TEAM TALK
- Roster moves: Patriots release TE Clay Harbor.
- Paul Perillo looks at which team won the matchups: Bills take control.
- John Rooke Nitpicks & Nitwits: Ryan's Bills finally grab a brass ring.
- Lauren Williams has a story about siblings who set aside their AFC rivalry when it matters most.
- Angelique Fiske tells us how the Patriots brought one N.C. couple together.
- Totally Patriots - Jerod Mayo teaches us about eligible receivers. (2 min. video)
- Totally Patriots - Tilted: Jamie Collins. (1.48 min. video)
- From the NFL - Ian Rapoport says there's a 'good chance' Ninkovich plays on Sunday. (1.23 min. video)
- WEEI Patriots Monday: Josh McDaniels. (10.03 min. audio) WEEI Transcript.
LOCAL LINKS
- Karen Guregian lays out what to expect from the Patriots with Tom Brady back.
- Tom E. Curran isn't expecting Bill Belichick dancing in the streets because Brady's back.. As his 'aggressively cranky' conference call shows, the head coach is still pissed.
- Christopher Price says that Tom Brady's return means the Patriots will undergo an offensive shift.
- Matt Dolloff points out that Brady's return and impact cannot be overstated, but the Patriots are going out of their way to understate it.
- Phil Perry quotes Bill Belichick on how Brady's return will impact the Patriots: "I don't know."
- Mark Daniels notes that according to Josh McDaniels, Tom Brady reported to the facility at 6:40 am Monday, but it's uncertain when we'll see him.
- Kevin Duffy mentions that with Brady back, what begins next is a potentially awkward 17 months for Jimmy Garoppolo.
- CBS Boston passes along a report that Rob Ninkovich is reportedly 'healthy enough to play' vs. the Browns.
- Matt Burke tries to figure out what's up with Brady, Gronk and Jimmy G.
- Mike Reiss notes that Vincent Valentine's back injury highlights a possible depth issue at DT , where the only healthy players for Week 5 might be Alan Branch and Malcom Brown.
- Michael Hurley thinks that the only good news from Sunday is that it's over, and other leftover Patriots thoughts.
- Mike Reiss cleans out his Patriots notes to close the book on Sunday's loss: Matthew Slater takes the blame for Cyrus Jones on his kickoff returns.
- Miguel Benzan (PatsFans) Tracking New England Patriots salary cap after the Week 4 Bills game.
- Adam Kurkjian Patriots Notebook: Tom Brady happy to be back in Foxboro; Patriots were granted roster exemptions for Brady and Ninkovich which will expire next Monday; More.
- Louisa Moller reports Julian Edelman helped teach 400 women the fundamentals of football at a women’s clinic held at Gillette Stadium.
- Jeff Howe grades the Patriots Week 4 Report Card: What we have here is a failure to execute.
NATIONAL NEWS
- David Fleming (ESPN Magazine) No more questions: Call Bill Belicick what you want, but these accounts of his uncompromising life -- from prodigy to professional ballbuster -- reveal why history might one day call him the greatest.
- Dieter Kurtenbach (Fox Sports) Tom Brady is back and he's out for vengeance.
- Staff (ESPN) How Tom Brady's return affects the AFC East.
- Marc Sessler (NFL.com) The Belichick letters. /Enjoyed this read.
- Darin Gantt (ProFootballTalk) Report: Rob Ninkovich injury not a problem post-suspension.
- Kevin Tame Jr. (USA Today) Patriots release veteran tight end Clay Harbor.
- Don Banks (NFL.com) Week 4 Snap Judgments: Falcons, Rams have statement wins; On Patriots loss: 'nothing to see here, folks, move along.
- Mike Wilson (ESPN Stats & Info) Best and worst QB performances from Week 4.
- Around the NFL (NFL.com) Thirty-nine things we learned from Week 4.
- Melissa Jacobs (SI) Week Under Review: Handing out awards after first quarter of 2016 NFL season. /Hands out BTB (Before Tom Brady) Awards.
- Gregg Rosenthal (NFL.com) Week 4 reset: Vikings are here to stay at quarter mark.
- Kenneth Arthur (Sports on Earth) Pace setters: NFL's quarter stats.
- Mike Rodak (ESPN) Rex Ryan says he was messing with Patriots about source.
- John Breech (CBS Spots) NFL Week 5 early odds: Patriots are huge favorites in Tom Brady's return.
- Nunzio Ingrassia (Fox Sports) Hue Jackson has brilliant reaction to facing post-suspension Tom Brady.
- Frank Schwab (Yahoo! Sports) NFL says no officiating controversy in weird Browns-Redskins fumble.
- Dan Hanzus (NFL.com) Bow-and-arrow penalty was real thing that happened.
DEFLATEGATE, DUMPSTER DIVE
- Adam Kilgore (Washington Post) In banning Tom Brady, NFL hoped to gash Patriots. Turns out, it was just a scratch.
- Ryan Hannable notes tom Brady is done talking deflategate: 'I've put that in the rear view mirror.'
- Mike Reiss finds 30 notable things that happened during Tom Brady's suspension.
- Herm Edwards and Andrew Brandt (ESPN) Winners and losers in Deflategate. (5.15 min. video)
- David Steele (Sporting News) Player protests aren't the problem for NFL; a poor product is.