TEAM TALK
- Andy Hart and Paul Perillo debate what are the biggest concerns for the Patriots.
- Don Banks’ Week 1 Snap Judgments: AFC West may be the best and deepest division in this year’s NFL; Houston's egg-laying at home; First-place Buffalo Bills; More.
- Angelique Fiske discusses how the Patriots bring unlikely friends together across the world.
- Conference Call Transcripts: Bill Belichick, Josh McDaniels and Matt Patricia.
- Patriots reveal banner #5. (12.49 min. video) /Best part of the game.
LOCAL LINKS
- Mike Reiss shares some quick-hit weekend thoughts: Duron Harmon's improbably rise from 'nobody' pick to Patriots captain.
- Ryan Hannable's Sunday 7: Loss of Julian Edelman is more than we gave it credit for.
- Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Patriots Sunday News, AFC East notes: Belichick doesn't care about past years or 'what happened when.'
- Karen Guregian makes the case for Josh McDaniels to get creative and utilize the running backs more.
- Sam Hollister (PatsPropaganda) How did Patriots use their running backs vs. Chiefs?
- Kristopher Knox (Bleacher Report) Adjustments Patriots must make following Week 1 loss.
- Doug Kyed looks at whether the Patriots should be more concerned about offense or defense.
- Kevin Duffy reviews the film with an eye on what needs to change on both sides of the ball.
- Mike Reiss notes Kyle Van Noy said going over the loss with coaches Friday was "not fun," but he believes it could be the springboard to a turnaround.
- Mike Reiss helps us get to know more about Mike Gillislee.
- CSNNE Sports Sunday guest Albert Breer says the Patriots front seven has talent issues that aren't fixable. (1.07 min. video)
- Michael Hurley thinks the Chiefs provided a flat-out ugly reality check for New England Thursday night, and more leftover Patriots thoughts.
- Ryan Hannable offers up 5 Patriots-related thoughts from Sunday's NFL action.
- DJ Bean bids a sad RIP to the Patriots' perfect season.
- Phil Perry highlights five things we had wrong going into Patriots-Chiefs.
- Levan Reid awards his gold stars and penalty flags from Pats-Chiefs.
- Kevin Duffy wonders if the Patriots should consider trading Dion Lewis.
- Heather Hilley (Cover32) Pats Stats: Debunking the ‘Times-Picayune theory.’
- Mike Reiss gives us his thoughts on the health of Danny Amendola and Dont'a Hightower.
- Dr. Jessica Flynn (BostonSportsDoc) Patriots injury thoughts from Week 1.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Scott Kacsmar (Football Outsiders) Clutch Encounters: KC-NE.
- Analysis Team (Pro Football Focus) Refocused: Kansas City Chiefs 42, New England Patriots 27.
- Peter King (SI) How America really feels about the New England Patriots. [Pre-Thursday night's game]
- Andrew Beaton (Wall St. Journal) The Patriots are finished (Yeah, right.)
- Danny Kelly (The Ringer) Even established quarterbacks are struggling in Week 1.
- Peter King (SI) Monday Morning QB: NFL season begins with eyes on Florida and Hurricane Irma.
- Gary Gramling (SI) The Sunday FreakOut: Rodgers' mastery, Good things for Goff, Texans hit the panic button, Carr MVP talk - for real this time.
- Mike Tanier (Bleacher Report) Monday Morning Digest: Great defenses, indefensible quarterbacks.
- Jacob Feldman (SI) The Morning Huddle: Time to worry?
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Matthew Stafford was money, and more Week One observations.
- Will Brinson (CBS Sports) Sorting the Sunday Pile: L.A. Rams legit, Sacksonville and more to know in Week 1.
- Adam Kilgore (Washington Post) Week 1 showed the NFL preseason is broken, and there may not be a solution.
- John Breech (CBS Sports) NFL Week 1 Grades: Raiders get an 'A' for unusual win, Bengals a 'D' for Dalton.
- Frank Schwab (Yahoo! Sports) NFL Week 1 Winners and Losers: The Seahawks have a big offensive problem.
- Around the NFL (NFL.com) What we learned from Sunday's season openers.
- Around the NFL (NFL.com) Week 1 Injuries: Danny Woodhead suffers hamstring injury.
- Mike Triplett (ESPN) Drew Brees 'chugging along' without Brandin Cooks, Willie Snead.
- Jeff Duncan (Times-Picayune) NFL picks vs. spread, Week 1: Patriots on wrong side of history after loss.
- Des Bieler (Washington Post) NFL Mexico apologizes for tweet linking earthquake with Chiefs’ win over Patriots.
- Video (ESPN) Rex Ryan offers his "Rexplanation" of Bill Belichick's postgame message. (1.03 min. video)
- Kevin Seifert (ESPN) Mike Pereira wants to reveal NFL's 'undercover' officiating program. /Highly disturbing.
- Josh Katzenstein (Times-Picayune) Saints coach Sean Payton appointed to NFL Competition Committee.
- Richard Deitsch (SI) Media Circus: 32 Thoughts on the opening weekend of the NFL.
- Richard Deitsch (SI) Talking football with Beth Mowins, the first woman in 30 years to broadcast an NFL game.
- Alex Putterman (Awful Announcing) NFL opening-night ratings worst in years, but Hurricane Irma could be partially to blame.
- Les Carpenter (The Guardian) The NFL's LA teams could bring empty stadium porn to a whole new level.
DUMPSTER DIVE
- Dan Wetzel (Yahoo! Sports) Why Jerry Jones has every right to rip Roger Goodell over Ezekiel Elliott's case.
- Staff (Dallas News) From May 2015: Jerry Jones says one of Roger Goodell’s best qualities is ‘fairness’ after ‘Deflategate’ ruling. /Just thought I’d throw this in here.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Elliott ruling points to “varying” nature of Lisa Friel’s testimony.
- Mark Maske (Washington Post) NFL won’t put Ezekiel Elliott on commissioner’s exempt list; considers appeal of injunction ruling.
- Jeanna Thomas (SB Nation) NFL issues new 6-game suspension to former Giants kicker Josh Brown.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) League will let teams decide whether to mimic Browns’ pre-anthem video.
- Michael McCann (SI) If Michael Bennett sued the Las Vegas Police Department, here's what the lawsuit might look like from both sides.