TEAM TALK
- Game Preview: Patriots vs. Packers. Broadcast info, series history, tale of the tape.
- Paul Perillo gives us the matchup winners from Monday night in Buffalo: Flowers, defense lead the way.
- Erik Scalavino tackles this week’s Ask PFW Mailbag: Mid-season evaluation.
- John Rooke’s View from Above: Playmakers wanted and still needed.
- Conference Calls Transcript: Bill Belichick - Josh McDaniels - Steve Belichick.
- Locker Room celebration following the win over the Bills. (1.20 min. video)
- WEEI Patriots Monday (on Tuesday): Bill Belichick.
LOCAL LINKS
- Zack Cox gives us four things to know about the Packers: They nearly upset the undefeated Rams last week.
- Doug Kyed’s Film Review, Patriots at Bills: Defense bails out uneven offensive performance.
- Evan Lazar’s Advanced Stats Report: Bills forced Tom Brady to hold the football for longer than any game this season.
- Michael Hurley serves up some still-warm leftover Pats-Bills thoughts: Julian Edelman goes full Julian Edelman on Bills.
- Andrew Callahan shares his Pats-Bills film observations: The Patriots need Sony Michel back soon.
- Mike Dussault (PatsPropaganda) Week 8 Pats Posits: Pats are who I Posit they are: I know it was the Bills’ offense but that’s how I expect the secondary to play every game.
- Jerry Thornton (BarstoolSports) Knee Jerk Reactions, Patriots vs. Bills: It hit me early on that the common theme of this was experimentation.
- Dave Brown wonders how long the Patriots can keep bailing themselves out with superior play.
- Ryan Hannable lists several reasons why the Patriots didn’t make deal at the trade deadline, but none of them for lack of effort.
- Ryan Hannable passes along a report that the Patriots were outbid for Demaryius Thomas.
- CBS Boston suggests the Packers’ trading away Clinton-Dix and Montgomery may work in the Pats’ favor Sunday night.
- Andrew Callahan calls attention to Trey Flowers rated as NFL’s top edge defender by Pro Football Focus.
- Doug Kyed reports CB Eric Rowe was placed on injured reserve, opening up a roster spot.
- Mike Reiss notes Tom Brady talks about how Aaron Rodgers is “inspiring” to him.
- Mike Reiss observes Rob Gronkowski isn’t playing or performing at his usual statistical pace.
- Mike Dussault (PatsPropaganda) We’re burying Rob Gronkowski now?
- Ryan Hannable finds Cordarrelle Patterson happy with being the lead running back in Week 8 and saying he hopes he gets more carries next week.
- Karen Guregian Patriots Notebook: Aaron Rodgers next threat for defense.
- Alex Reimer looks for the conspiracy theory behind the false Josh Gordon benching report. /Where’s that tin-foil hat emoji when we need it?
NATIONAL NEWS
- Jenny Vrentas (SI Magazine) Brady vs. Rodgers: The unlikely rises of two unrivaled stars.
- NFL Nation (ESPN) Brady vs. Rodgers: NFL defenders define their GOATness. /Correction: Only one GOAT here.
- Ian O’Connor (ESPN) A Rodgers-Belichick ‘limitless’ combo? Imagining ultimate ‘what if’. “Brady was picked by a coach whose system helped land the quarterback in the Super Bowl in half of his 16 healthy seasons as a starter.”
- Mike Freeman (Bleacher Report) 10-Point Stance: 4. Speed. “The fastest runner I’ve seen this season wasn’t Tyreek Hill, Gurley or any other offensive speedster. It was Patriots defensive back Devin McCourty.”
- Kevin Clark (The Ringer) A flurry of trades made the deadline fun, but It didn’t create new Super Bowl contenders.
- Jonathan Jones (SI) NFL trade deadline 2018: Winners, losers and everything in between.
- Jason Owens (Yahoo! Sports) NFL trade deadline winners and losers: What are Packers, Jaguars doing?
- Andrew Brandt (SI) Why NFL trades are becoming commonplace—and two ways to really heat things up.
- Charles Robinson (Yahoo! Sports) NFL trade deadline reveals ugly truth of 2015 draft class.
- The Ringer Staff (The Ringer) 2018 NFL midseason playoff and awards predictions.
- Riley McAtee (The Ringer) Seven single-season NFL records are up for grabs in 2018. Which are most likely to be broken?
- Vote (NFL.com) FedEx Air & Ground Players of the Week. Tom Brady nominated.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Patriots-Bills game nearly had the first one-point safety in NFL history.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) ESPN makes revisions to Booger mobile. /Surprised ESPN didn’t mention the age of the Booger mobile.