TEAM TALK
- Post Game Notes: Patriots vs. Chiefs. Brady joins Manning and Brees with 4,000 opening week passing yards.
- Erik Scalavino shares his observations from the press box at Gillette Stadium: A rude awakening.
- Andy Hart's Stock Watch: Struggles across the board in loss. On the bright side, Stephen Gostkowski made all his kicks.
- Don Banks Snap Judgments: A banner-hanging reality check for the Patriots.
- Post Game Transcripts: Patriots and Chiefs.
- Post Game Pressers: Bill Belichick (7.17 min. video) and Tom Brady (4.21 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Mike Reiss recaps how the reigning world champs got off to a stunningly bad start, as the Chiefs strung together big play after big play in an opening-night romp.
- Zack Cox says the dismal defensive display vs. the Chiefs was the worst of the Bill Belichick era.
- Jeff Howe reports the Chiefs thoroughly humbled the Patriots in a way Bill Belichick's offseason warnings couldn't.
- Doug Kyed shelves the fiery, scorching hot takes for now and takes a look at what happened with Tom Brady last night.
- Doug Kyed identifies the reason the offense sputtered last night: They don't have Julian Edelman.
- Karen Guregian gives a rundown of the Pats' problems on offense last night.
- Ryan Hannable offers 10 quick observations from season opening loss. 1. It was a bad night for Tom Brady.
- Phil Perry gives us five takeaways from the loss: Big plays gash Patriots defense.
- Tom E. Curran says New England's biggest problems last night weren't execution and communication. They were energy and commitment.
- Ryan Hannable fires off 7 stats which show how bad the Patriots' loss to Chiefs actually was.
- Mike Reiss reassures that a Week 1 loss doesn't define the entire season for the Pats.
- Ryan Hannable sees the blowout loss going either of two ways - turn into a rallying point, or be the start of an underachieving season.
- Dan Ventura reviews Mike Gillislee’s debut in the backfield, that could best be described as a trick-or-treat affair.
- Adam Kurkjian details the pre-game pageantry of a season-opening banner night for the fans. /The calm before the slaughter.
- Jeff Howe Patriots Notebook: WR Malcolm Mitchell placed on injured reserve.
- Mike D'Abate (Cover32) Deep Cover: A look at Patriots special teams captain, Matthew Slater.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Game Center (NFL.com) Chiefs 42 vs. Patriots 24: Recap, analysis, videos.
- Andy Benoit (SI) What's wrong with the Patriots' defense? Plenty.
- David Steele (Sporting News) The Patriots' defense goes backward vs. the Chiefs, and it's not too early to worry.
- Jenny Vrentas (SI) Alex Smith made the Patriots look like clowns. /Ouch.
- Danny Kelly (The Ringer) We know it's Week 1 but that was a statement win for the Chiefs.
- Judy Battista (NFL.com) Patriots' rare, disheartening loss offers harsh dose of reality.
- Jason B. Hirschhorn (Sports on Earth) On the Hunt: Chiefs Kareem Pats.
- Riley McAtee (The Ringer) Mike Gillislee is here to score touchdowns and chew bubblegum, and Bill Belichick doesn’t let guys chew bubblegum.
- John Breech (CBS Sports) Tom Brady shows off his arm strength on 54-yard bomb to Brandin Cooks.
- John Breech (CBS Sports) James White stiff-armed a Chiefs player into total oblivion.
- John Breech (CBS Sports) Roger Goodell gets mercilessly booed by Patriots fans during NFL opener.
- Kevin Skiver (CBS Sports) The last time the Chiefs routed the Patriots, well, we all know what happened.
- Chris Ryan (The Ringer) Patriots Weak: Is the end of the New England Patriots dynasty upon us?
- Will Leitch (Sports on Earth) Someday, you will love the Patriots.
- Ron Clements (Sporting News) Talk of Patriots undefeated season gone after one game.
- Jacob Feldman (SI) The Morning Huddle: There goes perfection.
- Staff (The Ringer) Early coaching hotseats, the potentially catastrophic Jets, and Jay Cutler wearing aqua: The 10 things we’re excited to watch this NFL season.
- Vaughn McClure (ESPN) Jake Matthews on Patriots' scouting critique: 'I know I'm a good player'.