TEAM TALK
- Patriots-Colts Wednesday Injury Report.
- Andy Hart’s Keys to the starting lineup: Keep it rolling vs. Colts.
- Game Predictions: Expert picks for Colts at Patriots.
- Coffee with the Coach: Challenges of facing the Colts. (4.15 min. video)
- Get Hyped: Colts vs. Patriots. (1 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Evan Lazar Patriots Gameplan: Colts head coach and former Eagles offensive coordinator Frank Reich brought Philadelphia’s playbook with him to Indy.
- Mike Dussault (PatsPropaganda) Patriots Gameplan: Once again, it’s likely up to Sony Michel, James Develin and the offensive line to kickstart the offense.
- Andrew Callahan gives us his Patriots vs. Colts preview: Game plans, predictions, point spread, top matchups and more.
- Ryan Hannable gives us three keys to Pats-Colts, some fun facts and a prediction. 1. Get the passing game going.
- Kevin Duffy tells us five things he’ll be watching tonight: 1. Hitting the ground running.
- Karen Guregian believes Julian Edelman’s return will kick the offense into high gear.
- Hal Bent (FullPressCoverage) Week 5 preview: Offensive strategy vs Colts. 1. Keep the running game going.
- Hal Bent (FullPressCoverage) Week 5 preview: Defensive strategy vs. Colts. 1. Third down pass defense.
- Matt Dolloff sees Andrew Luck as the Patriots’ biggest QB test yet by far.
- Rich Thompson reports the Patriots are expecting the best of Andrew Luck.
- Andrew Callahan notes that if Rob Gronkowski misses Thursday’s game vs. Indianapolis, Dwayne Allen insists he’s ready.
- Matthew Geagan tells us what he’ll be watching for tonight: 1. Julian Edelman’s return.
- Thomas Murphy (BostonDiehardSportsFans) Monster keys to Patriots vs. Colts. 1. Bring your A game fat people.
- Chris Blackey (BostonDiehardSportsFans) 5 Patriots to watch against Indy.
- Steve Atkinson (BostonSportsExtra) Tom Brady’s history vs. Andrew Luck.
- Joy Manning (BostonSportsChick) What happens when the Patriots possess the ball for at least 2 minutes?
- Matthew Geagan reports the Indy Star is throwing some serious shade at Josh McDaniels ahead of tonight’s matchup.
- Kevin Duffy Patriots Notebook: Rob Gronkowski returns to practice but is still big question for Colts game.
- Doug Kyed addresses his Patriots Mailbag: Does Tom Brady now have one of his best set of weapons?
- Ian Glendon (FullPressCoverage) Sights on 500: Tom Brady approaches career milestone.
- Staff (AP) Edelman returns, Gronk on the mend for Patriots Thursday night.
- Staff (AP) Could this be Adam Vinatieri’s last game at Gillette Stadium?
- Alex Reimer points out since the Colts started Deflategate, they’ve been hampered with nothing but embarrassment and misery.
- Nicole Yang passes along a report that Julian Edelman trained at the Celtics’ practice facility during his suspension and he also played ping pong with Gordon Hayward.
- Ryan Hannable passes along a report that the Patriots worked out two defensive players yesterday.
- Jim Lazar says Josh McDaniels will be able to see what he’s not missing, and makes his Thursday Night pick: Patriots win 34-14.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Mike Wells and Mike Reiss (ESPN) The Patriots-Colts ‘rivalry’ in their words: From Deflategate to now.
- Frank Schwab (Yahoo! Sports) Colts and Patriots resume a rivalry, if it’s one anymore, on the Yahoo Sports app.
- Herbie Teope (NFL.com) Five things to watch for in Colts-Patriots on ‘TNF’: 1. Is it really a rivalry if recent results produced one sided results? /No.
- Terez Paylor (Yahoo! Sports) Sony Michel gives Pats life, and Mitchell Schwartz shines.
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Rob Gronkowski to play Thursday night.
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) T.Y. Hilton among seven Colts ruled out for Thursday.
- Cynthia Frelund (NFL.com) Game Theory: Why Julian Edelman changes everything in Colts-Patriots on TNF. (1.04 min. video)
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Tom Brady currently on pace to earn none of his incentives.
- Albert Breer (SI) Game Plan: Six reasons for the NFL’s early offensive explosion.
- Kevin Seifert (ESPN) Illegal contact penalties triple from 2017 to 2018 through four weeks.
- Nate Davis (USA Today) Seven questions for NFL Week 5: Will Drew Brees take Peyton Manning’s career passing record?
- Jonathan Jones (SI) Morning Huddle: Early candidates for NFL MVP.
- Chris Wesseling (NFL.com) Top ten MVP candidates.
- David Carr (NFL.com) Offensive player rankings, Week 5: Pats’ downfield woes over?
- Gil Brandt (NFL.com) Top rookie-veteran duos.
- John Breech (CBS Sports) Saints coach Sean Payton says NFL was pushing to have him fired after Bountygate.
VIEW FROM INDIANAPOLIS
- Jim Ayello (Indy Star) Bill Belichick has a way of bringing out the worst of Andrew Luck.
- Scott Horner (Indy Star) NFL Week 5 picks: Colts are huge underdogs to Patriots.
- Jake Arthur (Colts.com) Bill Belichick has high praise for Andrew Luck, Adam Vinatieri, Kenny Moore II.
- Frank Reich (Colts.com) Three things to watch for: New England Patriots. 1. “Defensively we have to disrupt Tom Brady.” (1 min. video)