New England Patriots Links 10/14/15 - Players, Coaches: Patriots-Colts Just Another Game

TEAM TALK

• Game Preview: Patriots at Colts - Broadcast info, series history, team connections and which players to watch for.
• Andy Hart takes a second look at Rob Gronkowski's big play that ignited the Patriots biggest drive of the day.
• Paul Perillo tackles this week's Ask PFW Mailbag: Keeping Dion Lewis healthy.
• Conference Call Transcripts - Bill Belichick, Josh McDaniels, Matt Patricia.
• Patriots Today - Inside winning locker room in Dallas. (1.56 min. video)
• NFL Now (NFL.com) Patriots vs. Colts preview. (2.51 min. video)

LOCAL LINKS

• Karen Guregian looks at the Patriots and Colts since the AFC Championship Game and says the Colts still will have a hard time not getting creamed by Brady & Co.
• Mike Reiss notes that if the Patriots are approaching Sunday night's game with more of a personal edge, they're not showing it and they're definitely not saying it.
• Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Five first impressions of the Colts.
• Christopher Price acknowledges Patriots-Colts is always compelling theater, but it's no rivalry.
• Rich Levine writes the Tom Brady Tour rolls through Indianapolis this weekend, where there will be no mercy.
• Tom E. Curran points to RB Frank Gore as the most important Colt for Sunday night.
• Mike Reiss answers his weekly Patriots Mailbag: Did Cowboys provide 'blueprint' to slow the Patriots?
• Kerry J. Byrne states why ESPN's QBR is 'statistical pixie dust', after the non-mathematical number determined that Brady was one of the worst QBs in Week 5. "This week’s rankings...betray either a bad stat or bias against Brady inside the halls of ESPN."
• Michael Hurley calls out Gregg Doyel as a blowhard who rode the Hot Take Wave back in January and has loved the attention ever since.
• Rich Garven notes Belichick has a lot of praise for the special-teams play vs. the Cowboys.
• Rich Garven reports Matt Patricia feels the Patriots are fortunate to still have Jerod Mayo.
• Karen Guregian Patriots Notebook: The Patriots players and coaches are playing down the deflategate angle; Tom Brady is a master of the QB sneak, with a 92.6 percent success rate; Matt Patricia cautioned about the big-play ability of the Colts offense; Bill Belichick lauded the play of Frank Gore and Andre Johnson.
• Christopher Price breaks down the offense after four regular-season games.
• Christopher Price tracks the Pats penalties through Week 5.
• Nick O'Malley explains what is a pick play and what isn't, after noting that New England leads the NFL in OPI.
• NESN gives us the most absurd moments of deflategate.
• Matt Pepin posts the photo of Tom Brady's dog that Brady put on his Facebook page.
• The AP reports the Colts are giving the Patriots silent treatment heading into Sunday's game.

NATIONAL NEWS

• Mike Reiss and Mike Wells (ESPN) Comparing the Patriots, Colts since NFL Deflategate.
• Kevin Patra (NFL.com) Tom Brady not concerned with revenge vs. Colts.
• Oliver Thomas (247 Sports) Tom Brady's QB sneak a blend of awareness, want to.
• John Breech (CBS Sports) Does Tom Brady want revenge on the Colts for Deflategate? QB talks.
• Alex Marvez (Fox Sports) Patriots vs. The World: Who are New England's biggest rivals?
• Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Belichick bristles at question about Brady, calls him one of the NFL’s toughest players.
• Oliver Thomas (247 Sports) Checking in on six recent Patriots additions.
• Oliver Thomas (247 Sports) Josh McDaniels: Colts 'want to beat us and we want to beat them'.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Colts brace for Patriots to neutralize T.Y. Hilton.
• Bill Bender (Sporting News) The rise of Patriots' Dion Lewis: The do-everything back is playing huge role.
• Bob Snowdon (Goal Line Gazette) Top excuses for losing to the Patriots.
• Sean Wagner-McGough (CBS Sports) 10 best moments from Julian Edelman's Reddit 'Ask Me Anything'.
• Bill Barnwell (Grantland) Taking the NFL's statistical temperature.
• Dan Wetzel (Yahoo! Sports) Here's what can put deflate-gate to rest: NFL transparency on football deflation analysis.
• Kevin Clark (Wall St. Journal) Why the NFL has a ruling class: There are a record six undefeated teams -- all using the same blueprint.
• Kenneth Arthur (Sports on Earth) The post-week-5 Eliteness rankings.
• Sally Jenkins (Washington Post) NFL’s problem isn’t too many abusers; it’s too few Terry Bradshaws speaking out.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) NFL should investigate clock error.
• Marc Sessler (NFL.com) Heroes & Villains: Villains No. 1. The 31 teams that missed on Dion Lewis.
• Dave Dameshek (NFL.com) The Shek Report: Week 5. (4.27 min. video)
• Darin Gantt (ProFootballTalk) Bills sign Josh Johnson, so Colts can’t again this week.

DUMPSTER DIVE [VIEW FROM INDY]

• Bob Kravitz (WTHR) On the Colts and Patriots and the ultimate morality play.
• Gregg Doyel (Indy Star) Patriots-Colts rematch not what we had in mind.
• Dana Hunsinger Benbow (Indy Star) Outrageous accusations spew from Colts, Patriots fans.
• Staff Report (Indy Star) Naptown vs. Beantown in 20 key categories.
• Bob Kravitz (WTHR) Colts-Patriots week preview. (1.59 min. video)
• Stephen Holder (Indy Star) Andrew Luck open to adjusting Colts' offensive style.
• Kevin Bowen (Colts.com) Will new-look Colts defensive line make a difference against Patriots?
• Kevin Bowen (Colts.com) Colts/Patriots storylines in 17th meeting since 2003.
• Zak Keefer (Indy Star) Deflategate? Doesn't matter; Patriots own Colts.
• Kevin Bowen (Colts.com) Bill Belichick on Frank Gore: "(He’s) looked really good".
• Kevin Bowen (Colts.com) Extra attention or not, T.Y. Hilton ready to make plays Sunday.