New England Patriots Links 11/03/15 - O-Line Getting the Job Done Despite Injuries

TEAM TALK

• John Rooke Nitpicks & Nitwits: Perception is everything - and NE's defense is dangerous.
• Patriots 36-7 victory over the Dolphins is the highest rated Patriots game of the season.
• Briana Palma posts some photos from Patriots players having some fun on Halloween.
• Patriots.com highlights six awesome Danny Amendola moments in honor of his birthday.
• Patriots Today - Monday's Moment: Patriots vs. Dolphins. (1.20 min. video)
• Patriots Today - Patriots join Play 60 for flag football scrimmage. (2.03 min. video)
• Patriots Today - Willie McGinest halftime cememony. (9.45 min.video)

LOCAL LINKS

• Phil Perry notes that wearing a knee brace may have saved Tre' Jackson's career.
• Ryan Hannable notes that despite injuries, the Patriots offensive line is succeeding.
• Tom E. Curran writes about Nate Ebner finding peace and strength after his father's murder on November 14, 2008. /Excellent read.
• Mike Reiss highlights Julian Edelman's Monday Q&A on WEEI: Felt like another bye week.
• Christopher Price gives us five things we have to know about the Redskins: Up-and-Down season for Washington.
• Mike Petraglia tell us why we should take Kirk Cousins seriously against the Patriots.
• Mike Petraglia notes DeSean Jackson says 'everything's a green light for Sunday' against the Patriots.
• Jeff Howe presents the winners of the mid-season Blitzie Awards: The G.O.A.T. Blitzie for best player goes to Tom Brady.
• Mark Daniels sees a three-horse race in the AFC as it's close to the midway point of the season.
• Jim Donaldson points out the yawning gulf that separates the NFL's haves and have nots.
• Eric Wilbur lays out exactly why the NFL sucks. /Hard to disagree with his rant here.
• Steve Buckley violates protocol to look ahead at the upcoming Patriots-Broncos showdown.
• Christopher Price wonders if it's time to start taking Peyton Manning and the Denver offense seriously.
• Gary Tanguay insists the Denver Broncos are still no match for the Patriots, despite what we saw on Sunday.
• Michael Felger says that just because Denver played well on Sunday night, it doesn't mean the Pats suddenly suck.
• Mike Reiss posts his Tuesday Twitter mailbag: Possible trades, Denver's acquisition of Vernon Davis, and Jonathan Bostic's playing time.
• Christopher Price recaps Browns All-Pro LT Joe Thomas interview with ESPN on how Tom Brady is being unfairly treated for deflategate, and ripping Roger Goodell.
• NESN posts a quote from Jimmy Fallon's 'Tonight Show' monologue that makes fun of the Jets' paranoia.
• Jerry Thornton shares some of the nasty tweets posted by the son of Jets' security chief Robert Mastroddi, who turned in the three Patriots employees to NFL security.
• Mike Reiss expects New England will likely keep tabs on a probe into Colts GM Ryan Grigson's injury reports.
• Doug Kyed reports Bill Belichick downplays the Colts scandal, saying the injury report is a 'guess'.
• Adam Kurkjian Patriots Notebook: Trade deadline is 4 p.m. today; Tom Brady shot down any talk of the team thinking about going undefeated, we all know they are focused solely on Washington; OL injuries are staggering.
• CBS Boston reports Devin McCourty enjoyed playing Bingo with patients at Boston Children's Hospital on his day off.
• Jared Chandler reports the NFL Players Association isn't thrilled that the next Deflategate legal hearing is scheduled for the week of the Super Bowl.

NATIONAL NEWS

• Greg Cosell (Yahoo! Sports) Film Review: The Patriots' brilliant coaching plans. /Good read.
• Peter King (The MMQB) Patriots 2015 looks a lot like 2007.
• Bob Snowdon (Goal Line Gazette) How many times do the New England Patriots have to prove themselves to their own fans?
• Oliver Thomas (247 Sports) Report: Cameron Clear, Garry Peters among eight Patriots tryouts.
• Oliver Thomas (247 Sports) Bill Belichick likes what he sees from Kirk Cousins.
• Sam Farmer (LA Times) Broncos and Patriots could be headed for a showdown of the unbeaten.
• Tom Pelissero (USA Today) NFL midseason overreactions: What are biggest leaps?
• Gregg Rosenthal (NFL.com) Midseason awards: Epic race for bye ahead in AFC.
• Adam Schein (NFL.com) Bengals, Raiders, Todd Gurley demand attention at midseason: 2. Tom Brady and the Patriots are beautifully abnormal.
• Chris Burke (SI) Midseason Sour Rankings: The best of the worst from NFL's first half.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Grigson’s insistence on "integrity" could force NFL’s hand on Luck’s hidden injury.

VIEW FROM WASHINGTON D.C.

• Liz Clarke (Washington Post) DeSean Jackson among reinforcements on the way for Redskins’ clash with Patriots.
• Master Tesfatsion (Washington Post) The Redskins hope to accomplish a rare feat against the Patriots: a win in Foxborough.
• Scott Allen (Washington Post) Bill Belichick praised Kirk Cousins – but it’s a trap!
• Mike Jones (Washington Post) Jay Gruden: Redskins need to have their best week of preparation before facing Patriots.
• Rick Snider (Washington Post) For Redskins, a post-bye free fall has become a trend.
• Dan Steinberg (Washington Post) The Redskins want to run the ball and stop the run. They’re not doing either.
• John Keim (ESPN) Redskins not worried about being heavy underdogs against Patriots.
• Press Conference (Redskins.com) Jay Gruden on Patriots: "It's a great challenge." (4.19 min. video)