TEAM TALK
- Paul Perillo gives us the matchup winners from Sunday: Patriots were not especially good in loss.
- John Rooke's Nitpicks & Nitwits: Drop kick the last two, it's on to Houston.
- Conference Call transcript - Bill Belichick.
- WEEI Patriots Monday: Tom Brady (20.29 min.) - James White (4.28 min.) - Danny Amendola (9.47 min.) - Bill Belichick (10.39 min.)
LOCAL LINKS
- Lee Schecter assures it's not time for the Patriots to hit the panic button.
- Matt Burke explains why this ugly stretch will help the Patriots in the playoffs.
- Eric Wilbur writes the Patriots' mistakes may be warning signs of a startling late-season collapse.
- Phil Perry reports Tom Brady knows that when he makes a mistake with a depleted roster, it can have disastrous effects.
- Jake Mackey is concerned that mistakes could cost the Patriots the number one seed.
- Kevin Duffy lists the ways the Patriots can still win the No. 1 seed in the AFC.
- Ryan Hannable notes Bill Belichick felt the Patriots 'played hard' and 'fought all the way' in the loss to the Eagles.
- Mike Reiss focuses on a few positives in the loss, including the performance of the running game.
- Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) McDaniels must trust Patriots running game for success down the stretch.
- Ryan Hannable finds Tom Brady was forced into his longest snap-to-throw time of the season.
- Ryan Hannable notes Tom Brady says he hopes Rob Gronkowski returns 'sooner rather than later.'
- Mike Petraglia notes Belichick thinks Jamie Collins 'competed well' in his return to action.
- Mike Reiss counts the struggles at the line of scrimmage as the Patriots biggest issue.
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Doug Kyed reviews the film: Offensive issues tied to receivers, injuries
- Mike Reiss puts a microscope on the Patriots' punt protection breakdown.
- Ben Volin finds special teams play was especially bad.
- Mike Petraglia notes Bill Belichick second guesses the second-guessers of the drop kick: 'It's easy ... when you know the outcome.'
- Doug Kyed notes Bill Belichick explains the intention behind the controversial onside dropkick.
- Mike Reiss spotlights Bill Belichick's decision-making in being aggressive late in the first half against the Eagles, that ultimately backfired on him.
- Michael Hurley thinks Tom Brady can't do it alone, the final month of the regular season won't be boring, and other leftover Patriots thoughts.
- Jerry Thornton spills his knee-jerk reactions to Week 13, while respecting the way Belichick left room for the Holy Ghost while slow dancing with the lady official.
- Chad Finn feels that if the Patriots return to health, the loss to Eagles will be remembered as a speed bump, if it’s remembered at all.
- Doug Kyed in no way is blaming officials for for the loss, but finds that they missed eight Eagles false starts on Sunday.
- Ian Logue (PatsFans) Ignore the noise: Belichick never touched female official Sunday.
- Matt Dolloff scolds the spoiled, entitled Patriots fans who embarrassed themselves by booing the team at halftime of a tie game that they don't deserve this team.
- Steve Buckley noticed all of the "customers" who left Gillette Stadium early. Real fans stick it out, even if's to boo their team.
- Mike Reiss looks at how much Week 13 will sway MVP vote in Cam Newton's favor.
- Ron Borges gets his red pen out and issues his Week 13 Report Card: Grades take a big drop.
- Chris Mason Patriots Notebook: Bill Belichick understood the risk of the pooch punt but wasn't in the mood to second-guess it; Belichick didn't challenge the PI on Malcolm Butler, even though the ball was tipped, because he wasn't sure if the flag was thrown before the deflection. "It was a close play."; In his 8th season, Matthew Slater hasn't witnessed many losses worse than Sunday's; James White was a bright spot 10 catches, 115 yards and a TD.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Matt Chatham (Football By Football) Storylines don't fit in New England's ugly loss: Patriots blow three costly plays in very uncharacteristic fashion.
- Charles Robinson (Yahoo! Sports) Tom Brady, Patriots can't grind with substitutes for Gronk and Edelman.
- Oliver Thomas (247 Sports) Bill Belichick on Texans connections: 'I think that's overrated'.
- Michael Salfino (Wall St Journal) Why Tom Brady is smiling less these days. /Interesting chart.
- John Breech (CBS Sports) Tom Brady has more receiving yards in 2015 than a WR who's making $6M.
- Erik Frenz (Bleacher Report) Biggest takeaways from Patriots' Week 13 loss.
- Around the NFL (NFL.com) Forty-two things we learned from Week 13.
- Kenneth Arthur (Sports on Earth) The post-Week 13 Eliteness rankings.
- Jason B. Hirschhorn (Sports on Earth) The fatal flaws of the NFL's best.
- Adam Schein (NFL.com) Fact or fiction: Cam Newton for MVP, Vikings won't win the North.
- Eric Prisbell (USA Today) NFL Week 13 overreactions: Seahawks seizing NFC crown again?
- Dave Dameshek (NFL.com) The Shek Report: Week 13. (3.40 min. video)
DEFLATEGATE DUMPSTER
- Bob McGovern reports Tom Brady's legal team blasts the NFL's deflategate appeal. Here is the link to the full document.
- Michael McCann (SI) Tom Brady files brief in response to league's appeal of Deflategate ruling.
- Frank Schwab (Yahoo! Sports) In Tom Brady's appeals brief, lawyers again point out Roger Goodell was unfair.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Brady appeal brief chronicles Commissioner history of disregarding player rights.
- Ron Clements (Sporting News) Tom Brady files response to NFL's Deflategate appeal.
- Larry Neumeister (AP) NFL union accuses Goodell of 'sweeping grab for power'.