New England Patriots links 10/30/18 - Patriots slow-roast Buffalo in prime time

TEAM TALK

• Post Game Notes & Records: Patriots at Bills. Patriots finish the month of October undefeated.
• Gamebook: Full Patriots-Bills stats.
• Erik Scalavino posts his observations from the press box at New Era Field: Ugly win still counts.
• Paul Perillo shares some random thoughts from Pats-Bills: Defense dominates in Buffalo.
• Andy Hart’s Stock Watch: White, Flowers shine in beating of Bills.
• Post Game Quotes: Patriots and Bills.
• Post Game Pressers: Bill Belichick - Tom Brady - Josh Gordon - Rob Gronkowski - Devin McCourty.
• Press Pass: Trey Flowers and Julian Edelman talk about getting a tough win in Buffalo, as the Patriots won 25-6 over the Bills. (140 min. video)

LOCAL LINKS

• Kevin Duffy recaps last night’s victory, saying the Patriots did just enough to win, scoring a pair of late touchdowns to put the game away.
• Mike Reiss writes how the Patriots often talk about complementary football, and last night the defense picked up the struggling offense.
• Doug Kyed presents his Patriots-Bills post-game takeaways and metrics: Trey Flowers, Stephon Gilmore shine.
• Mike D’Abate (FullPressCoverage) Pick-Up Six: Patriots defeat Bills, 25-6.
• Evan Lazar tells us 10 things we learned from the Pats’ 25-6 win: Pats’ running game disappears without Sony Michel.
• Ryan Hannable gives us 10 quick thoughts on last night’s win: Brady finished the game 29-for-45 with 324 yards and no touchdowns and no interceptions.
• Nick O’Malley offers 11 thoughts on the weird win: Tom Brady is nearly a 1000-yard rusher.
• Matt Dolloff shares some quick-hit Pats-Bills thoughts: Patriots grind out win with defense, timely touchdowns.
• Tom E. Curran says the feeble Bills were just what the doctor ordered for the ailing Pats’ defense.
• Andrew Callahan finds the defense showed improvement, but wonders if will it last.
• Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Patriots survive Monday night slugfest, down Buffalo 25-6: 3 Up, 3 Down.
• Henry McKenna (PatriotsWire) Winners and losers from Patriots’ bizarre win over Bills.
• Doug Kyed highlight how Devin McCourty disproves critics with his blazing fast pick six.
• Phil Perry describes how Devin McCourty baited the Bills into throwing the game-clinching pick-six.
• Doug Kyed details Kyle Van Noy exploding for a big game in Buffalo.
• Karen Guregian points out how the Patriots’ running game was off last night.
• Zack Cox mentions Cordarrelle Patterson stepping up at running back for the shorthanded Patriots.
• Mike Reiss notes that Josh Gordon started last night despite a report that he would be kept off the field for about a quarter because of tardiness. Gordon declined to address it and Belichick answered that the reporter would “have to talk to whoever wrote that.”
• Ryan Hannable talks about the trade deadline and how last night’s win highlights the Pats’ needs.
• Kevin Duffy Patriots Notebook: Trade winds might blow this week.
• Zack Cox Patriots Notes: Julian Edelman, James White carry sluggish offense vs. Bills.
• Meredith Perri notes Tom Brady refers to his block for Julian Edelman as ‘more like a speed bump’.
• Ryan Hannable reports Bill Belichick and Tom Brady both gave post-game shout-outs to the Red Sox after their World Series win.

NATIONAL NEWS

• NFL Game Center (NFL.com) Patriots at Bills: Recap, stats, highlights.
• Will Brinson (CBS Sports) Bills vs. Patriots takeaways: Pats surge late vs. upstart underdogs for easy road win.
• Alex Mansanarez (Sporting News) Three takeaways from the Patriots’ win over the Bills.
• Charean Williams (ProFootballTalk) Patriots win 25-6 as Derek Anderson leaves late with injury.
• Charean Williams (ProFootballTalk) Devin McCourty gets pick-six to ice game.
• Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Bill Belichick on Josh Gordon: “No idea” about discipline report.
• Charean Williams (ProFootballTalk) Josh Gordon starts Monday night’s game.
• Albert Breer (SI) Monday Afternoon QB: Dysfunction in Cleveland that preceded Jackson and Haley firings; Rumors ahead of trade deadline.
• Staff (The Ringer) Doug Flutie will be a Bill again, Julio Jones won’t find the end zone, and other bold NFL second-half predictions.
• Charles Robinson (Yahoo! Sports) Consider these 3 possible Browns coaching candidates: Josh McDaniels, Lincoln Riley and Dabo Swinney.

VIEW FROM BUFFALO

• Sal Maiorana (Democrat & Chronicle) Just another night of misery for the Bills against the Patriots.
• Chuck Pollock (Olean Times Herald) Bills embarrassed late in Monday Night spotlight.
• Kyle Silagyl (BuffaloBills) Game Recap: Pats halt the Bills on Monday Night Football.
• Leo Roth (Democrat & Chronicle) From overdoing the wildcat to Anderson’s pick-6, Bills give us Monday Madness.
• Vic Carucci (Buffalo News) Bills’ inept offense rears ugly head once again.
• Joe Buscaglia (WKBW Buffalo) 7 observations from Buffalo Bills vs. New England Patriots: 1. Another defensive gem wasted.
• Jay Skurski (Buffalo News) Observations: Bills defense puts up fight against Tom Brady and Co.
• Chris Brown (BuffaloBills) Top 3 things we learned from Bills-Pats: 1. Third-down defense kept Bills in the game.
• Thad Brown (RochersterFirst) Bills Decompress: What a waste.
• Dan Fetes (RochersterFirst) The Bills’ Monday night misery continues.
• Matt Parrino (NYUpstate) Bills vs. Patriots in Week 8: Buffalo’s upset bid falls apart (11 observations).
• Sal Maiorana (Democrat & Chronicle) LeSean McCoy is powerless to fix a Bills offense that is beyond repair