TEAM TALK
- Game Preview: Bills at Patriots. Broadcast info, series history, tale of the tape.
- Patriots announce two players selected to AFC Pro Bowl squad.
- Paul Perillo tackles this week’s Ask PFW Mailbag: Moving on to playoffs.
- Conference Call transcripts: Bill Belichick - Josh McDaniels - Josh Boyer.
- Memorable Moments: Patriots shut out the Bills in 2003. (1.22 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Karen Guregian declares Tom Brady has lost his cape.
- Doug Kyed says the 2018 Patriots have proven to be ‘uncommonly untrustworthy’.
- Mike D’Abate (FullPressCoverage) Feel free to feel ‘fine’ about these Patriots.
- Mike Dussault (PatsPropaganda) The return of the underdog Patriots.
- Phil Perry wonders how quickly the Patriots can improve their mental toughness.
- Zack Cox takes a closer look at the issue of whether the Patriots should use James White more often.
- David Latham (LastWordOnSports) Danny Shelton needs to get back on the field.
- Karen Guregian reports Bill Belichick won’t second-guess Tom Brady’s decision-making in the final series against Steelers.
- Zack Cox highlights Bill Belichick strongly defending Tom Brady after that ill-fated final drive.
- CBS Boston addresses speculation that Tom Brady is playing hurt.
- Zack Cox notes Josh McDaniels accepted responsibility for his team’s failure to complete what would have been a game-tying touchdown drive in the final minutes of Sunday’s loss.
- Dakota Randall isn’t arguing the Patriots didn’t deserve to lose, but he lays out some blatant non-calls on the Steelers that were pretty hard to swallow considering the rate the refs were throwing flags at the Patriots for similar infractions.
- Zack Cox Scouting the Bills: Josh Allen leads no-name offense into Patriots rematch.
- Nick Goss highlights a Josh Allen stat that gives the Patriots a blueprint to beat the Bills in Week 16. /Since when do the Bills need a blueprint to beat them?
- Andrew Callahan asks the locker room who the most underrated Patriot player is.
- Mike Reiss believes the Patriots need to string together a few successful drafts to sustain their success, while also continuing to search for their franchise quarterback of the future.
- Tom Keegan is already looking ahead to the 2019 draft, calls for energizing the roster and dreams of adding a JuJu Smith-Schuster type receiver.
- Karen Guregian Patriots Notebook: Devin McCourty says ‘tough coaching’ is nothing new.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Michael Rosenberg (SI) Is the end of the Patriots near? Not if Bill Belichick is coach.
- Jarrett Bell (USA Today) Tom Brady, Patriots look ordinary and vulnerable as problems mount.
- Lorenzo Reyes (USA Today) NFL QB Hot Sheet: Can Tom Brady, Patriots bounce back after surprising stumble?
- Cameron Filipe (Football Zebras) Week 16 referee assignments. Bills at Patriots: Shawn Smith. /Another flag-happy referee for the Pats.
- Mike Freeman (Bleacher Report) 10-Point Stance: NFL fears blown calls may blow Its popularity.
- Mike Tanier (Bleacher Report) In an NFL season when no team is unbeatable, every team has a shot.
- John Breech (CBS Sports) NFL Playoff Projections: Patriots miss out on first-round bye, Chiefs earn top seed in AFC.
- Jason La Canfora (CBS Sports) Saints, Chargers are NFL’s two best teams: Assessing the degree of concern for six flawed contenders.
- Jenna West (SI) 2019 Pro Bowl rosters announced: Chargers lead with seven selections.
- Riley McAtee (The Ringer) Ten takeaways from the NFL’s Pro Bowl rosters.
- Highlights (NFL.com) 2019 Pro Bowl players with the most Pro Bowl selections. Tom Brady leads with 14. (1 min. video)
- Jason Owens (Yahoo! Sports) NFL Pro Bowl rosters: Alvin Kamara, Christian McCaffrey lead list of 10 snubs.
- Jeremy Bergman and Herbie Teope (NFL.com) Playoff picture, potential spoiler teams: AFC and NFC.
- Nancy Armour (USA Today) Doesn’t take a mathematician to know Eric Reid’s drug testing selection doesn’t add up.
- Andrew Bucholtz (Awful Announcing) Joe Tessitore, Jason Witten and Booger McFarland seem set to call Monday Night Football for at least another year.