New England Patriots links 11/06/17 - Patriots win bye with a little help from their ‘friends’

TEAM TALK

• PFW's Midseason Recap: A look back at the highs and lows on both sides of the ball.
• Fred Kirsch and Paul Perillo debate whether or not trading Jimmy Garoppolo was the right decision.
• Patriots This Week: Chargers Recap; Bye Week banter. (20 min. video)
• Patriots All Access: Bye week recap. (40.13 min. video)
• One-on-One with Tom Brady (6.03 min. video).

LOCAL LINKS

• Mike Reiss shares some quick-hit weekend thoughts: Could Baker Mayfield be New England's next Jimmy Garoppolo?
• Ryan Hannable Sunday 7: Leftover Jimmy Garoppolo thoughts, including should the Patriots have gotten more in return?
• Ryan Hannable shares five Patriots-related thoughts from Week 9.
• Steve Balestrieri (Pats Fans) Sunday Patriots news, AFC East notes.
• Ian Logue (Pats Fans) Six Monday NFL thoughts as Patriots get back to work.
• Phil Perry wonders if the Dion Lewis-for-Mike Gillislee swap is a permanent change for the Patriots. Maybe not.
• Phil Perry calls attention to how Bill Belichick and Matt Patricia got creative to get the most out of their depleted defense.
• Mike Reiss reports the Patriots will stay a week in Colorado after the Broncos game before traveling to Mexico City to play the Raiders.
• Jeff Howe announces 'The Blitzies', and hands out the Patriots' awards from the first half.
• Tom E. Curran, Mike Giardi and Phil Perry choose the Patriots midseason awards: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3.
• Mike Reiss Patriots Mailbag: The Patriots' WR situation, Mike Gillislee's role moving forward and Tom Brady's health.
• Matt Dolloff examines the myth of the Patriots being bad at second-round picks.
• Adam Kurkjian rounds up the top 10 QB prospects for the Patriots to draft in 2018.
• Mike Reiss takes a look at the Patriots offense at the midpoint of the season: Brandin Cooks and Chris Hogan shouldering the WR load.
• Kevin Duffy's Midseason Report: What stands out and what needs work.
• Kevin Dillon presents his Patriots midseason report card: How each player has graded through the first half of the season.
• Mike Reiss gives us the state of the defense at the Patriots midpoint: Deatrich Wise Jr. has been a productive rookie at DE, while Trey Flowers continues to provide value.
• Doug Kyed offers some reasonable expectations from Shea McClellin when he returns.
• Jeff Howe takes a look at the unheralded additions who are starting to pay dividends for the Patriots.
• Karen Guregian thumbnails the five biggest hurdles between the Patriots and the finish line.
• Dakota Randall shares how Tom Brady is still putting in work on a bye week, with some help from his son.
• CBS Boston writes about the Hollister twins are living the dream with the Patriots.
• Ryan Hannable highlights the Patriots coaches media availability: How O-line will improve and how RBs will be used.
• Mike Reiss tells us the Football Journey of special-teams coach Joe Judge.
• Michael Hurley finds that last week's juiciest nugget of gossip was not based in reality: Bill Belichick never wanted to trade Tom Brady.
• WEEI guest Michael Lombardi says he never thought the Patriots would trade Garoppolo.
• Joshua Schrock notes Rex Ryan and Matt Hasselbeck believe the Jimmy Garoppolo trade was 'genius'.
• Adam London notes Russell Wilson was razzed by a few Pats fans on Twitter after he threw a familiar goal-line INT while trying for a 2-point conversion.

NATIONAL NEWS

• Ryan Wilson (CBS Sports) Here's what Bill Belichick said when 49ers asked if Tom Brady was available for trade.
• Peter King (SI) Monday Morning QB: The 6-2 stunner: How the Rams stole the spotlight at NFL's midseason mark.
• Ron Clements (Sporting News) NFL Week 9 Blitz Read: Super Bowl contenders separating themselves.
• Will Brinson (CBS Sports) Sorting the Sunday Pile, Week 9: Wentz, Goff, Prescott make 2016 draft look insane.
• Gary Gramling (SI) Sunday Freakout: A.J. Green ejected, Mike Evans should have been, Cam Newton dunks and runs a Statue of Liberty play, Rams run it up on Giants, Julio's devastating drop on a day that had a little bit of everything.
• Around the NFL (NFL.com) NFL Week 9: What we learned from Sunday's games.
• Lindsay H. Jones (USA Today) 40 things we learned in Week 9 of the 2017 NFL season. 30. Count the Patriots among the biggest winners of Week 9.
• Frank Schwab (Yahoo! Sports) NFL Winners and Losers: Time for the Giants to start over, and that includes Eli Manning.
• Rodger Sherman (The Ringer) The winners and losers from Week 9. Loser: The NFL's down-by-contact rule.
• John Breech (CBS Sports) NFL Week 9 Grades: Giants, Broncos, Bucs all get 'Fs' for embarrassing losses.
• Danny Heifetz (The Ringer) The NFL just turned into the UFC.
• Video (ESPN) Brady makes an impression on all his backups. (4.31 min. video)
• Sean Tomlinson (Bleacher Report) NFL preseason predictions we got way wrong.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Osweiler on track to start Sunday night, for now.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) CBS CEO: NFL is “still the best thing on TV”.

EXTRACURRICULAR

• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) NFL not a fan of proposed tax bill.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Next step in Elliott legal odyssey comes this week.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) NFL may still oppose effort to question owners, Goodell.
• Michael McCann (SI) Kaepernick collusion case: What does it mean that Jones, Kraft, other owners will be deposed?
• Charles Robinson (Yahoo! Sports) Here’s what NFL, team owners face against Colin Kaepernick’s legal shark.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Players seek mediation of anthem controversy.
• Claire McNear (The Ringer) The cracks in the NFL's entertainment defense.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Vontae Davis will miss game due to lingering groin issue. /Colts Injury Report lists him as out with a ‘non-football injury’ designation.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Pagano on Vontae Davis: “Coach’s decision”.