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TEAM TALK
- Game Preview: Patriots at Bills. Broadcast info, series history, tale of the tape, more.
- Patriots report Dont’a Hightower named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week.
- Andy Hart tackles this week’s Ask PFW Mailbag: Pat(s) Pete?
- Conference Call Transcripts: Bill Belichick - Josh McDaniels - Brendan Daly.
- Angelique Fiske mentions how Brian Hoyer made an appearance on Monday Night RAW.
- Sights and Sounds: Week 7 at Chicago. (5.29 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Zack Cox scouts the Bills and gives us five things to know about the Patriots Week 8 opponent: 1. To put it bluntly, they’re not that good.
- Karen Guregian explains why Josh McDaniels isn’t taking Buffalo’s 11th-ranked defense lightly.
- Mike Reiss makes the case that the Patriots’ AFC dominance starts with Bill Belichick and Tom Brady, not the ineptitude of the Bills, Miami Dolphins and New York Jets.
- Alex Reimer notices that the Dolphins have begun their annual self-implosion, further clearing the way for another Patriots AFC East win.
- Mike Dussault (PatsPropaganda) High giveaway/takeaway rates have skewed 2018 Patriots start.
- Andrew Callahan studies the film to figure out the biggest problem with the porous defense.
- Evan Lazar finds this year’s defense is on pace to give up the most points in the Belichick era.
- Tanya Ray Fox (PatriotsWire) Josh McDaniels says Josh Gordon has worked hard ‘since he walked in the door’.
- Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) If Sony Michel Is out for an extended period, Devontae Booker fits.
- Doug Kyed takes a look at Derek Rivers to determine if he’s finally ‘on the rise’ and done with being a healthy scratch.
- Henry McKenna (PatriotsWire) Bill Belichick hard on coaching staff for inability to handle Mitchell Trubisky. /As he should be.
- NBC Boston reviews some of Bill Belichick’s notable in-season trades.
- Karen Guregian suggests the Patriots should take a shot at Patrick Peterson.
- Ryan Hannable looks at the Patriots’ reported interest in Arizona CB Patrick Peterson.
- Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Patriots Week 7 Report Card: With the extremes of highs and lows, this one is rather difficult to get an accurate reading on.
- Doug Kyed NFL Rumors: Patriots work out eight free agents, but no running backs.
- Logan Mullen posts the video clip of FOX’s Bill Belichick-narrated World Series opening video.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Cameron Filipe (FootballZebras) Week 8 referee assignments. Patriots at Bills: Jerome Boger. /Ugh!
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Belichick praises James White for his coach-like questions.
- Darin Gantt (ProFootballTalk) Dont’a Hightower earns weekly special teams honor.
- Charean Williams (ProFootballTalk) Bill Belichick does voice over for World Series lead-in.
- Danny Heifetz (The Ringer) All the players who could move before the 2018 NFL trade deadline.
- Danny Kelly (The Ringer) What steps the NFL’s doomed teams should take next: For the Raiders, Cardinals, 49ers, Bills, and Giants, it isn’t too early to begin looking ahead to 2019 and beyond.
- Seth Walder and Hank Gargiulo (ESPN) Best and worst QBs of Week 7.
- Brett Vito (Denton Record-Chronicle) Former UNT football coach Rod Rust dies at 90. “He served as the New England Patriots’ head coach in 1990 and finished 1-15 in his lone season with the team.”
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) The Booger mobile is a problem for paying customers.