New England Patriots Links 1/15/15 - Ninkovich: 'We Have to Hit Reset Button' on Colts

TEAM TALK

• Patriots - Colts Wednesday Injury Report.
• Erik Scalavino shares some notes and locker room chatter from Wednesday at Gillette: Controlling emotions crucial for Patriots.
• Paul Perillo scouts the matchups: T.Y. Hilton vs. Darrelle Revis.
• Patriots Quotes from Wednesday: Bill Belichick, Tom Brady, Vince Wilfork, Matthew Slater, Dan Connolly, Rob Gronkowski, Danny Amendola, and Rob Ninkovich.
• Press Conferences: Bill Belichick (16 min. video) - Tom Brady (13.48 min. video)
• Press Pass: Gronk and other Patriots chat about the Colts. (2.48 min. video)
• Patriots Today - Bryan Stork misses practice. (1.48 min. video)

LOCAL LINKS

• Lee Schechter notes Vince Wilfork discusses how the Patriots feed off Tom Brady's competitiveness.
• Steve Buckley finds that Brady still has the same zeal and enthusiasm that he brought to the field way back in January 2002, when this was all new and shiny.
• Tom E. Curran says that despite hawking Uggs and embracing goats, Tom Brady at 37 is still one of the most crazed players in the league.
• Mike Reiss shares his notes from a busy Wednesday at Gillette: There's a widespread feeling the Pats didn't play their best against the Ravens. They're approaching this week as a chance to correct that.
• Adam Kurkjian wonders whether the Patriots will go to the ground again or stay in the air.
• Karen Guregian discusses the hype surrounding Andrew Luck and says this is Luck's first real test when it comes to the playoff season.
• Jeff Howe points out the good and the bad of Andrew Luck.
• Jeff Howe looks at the key matchups for Sunday: Rob Gronkowski vs. Colts safeties.
• Tom E. Curran explores the matchups: Rob Gronkowski vs. LaRon Landry.
• CSNNE tells us Sergio Brown wants to throw Gronk out of the club.
• Chris Mason notes this game will mark Sergio Brown’s first return to "the club" since Rob Gronkowski sent him packing in Week 10.
• Jeff Howe Patriots Notebook: Josh Kline is preparing for the possibility of starting the biggest game of his career; Jonas Gray and Julian Edelman are removed from the Injury Report; Brandon Browner (knee), Chris Jones (elbow) and Dont'a Hightower (shoulder) all suffered injuries against the Ravens; Belichick and Brady have won five conference championships together, the most in history by a coach-QB tandem.

NATIONAL NEWS

• Thomas George (SB Nation) How the Patriots went from bums to beasts.
• Robert Mays (Grantland) Cheap, young and versatile: The homegrown importance of New England's linebackers.
• Mike Wells (ESPN) Colts at Patriots preview.
• Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) When Ravens ran same play twice, Patriots figured it out.
• Chris Wesseling (NFL.com) AFC Championship preview: Colts-Patriots.
• Inside the NFL (NFL.com) AFC Championship preview. (2.54 min.video)
• Kevin Patra (NFL.com) Colts' D knows it must stop Patriots rushing attack.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Patriots’ injury report fairly short for mid-January.
• Kevin Patra (NFL.com) Andrew Luck on road title game: The harder the better.
• Brian Billick (NFL.com) Championship Sunday quartet tells us plenty about today's NFL.
• Adam Schefter (ESPN) SB storylines have plenty of sizzle.
• John Clayton (ESPN) Mailbag: Coaching searches shift to defense; Dearth of franchise QBs.
• Gil Brandt (NFL.com) 2014 All-Rookie Team. Bryan Stork gets a nod.
• Inside the NFL (NFL.com) Inside Rob Gronkowski's party bus. (3.41 min.video)
• Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Ray Lewis: We only know who Tom Brady is because of the tuck rule.
• The Stephen A. Smith Show (ESPN Radio) Ray Lewis says the Tuck Rule "is the only reason we know who Tom Brady is."  (6.20 min. audio)