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TEAM TALK
- Game Preview: Jaguars at Patriots.
- Paul Perillo picks his Satisfying Moment of the Game: Derrick Henry stuffed on fourth-and-one.
- Erik Scalavino tackles this week’s Ask PFW Mailbag: Jacked up about Jags.
- Angelique Fiske reports that before Saturday’s game, Brandin Cooks gave two tickets away to a single mother and her child, and it’s been a wild weekend for Suzanne and Alyssa MacNeil.
- Sights and Sounds: Week 19 vs Tennessee. (6 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Mike Reiss offers 10 fast facts to set the stage for Sunday: 1. Patriots have 19 veterans who have always advanced to AFC title game.
- Karen Guregian believes the Patriots will need to rely on their up-tempo attack to dislodge the Jaguars defense.
- Michael Hurley picks Rob Gronkowski as the Patriots’ most important player vs. the Jaguars.
- Mike Giardi reports Tom Brady calls the Jaguars ‘the best team we’ve faced all season’ and warns the Pats won’t get to the Super Bowl without ‘our best’ effort Sunday.
- Darren Hartwell notes Tom Brady’s simple response to Jalen Ramsey’s Super Bowl prediction: “It’s how you play, it’s not what you say.”
- Nick O’Malley finds that the Jaguars are the only AFC team Tom Brady has never lost to.
- Michael Hurley thinks Tom Brady is looking to set a new record for old quarterbacks by beating the Jaguars.
- Mike Reiss highlights Tom Brady’s interview with WEEI: Brady shows up to work on the Patriots’ day off.
- Evan Lazar says there is reason to believe this Jaguars pass defense, in particular, may be one of the best of the last 30 years.
- Mike Reiss talks about how the Jaguars are built in a way that could hit the Patriots’ vulnerabilities.
- Nick O’Malley breaks down who the players are that make the Jaguars’ defense tick, and how the Jaguars found them.
- Zack Cox spotlights Ricky Jean Francois who is quietly emerging as a key piece for the Patriots defense.
- Ryan Hannable notes LB Telvin Smith doesn’t think the Patriots are respecting the Jaguars.
- Karen Guregian Patriots Notebook: Decision on receiver Malcolm Mitchell’s status due today.
- The Herald Staff gives us a look at the resumes of the quarterbacks in the final four dating back to the 2007 season.
- CBS Boston revisits the 13 other times the Patriots have played in the AFC Championship.
- Steve Buckley mentions why for this week at least, Roger Goodell is a Patriots fan.
- Phil Perry knows replacing both coordinators won’t be easy, but as long as Bill Belichick is around, the system is bigger than any individual.
- Kevin Duffy speculates on who will replace Matt Patricia and Josh McDaniels.
- Joshua Schrock highlights Rob Ninkovich on WEEI, as he slams New England’s ‘idiot’ haters.
- Ricky Doyel finds Gregg Doyel of The Indy Star ripping (“punk”, “failure”) Josh McDaniels and the Colts for wanting to hire him. /Hope he names his next ulcer, ‘Gronk’.
- Russ Goldman (PatsFans) Patriots Fourth and Two Podcast: AFC Championship game preview. (64 min.)
NATIONAL NEWS
- Danny Heifetz (The Ringer) We don’t have the numbers to fully appreciate the Patriots’ dynasty.
- Mike Freeman (Bleacher Report) 10-Point Stance: Tom Brady’s the GOAT, but by how much?
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Tom Brady knows time will be precious on Sunday.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Other quarterbacks pass when they’re losing, Tom Brady passes to win.
- Robert Mays (The Ringer) Conference Championship weekend will feature a trio of unlikely QBs—and Tom Brady.
- Kevin Clark (The Ringer) Don’t listen to the NFL playoffs: You still need a quarterback.
- Conor Orr (SI) I scouted the Patriots using Steve Belichick’s scouting manual. Here’s what I learned.
- David Carr & Shaun O’Hara (NFL.com) Tom Coughlin’s unique success vs. Bill Belichick ... explained! 1. Old-school coaching mindset.
- Jarrett Bell (USA Today) Talk is cheap: Jaguars should heed valuable playoff lesson they just taught Steelers.
- Dave Lozo (Vice) We should all be rooting for America’s Team, the Jacksonville Jaguars: Good vs. evil. Bortles vs. Brady. /Theme is 10 years old, man.
- Mike Wells (ESPN) GM Chris Ballard has repaired Colts’ Deflategate differences with Patriots.
- Report (AP) Jags ‘threw a tantrum’ when Marrone started making changes.
- Matt Harmon (NFL.com) The 10 most underperforming units of the 2017 NFL season. 10. New England Patriots front seven.
- Tadd Haislop (Sporting News) Ranking the 52 best players left in the NFL playoffs.
- Frank Schwab (Yahoo! Sports) Ranking the 10 most important players for NFL conference championship Sunday. 5. Tom Brady, 3. Dion Lewis.
- Peter King (SI) Steelers shouldn’t fire Mike Tomlin, but changes need to happen now in Pittsburgh; MMQB Mailbag.
- Riley McAtee (The Ringer) With the Colts, Josh McDaniels could put his Denver nightmare behind him.
- Frank Schwab (Yahoo! Sports) Ranking the 10 greatest AFC championship games. Includes both Patriots losses to Manning.
- Charean Williams (ProFootballTalk) Vikings would play Super Bowl as visitor in their home stadium.
- David Steele (Sporting News) NFL playoffs: Picks, odds for Jaguars vs. Patriots AFC championship game.
- Pete Prisco (CBS Sports) 2018 NFL Playoffs odds, picks: Jags keep it close, Vikings will play home Super Bowl. Patriots 24-20.
- John Breech (CBS Sports) 2018 NFL playoff odds, picks: Jaguars pull off AFC title stunner on Patriots. Jaguars 23-20.