe Patriots Notebook: Julian Edelman always will appreciate it when Tom Brady takes the hit to get him the ball; Devin McCourty's first-quarter interception was even more impressive when the Patriots watched it on film yesterday; Rookie RT Cameron Fleming has been on the field for 11 snaps through two games in a TE position as an eligible tackle, as a reward for a player who otherwise wouldn't see the field without an injury to another lineman

NATIONAL NEWS

• Tedy Bruschi (ESPN) Bruschi on Tap: Patriots offense a work in progress.
• Darin Gantt (ProFootballTalk) Tom Brady is not interested in your social activism.
• Kenneth Arthur (Sports on Earth) NFL Week 2's winners and losers.
• Boomer Esiason (SI) Best and Worst from Week 2. (1.30 min. video)
• Dr. David Chao (Nat'l Football Post) The new NFL drug testing policy is not what it appears to be.
• Will Leitch (Sports on Earth) Don't feel bad about watching the NFL.
• Darin Gantt (ProFootballTalk) Report: NFL to add outside help for domestic violence.