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TEAM TALK
- Andy Hart highlights Bill Belichick's presser points: Patriots 'all in on Denver'.
- Paul Perillo takes a look back at Brady-Manning.
- Coaches Conference Call Transcripts.
- Briana Palma reports Celebrity fans like Olivia Culpo, Maria Menounos and Joey McIntyre showed their Patriots pride this weekend.
- John Rooke's Nitpicks & Nitwits: This long, strange trip has a familiar finish line.
LOCAL LINKS
- Jeff Howe believes this Pats-Broncos rematch will be a whole new ballgame.
- Ryan Hannable explains why Patriots-Broncos regular-season meeting means nothing for this week.
- Christopher Price says it's clear this week is not about Peyton, it's whether the Denver defense is capable of carrying the Broncos pas the Patriots.
- Rich Garven details the many challenges Denver presents for the Patriots.
- Tom E. Curran notes Tom Brady hasn't had a ton of success playing in Denver, but he has had success playing against Bronco' DC Wade Phillips.
- Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Patriots-Chiefs All-22 review: Edelman, Gronk return key offense.
- Chad Finn doesn't agree with how Sunday's game is being hyped as another chapter in the Brady-Manning rivalry.
- Eric Wilbur wonders if we are legally obligated to refer to this as Brady-Manning XVII.
- Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) 5 First impressions of the Broncos, AFCCG.
- Josh Brown (Boston's TitleTown Talk) AFC Championship; Toughest part for Pats is the flight.
- Adam Kurkjian reports LB Brandon Marshall is so afraid of covering Rob Gronkowski, that he's already started publicly putting the pressure on the refs about Gronk 'pushing off 98% of the time.'
- The Herald takes a look at how the Patriots have fared on the road in the postseason in the Brady era.
- Matt Dolloff notes Bill Belichick is already salty about the Peyton Manning, Broncos line of questioning.
- Mike Petraglia notes Bill Belichick points out how the preparation is definitely different for Manning than it was for Brock Osweiler.
- Adam Kurkjian reports Gary Kubiak plans to play Peyton Manning all the way.
- Phil Perry shares Brady and Edelman's dueling Facebook entries from yesterday.
- Meagan McGinnes has a story about a Colorado couple, both Broncos fans, who named their two boys Brady and Peyton after the rival quarterbacks.
- Ron Borges issues his Divisional Round Report Card: Offense back in gear.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Brad Gagnon (Bleacher Report) 17th Matchup between Manning and Brady should actually be a defensive battle.
- John Breech (CBS Sports) AFC, NFC title picks: Cardinals or Panthers? Can Broncos stun Patriots?
- Ryan Wilson (CBS Sports) Tom Brady's 10 AFC title games are more than 27 teams have made.
- Dan Schneier (Fox Sports) Broncos' Aqib Talib: Nobody is above Tom Brady.
- Shalise Manza Young (Yahoo! Sports) Patriots' offense improved vs. Chiefs, but players say it can be better.
- Ben Baskin (SI) With Julian Edelman back, Patriots’ chances at winning Super Bowl soar.
- Darin Gantt (ProFootballTalk) Patriots dealing with injury concerns on defense.
- Lorenzo Reyes (USA Today) Patriots trying not to fall prey to Peyton Manning's mind games.
- Mark Maske (Washington Post) NFL playoffs: Previewing a battle of NFC’s best; potential final chapter of Brady vs. Manning.
- Neil Paine (FiveThirtyEight) This might be the NFL's best defensive final four ever.
- Bill Barnwell (ESPN) How to beat the final four teams.
- Mike Tanier (Bleacher Report) Monday Morning Hangover: AFC and NFC finalists all have their flaws.
- Matt Chatham (Football by Football) NFL's final four features only one team with top 10 quarterback salary cap hit.
- Cameron DaSilva (Fox Sports) Julian Edelman says Tom Brady runs 'like a Clydesdale'.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) LB Brandon Marshall on Gronk: "He pushes off".
- Alex Marvez (Fox Sports) Win over Patriots would be worth $2 million to Peyton Manning.
VIEW FROM DENVER
- Troy E. Renck (Denver Post) Peyton Manning, Broncos keep grinding out wins; Patriots rematch awaits.
- Patrick Saunders (Denver Post) Broncos will have to play better to beat the Patriots for AFC title.
- Mark Kiszla (Denver Post) Next up for Broncos QB Peyton Manning in his last rodeo: Tom Brady.
- Cameron Wolfe (Denver Post) Eye on New England Patriots ahead of Denver Broncos AFC championship matchup.
- Jeff Legwold (ESPN) 'Battle-tested' Broncos won't panic, know how to win close games.
- Cameron Wolfe (Denver Post) Gary Kubiak points to drops, not Peyton Manning, for offensive struggles.
- Mark Kiszla (Denver Post) Chris Harris shoulders responsibility for keeping Julian Edelman in check.
- Andrew Mason (DenverBroncos) Injury Update: S Omar Bolden headed to IR with knee ligament tear.
- DPTV (Denver Post) Broncos Mailbag: Will coach Kubiak use Osweiler if Manning struggles on offense vs. New England? (1.44 min. video)
- Woody Paige and Mark Kiszla (Denver Post) Who has the edge between Peyton Manning vs. Tom Brady. (7.32 min. video) /Dumpster material.
DEFLATEGATE ANNIVERSARY
- Michael McCann (SI) Deflategate, one year later: The anatomy of a failed controversy. /Analysis, perspective.
- Dan Wetzel (Yahoo! Sports) A year after deflate-gate ballooned, science shows shame of it all. /Great read.
- Steve Buckley thinks the NFL loves the WWE-like good-guy, bad-guy, grudges and rematches that deflategate has generated.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) NFL still might disclose 2015 PSI summaries.