New England Patriots Links 11/17/15 - The Edelman Factor: Who, How Will the Offense Adjust Without Him?

TEAM TALK

• Erik Scalavino presents his film breakdown of New England's win over New York.
• John Rooke's Nitpicks & Nitwits: Confidence remains high, with expectations even higher.
• Andy Hart highlights Bill Belichick's Monday presser: No health updates, recapping a giant win.
• Patriots Today - Locker room celebration following the win over the Giants. (1.56 min. video)
• Totally Patriots - Tilted: Dominique Easley. (2.10 min. video)
• WEEI Patriots Monday: Tom Brady (18.05 min.) - Danny Amendola (4.53 min.) - Devin McCourty (5.40 min.) - Bill Belichick (23.07 min.)

LOCAL LINKS

• Mike Reiss suggests a few ways the Patriots might fill the void created by Julian Edelman's injury.
• Christopher Price weighs in on how the Patriots will replace Julian Edelman.
• Matt Dolloff sees Julian Edelman's absence as one last chance for Aaron Dobson to stick with the Patriots.
• Kevin Duffy notes Tom Brady knows the Patriots must find 'different ways to produce' without Edelman and Lewis.
• Doug Kyed passes along a report that Julian Edelman had surgery and could return in 6-8 weeks.
• Steve Buckley mentions that Julian Edelman's injury hit Tom Brady hard.
• Ben Volin watches the film and breaks it all down (with gifs & diagrams).
• Jeff Howe dissects the film from the Patriots 27-26 victory and offers a dozen or so thoughts and observations.
• Ryan Hannable notes the Giants were able to disrupt Tom Brady's rhythm, forcing his longest snap-to-throw time of the season.
• Chad Finn tells us why he still feels uneasy even after the Patriots rose up and met their toughest challenge this season.
• Eric Wilbur wants to give the Patriots credit for the win, but adds that the Giants coughed this one up.
• Tom E. Curran reviews his Patriots-Giants preview to see how right - or wrong - he was.
• Mike Reiss talks about the spirited competition between Malcolm Butler and Odell Beckham Jr. Sunday, with Butler holding his own.
• Mike Reiss points out that no one is better than Stephen Gostkowski from 50 yards or more.
• Adam Kurkjian finds that the Patriots don't take Stephen Gostkowski for granted.
• Kevin Duffy reports Dion Lewis will have surgery on his torn left ACL Wednesday, with Dr. James Andrews.
• Mike Reiss updates us on how this year's 11 draft picks have contributed to the team so far, and which undrafted free agents they like.
• Tom E. Curran wonders how Giants' safety Landon Collins was able to return to the game, after admittedly feeling 'dazed' after his near-interception of Brady.
• Doug Kyed scolds Patriots fans for being little greedy and spoiled and says they shouldn't wish for an undefeated season.
• Eric Wilbur wonders if we have seen the last of the Brady-Manning battles.
• Ron Borges issues his Week 10 Report Card: Team effort bails out Tom Brady.
• Staff Report (Turtleboy Sports) Top 11 ways the Patriots cheated to beat the Giants.
• Ryan Hannable reports on the sad news, that Nate Solder announces that his infant son has kidney cancer.

NATIONAL NEWS

• Mark Maske (Washington Post) The Patriots' biggest obstacle to another title.
• Mark Schofield (Inside the Pylon) NFL big throw: Danny Amendola's move. /Good read.
• Ian O'Connor (ESPN) Bet on Patriots to win it all, with or without injured Julian Edelman.
• Gregg Rosenthal (NFL.com) Patriots' Julian Edelman to miss 6-8 weeks.
• Kevin Patra (NFL.com) Brady: Edelman is too good to just put someone else in.
• Staff Report (Fox Sports) Patriots WR Edelman on broken foot: 'Tough times don't last, tough people do'.
• Oliver Thomas (247 Sports) Unbeaten Patriots notch 15th straight winning season.
• Erik Frenz (Bleacher Report) Biggest takeaways from Patriots' Week 10 win.
• Knee Jerk (Football by Football) Knee Jerk's NFL Monday Press Conference: Going deep on the true definition of a catch.
• Mark Ozanian (Forbes) CBS butchers ending of New York Giants-New England Patriots thriller.
• Peter King (The MMQB) Can anybody call this game? NFL officiating under siege.
• Chris Burke (SI) Week 10 Sour Rankings. Amendola getting tackled by teammate makes the list.
• Bill Barnwell (ESPN) Panic Meter: Which contenders are in trouble after a rocky Week 10?
• Kevin Seifert (ESPN) NFL couldn't improve goal-line technology (much) even if it wanted to.

VIEW FROM NEW YORK

• Zach Shonbrun (NY Times) Patriots' plan to play hard for 60 minutes pays off in final ones.
• Paul Schwartz (NY Post) How Bill Belichick reused Super Bowl strategy to bait Giants.
• Paul Schwartz (NY Post) Tom Coughlin adamant fatefully abandoning run was best.
• Gary Myers (NY Daily News) Another Super lesson could come from Giants loss to Patriots in regular season.
• Ebenezer Samuel (NY Daily News) Odell Beckham Jr. learns from Giants' receivers coach how to hold onto ball.
• Michael Eisen (Giants.com) Giants unable to make game-clinching plays, fall to Patriots 27-26.