TEAM TALK
- Post Game Notes: Patriots at Steelers: Brady becomes fourth player to reach 70,000 passing yards.
- Gamebook: Full Patriots-Steelers stats.
- Erik Scalavino posts his observations from the press box at Heinz Field: Belief remains as road woes continue.
- Paul Perillo shares his random thoughts from the Week 15 loss: Offense comes up short in Pittsburgh
- Andy Hart’s Stock Watch: Run defense, penalties among failures in Pittsburgh.
- Don Banks Snap Judgments: Musings, observations and the occasional insight as we take stock of a complicating Week 15 in the NFL.
- Post Game Quotes: Patriots and Steelers.
- Post Game Pressers: Bill Belichick - Tom Brady.
LOCAL LINKS
- Evan Lazar tells us ten things we learned from the 17-10 loss: For the first time since 2009, the Patriots have five losses in a season.
- Mike Reiss details how uncharacteristic mistakes cost the Patriots Sunday.
- Doug Kyed lays out what went wrong in yesterday’s costly loss.
- Doug Kyed gives us his Pats-Pitt takeaways and metrics: What’s wrong with the run defense?
- Andrew Callahan highlights how Patriots rookie JC Jackson quietly locked down JuJu Smith-Schuster, the NFL’s fourth-leading receiver, in Pittsburgh.
- Ian Logue (PatsFans) Five takeaways from the Patriots loss to the Steelers: This one stung, but unlike last week in Miami, you could see it coming.
- Mike Petraglia explains why these Patriots still haven’t figured it out in December: Steelers just the latest team to push around the Patriots and make them pay for their mental mistakes.
- Phil Perry finds the Patriots still searching for answers after a season of road disappointments.
- Tom E. Curran claims the Patriots now are who we hoped they weren’t.
- Tom Keegan recaps how the Patriots died by their own mistakes yesterday.
- Ryan Hannable notes the Patriots try to explain their season-high 14 penalties vs. Steelers: Referee said they’re trying to call holding penalties ‘tighter’. /All of a sudden? And only one side?
- Karen Guregian points out how this isn’t the usual Patriots team.
- Bob George (PatsFans) Different year, different times for Patriots.
- Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Steelers down Patriots 17-10, knock them out of a bye.
- CBS Boston notes Tom Brady shoulders the blame for his costly interception.
- Matthew Geagan picks the Ups and Downs from Sunday’s loss: Penalties, poor decisions & dropped passes doom Pats in Pittsburgh.
- Kevin Duffy Patriots Notebook: Rookie corner J.C. Jackson’s play a silver lining in loss to Steelers.
- Nick Goss Patriots vs. Steelers Notes: Key stats, streaks that ended in Pats’ loss.
- Henry McKenna (PatriotsWire) Stephon Gilmore calls out Antonio Brown for ‘super dirty’ play after dust-up.
NATIONAL NEWS
- NFL Game Center (NFL.com) Patriots at Steelers: Recap, stats, highlights.
- Judy Battista (NFL.com) Steelers thwart Tom Brady, Patriots in implication-laden win.
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Steelers get it done with 17-10 win over Patriots.
- Ian O’Connor (ESPN) Don’t bury the Patriots yet: Why their playoff path isn’t daunting.
- Sean Wagner-McGough (CBS Sports) Patriots vs. Steelers takeaways: Pittsburgh vanquishes Brady in huge win over AFC rivals.
- Staff (ESPN) Chris Hogan had the most wide-open TD catch in last three seasons.
- Alaa Abdeldaiem (SI) Watch: Patriots down punt at one-yard line with ridiculous special teams effort.
- Albert Breer (SI) Monday Morning QB: A wild ride through the playoff picture -- and the Browns are still in it.
- Gary Gramling (SI) Sunday Freakout: Steelers solve Brady, Colts are contenders, Aaron Rodgers’s dud in Chicago.
- Peter King (ProFootballTalk) FMIA Week 15: Nick Foles can’t nap, and the Eagles have re-awakened.
- Will Brinson (CBS Sports) Sorting the Sunday Pile: Patriots’ flaws, mistakes create toughest playoff path in years plus more from Week 15.
- Mike Tanier (Bleacher Report) Monday Morning Digest: Breaking down the NFL wild-card chase.
- Rodger Sherman (The Ringer) Winners and Losers of NFL Week 15: The legend of Nick Foles grows, while the legend of Tom Brady shrinks, even if for just one afternoon; More.
- Lorenzo Reyes (USA Today) NFL Week 15 winners, losers: New England Patriots’ loss is Houston Texans’ gain.
- Nate Davis (USA Today) 32 things we learned from Week 15 of the 2018 NFL season.
- Conor Orr (SI) Morning Huddle: Most dangerous teams still in the NFL playoff hunt.
- John Breech (CBS Sports) NFL Week 15 Grades: Patriots C-.
- Conor Orr (SI) QB Stock Watch: Flacco and the Ravens could be heading toward a split.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) AFC playoff picture: Steelers’ win puts bye week in doubt for Patriots.
- Kaelen Jones (SI) NFL playoff picture: Bears clinch NFC North for first time since 2010.