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TEAM TALK
- Andy Hart takes a closer look at the Patriots two-point play that shoulda been...
- Paul Perillo tackles this week's Ask PFW Mailbag: Time to move on.
- Briana Palma relays how Julian Edelman, Rob Gronkowski and other players are speaking out on social media to thank fans and look ahead to 2016.
- Patriots sign eight to future contracts.
LOCAL LINKS
- Jeff Howe reports that all seven Patriots selections say no to the Pro Bowl.
- Ben Volin points to five turning points for the Patriots
- Eric Wilbur looks to Detroit as he ponders where the Patriots go from here.
- Matt Burke suggests the Patriots and Belichick need to tweak their philosophy.
- Ryan Hannable wonders if the Patriots offense needs to put less emphasis on Tom Brady's quick release.
- Michael Hurley finds that ultimately the Patriots relied too heavily on Tom Brady.
- Greg Bedard talks about what he saw after reviewing the film, how Wade Phillips changed up his looks and Tom Brady 'had no clue' in the first half vs. the Broncos.
- Jeff Howe looks at the porous offensive line and what the Patriots can do to fix it.
- Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Belichick, Patriots made the right decisions in Denver.
- Mike Reiss looks at who are the Patriots' most valuable free agents.
- Ian Logue (PatsFans) Four really early thoughts on 2016 following Sunday's loss in Denver.
- Mike Reiss reports Bill Belichcik really is on to 2016, as he was spotted at the Senior Bowl yesterday.
- Christian Arcand (ESPNNH) You can't always get what you want.
- Bill Reynolds says that Sunday's game showed that greatness is fleeting.
- Mark Farinella rehashes what went wrong and assigns plenty of blame.
- Kerry Byrne finds the Patriots have fattened themselves at a victory buffet unmatched in the history of the NFL.
- Rich Levine says losing is never easy but acknowledges how Patriots fans have had it good.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Jason La Canfora (CBS Sports) Hate Tom Brady and the Pats all you want, but they're not going anywhere.
- Joel Corry (CBS Sports) Agent's Take: What lies ahead for the New England Patriots.
- Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz (USA Today) 2016 NFL rebuild rankings: Which eliminated teams can make Super Bowl push?
- Oliver Thomas (247 Sports) Report: Jerod Mayo undergoes surgery on injured pectoral.
- Oliver Thomas (247 Sports) Tom Brady 'inspired' Broncos rusher C.J. Anderson.
- Justin Kelly (Sports Quotient) What went wrong: New England Patriots.
- Greg Cosell (Yahoo! Sports) Film review: How Denver's D dominated the Patriots.
- Brady Quinn (Football by Football) Pocket melt: Broncos burned Patriots on the edges.
- Lee Schechter (About Sports) Final takeaways from the end of Patriots' season.
- Lindsay H. Jones (USA today) Patriot games? Broncos TE Owen Daniels thought he saw shenanigans afoot.
- Mike Garafolo (Fox Sports) 5 keys that could decide Super Bowl 50.
- Will Leitch (Sports on Earth) Ranking every Super Bowl coach.
- Ross Tucker (Sports on Earth) The importance of position coaches.
- Chuck Zodda (Inside the Pylon) Recapping the first NFL season of longer extra points.
- Darin Gantt (ProFootballTalk) Welcome to the (largely replacement) Pro Bowl. /Any deeper and it will be the Bowels Bowl.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Is the Pro Bowl in danger of going away?
DUMPSTER DIVE
- Michael Hurley notes the NFL seems much less interested in making a story out of a cheating scandal involving a golden child of the league this year.
- AP Report (NBC Sports) NFL conducting comprehensive investigation of Manning.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) NFL declines invitation to join MLB, USADA investigation over Al Jazeera report.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) NFL disputes report of non-cooperation with MLB, USADA in Manning probe.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) NFL, ESPN go back and forth about Manning investigation.
- David Portnoy (Barstool Sports) Roger Goodell declines invitation to join joint investigation by MLB and US Doping Agency into Peyton Manning HGH allegations.