TEAM TALK
- Erik Scalavino breaks down the Pats-Fins film: Impressive opening drive.
- Paul Perillo tells us who won their matchups Sunday: Disaster in Miami.
- John Rooke’s View From Above: Patriots still in control of the ‘Miami Miracle.’
- Conference Call transcript: Bill Belichick.
- Press Pass: Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski, Josh Gordon and Matthew Slater react to the Dolphins last second victory. (1.18 min. video)
- WEEI Patriots Monday: Tom Brady - James White - Trey Flowers - Bill Belichick.
LOCAL LINKS
- Zack Cox finds the Patriots are already on to Pittsburgh, after processing what happened on Sunday.
- Andrew Callahan believes the Pittsburgh game gives the Pats one last chance to prove who they are.
- Mike Petraglia says we’re about to find out just how mentally tough these 2018 Patriots are.
- Nick O’Malley writes how the Patriots aren’t going to let that Miami meltdown affect their playoff plans.
- Evan Lazar’s Advanced Stats Report: The Patriots got a vintage performance from Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski, but the defense wasn’t up to the task against Miami.
- Doug Kyed’s Patriots-Dolphins takeaways and metrics: Are sacks overrated?
- Zack Cox breaks down the Patriots-Dolphins film: Vintage Gronk made his comeback.
- Andrew Callahan says the film shows the renewed Brady-Gronk connection has come at the right time.
- Mike Dussault (PatsPropaganda) Pats Posits: Latereally!?
- Michael Hurley serves up some still-warm Blame Pie and other leftover Patriots thoughts from Sunday’s unappetizing loss: Actually, neither team deserved to win. I swear.
- Jerry Thornton offers up his knee-jerk reactions to Week 14: Stephen Gostkowski’s missed extra point after being perfect all season was just the first clue that things were going to go horribly, horribly wrong...
- Ryan Hannable goes over all the reasons the Patriots lost, besides the final play, including more bad coaching.
- David Latham (LastWordOnSports) Patriots problems easily fixable. 1. Overlooked positives.
- Tom Keegan puts the blame for Sunday’s loss squarely on Bill Belichick’s shoulders.
- Mike Reiss reports Bill Belichick acknowledged how the Patriots failure on that final play starts with him.
- Ryan Hannable highlights Bill Belichick on WEEI: “It’s the National Football League. Nobody died.”
- Mike Reiss finds Tom Brady isn’t concerned that this loss will crush the team. “We still have a lot of football to play. There was a lot of positives from yesterday’s game...that we will use going forward. Our whole season is ahead of us, so let’s make the most of it,”
- Alex Reimer says don’t let Tom Brady’s boneheaded sack cloud your perception of his overall performance Sunday. It was perhaps TB12’s best performance of the season.
- Tom E. Curran points out Rob Gronkowski’s production is up but so is the punishment he’s receiving.
- Rich Thompson Patriots Notebook: Patriots move ahead to Pittsburgh.
- Bob George (PatsFans) After fluke finish Patriots need to move on.
- Brendan Howe (FullPressCoverage) No room for gloom after Miami misery.
- Phil Perry issues his Week 14 Patriots Report Card: Grades a letdown after weighing all miracles and non-miracles.
- Kevin Duffy needed a new red pen after all the ink spilled grading the Patriots this week.
- Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Patriots Week 14 Report Card: A very mixed bag in loss.
- Ryan Hannable hears reports that Belichick and Brady apparently worked things out and patched up their relationship. /Go figure [insert eye-roll emoji here].
- Joshua Schrock highlights Joe Montana on how he feels about Tom Brady taking over as the GOAT.
- Matt Chatham (BlogTalkRadio) Real Thing Patriots Podcast: What. Was. That. Breakdown of the Patriots collapse in Miami. (61 min.)
NATIONAL NEWS
- Analysis Team (Pro Football Focus) Refocused, NFL Week 14: Miami Dolphins 34, New England Patriots 33.
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Bill Belichick: Loss was about more than last play, but it wasn’t a good one.
- Darin Gantt (ProFootballTalk) Tom Brady: Loss not a sign of bigger problems on road.
- Albert Breer (SI) Monday Afternoon QB: The Gruden-McKenzie relationship, and what Raiders will look for in next GM.
- Bill Barnwell (ESPN) NFL contender kryptonite: Biggest weakness for each playoff team. Patriots Kryptonite: teams that slow down tight ends.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) 14th Sunday becomes the most-watched since 2016.
VIEW FROM PITTSBURGH (Yes, already)
- Adam Bittner (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) Steelers-Patriots: Five things to know about the Week 15 opponent. 1. They really blew it on Sunday too.
- Tim Benz (TribLive) Laugh at Rob Gronkowski while you can before he faces Steelers. “Yeah, it was funny. But let’s remember, Pittsburgh, your team lost to the 3-10 Raiders. And your team gets Gronk and Brady this weekend at Heinz Field. If history repeats, they’ll probably hook up 10 times for 140 yards and two or three touchdowns.”
- Ed Bouchette (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) The Steelers are letting a playoff berth slip away.
- Paul Zeise (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) Mike Tomlin keeps trusting his defense. But why?
- Tim Benz (TribLive) Analysis: Don’t bank on Steelers replicating 2005 Super Bowl run.
- Kevin Gorman (TribLive) These Steelers stink, showing ignorance with arrogance.
- Tim Benz (TribLIve) Are the Steelers liars or just dumb?