TEAM TALK
- Post Game Notes - Patriots vs. Broncos: Records set, milestones reached, trends continued. Patriots move to 8-4 in AFC Championship games.
- Erik Scalavino shares his observations from the press box at Mile High: Denver dooms the Patriots again.
- Andy Hart notes all three phases contributed to yesterday's loss.
- Paul Perillo offers his thoughts from the game: Broncos' defense stifles the Patriots.
- Post Game Pressers: Bill Belichick (4.09 min. video) - Tom Brady (8.54 min. video) - Rob Gronkowski (7.16 min. video)
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- Mike Reiss acknowledges the loss will hurt for a while, but believes the outlook is still positive for Tom Brady and the Patriots.
- Jeff Howe writes on how another Denver nightmare ends the Patriots' season.
- Ben Volin says the Broncos officially hit Tom Brady 20 times, the most hits taken by any quarterback in any game this NFL season.
- Mike Reiss notes Tom Brady called the game "an uphill battle" and said he had "no excuses" for his performance.
- Christopher Price lays the blame squarely on the shoulders of the offensive line.
- Chad Finn reports the Patriots are out of time because they couldn't give Tom Brady any.
- Adam Kurkjian points to the overwhelming Denver defense and noise as reasons for the loss.
- Erik Frenz gives us five reasons the Patriots lost. 1. Third downs.
- Ryan Hannable lists ten things that went wrong yesterday: 1. O-Line doesn't protect Tom Brady.
- Mark Daniels and Rich Garven Patriots Notebook: Fourth-down failures came back to haunt.
- Kevin Duffy talks about whether the Patriots should have kicked a field goal on one of their fourth quarter drives.
- Karen Guregian says Peyton Manning was able to do what Tom Brady wasn't able to do, play mistake-free football.
- Eric Wilbur finds that even though Tom Brady was bad yesterday, he deserved better.
- Jim Donaldson talks about how Gronk did everything he could to keep their season alive.
- Mike Petraglia mentions how Rob Gronkowski was getting held all game long.
- Phil Perry highlights Bill Belichick on the 'crash landing' to end the Patriots 2015 season.
- Ryan Hannable notes Julian Edelman calls Tom Brady 'a tough S.O.B.'
- Mike Petraglia notes Malcolm Butler was proud that 'everybody gave a great effort.'
- Kevin Duffy relays the reaction from the locker room, noting how the players took deflategate 'personally' this season.
- Jeff Howe reports Stephen Gostkowski demanded the blame for the loss, but his teammates refused to give it to him.
- Jim Donaldson says Stephen Gostkowski's missed extra point was a cruel way for the Patriots to go out.
- Mike Reiss posts the snap counts from Sunday, and wonders about Brandon LaFell's status after slipping to No. 4 on the depth chart.
- Tom E. Curran recounts the Patriots season that started off on a killing spree, only to find itself slowly getting killed off itself by injuries.
- Mike Reiss posts five questions facing the Patriots this offseason: 1. What happens with the NFL's appeal of Brady's suspension being overturned?
- Doug Kyed feels this season will remembered for the Patriots' full potential lost to injuries.
- Jeff Howe breaks down the contract situations before free-agency.
- Jackie MacMullan wants credit for being 'man enough' to admit how the Patriots were beaten and bulldozed.
- Ryan Hannable hears the Broncos claim how their trash talking led to a negative reaction against them which led to them getting mad about the negative reactions, which led to them winning. Huh.
NATIONAL NEWS
- NFL Game Center (NFL.com) Patriots vs. Broncos: Recap, stats, analysis, videos.
- Erik Frenz (Bleacher Report) Patriots have silver linings despite losing AFC Championship.
- Oliver Thomas (247 Sports) Rob Gronkowski 'battled back through' for Patriots.
- Oliver Thomas (247 Sports) Tom Brady: Offensive line 'hung in there all day'.
- Oliver Thomas (247 Sports) Tom Brady plans to get over 'bumps and bruises' with season over.
- Kerry Byrne (FootballNation) Bill Belichick failure to kick easy fourth-quarter field goal killed Patriots.
- Rob Goldberg (Bleacher Report) Did Bill Belichick, Patriots blow 4th-down calls in AFC Championship game loss?
- Doug Farrar (SI) Poor protection, bad throws doom Brady, Patriots in loss to Broncos.
- Michael Silver (NFL.com) Broncos' D batters Brady, lifts Manning to Super Bowl.
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Belichick: "Score and situation" was why we didn’t kick field goals in 4th quarter.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Brady blames himself for failing to read the Broncos’ pass rush.
- Peter King (The MMQB) MMQB: On Championship Sunday, it was Manning's moment.
- Around the NFL (NFL.com) 10 things we learned from Championship Sunday.
- Don Banks (SI) Snap Judgments: Super Bowl 50 will be fitting ending for NFL’s top seeds.
- Michael Rosenberg (SI) Manning 'gets job done' in Broncos' epic AFC Championship win over Pats.