TEAM TALK
- Post Game Notes and Records: Patriots earn top seed in AFC Playoff field. /Fresh, hot cup of sweet stats to start the morning.
- Erik Scalavino shares his observations from the press box at Hard Rock Stadium: They earned it.
- Paul Perillo offers some random thoughts from Sunday's win: The Patriots ripped Miami, 35-21, to nail down the top seed in the AFC.
- Andy Hart Stock Watch: Brady, Edelman lead finale fun in Miami.
- Don Banks: Week 17 Snap Judgments.
- Post Game Pressers: Bill Belichick (4.30 min. video) - Tom Brady (4 min. video) - Devin McCourty (4 min. video)
- Patriots Press Pass: Edelman, Trey Flowers and Michael Floyd address the media. (3.01 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Jeff Howe highlights how the Patriots finished strong to lock up home-field advantage and overcome tough places to play in the process (Denver, Miami).
- Tom E. Curran describes the 2016 Patriots as relentless: 'The team's single-minded, ignore-all-distractions pursuit of excellence was on display again Sunday in their 35-14 beatdown of the Dolphins . . . just as it has all season long'
- Ron Borges points to preperation and mental toughness - not weak opposition - that put s the Patriots in a class above their peers.
- Kevin Duffy recaps Sunday's win and points to Julian Edelman and Trey Flowers as top contributors.
- Chad Finn calls this a real statement game.
- Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Patriots finish regular season right, beat Miami.
- Dave D'Onofrio gives us 5 reasons the Patriots took down the Dolphins: Floyd is a big boy.
- Christopher Price tells us what we learned: Now in AFC driver's seat, the Pats have the inside track on the road to Super bowl LI.
- Nick O'Malley tells us 10 things we learned after the Patriots clinch the No. 1 seed: Patriots gave up the fewest points in 2016 at 15.6 points per game.
- Michael Hurley thinks Brady and Belichick make the incredible seem commonplace, and other leftover Patriots thoughts.
- Michael Hurley points out that Tom Brady set the NFL record for best TD-to-INT ratio of all time.
- Dan Shaughnessy makes the case why Tom Brady should win NFL MVP.
- Nora Princiotti calls Michael Floyd's block the highlight of the day. /She's right. That was awesome.
- Doug Kyed mentions how Michael Floyd quickly wins over his teammates with his physical play.
- Michael Hurley writes about how Michael Floyd catches up to speed in a hurry for the Patriots.
- Karen Guregian discovers Michael Floyd won lots of admirers after huge hit and huge game.
- Ryan Hannable notes Martellus Bennett compares winning with the Patriots to having sex.
- Adam Lichtenstein puts the focus on how the defense has been able to use explosive turnovers down the stretch.
- Jeff Howe Patriots Notes: Julian Edelman finishes ‘complete’ season with bang.
- Ben Volin looks at which team would give the Patriots the most trouble in the divisional round.
- Michael Hurley picks four Ups and four Downs from Sunday's win.
- Mike Reiss picks who was Up and who was Down from the win over Miami.
- Adam Kurkjian picks out the lingering issues from this game we’ll likely be talking about all week: Patriots didn't hold back any of their key players.
- Mike Reiss asks Julian Edelman why he arrives to work so early on game day.
- Eric Wilbur recounts the 10 worst moments in Boston sports during 2016.
- Michael Hurley takes a look at the best, worst and most common sports radio callers in the world.
NATIONAL NEWS
- NFL Game Center (NFL.com) Patriots vs. Dolphins. Recap, stats, highlights.
- Shalise Manza Young (Yahoo! Sports) Tom Brady breaks another NFL record, bolsters MVP argument as Patriots sew up No. 1 seed.
- Chris Wesseling (NFL.com) Patriots clinch home-field advantage in AFC playoffs.
- Michael Renner (Pro Football Focus) NE-MIA Grades: Brady adds new weapon in Floyd entering playoffs.
- Andy Benoit (The MMQB) Why Tom Brady’s Patriots and Matt Ryan’s Falcons are on a collision course for Houston.
- Dieter Kurtenbach (Fox Sports) 3 reasons why the New England Patriots will win Super Bowl LI.
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) LeGarrette Blount: Ndamukong Suh is a dirty player.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) NFL morning after: Tom Brady’s impressive season.
- Greg A. Bedard (SI) NFL Week 17 Blanket: Best storylines from Sunday's games. Patriots take care of business, get the reward.
- Pete Prisco (CBS Sports) Monday Musings: Quarterbacks make AFC, NFC paths to Super Bowl vastly different.
- Peter King (The MMQB) MMQB: A fiery [and firing] finish to the NFL regular season.
- Around the NFL (NFL.com) What we learned: Tony Romo returns; Patriots reign.
- Dieter Kurtenbach (Fox Sports) What we learned in Week 17 of the NFL season.
- Mike Tanier (Bleacher Report) Monday Morning Digest: Picking Wild-Card winners and watching Falcons soar.
- Staff (The Ringer) The winners and losers from NFL Week 17. /No mention of the Patriots.
- Brett Pollakoff (Fox Sports) The 10 best things we heard in NFL Week 17.
- Can't-Miss Plays (NFL.com) Huge block springs Edelman for 77-yard TD. (1.27 min. video)
- Louis Bien (SB Nation) The moment everything went wrong for 5 NFL teams that were supposed to be good. /Cards were done Week 1 after losing to Jimmy G's Patriots.
- Kevin Tame (BostonSportsPub) Roger Goodell still refuses to attend a Patriots home game.
- Ian Rapoport (NFL.com) Coaching roundup: John Fox set to stay with Bears.
- Darin Gantt (ProFootballTalk) Report: Rams want to talk to both Patriots coordinators.
- Andrew Bucholtz (Awful Announcing) The Big Bang Theory beat out Sunday Night Football as TV’s most-watched show by Nielsen Most Current.
VIEW FROM MIAMI
- Adam H. Beasley (Miami Herald) New England Patriots stomp Dolphins 35-14, send Miami into playoffs as AFC's sixth seed.
- Hal Habib (Palm Beach Post) Dolphins fall to Patriots to stumble into playoffs.
- Omar Kelly and Steve Svekis (Sun-Sentinel) 20 things we learned in the New England Patriots' 35-14 win over the Miami Dolphins.
- Dave Hyde (Sun-Sentinel) Patriots remind Dolphins how much work needs to be done.
- Dave Hyde (Sun-Sentinel) Ten thoughts on Dolphins' 35-14 loss to Patriots.
- Armando Salguero (Miami Herald) Patriots pummel Dolphins: On to the playoffs vs. Pittsburgh.
- Omar Kelly (Sun-Sentinel) Dolphins' patched-up defense continues to get shredded by opponents.
- Greg Cote (Miami Herald) For the Dolphins, winning in the playoffs is what matters now.
- Jason Lieser (Palm Beach Post) Dolphins can’t play with Patriots, but Steelers are different story.
- Armando Salguero (Miami Herald) Answers to the two questions that will determine the Miami Dolphins’ playoff fate: Will Tannehill play and can the defense stop anybody?