TEAM TALK
- Post Game Notes: Patriots-Seahawks. Patriots set NFL record for most pass attempts without an interception.
- Erik Scalavino posts his observations from the press box at Gillette Stadium: Super game, tough ending.
- Paul Perillo shares some random thoughts from Sunday: Curious call proves costly.
- Andy Hart Stock Watch: Pass defense struggles as Patriots come up just short.
- Post Game Quotes: Patriots and Seahawks.
- Post Game Pressers: Bill Belichick (15.14 min. video) - Tom Brady (4.06 min. video) - Rob Gronkowski (3.57 min. video)
- Press Pass: Flowers, McCourty, Bennett and Ninkovich comment from the locker room after the game. (1.44 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Jeff Howe sees last night's loss to the Seahawks both as an exposing of the Pats' defensive issues and as a hopeful Super Bowl LI preview.
- Karen Guregian states the Patriots defense failed its first true test.
- Mark Daniels finds it clear that the Patriots need some help on the defensive end. It’s also clear that this team will need to find it within.
- Mike Petraglia asserts this loss shows the defense is not even close to championship caliber.
- Mike Reiss says the Patriots defense had a chance to make a mark, but it didn't (couldn't?) deliver.
- Rich Garven finds the cracks in the defense hard to overlook.
- Karen Guregian mentions how the Patriots' 3 fumbles in the fourth quarter was significant in the loss.
- Tom E. Curran watched as the Pats' defensive holes were exploited with brutal efficiency by the Seahawks, and questions whether New England can patch the leaks.
- Mark Daniels notes that we’ve seen this story before, but there was no magic this time for New England.
- Michael Hurley recaps last night's battle as the game ends on a controversial non-call.
- Mike Reiss discusses how the Patriots were balancing clock and scoring on their final offensive drive.
- Ryan Hannable believes the players and coaches all deserve to be second-guessed after their performance last night.
- Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Patriots stopped short, Seahawks take away SNF win.
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Phil Perry notes that without Jamie Collins, the Pats put their trust in rookie sixth-round pick Elandon Roberts.
- Christopher Price tells us what we learned in Week 10: Pats have to hope the rest of the AFC keeps struggling while they search for answers on defense.
- Dave D'Onofrio gives us 5 takeaways from the loss to the Seahawks. 1. This is on the defense.
- Ian Logue (PatsFans) Five things we learned from Patriots-Seahawks. 1. Third down defense was bad.
- Kevin Duffy explains how the defense could be the team's downfall in the Pats' chase for a 5th Super Bowl win.
- Mark Farinella Patriots Notebook: Sunday night marked the beginning of a new era - life without Jamie Collins; Flowers fills the hole.
- Ron Borges was entertained with a 'great show' last night, but laments the lack of great teams in the NFL.
- Steve Buckley questions the Patriots decision to throw on the final play.
- Chad Finn thinks 24 thoughts on the Seahawks' 31-24 victory. 2. Officials got it right.
- Doug Kyed Patriots-Seahawks takeaways: Cornerbacks flounder in Week 10 loss.
- Hayden Bird says Rob Gronkowski learned why Seattle's defensive backfield is called the "Legion of Boom" on Sunday night.
- Zack Cox Patriots-Seahawks Notes: LeGarrette Blount closing in on Curtis Martin's record.
- Kevin Dillon reports Rob Gronkowski says Earl Thomas' hit was "one of the hardest I've got in my career."
- Ryan Hannable reports Tom Brady says his right knee is sore, while Kam Chancellor defends his 'roughing the passer' hit.
- Tom E. Curran tells us it's too early to start worrying about home field advantage. (1.51 min. video)
- Mike Petraglia & Chris Price on how defensive breakdowns, last-second failures doom Patriots. (11.30 min. video)
- CSNNE panelist Dan Koppen thinks the Pats' defense is fixable, while Troy Brown thinks the D needs to be more aggressive (only way to get turnovers). (3.36 min. video)
- Tom E. Curran highlights the Best and Worst from Sunday. Best Christmas gift: A brand new Bobby Wagner backpack just like the one Gronk wore last night.
