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TEAM TALK
- Andy Hart notes Bill Belichick and Pete Carroll took very different stylistic roads through Foxborough and into Super Bowl XLIX.
- Erik Scalavino breaks down the film of Pats-Colts.
- Paul Perillo looks at which team won their matchups Sunday night.
- Conference Call Quotes: Bill Belichick - Josh McDaniels - Matt Patricia.
- Patriots Today - Inside the locker room after the win. (1.08 min. video)
- Patriots Today - AFC Championship Trophy Ceremony. (7.42 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Adam Kaufman remembers when the Patriots were done after Week 4 and says it just goes to show you can never count out Bill Belichick and Tom Brady.
- Jeff Howe focuses on how the defense jelled together to pulverize the Colts for 60 consecutive minutes Sunday.
- Jackie MacMullan focuses on how opposing teams (or fans) really don't have any idea what the Patriots might do once the ball is snapped.
- Jeff Howe gives us five takeaways from Pats-Colts: Brady is rewriting the record books at a torrid pace.
- Christopher Price looks back at the week that changed everything for the 2014 Patriots.
- Karen Guregian points to the New England-Seattle game back in 2012 as the one that launched the image the Seahawks have now.
- Tom E. Curran reports the Patriots are in the Super Bowl, so let the angst begin.
- Jeff Pini reports the betting lines have moved from the Seahawks holding a slight edge over the Patriots to no favorite at all.
- Adam Kurkjian notes Julian Edelman hopes to write a better ending to this Super Bowl appearance, while preparing for the best secondary in football.
- Steve Buckley calls deflategate overinflated. "Bad football, not bad footballs, doomed Indy.
- Mike Reiss highlights Bill Belichick's WEEI interview on how "We're on to Cincinnati" became a rallying cry; Jerod Mayo and Nate Solder.
- Mike Reiss relays how Bill Belichick cites halftime of the early Monday night loss to the Chiefs as the turning point of the team's season.
- The Herald recaps the 'bitter' Brady vs. Sherman exchanges on and off the field... except the only one who's angry is Sherman.
- Ron Borges issues his Week 18 Report Card: This was a WWE-style beatdown from top to bottom. "If anyone deflated the footballs Sunday it was the Patriots’ secondary."
- Jeff Howe Patriots Notebook: Bill Belichick said the Patriots are fully cooperating with the NFL but is otherwise mum about the ball probe; Belichick and Pete Carroll have a strong friendship; Jake Bequette, Josh Boyce, Joe Vellano and Tavon Wilson were recognized as practice players of the year.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Judy Battista (NFL.com) New England Patriots display shape-shifting brilliance on O-line.
- Kerry Byrne (Cold Hard Football Facts) The dirty two-dozen: Patriots offense spreads the wealth.
- Marc Sessler (NFL.com) Darrelle Revis: 'This is why I signed with the Patriots'.
- Tedy Bruschi (ESPN) Patriots bashing is getting old: While others cry foul, it's New England's time to embrace the Pats' greatness.
- Peter King (The MMQB) Tuesday Mailbag; Championship fallout: on deflation and blame.
- Staff Report (ESPN) Drew Bledsoe: Bill Belichick, Pete Carroll more alike than you'd think in creating culture of competition.
- Kevin Patra (NFL.com) Nate Solder on TD: 'I don't remember half the play'.
- Ian O'Connor (ESPN) Meet Tom Brady's first believer. /Good read.
- Dan Hanzus (NFL.com) First look: Seven things to watch in Super Bowl XLIX.
- Jim Corbett (USA Today) Tom Brady vs. Russell Wilson is a Super Bowl battle of old vs. new.
- Patrick Imig (Cold Hard Football Facts) Patriots-Seahawks Super Bowl: The two best things going.
- Chris Chase (USA Today) Why the Seattle Seahawks aren't winning Super Bowl XLIX.
- Gary Mihoces (USA Today) Vince Wilfork pulled a car crash victim out of her car with one hand.
- Joe McDonald (ESPN) Bruins look to Patriots for inspiration.
- Chris Wesseling (NFL.com) Belichick: Pats will cooperate with NFL investigation.
- Jarrett Bell (USA Today) Patriots deserve due process on deflation flap.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Pagano on deflated footballs: Didn’t notice it, won’t comment on it.
- Michael Rosenberg (SI) Deflated footballs just latest corner Belichick's Pats accused of cutting. /Adjust tinfoil hat before reading.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) NFL sees viewership decline for conference championship games.
- AP (ESPN) Seahawks apologize for MLK tweet.