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TEAM TALK
- Paul Perillo shares the practice news and locker-room buzz from Wednesday at Gillette: Rookie CB Duke Dawson suited up for the first time since the season began.
- Press Conference Transcripts: Bill Belichick - James White.
- Press Release: The Kraft family and New England Patriots Foundation will host the Moving Wall at Patriot Place during Veterans Day weekend.
- Memorable Moments: Patriots vs. Bills. (1.12 min. video)
- Belichick Breakdown: Top plays against the Bears. (6.10 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Phil Perry assures that Bill Belichick will not allow his team to sleep on the Bills.
- Doug Kyed notes the Bills are in quarterback hell, as they await the Patriots Monday night.
- Andrew Callahan brings up the doomsday scenario that would need to happen for the Bills to upset the Pats (two-TD favorites) on Monday night.
- Evan Lazar helps us get to know QB Derek Anderson and the Bills offense. Anderson will be the 13th different QB to start for the Bills against the Patriots since 2000.
- Tom E. Curran acknowledges the Patriots are stacking up wins, but questions whether they are improving.
- Mike Dussault (PatsPropaganda) Pats Stats: Week 7 update.
- Robert Alvarez (PatsFans) James White flourishes in Pats resurgent offense.
- Tom E. Curran writes on the Eagles and Jags as case studies in how hard it gets once a team ‘arrives’: Getting there is one thing. Staying there, as the Pats have done, is something else.
- Justin Pelletier marvels at how long the Patriots dynasty has continued.
- Ryan Hannable reports the Patriots brought back CB Duke Dawson, one of two players eligible to return from IR this season.
- Mike Reiss notes Belichick isn’t ruling anything out as the trade deadline approaches.
- Karen Guregian peruses some options for the Patriots ahead of the trade deadline.
- Doug Kyed takes a look at who the Patriots could target before the deadline.
- Zack Cox suggests Kenneth Farrow as an answer to the running back problem.
- Tom E. Curran hears from sources that the Patriots haven’t had a single conversation about Patrick Peterson, but that doesn’t mean they will sit-out the trade deadline either.
- Kevin Duffy gives us a practice update as the team preps for the Bills without Rob Gronkowski and Sony Michel. Marcus Cannon (concussion), Eric Rowe (groin) and Deatrich Wise (unknown) were also missing yesterday.
- Darren Hartwell passes along a report with updated timetables on Sony Michel and Rob Gronkowski.
- Ryan Hannable hears from Jim McBride of the Boston Globe that the team is expecting Sony Michel to only miss one to two weeks.
- Andrew Callahan notes Kenjon Barner is prepared to help replace Sony Michel in the backfield.
- Kevin Duffy catches up with Malcolm Mitchell, who has stayed local and is still very much a fan of the Patriots.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Herbie Teope (NFL.com) Patriots OC: James White a ‘really special guy’.
- Stephen Igoe (247Sports) Most penalized NFL teams in the 2018 season through Week 7. Patriots No. 32. /Cue the haterz...
- Nick Shook (NFL.com) 2018 NFL trade deadline: One move for each AFC team to make. Patriots: Buy LB Shane Ray (or different edge rusher).
- Danny Heifetz (The Ringer) All the players who could move before the 2018 NFL trade deadline. Includes a ‘just for fun’ Larry Fitzgerald trade to the Patriots for a 4th-round pick.
- Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz (USA Today) NFL trade deadline: Patriots could be buyers, while Raiders might continue to sell.
- NFL Total Access (NFL.com) Kurt Warner’s top 5 QBs of Week 7. Tom Brady No. 5. (3.38 min. video)
- Albert Breer (SI) Game Plan: The Rams are facing a four-game gauntlet. Can they handle the pressure? More.
- Jonathan Jones (SI) Morning Huddle: Chad Kelly the latest in the line of failed Broncos quarterback projects.
- Kaelen Jones (SI) Patrick Peterson announces plans to stay with Cardinals amid trade request rumors.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Lions may be the winners of the Patriots-49ers Jimmy Garoppolo trade.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) NFL finalizes Week 15 and Week 16 Saturday schedule.