- Dan Ventura picks his Best & Worst from last night.
- Christopher Price calls his 3 Up and 3 Down from last night.
- Michael Hurley gives us his Four Ups and Four Downs.
- Mike Reiss looks at which players were Up and Down.
- Mark Farinella posts his Hots and Nots from yesterday's loss.
- James Conway (PatsPropaganda) Coffin Corner: (TB)12 Thoughts about the Patriots 2nd half.
- Mike Reiss wonders if the Pats-Jets Week 12 game could get flexed out of prime time.
NATIONAL NEWS
- NFL Game Center - Seattle Seahawks vs. New England Patriots.
- Big Play Highlights (NFL.com) Week 10: Seahawks vs. Patriots. (video)
- Greg A. Bedard (SI) Pats, Seahawks prove again that they—and their coaches—are very best NFL has to offer.
- Dan Wetzel (Yahoo! Sports) Patriots bring out aggression in Pete Carroll and Seahawks in one of NFL's great chess matches.
- Jeffri Chadiha (NFL.com) Seattle Seahawks make statement with win over Patriots.
- Sean Wagner-McGough (CBS Sports) Historic streak ends on Brady's interception.
- Jeremy Bergman (NFL.com) Seahawks stop Pats with last-second goal-line stand.
- Tadd Haislop (sporting News) Seahawks outscore Patriots, get goal-line revenge. /a little less riding on the outcome this time.
- Lorenzo Reyes (USA Today) Seahawks get revenge on Patriots with goal-line stand.
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Ryan Wilson (CBS Sports) Seahawks vs. Patriots: Final score, things to know as Seattle gets Super Bowl revenge. /I'm sensing a theme here.
- Dan Hanzus (NFL.com) Bill Belichick confused by Seahawks' two-point call.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Bill Belichick after loss: I thought the game was well-officiated.
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Chris Chase (Fox Sports) Did refs rob Patriots by swallowing whistle on last-second Brady pass to Gronkowski? (He says 'no'.)
- Darin Gantt (ProFootballTalk) Sunday Night wrap-up: Russell Wilson sure looks healthy again.
- Peter King (The MMQB) MMQB: Best Sunday of the season.
- Greg A. Bedard (SI) NFL Week 10 Blanket: Cowboys-Steelers thriller may be turning point of this season.
- Around the NFL (NFL.com) Thirty-six things we learned from Week 10.
- Staff (USA Today) 40 things we learned in Week 10: 4. Yeah, Week 10 turned into "Sunday Funday" in the NFL. 5. Commissioner Roger Goodell immediately said he will get to the bottom of all this and make sure it never happens again on his watch.
- Staff (The Ringer) The winners and losers from NFL Week 10. Winner: The goal line.
- Mike Tanier (Bleacher Report) Monday Morning Digest: 3 Teams a cut above after Statement Sunday in the NFL.
- Dieter Kurtenbach (Fox Sports) What we learned in Week 10 of the NFL season. Seahawks-Patriots: "Seahawks played an incredible game and they still needed the benefit of the doubt in the end zone to win."
- Brett Pollakoff (Fox Sport) The 10 best things we heard in NFL Week 10.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Blandino acknowledges the need for static cameras down the sideline.
- Staff (SI) NFL playoffs: Who's in, who's out? Latest standings and seedings.
VIEW FROM SEATTLE
- Larry Stone (Seattle Times) Victories against Patriots are of measuring-stick variety and Seahawks measured up.
- Bob Condotta (Seattle Times) This time, Seahawks come up with goal-line stand to beat Patriots, 31-24.
- Jayson Jenks (Seattle Times) Seahawks defense turns away Tom Brady and Patriots in bruising goal-line stand.
- Bob Condotta (Seattle Times) Seahawks’ Pete Carroll on going for two vs. Patriots: ‘I liked the thought’.