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TEAM TALK
- Erik Scalavino shares the locker room buzz from Wednesday at Gillette: Replacing Edelman no easy task.
- Patriots announce Stephen Gostkowski is named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week.
- Roster transactions: Patriots sign TE Joseph Fauria to practice squad; Make additional practice squad transactions.
- History Lesson: Patriots-Bills.
- Press Conferences: Bill Belichick (14.23 min. video) and Tom Brady (8.20 min. video)
- Press Pass: Patriots on Bills. (1.32 min. video)
- Belichick Breakdown: Top Plays from Week 10. (11.51 min. video)
- Patriots Today - Fighting like a Solder: Nate Solder shares the story of his son's fight with kidney cancer. (4.35 min. video)
- From the NFL - Bills vs.Patriots preview. (3.09 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Tom E. Curran sees the Patriots offense about to move in a different direction.
- Karen Guregian says the Bills have noticed how the Giants were able to get to Tom Brady, and are planning accordingly.
- Rich Garven writes Brady knows the Patriots will have to be ready for anything in Monday night's Bills rematch
- Rich Garven suggests that even with reinforcements on the way, Cameron Fleming likely to remain part of offensive line rotation.
- Mike Petraglia hears Tom Brady on what the thought process is on game-planning for the Bills a second time.
- Mike Reiss passes along four things that stood out from Tom Brady's presser yesterday: Brady says he has confidence in the WRs who will fill in for Julian Edelman.
- Cameron McDonough finds the Patriots defense is preparing for an elusive, explosive Bills offense.
- Adam Kurkjian talks about how well WR Chris Harper has been progressing on the scout team.
- Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Chris Harper with an opportunity to shine in Edelman's absence.
- Kevin Duffy mentions Bill Belichick makes a point to say that Aaron Dobson has had a 'good year,' even if it doesn't always show up on Sundays.
- Jen McCaffrey thinks Bills rookie cornerback Ronald Darby could be a challenge for the Patriots.
- Ryan Hannable notes Danny Amendola is certain Edelman will do everything in his power to get back on the field this season.
- Doug Kyed points out the Patriots' unique balanced defensive line rotation, that bucks the NFL trend.
- Tom E. Curran reports Stephen Gostkowski earns Special Teams Player of the Week.
- Jeff Howe focuses on how the Patriots' special attention to special teams continues to pay off.
- Christopher Price highlights the many ways the Patriots have benefited from their opposition being shorthanded this season.
- Tom E. Curran thought the GQ Man of the Year profile on Tom Brady by Chuck Klosterman came off as shrill and as though the Pats' QB hurt the writer's feelings.
- Jeff Howe Patriots Notebook: Sebastian Vollmer, Tre' Jackson and Marcus Cannon all returned to practice yesterday; Danny Amendola was the center of attention during the media period, and made sure everyone knew Edelman would be back; Brady shared his thoughts on David Ortiz' retirement; Roster moves.
- Mike Reiss highlights Bill Belichick's praise of Devin McCourty and Logan Ryan from the coach's breakdown of the win over the Giants.
- Christopher Price reveals Scott Chandler's explanation for his TD celebration: It was a pro wrestling manuever straight out of nWo playbook.
- Doug Kyed reports that according to Dion Lewis' Instagram post, "surgery went well" to repair a torn ACL in his left knee.
- Josh Brown (Boston Title Town Talk) Kiss undefeated season goodbye.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Dan Wetzel (Yahoo! Sports) Bill Belichick's stiff-arm of camouflage campaign an unlikely coincidence. /Good read.
- Oliver Thomas (247 Sports) Report: Jamie Collins over illness, could be back to face Bills.
- Josh Alper (ProFooballTalk) Stephon Gilmore: We have game plan to take Gronk out of game.
- Brian Billick (NFL.com) Cam Newton, Andy Dalton among top five quarterbacks of 2015.
- Inside the NFL (NFL.com) Are great teams built around the tight end? (4.43 min. video)
- John Breech (CBS Sports) NFL history says one of these 9-0 teams will win the Super Bowl.
- Ross Tucker (Sports on Earth) Forget catch. What is an NFL rule?
- Kenneth Arthur (Sports on Earth) The post-Week 10 Eliteness Rankings.
- Mike Scollins (Funny or Die) Rob Gronkowski texts Julian Edelman because he thinks he died.
- Zac Jackson (ProFootballTalk) Doug Flutie loses both parents on same day.
VIEW FROM BUFFALO
- Vic Carucci (Buffalo News) Will Gronk pick up the slack for Patriots?
- Leo Roth (Democrat & Chronicle) Oh yes, it's good to be Gronk.
- Jerry Sullivan (Buffalo News) Bills’ secondary seeks redemption in rematch against Brady.
- Vic Carucci (Buffalo News) Jones becomes defensive force for Patriots.
- Matthew Fairburn (Syracuse.com) Bills vs. Patriots on Monday Night Football brings up bad memories for Leodis McKelvin.
- Vic Carucci (Buffalo News) 3 Bills thoughts: Toning down the emotion, making progress, missing Kyle Williams.
- Chris Brown (BuffaloBills.com) LeSean McCoy likes Monday night lights.
- Sal Maiorana (Democrat & Chronicle) Penalties are killing the NFL.