New England Patriots links 9/23/16 - Patriots feast on turnovers, Texans Toast in 27-0 win

TEAM TALK

• Post Game Notes: Records set, milestones reached and trends continued. Patriots have ninth shutout in the Belichick era.
• Paul Perillo shares his random thoughts from last night's win: Rookie Jacoby Brissett picked up his first-career victory in a 27-0 shutout over Houston.
• Erik Scalavino posts his observations from the press box at Gillette Stadium: Balanced, team effort nets shutout.
• Andy Hart Stock Watch: Jacoby Brissett continues Patriots winning ways.
• Post game transcripts: Patriots and Texans.
• Post Game Pressers: Bill Bellichick (video) - Matthew Slater (video) - Devin McCourty (3.58 min. video)
• Locker Room Uncut: Jacoby Brissett (2.54 min. video)
  
• Press Pass: Hear from Martellus Bennett, Rob Gronkowski, Julian Edelman and more on the Patriots big win.

LOCAL LINKS

• Jeff Howe recaps the Patriots win, as Jacoby Brissett does his job in the shutout.
• Karen Guregian credits Bill Belichick for making the most of the situation: Rookie 3rd-string QB, making his first start, 3 days to prepare, against an unbeaten opponent.
• Chad Finn offers 27 thoughts on Jacoby Brissett, LeGarrette Blount, and the Patriots' rout of the Texans. Belichick has to be the greatest 'unexpected-circumstances' coach there has ever been.
• Kevin Duffy talks about what stood out in the Patriots shut-out of Houston.
• Mike Reiss highlights a special night with a special effort by the entire team and the crowd bringing a high level of energy from start to finish.
• Mike Reiss picks his Ups and Downs from the Texans' beatdown.
• Jim McBride says this is the third time Belichick came up with a perfectly tailored game plan, executed with near perfection.
• Mike Petraglia Post game snap judgments: Jacoby Brissett manages big game, Patriots turn over Texans in romp.
• Doug Kyed picks six stars from Thursday's win.
• Eric Wilbur tells us three things we learned: 1. Defense and special teams were huge.
• Mike Dussault (PatsPropaganda) Pats Posits: Damn it feels good to be a Hoodie.
• Hayden Bird reports Bill Belichick nearly cracked a smile when asked about Jacoby Brisset handing him his first TD ball, and made sure to give it back to him.
• Mike Petraglia and Chris Price explain how Jacoby Brissett pulled off the perfect 'complementary' win. (9.15 min. video)
• CSNNE guest Albert Breer states that what Bill Belichick was able to do 'was ridiculous'. (1 min. video)
• Ron Borges abhors weakness even more than he hates Belichick. "If they made a movie about the Houston Texans they wouldn’t call it 'Rawhide.'They’d call it 'Soft Touch.'" /Snark makes it worth the read.
• Tom E. Curran believes that with this game plan, Belichick adds another chapter to his genius legacy.
• Dan Ventura mentions how the Patriots defense felt the buzz of a potential shutout as they entered the 4th quarter last night, and reveled in getting it.
• Steve Buckley writes that "since the entire point of Deflategate was to scrape the Patriots’ collective noses across the pavement out in front of NFL Headquarters, this is a disaster."
• Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Patriots shut out Texans 27-0 on another Belichick masterstroke.
• Jeff Howe Patriots Notebook: Rob Gronkowski glad to get feet wet in 2016 debut; More.
• Christopher Price notes how Martellus Bennett is focused on keeping it fun with the Patriots.
• Everett Cook points out how the special teams unit was, well, special.
• Tom E. Curran highlights the best and worst moments from the win.
• Ryan Hannable reports Vince Wilfork was appreciative of the video montage at Gillette Stadium, in his return to Foxboro.
• Kevin Dillon gives us Patriots-Texans by the numbers: Patriots defense picks up its first 1,363 days.
• Dan Shaughnessy says the number one storyline of the night (and we all know how much Belichick loves storylines) was Bill Belichick.

NATIONAL NEWS

• NFL Game Center - Houston Texans vs. New England Patriots. Recap, stats and highlights.
• Greg A. Bedard (SI) Starting a third-string QB is no problem for Belichick, as Pats overwhelm Texans in win.
• Jared Dubin (CBS Sports) Bill Belichick, short-handed Patriots punk Texans 27-0: 7 things to know.
• Gregg Rosenthal (NFL.com) What we learned: No Brady, no problem for Pats in win.
• Zac Jackson (ProFootballTalk) Patriots flatten Texans, pitch shutout.
• Ian O'Connor (ESPN) Bill Belichick's Patriots just keep winning, no matter the odds.
• Ron Clements (Sporting News) Jacoby Brissett efficient in Patriots' shutout of Texans.
• Gary Davenport (Bleacher Report) Shorthanded Patriots send emphatic message that they are team to beat in AFC.
• Darin Gantt (ProFootballTalk) Patriots kept J.J. Watt from having any impact on the game.
• Judy Battista (NFL.com) Patriots show resilience under Belichick in win over Texans.
• Highlights (NFL.com) Jacoby Brissett gives first TD ball to Bill Belichick. (11 seconds).
• John Breech (CBS Sports) LeGarrette Blount becomes honorary Minuteman after long TD run.
• Photo (ESPN) Tom Brady celebrates Patriots' win with Facebook headline.
• Eric Edholm (Yahoo! Sports) Awful performance raises serious questions about Texans, Brock Osweiler.
• John Breech (CBS Sports) Twitter says Brock Osweiler's contract is the worst deal ever.
• Bill Reiter (CBS Sports) Bill Belichick makes his old coaches, and the rest of us, look dumb again.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Bill O’Brien blames loss on execution, reminds everyone it’s still early.
• Albert Breer (The MMQB) Drew Bledsoe and the hit that changed everything. (5.32 min. video)

VIEW FROM HOUSTON

• Dale Robertson (Houston Chronicle) Patriots take hapless Texans to woodshed once again. "Another year. Another quarterback. Another memorably inept Texans prime-time effort in Gillette Stadium."
• Marc Vandermeer (HoustonTexans) Patriot ambush stops Texans.
• Deepi Sidhu (HoustonTexans) Texans fall 27-0 to Patriots.
• Dale Robertson (Houston Chronicle) Breaking down the Texans' loss to the Patriots by the numbers.
• Aaron Wilson (Houston Chronicle) Brock Osweiler ineffectual in embarrassing Texans loss.
• Drew Dougherty (HoustonTexans) QB Brock Osweiler pinned the Thursday night loss at New England on himself.
• Aaron Wilson (Houston Chronicle) Texans' J.J. Watt has quiet game against Patriots.
• Aaron Wilson (Houston Chronicle) Texans' special teams inept against Patriots.
• Greg Rajan (Houston Chronicle) Internet roasts Texans after embarrassing loss to Patriots.
• Aaron Wilson (Houston Chronicle) Patriots' read option fools Texans.