TEAM TALK
- Game Preview: Patriots at Cowboys. Broadcast info, series history, team connections and which players to watch for.
- Erik Scalavino tackles this week's Ask PFW Mailbag: O-line observations.
- Paul Perillo highlights the how Bill Belichick and his coordinators are focused on the Dallas Cowboys.
- Conference Call Transcripts - Bill Belichick, Josh McDaniels and Matt Patricia.
- Patriots.com posts some photos of the Patriots teaming up to build a playground at the Children's Service in Roxbury.
LOCAL LINKS
- Kerry Byrne has a newsflash: The Brady era Patriots quietly fielded the most productive ground game in the entire NFL.
- Karen Guergian points out some trouble spots that need attention: The run defense.
- Michael Whitmer looks at the versatility of the Patriots secondary.
- Mike Reiss passes along Bill Belichick's explanation for how the game-day roster is decided.
- Mike Reiss notes Bill Belichick went deep when asked about the process of teaching his players the NFL's thick rulebook.
- Ben Volin thinks the banged-up Cowboys appear to be out-gunned against the Patriots.
- Kevin Duffy says Cowboys DE Greg Hardy is looking forward to seeing Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen when the Patriots visit Sunday.
- Mike Reiss gets Tedy Bruschi's explanation of why the Patriots should handle strong running teams.
- Jeff Kane (ESPNNH) How special can the Patriots offense be?
- Tom E. Curran notes it's three games into the season and so far the Patriots secondary has yet to go up in flames.
- Karen Guregian Patriots Notebook: Belichick talked about the challenge of teaching the NFL rulebook to his team; Dallas will have defensive starters Greg Hardy and Rolando McClain back from 4-game suspensions;
NATIONAL NEWS
- Kevin Clark (Wall St. Journal) The Patriots’ white whale: Praise from Belichick.
- Don Banks (SI) Illegal batting no-call is latest proof that every play should be reviewable.
- Oliver Thomas (247 Sports) Josh McDaniels, Patriots studying up on 'active' Cowboys defense.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) It’s time for the NFL to adopt Bill Belichick’s "challenge everything" suggestion.
- Ron Clements (Sporting News) NFL competition committee chair says expanded replay for penalties unlikely.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Belichick delivers a lecture when asked about NFL’s rules.
- Sean Wagner-McGough (CBS Sports) Stallworth: Brady paid practice squad players if they intercepted him. /Cue NFL investigation.
- Jen Floyd Engel (Sporting News) Greg Hardy, Tom Brady: Equal under the law of Roger Goodell's NFL.
- Darin Gantt (ProFootballTalk) Patriots kicker focusing on the positives in his profession.
- Matthew Gideon (The Sports Quotient) The weakest undefeated team.
- Kenneth Arthur (Sports on Earth) The post-Week 4 Eliteness rankings.
- Greg Gabriel (Nat'l Football Post) The NFL at the quarter pole.
- Bucky Brooks (NFL.com) Individual awards for the first four weeks of the season. /Such a hater.
- Andrew Bucholtz (Awful Announcing) ESPN removes daily fantasy sponsored content from their shows.
VIEW FROM DALLAS
- Rob Phillips (DallasCowboys.com) Big picture: Cowboys facing Patriots offense on early pace for record season.
- Rick Gosselin (Dallas Morning News) Why Sean Lee is the ideal defender to take on Pats' Gronkowski.
- David Moore (Dallas Morning News) Suspension over, Greg Hardy meets the media; here's what we found out.
- David Helman (DallasCowboys.com) Hardy's teammates eager to welcome "high-energy" DE back to roster.
- Nick Eatman (DallasCowboys.com) Excited to be back, Greg Hardy hoping to "get sacks and make a difference."
- Rainer Sabin (Dallas Morning News) How the Cowboys might address void left by injured Lance Dunbar.
- Staff Report (Dallas Morning News) Stephen A. Smith: Karma dooming Cowboys because they didn't take care of people (DeMarco Murray) they should have.