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TEAM TALK
- Post Game Notes: Patriots have best regular-season road record in the NFL since 2000; More.
- Erik Scalavino shares his observations from the press box at University of Phoenix Stadium: Garoppolo kept calm on emotional day; More.
- Paul Perillo posts some random thoughts from last night's win: Josh McDaniels dials it up with a perfect game plan for Jimmy G.
- Andy Hart Stock Watch: Jimmy G. impressive in season opener.
- Post Game Transcripts: Patriots and Cardinals.
- Post Game Pressers: Bill Belichick (8.57 min. video) and Jimmy Garoppolo (5 min. video)
- Patriots Today - Press pass: 'This was huge.' (2.48 min. video)
- Patriots Today - Week 1 Recap: Patriots 23, Cardinals 21. (video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Karen Guregian likes how the Patriots thrived in their rare underdog role and grabbed a sweet victory when few expected it.
- Mike Petraglia notes how Julian Edelman feels the underdog role is a media creation: 'That is all on you guys.'
- Ryan Hannable analyzes the anatomy of an upset: How the Patriots took down the Cardinals in a thrilling Week 1 win.
- Jim McBride recaps last night's win, says the Cardinals missed their chance to beat the Patriots.
- Mike Reiss reports the Patriots credit Bill Belichick with pulling out a close win against the Arizona Cardinals.
- Mike Petraglia recaps the stunning Patriots win over the Cardinals in Jimmy Garoppolo's first NFL start. (4.07 min. video)
- Eric Wilbur says the only surprise about the Patriots' victory is that anyone was surprised.
- Jeff Howe writes how Jimmy Garoppolo drives the Patriots to a win in his starting debut.
- Christopher Gasper says Tom Brady’s suspension was supposed to take away Bill Belichick’s secret weapon. It didn’t work.
- Michael Hurley comes right out and says Jimmy Garoppolo was better than we all expected.
- Jim Donaldson finds that suddenly, everything is brighter for the Patriots.
- Nora Princiotti talks about how Chandler Jones and the Cardinals' defense failed to rattle the Patriots.
- Dan Shaughnessy writes Bill Belichick 'thoroughly outcoached the estimable Bruce Arians' in the same building he pantsed Pete Carroll in the Super Bowl.
- Karen Guregian believes the Patriots made the right call to sit Rob Gronkowski.
- Phil Perry posts five quick-hit thoughts from the Patriots' season-opening win in Arizona: 1. Garoppolo handles the moment.
- Doug Kyed Patriots Pick Six: Chris Hogan among stars in 23-21 win.
- Eric Wilbur picks three things we learned after the Patriots stunned the Cardinals in Week 1: 2. Dante Scarnecchia has righted the O-Line's issues.
- Mike Dussault (PatsPropaganda) Pats Posits: Pats steal another one in the desert.
- Ian Logue (PatsFans) 10 Things we learned from the Patriots win over the Cardinals: 3. Bennett dominated Jones.
- Bob George (PatsFans) Garoppolo passes first big test during win over Cardinals.
- Mike Reiss notes the element of unknown surrounding what the Patriots have with Jimmy Garoppolo is being answered.
- Jeff Howe Patriots Notebook:Edelman, Amendola catch on quickly for Jimmy G.
- Hayden Bird posts a clip of LeGarrette Blount thundering over six Cardinals for a touchdown.
- Zack Cox hears Devin McCourty explain why he raised his fist after the National Anthem.
- Ryan Hannable notes Bill Belichick explains his thought process on taking a timeout before the missed field goal. /The one where every Pats' fan in the world was screaming at the TV for.
- John Waller shows us how Tom Brady celebrates the Pats' win on Facebook.
- Mike Reiss reports the Patriots took down the large Tom Brady banner at Gillette Stadium on Sunday night, and Jonathan Kraft explains why they put it up.
- Hayden Bird tells us how Julian Edelman marked the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
- Tom E. Curran hands out his post-game Pats-Cards superlatives.
- Adam Kurkjian picks his Best & Worst from Patriots-Cardinals.
- Michael Hurley picks his Four Ups and Four Downs from the win vs. the Cardinals.
- Mike Petraglia writes a good pre-game article on Bill Belichick, Bruce Arians and why old men still rule the NFL (at least on the sidelines).
NATIONAL NEWS
- NFL Game Center - New England vs. Arizona: Recap, stats and highlights.
- Dan Wetzel (Yahoo! sports) Death and taxes and Jimmy Garoppolo.
- Michael Silver (NFL.com) Jimmy Garoppolo proves Pats can thrive under his stewardship.
- Ian O'Connor (ESPN) In temporary role, Patriots QB Jimmy Garoppolo shows off lasting talent.
- Lorenzo Reyes (USA Today) Depleted Patriots prove their system is as strong as ever.
- Ryan Wilson (CBS Sports) Shorthanded Patriots earn impressive win with Jimmy Garoppolo: 9 takeaways
- Vinnie Iyer (Sporting News) Jimmy Garoppolo, 1-0: Belichick, Patriots send big 'deflate you' to all of NFL.
- Mike Freeman (Bleacher Report) Sorry, Patriots haters, but Jimmy Garoppolo is going to make you miserable again.
- AP (Fox Sports) Brady-less Patriots escape with win thanks to Cardinals' missed kick.
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Bill Belichick: Players showed a lot of toughness.
- Darin Gantt (ProFootballTalk) Sunday Night wrap-up: Jimmy Garoppolo recovers to win Patriots debut.
- Peter King (The MMQB) MMQB: Jimmy G. and the young QBs.
- Greg A. Bedard (SI) NFL Week 1 Blanket: Eagles may have won, but hold off on Carson Wentz's coronation. "You might as well start engraving Bill Belichick’s name on the Coach of the Year Trophy."-
- Gregg Rosenthal (NFL.com) Five narratives that fell apart in Week 1.
- Staff (USA Today) 40 things we learned in Week 1 of the 2016 NFL season.
- Staff (ESPN) The Big Story for all 32 NFL teams.
- Around the NFL (NFL.com) Thirty-nine things we learned from Week 1.
- Mike Tanier (Bleacher Report) Monday Morning Digest: Week 1. /Slideshow.
- John Breech (CBS Sports) NFL Week 1 Grades: Carson Wentz embarrasses Browns in NFL debut. Patriots earn an A+.
VIEW FROM ARIZONA
- Darren Urban (AZCardinals.com) Cardinals fall to undermanned Patriots. "The lesson of overconfidence has been learned."
- Dan Bickley (AZCentral) Arizona Cardinals season starts with red flag.
- Kent Somers (AZCentral) Cardinals miss last-second FG, lose opener to Patriots.
- Kyle Odegard (AZCardinals.com) Third down trouble dooms Cardinals defense.
- Josh Weinfuss (ESPN) Cardinals defense doesn't live up to hype in loss to Patriots.