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TEAM TALK
- Patriots-Colts - A limited number of AFC Championship game tickets will go on sale to the general public on Tuesday, January 13 through Ticketmaster.
- Paul Perillo scouts the matchups: Containing Luck.
- Erik Scalavino reports Bryan Stork's status is uncertain.
- John Rooke believes Saturday's game was mental and may have been won before anyone took the field.
- Andy Hart passes along a report that Josh McDaniels is 'expected to stay with Patriots.'
- Mike Hacku re-posts Tom Brady's latest Facebook post showing he's ready for Sunday.
- Briana Palma notes Saturday's game was a roller coaster and plenty of famous fans were along for the ride.
- Infographic: Breaking down the win over the Ravens.
- Conference Call Transcripts - Bill Belichick - Josh McDaniels - Matt Patricia.
- WEEI Patriots Monday: Chandler Jones - Julian Edelman - Bill Belichick.
LOCAL LINKS
- Mike Reiss helps us get to know the Indianapolis Colts and which players to watch for on both sides of the ball.
- Mike Reiss posts three things to know about the Pats' matchup with the Colts.
- Steve Buckley thinks it's hilarious how Bill Belichick is in every foe's heads.
- Luke O'Neil discovers six other deceptive tricks the sneaky Patriots used to knock off the Ravens. /Delicious bowl of Snark Flakes for breakfast.
- Bill Speros notes Bill Belichick demonstrated how it's good to be bad with his moves against the Ravens on Saturday.
- Ryan Hannable tells us the coaches are preparing for a different Colts team than the one they faced.
- Jeff Howe is looking for Rob Gronkowski to be more fired up this week after Sergio Brown popped off how he shut him down the last game.
- Tim Benz doesn't think the Colts can do what the Ravens almost did.
- Mike Reiss cleans out his Patriots-Ravens notebook: Part 1 and Part 2.
- Lee Schechter finds Brandon LaFell's mental toughness and physical ability to fight with DBs to make plays on the football have been impressive.
- John Tomase reveals Ty Law's message for Darrelle Revis is that this is his 'chance to become a legend.'
- Mike Reiss highlights Tom Brady's interview on WEEI, where he touches on his respect for John Harbaugh, trick plays in football, and how 'you have to prepare for everything.'
- Lee Schechter notes Bill Belichick said the strategy against Baltimore was not out of the ordinary, and inspired by watching another NFL team.
- Field Yates says that while he doesn't know for sure which NFL team Bill Belichick was referring to, he did find a play that may have been a root of their motivation.
- Mike Reiss relays Belichick's thinking on how the Patriots handled the end of the game.
- Lee Schechter notes Julian Edelman's pass was six years in the making.
- Tedy Bruschi posts the transcript of his weekly Patriots online chat.
- Ron Borges issues his Divisional Round Report Card: Tom Brady comes through again.
- Jeremy Gottlieb issues his Divisional Round Report Card: Patriots pass by the skin of their teeth.
- Steve Silva posts a terrific video looking at Brady's early-season struggles, the media clips of analysts panning him, and how the season turned around. (22.47 min. video)
- Adam Kurkjian & Jeff Howe Patriots Notebook: Bill Belichick got a little testy when asked again about the ineligible receiver formation, "I think you see it every week."; Josh McDaniels says the run game was never in the plan; Belichick had no regrets with the way the final 1:39 of the game played out, and in fact it went exactly as Belichick thought it would. Yeesh.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Mike Wells (ESPN) Pagano: Patriots did nothing wrong.
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Chuck Pagano on Patriots: We have to be prepared for everything.
- Chris Strauss (USA Today) 5 key things to watch in the Colts-Patriots AFC Championship game.
- Mike Wells (ESPN) Patriots have dominated the Colts in the running game.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Belichick scoffs at talk that four-lineman formation was cheating.
- Gary Mihoces (USA Today) Bill Belichick doesn't 'really understand' issue over Patriots' formations.
- Jarrett Bell (USA Today) Patriots' defense has championship timing.
- Around the NFL (NFL.com) 21 things you need to know from Divisional Weekend: The Patriots didn't lose on Saturday because Tom Brady wouldn't let them.
- Gregg Rosenthal (NFL.com) What to watch for on Championship Sunday.
- Alex Marvez (Fox Sports) NFL Championship Sunday preview: Down to the final four.
- Pete Prisco (CBS Sports) NFL Playoff Musings: Colts are black sheep of conference title games.
- Chris Burke (SI) An early look ahead to Championship Weekend.
- Will Brinson (CBS Sports) Sorting the Sunday Pile: 2015 Super Bowl Odds, ranking matchups.
- Sheil Kapadia (Sports on Earth) Divisional Round difference-makers.
- Robert Mays (Grantland) NFL Divisional-Round winners and losers: Andrew Luck’s rise, Peyton Manning’s fall, and the tragedy of Dez Bryant’s hands.
- Peter King (The MMQB) The Divisional Mailbag.
- Scott Kacsmar (Football Outsiders) Clutch encounters: Divisional round.
- Andrew Potter (Football Outsiders) Audibles at the Line: Divisional Round.
- Jason La Canfora (CBS Sports) Best job in the NFL; Divisional Round notes: Kubiak's call?
- Brian Billick (NFL.com) Under the headset: Rex Ryan's Bills hiring, Peyton Manning's woes spark questions.
- Jim Basquil and Eric Allen (ESPN) Film Room: T.Y. Hilton vs. Darrelle Revis. (2.36 min. video)
- Nate Burleson (NFL.com) Divisional Round: Bold performances. (6.50 min. video)
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Report: John Fox declines to interview with Jets.