New England Patriots links 9/28/16 - Amendola bringing high quality to low snap count

TEAM TALK

• Game Preview: Bills at Patriots.
• Erik Scalavino shares the news, notes and locker room buzz from Tuesday at Gillette.
• Andy Hart tackles this week's Ask PFW Mailbag: New England continues to win despite a strange set of circumstances at the QB position.
• Angelique Fiske tells us how several players spent their Monday helping to build a new playground in Providence.
• Sights and Sounds from the 27-0 win over the Texans Thursday night. (4.29 min. video)
• From NFL Network - Top 10 Patriots of all time.

LOCAL LINKS

• Rich Garven notes that although Danny Amendola's playing time has dipped to 24%, his quality of production has stayed high.
• Tom E. Curran says Rex Ryan and the Bills can't afford to go belly-up vs. the Patriots.
• Kevin Dillon notes Chris Long said the Patriots have to be worried about Tyrod Taylor's ability to 'hurt you all over the field.'
• Mike Reiss observes that the marriage of Chris Long and the Patriots is off to a strong start.
• Mike Reiss feels the Patriots run defense will be tested against LeSean McCoy.
• Chris Mason finds that when it comes to the Pats prepping to tackle the Bills' dangerous run game, it's all about discipline, discipline, discipline.
• Kevin Dillon points out LeGarrette Blount is leading the NFL in rushing through the first three weeks of the season, and Danny Amendola thinks 'it's fun to hear him run by and hit guys.'
• Karen Guregian says the best running games aren't about the most yards, but being able to impose their will when the situation calls for it, and LeGarrette Blount has been a beast during crunch time.
• Christopher Price dubs LeGarrette Blount 'The Closer'.
• Karen Guregian Patriots Notebook: Jimmy Garoppolo and Jacoby Brissett take part in practice; Brady ready for Monday return; More.
• Rich Garven Patriots Journal: Sundays even better now for Chris Long; More.
• Ryan Hannable notes Stephen Gostkowski and the Patriots are still adjusting to the new kickoff rule change.
• Mike Reiss pulls out several worthy nuggets from Bill Belichick' mic'd up on Showtime's "Inside the NFL" last night. "We've played 50 minutes of good football. Let's make it 60".
• Matt Dolloff believes Belichick's mic'd up audio gave an awesome glimpse of how well he's coached the team early in the season.
• Chris Warner (Boston Sports Media) Patriots three-sixteenths through 2016 review.
• Robert Alvarez (PatsFans) "New England Patriots, meet your new quarterback." From Conan O'Brien (3.18 min. video)
• Matt Dolloff thinks the NFL's ratings have been declining across the board due to a weaker product on the field.

NATIONAL NEWS

• Eric Edholm (Yahoo! Sports) Could Patriots actually be well stocked at quarterback vs. Bills?
• Marc Lancaster (Sporting News) Pain is not in Patriots quarterbacks' dictionary.
• Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Ryan Allen boots way to AFC special teams player of the week.
• Gregg Rosenthal (NFL.com) The best additions of 2016.
• Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Josh McDaniels: I have one of the best jobs in the world.
• Evan Kaplan and Marty Callinan (ESPN) Which 3-0 team -- the Broncos, Eagles, Patriots, Ravens or Vikings -- is most likely to miss the playoffs?
• Peter King (The MMQB) J.J. Watt injury: The Texans got 99 problems; MMQB Mailbag.
• Mike Freeman (Bleacher Report) 10-Point stance.
• Panel (Sporting News) Ranking the 50 most influential people in sports.
• Vote (NFL.com) FedEx Air & Ground Players of the Week. Vote here for LeGarrette Blount.
• Michael Tunison (Sports on Earth) Game change? Sports Twitter debates.
• Pat Imig (Sporting News) NFL finally paying for its double standards and hypocrisy.
• Brian Costello (NY Post) Inside Eric Mangini’s Jets tenure: Favre arm-twist, 2-faced owner, Spygate regret. /Still not far enough, in my opinion.
  

VIEW FROM BUFFALO

• Mike Rodak (ESPN) Bills hope Sunday is preview of brighter future without Tom Brady.
• Nick Veronica (Buffalo News) Five things to know about the Patriots. 1. Bill Belichick is looking to cap another coaching masterpiece.
• Jay Skurski (Buffalo News) Passing offense ranks last in NFL through three weeks.
• Matthew Fairburn (NewYorkUpstate) Who will be Patriots' quarterback against Bills? Rex Ryan thinks he knows.
• Ryan Talbot (NewYorkUpstate) Patriots 'going to wipe the floor' with Buffalo Bills, says ESPN's Michael Wilbon.
• Mike Schopp (WGR550) Conclusion: Conclusions can wait. "Maybe for the first time since Doug Flutie was their quarterback can the Bills, in New England, win a game the Patriots also care about."