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TEAM TALK
- Andy Hart reports the Patriots will host the Colts in the AFC Championship Game.
- Paul Perillo notes Tom Brady took a pounding but still delivered a memorable comeback to beat the Ravens in Foxborough.
- Erik Scalavino breaks down the film of New England's playoff matchup against Baltimore.
- Patriots Today - Inside the victorious locker room. (1.44 min. video)
- Patriots Today - The win: Summing it up. (2.49 min. video)
- Press Pass - Kyle Arrington speaks on Sunday. (2.13 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Mike Reiss posts some quick-hit weekend thoughts from the Patriots and around the NFL.
- Mike Reiss notes Tom Brady's masterful game-winning drive gave the Patriots a victory in perhaps the greatest playoff game that Gillette Stadium has ever seen.
- Jackie MacMullan writes, 'Trick plays? Funky formations? Gronk on D? It added up to a huge Patriots win'.
- Tom E. Curran describes how the Patriots were masters of survival Saturday against the Ravens.
- Jeff Howe details how the Patriots adjusted to pull away from the Ravens.
- Christopher Price picks out ten plays that defined Saturday's classic.
- Jeff Howe gives us five takeaways from Pats-Ravens: Both the offense and defense were lousy in the first quarter.
- Jeremy Gottlieb selects his five takeaways from Saturday: Tom Brady is still the best.
- Kevin Duffy explains how the Patriots survived the Ravens: Tom Brady and Josh McDaniels called a masterful second half.
- Mark Daniels says it's never been easy against the Ravens in the playoffs, and Saturday's game certainly wasn't.
- Chad Finn writes the Patriots' victory over the whining Ravens came straight out of the ol' Championship Playbook. "In their minds, there are two outcomes to a football game: Ravens win. Ravens got robbed."
- Eric Wilbur calls Saturday's win 'without a doubt one of the best games in Patriots' postseason history.
- Karen Guregian acknowledges some disappointment at not getting another crack at Peyton Manning, but states exactly why the Patriots will get to Arizona.
- Steve Buckley comes to grips with the sobering reality that we may have seen our last showdown between Brady and Manning.
- Phil Perry notes Bill Belichick gives his players a lot of credit. "They're resilient. They're mentally and physically tough. They hang in there..."
- Jen McCaffrey notes the win over Baltimore marks the Patriots largest postseason comeback in team history.
- Nick O'Malley offers some key statistical takeaways from the Patriots' 35-31 playoff win.
- Mike Reiss reports the ratings for Patriots-Ravens was huge.
- Matt Chatham does a ridiculously good job of explaining the Patriots' 'deception' on Saturday, and blames the hot mess NFL rulebook.
- Mike Reiss notes Kyle Arrington credits the Gillette Stadium crowd for keeping the team in the game, "You couldn't have asked for a better atmosphere."
- Lee Schechter notes Duron Harmon called his interception late in Saturday's win the biggest pick of his life.
- Tom E. Curran talks about Logan Ryan's assist in that game-ending play.
- Kyle Brasseur hars Darrelle Revis wasn't a fan of the pass interference called on him.
- The AP reports this will only be the second time that three of the last four QBs already own a Super Bowl ring.
- Mike Reiss analyzes the offensive snaps by position: Tim Wright had a season-low amount of snaps.
- Mike Reiss looks at the defensive snaps and analyzes them by position: High usage of the team's three biggest tackles reflective of the stop-the-run mindset.
- The Herald Staff looks back at the last time the Patriots and Colts met.
- Steve Silva notes Julian Edelman is selling a T-shirt that pays homage to 'The Pass'.
- Jeff Howe Patriots Notebook: The NFL backed Bill Belichick after John Harbaugh's confusion over the rules; Pat Chung calls it an easy decision to sign his 3-year, $8.2M contract extension; The Pats didn't take punt coverage for granted during those last 14 seconds.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Kerry Byrne (Cold Hard Football Facts) Tom Brady now all-time postseason leader in, like, everything. /Good read.
- Don Banks (SI) In playoff comeback for the ages, Patriots pass their toughest test yet.
- Chris Burke (SI) Three Thoughts: Brady leads Patriots past Ravens with second-half rally.
- Jarrett Bell (USA Today) Brady beats Flacco in classic quarterback duel.
- Jared Dubin (CBS Sports) Tom Brady is now your all-time leader in postseason touchdown passes.
- Tom Pollin (Cold Hard Football Facts) Patriots survive near-death experience against the Ravens.
- Andrew Garda (Sports on Earth) No panic in these Pats.
- Ryan Wilson (CBS Sports) Ravens-Patriots: 10 things to know from New England's 35-31 playoff win.
- AP Report (USA Today) Patriots stay confident despite big deficits.
- Peter King (The MMQB) MMQB: Replaying a classic. ...and everything else from a dizzying NFL weekend.
- Bill Barnwell (Grantland) Divisional wrap-up: A crop of classics.
- Mike Tanier (Bleacher Report) Monday Morning Hangover: Weekend of upsets and classics.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) NFL morning after: Bill Belichick is a genius.
- Jeffri Chadiha (ESPN) AFC Q&A: Colts meet nemesis Pats.
- Charles P. Pierce (Grantland) A Gronking to Remember (And the Ravens were nevermore...)
- Anna Fogel (Fox Sports) David Ortiz can thank Julian Edelman he doesn't have to wear Ravens jersey.
- Kevin Seifert (ESPN) Inside Slant: Patriots 'deception' was legal, fair and handled reasonably.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Belichick may have gotten ineligible receiver idea from Saban.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) League will review whether Ravens got proper notice of ineligible player.
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Two early kickoffs from London coming our way in 2015.