TEAM TALK
- Erik Scalavino rewatches the game and breaks down the film.
- Paul Perillo notes playing time is hard to come by for Aaron Dobson and Kenbrell Thompkins.
- Paul Perillo checks which team won their matchups Sunday.
- Press Pass: Kenbrell Thompkins (1.12 min. video)
- Patriots Today - Player spotlight: Julian Edelman. (2.05 min. video)
- Patriots Radio: Bill Belichick (2.24 min. video) - Chandler Jones (3.38 min. video) - Vince Wilfork (2.42 min. video)
- From the NFL - Rob Ninkovich: Our offense will start to click. (4.33 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Doug Kyed feels the offense can find its rhythm by deciding on the best starting unit and working from there.
- Jeff Howe focuses on two key areas that are hurting the efficiency of the offense, third down and the red zone.
- Kevin Duffy studies the film and sees plenty of blame to spread around for the Patriots' goal-line woes.
- Christopher Price believes the defense will hold the fort while the offense figures it out.
- Tom E. Curran wonders how long the defense will be able to carry the team.
- Tom E. Curran says there's not a damn thing that satisfied Bill Belichick when it came to his offense on Sunday.
- Tony Massarotti begs Bill Belichick to quit holding Tom Brady up like a human pinata, and fix the problem before he gets killed.
- Mike Petraglia lays out why we should be concerned about the Patriots.
- Tim Benz sighs that this ongoing offensive construction project is as slow going as the Big Dig, and it's trying his patience.
- Chad Finn believes the Patriots need to revisit the way the offense operated during the Charlie Weiss years - creative and balanced.
- Mark Farinella reports Kenbrell Thompkins thinks the younger players need to step up.
- Mike Lowe reports on the struggles of the offense despite back-to-back wins.
- Lee Schechter relays Belichick's explanation as to why he sat Aaron Dobson.
- Jeff Howe gives us five takeaways from the game: The O-line situation is stunting the development of the entire pass game.
- Mike Reiss rewatches Sunday's game and offers some good insight: First quarter - Second quarter - Third quarter - Fourth quarter.
- Hector Longo pulls out eight second-day thoughts on an ugly Pats win over Oakland.
- Tom E. Curran fesses up with his Pats-Raiders preview-review.
- Mike Riess charts the Patriots defensive groupings through Week 3.
- Mike Reiss breaks down the non-specialists showing up most on the four core special teams units Sunday.
- WEEI Patriots Monday highlights: Vince Wilfork - Tedy Bruschi - Chandler Jones - Julian Edelman - Tom Brady.
- Ron Borges issues his Week 3 Report Card: /The offense might want to hide this one from Mom & Dad.
- Jeremy Gottlieb issues his Week 3 Report Card: Pats are 27th in total offense and 2nd in total defense.
- Tedy Bruschi posts the transcript of his morning after Patriots chat.
- Jeff Howe Patriots Notebook: Patriots timeout to get the right personnel on the field helped them find the end zone; Aaron Dobson was the odd man out at WR for the second time in three games; Kenbrell Thompkins says it's an ongoing process to try to get the offense in rhythm; Rookie OL Bryan Stork played well in 15 snaps and could have a bigger role in future games.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Kiernan Hogan (Pro Football Focus) Refocused Game Review: Raiders at Patriots.
- Tedy Bruschi (ESPN) Bruschi on Tap: No quick fix for offense - Young players, new coach, inconsistency all adding up to chaos on O-line.
- Darin Gantt (ProFootballTalk) Tom Brady only sees one guy playing well on offense.
- Don Banks (SI) Snap Judgments, Week 3. Patriots are in the "contenders that should be worrying" category.
- Gordon McGuinness (Pro Football Focus) All-Star Team of the Week: Week 3, Defense. Dont'a Hightower gets a mention.
- Neil Paine (FiveThirtyEight) Revisiting the Greatest Show on Turf.