TEAM TALK
- Andy Hart offers a rundown of how New England’s players have performed relative to expectations through 10 games.
- Andy Hart and Paul Perillo debate what was the top moment of the Patriots season so far, through 10 games.
- Don Banks’ Week 11 Snap Judgments: Musings, observations and the occasional insight from a thrill-a-minute Week 11 in the NFL that featured lead changes galore.
- Patriots This Week: Bob Socci, Scott Zolak and Matt Chatham breakdown the Patriots loss to the Titans and how the Patriots look heading into their week 11 bye. (20 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Mike Reiss shares some quick-hit weekend thoughts: If Rex Burkhead and Rob Gronkowski are back and healthy, the Patriots could be ready to kick their offense into another gear.
- Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Patriots Sunday news, AFC East notes: Areas that need improving down the stretch; Getting Rob Gronkowski and Rex Burkhead back and healthy for a stretch run will do wonders; More.
- Ryan Hannable’s Sunday 7: Plenty of reasons to feel good about Patriots heading into final 6 games.
- Doug Kyed shows us the Patriots post-bye depth chart: Where do Duke Dawson and Obi Melifonwu fit in?
- Phil Perry takes a stab at the Patriots’ bye week checklist.
- Jerry Thornton (Barstool Sports) 7 Things the Patriots need to fix during the Bye week: 1. Get better on special teams.
- Tom E. Curran explains why he thinks the key to the rest of the Patriots’ season are Sony Michel’s legs.
- Kevin Duffy thumbnails five guys primed to break out for the Pats: 1. Rex Burkhead.
- David Latham (LastWordOnSports) Why Rob Gronkowski is poised for a dominant final stretch.
- Ryan Hannable points out how the Week 11 games impacted the Patriots while they were off.
- Mike D’Abate (FullPressCoverage) Patriots ‘haters’ delighting in ‘drinking the sand?’ Tread lightly.
- Nick O’Malley issues his Patriots midseason report card: Is New England a Super Bowl contender with this roster?
- Brent Schwartz (PatriotsWire) Why James White is the Patriots’ midseason MVP.
- Jordy McElroy (PatriotsWire) Looking at the Patriots five biggest strengths: 1. Quarterback.
- Matt Vautour is talking Tom Brady’s replacement and wondering which college quarterbacks could the Patriots draft in 2019.
- Ross Gienieczko catches up with James Develin, who is proud in his role as ‘battering ram’.
- Karen Guregian Patriots Notes: Patriots need Gronk to be Gronk.
- Mike Reiss informs us Stephen Gostkowski, Ted Karras and Joe Thuney are all pursuing MBAs, taking advantage of the NFLPA reimbursing tuition fees.
- John Anderson sums up everything you need to know about Week 11 in the NFL.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Albert Breer (SI) Monday Morning QB: The Saints are looking like the 2007 Patriots: Week 11’s big stories.
- Peter King (ProFootballTalk) Football Morning in America: Embedded in New Orleans: The Ritz, the rout and the reason the Saints are unstoppable.
- Gary Gramling (SI) Sunday Freakout: Brees having season for the ages, Big Ben comes back from the dead, Cowboys D can make them this year’s Jaguars.
- Will Brinson (CBS Sports) Sorting the Sunday Pile: Saints undeniably NFL’s best team after smashing defending champs.
- Around the NFL (NFL.com) What we learned from Sunday’s Week 11 games.
- Conor Orr (SI) Morning Huddle: NFL teams we can’t quite figure out.
- Danny Kelly (The Ringer) The Saints can beat you with anyone and Week 11’s game-changing plays.
- Lorenzo Reyes (USA Today) NFL Week 11 winners, losers: Cowboys save their season, Jaguars are major disappointment.
- Rodger Sherman (The Ringer) The winners and losers of NFL Week 11: Saints are so good they’re going for late fourth downs just because they’re bored; More.
- Nate Davis (USA Today) 32 Things we learned from Week 11 of the 2018 NFL season.
- John Breech (CBS Sports) NFL Week 11 grades. Indy gets A+ for blowout, Pittsburgh gets a C for sloppy win.
- Charean Williams (ProFootballTalk) Eight of 11 games so far decided by 3 points or less.
- Will Brinson (CBS Sports) NFL playoff picture for Week 11.
- Kaelen Jones (SI) NFL Week 11 Injury Report.
- Chase Stuart (Football Perspective) Aaron Rodgers on pace to set interception record.
- Kevin Seifert (ESPN) NFL ups intensity with all-star officials for Rams-Chiefs game. /So much for the “level playing field for all 32 teams” mantra.
- Dan Wetzel (Yahoo! Sports) Despite Condoleezza Rice rumors, the NFL is still a stubborn boys’ club.
- Conor Orr (SI) NFL teams should diversify the coaching search pipeline, but Condoleeza Rice should not coach the Browns.