New England Patriots Links 11/27/15 - Patriots Offense Must Carve It's Way Through Denver's D

TEAM TALK

• Patriots - Broncos Thursday Injury Report.
• Patriots place WR Aaron Dobson on IR; Sign DB Dewey McDonald.
• Andy Hart highlights Bill Belichick's breakdown of Pats-Broncos in Denver, and tips his hand on his Thanksgiving meal preferences.
• Paul Perillo highlights Tom Brady's Wednesday presser: Broncos defense 'best in the league'.
• Patriots Today - Thanksgiving favorites. (1.24 min. video)
• Belichick Breakdown: Top Plays from Week 11. (6.50 min. video)

LOCAL LINKS

• Jeff Howe writes that Tom Brady won't have to figure out the Broncos defense, just a way to slice through it while being undermanned at the skill positions.
• Kevin Duffy thinks both the Broncos and Patriots will try to rely heavily on the ground game Sunday night
• Rich Garven notes that with one career start, QB Brock Osweiler doesn't have a long track record.
• Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Patriots-Broncos key matchups, who has the razor's edge?
• Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Five first impressions of the Broncos.
• Kevin Duffy reports Danny Amendola, who did not participate in Wednesday's walkthrough, returned to practice on Thursday as a limited participant.
• Glen Farley finds that James White's effort Monday night was more than a year-and-a-half in the making.
• Mark Farinella notes James White has reason to be thankful this year, including having local relatives to spend the holiday with.
• Phil Perry explores whether Rob Gronkowski is the answer for the team's issues at wide receiver right now.
• Ian Logue (PatsFans) Broncos safety Ward on stopping Gronkowski – "We’ll have a plan."
• Adam Kurkjian gets Sebastian Vollmer to reveal the OL's plan for Denver: "Block 'em." To which he added, "You better do it and do it right... and hopefully don't get Tom killed."
• Doug Kyed Patriots Mailbag: Fans shouldn't panic over injury woes on offense yet.
• Karen Guregian finds the Patriots offense in a very bad place and about to face the number one defense in the league.
• Rich Garven says the Patriots have spent a lot of time championing the "next man up" because they’ve been watching so many men go down
• Christopher Price looks at whether the Patriots have a championship secondary.
• Mike Reiss points out that while Chandler Jones is near the top of the league in sacks, Bill Belichick lauds his work against the run.
• Sam Galanis hears Devin McCourty downplay the offensive injuries: Patriots have to win as a team.
• Kerry J. Byrne explains how the statistical stars appear to be aligning for the Patriots, who have surrendered a league-low 182 points through 10 games.
• Doug Kyed reports the Patriots brought in three free-agent WRs for workouts: Alan Bonner, Julian Talley and Austin Willis.
• Christopher Price notes that for Rob Gronkowski, the key to a successful Thanksgiving dinner is not overindulging.
• Phil Perry notes Bill Belichick offered thanks at the end of his Thursday conference call, for the high school coaches who help mold the men that eventually make their way to the NFL.
• Pat Bradley explains the series of Draft day trades that led the Patriots to landing Rob Gronkowski and Julian Edelman.
• Ron Borges writes a nice column on Amanda Belichick, making her own way as head coach of the women's lacrosse team at Holy Cross.
• Mike Reiss speculates the Patriots' Black Friday shopping list includes gray hoodie with cut sleeves, and more.
• Michael Hurley rants about the officiating and makes his Week 12 picks. Denver over New England.

NATIONAL NEWS

• Greg A. Bedard (SI) Blanket Coverage: This time, Broncos-Patriots is all about defense, not QBs.
• Dan Hatman (Inside the Pylon) Scouting the Patriots WR injury crisis: The process and game plan.
• Matt Chatham (Football By Football) Brock Osweiler helps Denver O make gains, but opens new possibilities for Patriots D.
• Albert Breer (NFL.com) Week 12 Notebook: Tom Brady's rise began vs. Peyton Manning.
• Matt Chatham (Fox Sports) Game of the Week: Brock may make Broncos better, even against Patriots.
• Sterling Xie (Bleacher Report) Patriots vs. Broncos: Full New England game preview.
• Erik Frenz (Bleacher Report) Patriots still face heavyweight showdown vs. Broncos even without Peyton Manning.
• Erik Frenz (Bleacher Report) Patriots need defense to continue recent success.
• Oliver Thomas (247 Sports) Jerod Mayo among six Patriots practice players of the week.
• SportsCenter (ESPN) Tom Brady leads all players in Pro Bowl fan votes; Cam Newton 2nd.
• Zac Jackson (ProFootballTalk) Report: Patriots placing Dobson on IR.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Four receivers on Patriots injury report.
• Mike Tanier (Bleacher Report) Life after Brady-Manning: Will there be a quarterback drought or or a renaissance?
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Belichick expresses gratitude to media, high school football.
• Staff Report (SI) 2015 Sports Turkeys of the Year.
• NFL Nation (NFL.com) Week 12 predictions: Mike Reiss picks Patriots 20-17, Jeff Legwold picks Patriots 24-17.
• Elliot Harrison (NFL.com) NFL Week 12 game picks. Patriots win 17-13.
• Nate Davis (USA Today) Week 12 NFL picks. All 7 pick Pats to win.
• Rufus Peabody & Will Leitch (Sports on Earth) Man vs. Machine: NFL Week 12 picks. Man: Patriots 31-14, Machine: 26-20.

VIEW FROM DENVER

• Cameron Wolfe (Denver Post) Eye on New England Patriots ahead of Denver Broncos Week 12 matchup.
• Jeff Legwold (ESPN) Five reasons the Broncos beat the Patriots.
• Troy E. Renck (Denver Post) Broncos safety T.J. Ward walks a fine line as Denver's big hitter.
• Nicki Jhabvala (Denver Post) Broncos' D says it has plan in place to try to slow Rob Gronkowski.
• Ben Swanson (DenverBroncos.com) Coordinators' Corner: Preparing for Gronkowski reminiscent of Shannon Sharpe.
• Michael Jaycox (Mile High Sports) Five things the Denver Broncos have to do to beat the New England Patriots.
• Troy E. Renck (Denver Post) Tom Brady vs. Brock Osweiler about contrasts, strong defenses.
• Andrew Mason (DenverBroncos.com) Von Miller is being held and hindered, yet remains undeterred.
• Nicki Jhabvala (Denver Post) Broncos defenders vocal about officials' no-calls.
• AP Report (Denver Post) Brady says despite no matchup, he still respects Peyton.